by Spencer Ackerman | Nov 28, 2012 | Monitor
Iron Dome stopped a lot of rockets in this month’s Israel-Gaza war. But it won’t be able to stop Iran’s ballistic missiles. So the Israelis are already upgrading their missile defenses.
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 10, 2012 | Monitor
In an undated photograph, a BQM-147a Dragon drone shows damage after getting shot by a Navy laser weapon in China Lake, California. Photo: U.S. Navy One of the first tasks the Navy expects to assign its forthcoming arsenal of laser guns: shooting down drones that...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 21, 2012 | Monitor
An Iron Dome battery near Sderot, Israel. Photo: NatanFlayer/Wikimedia The top U.S. military officer’s plane got damaged in Afghanistan by insurgent rockets on Tuesday morning. It’s a reminder that the U.S. military’s defense against short-range...
by Prachi Naik | Jul 13, 2012 | Monitor
World’s most powerful laser fires most powerful laser blast ever Fox News The National Ignition Facility (NIF), based in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, achieved a historical milestone on the road to commercializing fusion energy. On July 5, NIF delivered...
by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai | Jul 10, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Marines zap one another in stun guns during a training session. Photo: USMC Imagine a stun gun that doesn’t just drop you to the floor, but renders you unconscious for several minutes. This tech is called a “nano-second electrical pulse,” and...