How China Steals U.S. Military Secrets
Listen to Simon Cooper discuss the problem of China stealing sensitive military secrets on the Popular Mechanics Show. Download now. Moo's package was an F110-GE-129 afterburning turbofan engine, built by General Electric to power America's ... [... more]
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The Army's New Land Warrior Gear: Why Soldiers Don't Like It
There's a half-billion dollars invested in the gear hanging off the heads, chests and backs of the soldiers of Alpha company. Digital maps displayed on helmet-mounted eyepieces show the position of all the men in the unit as they surround a block ... [... more]
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Debunking the 9/11 Myths: Special Report
Conspiracy theorists claim this photo "proves" the 9/11 attacks were a U.S. military operation. (Photograph by Rob Howard) From the moment the first airplane crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, the world [... more]
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John McCain
The first conspiracy theories about 9/11 began to emerge while the wreckage was still smoldering. As evidence accumulated that conclusively linked the hijackings to Al Qaeda, some self-proclaimed skeptics searched for alternative explanations. ... [... more]
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DNA's Accuracy Puts Traditional Forsenics on Trial
With fingerprints, as with other forms of traditional evidence, the conclusion rests on the expert opinion of an examiner. Though there's no rule for how many points must align, the 20 above would be considered more than enough to call it a ... [... more]
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How Fisheries Are Making Big Fish Disappear
Big fish are vanishing because of fisheries practices that ignore basic science. The best time to walk the beach in Falmouth, Mass., is a half-hour before sunrise. Night tides have erased evidence of the tourists who assault Cape Cod by day. ... [... more]
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Squinting against the scorching, 150 mph tornado tearing through the BlackHawk's open windows, I can see the ground unit about a mile off the bird's nose. Five Humvees, all gun trucks, their turrets sprouting machine guns, are strung along the ... [... more]
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No-Nuke Trident II
Launched from a B-52, the proposed X-51 hypersonic cruise missile could travel 600 miles in 10 minutes to strike elusive, fleeting targets. (Illustration by Render Room) A tip sets the plan in motion - a whispered warning of a North Korean ... [... more]
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North Korea's Biochemical Threat
FIFTY MILES SOUTH OF the Chinese border lies the rural town of Chongju. Like many North Korean towns, it is a small, impoverished place where people scratch a bare existence from government-controlled farms. What photographs exist of Chongju ... [... more]
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North Korea's Suspected Biochemical Weapons: Breakdown
Highly infectious disease caused by touching or breathing in The cutaneous form causes necrotic lesions. Inhalation anthrax initially resembles a cold, but progresses to cause organ failure. Cutaneous anthrax kills 20 percent of those infected. ... [... more]
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Combating Satellite Terrorism, DIY Style
It's a mission MacGyver would love. Three or four times a year, small groups of junior officers gather at an Air Force Research Laboratory facility in New Mexico and try to figure out how to take down an American satellite using nothing more than ... [... more]
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Defending America - April 2006 Cover Story
The attack would come quickly, and it would be awful. Cruising far offshore, the U.S. Navy's DD(X) destroyer launches 20 artillery shells in less than a minute. As the satellite-guided weapons fall back to Earth at 830 mph, computer algorithms ... [... more]
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