The problem with modern warfare is tactics tried in one place, do not always work in some others. At present the media is running stories that the British army is un equipped for the present conflict in...
Russian armoured vehicles have been reported to be pulling back from the buffer zone around South Ossetia today, after the country said it would pull back but not out of Georgia. "Russia declared it would pull its...
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"HOUSTON: Scientists in the United States believe they have uncovered the Achilles heel in the armour of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a development that may be useful in the treatment and prevention of the infection that continues to kill millions around the world. ...
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Will the extra armour help protect Iraqi vehicles from further roadside bombs? I didn't think so."The U.S. military is reinforcing the sides of its topline mine-resistant vehicles to shore up what could be weak...
A prop designer who made the stormtroopers costumes for the 1977 cult hit 'Star Wars' appeared for the first time in court today over a dispute with George Lucas about the fact that he doesn't own the rights to...
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Ned Kelly, an Australian outlaw famous for his homemade plate armor, was hanged for multiple murder in 1880. With that in mind, one could assume that finding his remains would be easy, but this is not the case....
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This makes three in about a month. Scary stuff."West Vancouver Police have yanked a bullet-proofed gang-mobile off the road. WVPD Const. Jeff Palmer says police conducting a traffic stop Dec. 28, 2007,...
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Opinion
Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributora
This story is similar to the story I wrote this summer after witnessing a Gangster's SUV and a Joe Everyman "Wanna Be Gangstas" who outfit their SUV's , emulating...
Should Jail be the punishment for this outrage? "A judge acquitted three doctors, a New Jersey company and a former Red Cross official of criminal charges Monday in a tainted-blood scandal that infected thousands...
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"DEFENCE Secretary Des Browne today announced an extra £80million funding to improve Army housing.
The money will pay for a further 1,350 new en-suite bed spaces to be built under phase two of a project to improve Armed Forces housing across the country.
The Ministry of...
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The Army is tight-lipped over the delay in providing body armor to soldiers serving in Iraq. Whilst the contract is delayed, the bullets seem to be arriving with great rapidity."The Army is late in delivering...
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These newfangled metal-detector gloves "enable a search to be carried out more discreetly"? In what sense? Do they expect British cops to be out playing grab-*ss in public? Uh-oh. Sounds like a privacy nightmare and a porno plot, all in one.I like sci-fi gloves, too, but...
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"THE shocking toll of six American helicopters shot down in Iraq within three weeks has sparked a Pentagon inquiry into the use of surface-to-air (Sam) missiles against the aircraft.
“Is there a concern? Yes, there is definitely a concern,” said a Pentagon official about...
"THE ingredients most likely to spark confrontation between the United States and Iran could scarcely be simpler or more combustible: a tin filled with an explosive charge and a lump of copper is all that is needed to manufacture what the US military calls an Explosively...