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Kim Jong-un speaks saying "the world will witness a new strategic weapon' from North Korea 'in the near future' more later on.... Part of the alert brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division deploying to Kuwait tonight, some 750 US soldiers. More to follow in the coming days..... This after thousands of protesters in Iraq attacking and some entering the US Embassy grounds in Baghdad forcing US forces to disperse them with tear gas today. The protesters angered by the US air strikes in Iraq and Syria Sunday against an Iranian backed militia group.... Chelsea Manning, who gave Wikileaks documents on...

CURRENT ISSUE       Set to stunReport: Andy SimmsSTUN guns, cloaking devices and deflector shields – once the stock-in-trade of Hollywood sci-fi movies – represent the US Army’s cutting-edge vision of the soldier of tomorrow.Led by a team at the Army Natick Soldier Research Development and Engineering Centre in Massachusetts, the cream of America’s academics have been busy helping the US military transform these science fiction-inspired technologies into science fact. Among the hi-tech gadgetry being developed by the multi-million dollar research project, dubbed Future Warrior Concept, is a chameleonic camouflage suit, which has the ability to reflect its surroundings,...

Aerospace Daily: Keeping Cool A Big Challenge For JSF Laser, Lockheed Martin Says By Jefferson Morris/Aerospace Daily 26-Sep-2002 11:44 AM U.S. EDT One of the biggest challenges facing Lockheed Martin in its efforts to install a high-energy laser on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) is the question of what to do with all the excess heat generated by the system, according to the company's lead for directed energy programs. Laser systems use electricity to produce highly focused beams of light, as well as considerable amounts of waste heat that must be dissipated. Lockheed Martin believes that a 100-kilowatt laser...

EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) - The Boeing Co.'s X-45, the first robotic plane designed specifically to fly combat missions, has successfully made its maiden flight. The plane, one of two built so far, successfully took off, flew and landed on Wednesday, Boeing said, and was airborne for 14 minutes. A Thursday press conference was planned to discuss the flight. The plane was developed by the company's Phantom Works under a contract with the Air Force and the Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Squat and tailless with a 36-foot wingspan, the X-45 is mostly flat. An engine intake...