Military
Since 2004, the company behind the Hotelicopter has been working to modify a Soviet-made Mil V-12 that is already the “world’s biggest helicopter” into the “world’s first flying hotel.” Not exactly a Motel 6. This gigantic flying contraption tries to fit in a 5 – star experience like: private entertainment systems room service spa treatments [...]
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India is about to get a glimpse of what some call the “Armani of armour”. A special range of light-weight bullet-proof clothing that can not only protect you from a would-be assassin but also make you look good. It is the creation of Miguel Caballero, a Colombian designer, who first developed his bespoke range of [...]
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…or giving the soldier an excuse to be carrying his ipod Touch on patrol. How To Improve Security with an iPod Touch… National Security, that is. The Firearm Blog posted photos and information about an iPod touch using a M110 rifle mounting system that attaches to a side mounted picatinny rail. It was designed by [...]
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For a moment, the pirates might have thought that they had really struck gold “Somalia-style.” The gun-toting, seafaring thieves, who routinely pounce on cargo ships bobbing along on the Indian Ocean, suddenly found themselves in command of a vessel crammed with $30 million worth of grenade launchers, piles of ammunition, even battle tanks. But this [...]
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I was passed this video posted on iReport: …was standing in Arlington Cemetery in V.A when a huge storm was rolling in. I noticed these Air force soldiers standing so perfectly still. As the weather took a turn for the worse, these magnificent soldiers stood there ground. I was truly amazing to see them just [...]
Ok… in the world today there are many hot spots and problems that sometimes doesn’t really reach the news. Sometimes they are full on gun battles, and in this situation that PointNiner pointed out, its a “what us?” moment… In this video a Russian MiG-29 fighter aircraft shows up, squeezes off an little air-to-air missle [...]
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The world’s first attack aircraft to employ stealth technology is slipping quietly into history.Technicians service an F-117 stealth fighter after it arrived at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio, on Monday. The inky black, angular, radar-evading F-117, which spent 27 years in the Air Force arsenal secretly patrolling hostile skies from Serbia to Iraq, [...]
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The French are famous for surrendering. Whether they give up in battle, or just in politics. They have gathered the reputation for this. Even though Napoleon had some great victories, and did his best to take over the world. Real Life Comics did a great job expressing this view.
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