3 month ago
nelson : Underground runways - North Korea builds runways in tunnels
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5 month ago
nelson : Military graffiti art - Great collection of painted barricades in kuwait
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6 month ago
nelson : BBC on Prince Harry - A blog is a perfect way to explain their thinking behind the embargo
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nelson : Prince Harry agreement - How the British press agreed to am embargo
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nelson : Prince Harry in Afghanistan - Great slideshow
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8 month ago
deusx : H.R. 393: Universal National Service Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us) - "To require all persons in the United States between the ages of 18 and 42 to perform national service..." Repeatedly reintroduced apparently to prove a point.
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10 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced - The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced: heh... that's just funny
nelson : China sub showoff - They snuck a submarine up to a massive aircraft carrier and then showed themselves
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10 month ago
nelson : Phelps guilty - Crazy anti-gay family finally held liable
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11 month ago
deusx : Run away the ray-gun is coming : We test US army's new secret weapon | the Daily Mail - "It can throw a wave of agony nearly half a mile."
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13 month ago
nelson : Was Tillman murdered? - Wow, this looks awful; some reason to think his death was more than just a friendly fire accident
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14 month ago
Linkorama : Skippy's List - The 213 Things Skippy Is No Longer Allowed To Do In The U.S. Army ? The List
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16 month ago
nelson : Military lies - Jessica Lynch: "The bottom line is the American people are capable of determining their own ideals of heroes and they don't need to be told elaborate lies,"
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deusx : McClatchy Washington Bureau | 04/19/2007 | Training Iraqi troops no longer driving force in U.S. policy - "Military planners have abandoned the idea that standing up Iraqi troops will enable American soldiers to start coming home soon and now believe that U.S. troops will have to defeat the insurgents and secure control of troubled provinces. "
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17 month ago
jimray : Porn swap sparks Japan leak furor - "Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defense system"
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17 month ago
deusx : Daily Kos: The Cost of Escalation - "Bush is sending sick and injured troops back to Iraq, and now he's sending troops that haven't received requisite leave."
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18 month ago
nelson : Bigot heads the military - Some stupid general shoots his mouth off offensively
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22 month ago
jimray : Pentagon boosts 'media war' unit - Oceania is at war with Eurasia, in alliance with Eastasia
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23 month ago
jimray : Battle over tactics raged at Gitmo - Our first big piece from Pulitzer-prize winning investigative journalist Bill Dedman. Good stuff here, I'm proud to work at this place.
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24 month ago
plasticbag : Awesome Daily Show clip from yesterday on Gays in the Military - Apparently a large proportion of gay men drink each other's urine. Difficult to argue with that, really.
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24 month ago
jimray : Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team - Shocking. No, really, I'm shocked *shocked* that this would happen under team Bush.
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25 month ago
jkottke : Bruce Schneier: "It's time we calm down and fight terror with antiterror." - Bruce Schneier: "It's time we calm down and fight terror with antiterror. Our job is to think critically and rationally, and to ignore the cacophony of other interests trying to use terrorism to advance political careers or increase a television show's vi
jimray : Schneier on Security: What the Terrorists Want - "The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act. And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want." Precisely.
Jeremy Zawodny : What the Terrorists Want - What the Terrorists Want: "The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act... And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want." Sadly, he's right.
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Linkorama : "no military use" GPL clause - "We are software developers who dedicate part of our free time to open source development. The fact is that open source is used by the military industry. Open source operating systems can steer warplanes and rockets. [This] patch should make clear to user
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25 month ago
jimray : Damn Interesting » Earth's Artificial Ring: Project West Ford - In the late 50's, the US tried to blanket the earth atmosphere with tiny copper needles to create a redundant ionosphere for shortwave radio communications, in case the Russians cut our terrestrial cables. Crazy.
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