by Spencer Ackerman | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
Thought the Army’s Raven drone was tiny? The Army now wants a new drone, called the Lethal Miniature Aerial Munition System, that’s weighs just just 5 pounds. And unlike the Raven, the so-called LMAMS will be armed and dangerous. Photo: U.S. Army Killer...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 31, 2012 | Monitor
<< Previous | Next >> The violence in the Mexican border state of Nuevo Leon began Tuesday morning and continued into Wednesday. By the end, 30 bodies had turned up around the state with bullet wounds or had been dismembered. The cause was attributed to a...
by David Axe | Aug 30, 2012 | Monitor
A soldier checks his radio headset in Iraq in 2009. Photo: Army In key moments during the U.S. Army’s latest war game for advanced communications gear, the troops’ high-tech new radios failed them. The setting was the semi-annual Network Integration...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 29, 2012 | Monitor
A U.S. Marine during a jungle patrol exercise in Guatemala on Sept. 12, 2010. While the Marines have helped train Guatemalan troops to hunt for drug traffickers in the past, the service is now expanding into chasing traffickers directly. Photo: USMC The war on drugs...
by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 23, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Paul Grimm, foreground, a rifleman with Police Advisor Team 2, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 6, patrols in Sangin District, Helmand. Photo: U.S. Marine Corps When President Obama surged 30,000...