By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com October 15, 2009 There’s a scene at the beginning of the 1985 film Real Genius showing a fictional “Crossbow Project” demonstration video of some unlucky bastard (perhaps a third-world dictator or politician?) getting instantly vaporized by a space-based laser weapon fired from a satellite. The video is
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com September 1, 2009 A company called Lucid Dimensions, Inc. Search terms for the article: 3d passive, Lucid dimensions, image 3d passive, spherical, spherical array, foto 3d passive, Lucid Dimensions Inc, 3d passive pictures, immagini 3d passive, 3d passive picture, sds 3d, dimensional beings pics, 3d passive photos,
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com A company called Artis, LLC has developed an anti-RPG (Rocket-Propelled Grenade) ground vehicle defense system called the Iron Curtain Active Protection System (APS) that integrates C-band radar, a distributed optical sensor, and a ring of ballistic countermeasures to neutralize incoming RPGs. Here’s how it works: Iron Curtain’s
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo Credit: Universal Display Corporation (UDC) June 30, 2009 Article last updated on 7/03/09. Last October (2008), DefenseReview reported Search terms for the article: flexible OLED, flexible oled kit, 30 hrt ballistics, Portable Ballistics Computer, BENDABLE OLED, oled military applications, portable ballistic computer, thin tactical watch, protective
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com June 16, 2009 It looks like the whole metamaterial/negative-index material Search terms for the article: future submarines, future us submarines, caterpillar drive submarine, submarine caterpillar drive, military submarines, submarines of the future, caterpillar submarine, caterpillar submarine drive, future submarine, chinese sub caterpillar drive, future military submarines, future
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com Photo Credits: Sturm Ruger & Co., Inc. June 7, 2009 Updated on 6/16/09 Ever since the late Search terms for the article: ruger 556, ruger sr 556 review, Ruger SR 556, ruger sr556, ruger 556 review, ruger sr 556 problems, ruger ar 15, ruger sr-556, ruger sr-556
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By David Crane defrev at gmail dot com April 6, 2009 I’ve been writing about the vulnerability of U.S. Navy surface ships, particularly large expensive aircraft carriers, against other countries’ anti-ship cruise missiles and torpedoes for awhile, now. Specifically, I’ve focused on the latest crop of supersonic anti-ship cruise missiles and supercavitating torpedoes, even though
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by David Crane defrev at gmail.com While we were walking around the exhibition hall at NDIA International Infantry & Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium 2008, we ran into Ken Brinkley of Select Controls, Inc. (SC), who was discussing one of SC’s systems with one of the vendors. From what we were able to discern,
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by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com January 18, 2008 1) Next Generation Arms (NGA) is offering the Cammenga Easymag steel magazine with their proprietary anti-corrosion/rust and self-lubricating firearms coatings/finishes. DefenseReview recently published information on NGA’s firearms / gun coatings in an article by tactical instructor and retired military Special Operations assaulter/operator Mike Pannone
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by David Crane defrev at gmail dot com December 31, 2007 1) Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has a new weapons sight called the "FMWS", which stands for "Fused Multispectral Weapon Sight". It’s DefenseReview’s understanding at present that the FMWS combines an infrared (IR) imager and I2 (Image Intensification / Night Vision) imager (unfonfirmed/unverified). The FMWS
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