by Spencer Ackerman | Mar 19, 2013 | Monitor
This is supposed to be a time of military budget cuts. Yet the Navy is planning a big push into laser weaponry in 2013. Some laser advocates don’t see a contradiction.
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 22, 2012 | Monitor
Rear Adm. Matthew Klunder, the chief of Naval research, salutes Virginia Tech’s humanoid robot CHARLI-2 at the Office of Naval Research’s science and technology expo, Oct. 22, 2012. Photo: Wired.com/Jared Soares Never mind looming defense cuts or residual...
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 | Sep 26, 2012 | Monitor
The 1997 episode of Pokemon that triggered hundreds of seizures — and stoked the dreams of Army technologists. Photo: via YouTube In 1998, a secret Army intelligence analysis suggested a new way to take out enemies: blast them with electromagnetic energy until...