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Dabney B. on
Friday, November 9th, 2012
Beep! Beep! Beep! That’s the sound of the hypocrisy-o-meter going off. The DoD is sending mixed messages about the entertainment industry and the role of SEAL members in the public eye.
Remember the controversy surrounding Kathryn Bigelow? She directed a film ...
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Dabney B. on
Friday, November 2nd, 2012
They say that good things come in small packages. When you’re talking about an 844-foot-long, 106-foot-wide amphibious assault ship that displaces 45,000 tons of water, “small” is a relative term.
It looks huge, but believe it or not the USS America ...
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Dabney B. on
Tuesday, October 30th, 2012
Drones are known as unmanned aerial vehicles, but exactly how unmanned are they? It’s something of a misnomer. Drones may not have a pilot onboard, but they nonetheless rely on input from human specialists. At most, a single drone could ...
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Dabney B. on
Monday, October 29th, 2012
The Navy has been tinkering with drone technology for some time now. The Air Force is having so much success with its drones, why not apply the same principle to the open ocean? We’ve seen some of the early experimentation ...
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Dabney B. on
Thursday, October 25th, 2012
With every passing day the USAF looks more and more like something out of a science-fiction novel. Robots that move like humans? Check. AI-controlled aircraft? Check. EMP weapons that can fry electronics without damaging buildings? Check. Faster-than-light space travel? They’re ...
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