Posts Tagged ‘Defence Technology’
Americans Testing Microwave Weapon to Roast the Taleban
Danger Room | By Noah Schachtman | 19 June 2010 U.S. Testing Pain Ray in Afghanistan (Updated Again) The U.S. mission in Afghanistan centers around swaying locals to its side. And there’s no better persuasion tool than an invisible pain ray that makes people feel like they’re on fire. OK, OK. Maybe that isn’t precisely the logic [...]
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAVs): Intra-Theatre Airlift Technology in the Works
As the ongoing U.S. military build-up in the "Af/Pak" theatre proceeds, including through redeployment from Iraq, innovative technologies are being explored to meet the consequent logistics requirements of long-term occupation; and to address intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) needs (on ISR, see here, here, here). In particular, [...]
Real-Time Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Data Sharing Technology for the “Af/Pak” Theatre
Aviation Week | By Guy Norris/China Lake | 22 July 2009 Empire Challenge Pushes Precision ISR New methods of gathering and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) data and getting information directly to the soldier in the field are entering a final demonstration phase in California before entering service with coalition [...]
India-U.S. Defence Agreement
Aviation Week | By Neelam Mathews/New Delhi | 20 July 2009 India And U.S. Agree On Defense Pact India and the U.S. have agreed on a defense pact that is expected to boost U.S arms sales to India. In a significant step ahead in bilateral relationship, India and the U.S have agreed to enter into an understanding on the long awaited end-use [...]
India Working on a Chili (Hot Pepper) Grenade
Wired.com | Danger Room India’s ‘Hottest’ New Weapons Powered by Chilli By David Hambling | July 20, 2009 | 1:15 pm India’s military is getting ready to deploy weapons-grade chillis for counter-insurgency and riot control. The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is harnessing the super-hot bhut jolokia chilli [...]
More on Technology to Neutralise Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets
This updates an earlier post (Technology to Neutralise Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets) that had reported: The pursuit of Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) from unmanned aircraft is back after an 18-year pause for development of new generations of long-endurance aircraft and very fast interceptor missiles. The advances demonstrated by new, faster, [...]
Intelligence, Surveillance, & Reconnaissance (ISR): Technology for the Next Generation
Ares reports on an unmanned hybrid airship for persistent surveillance for deployment in Afghanistan: Staying Up, Staring Down - LEMV Airship Posted by Graham Warwick at 6/8/2009 8:00 AM CDT A lot more detail on the US Army's plans to test an unmanned hybrid airship for persistent surveillance has emerged in an updated solicitation for [...]
Technology to Neutralise Pakistan’s Nuclear Assets
Ares reports: UAV-based Missile Interceptors Reconsidered Posted by David A. Fulghum at 6/4/2009 10:44 AM CDT The pursuit of Boost Phase Intercept (BPI) from unmanned aircraft is back after an 18-year pause for development of new [...]
