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 Sharon Weinberger and Noah Shachtman | Aug 7, 2012 | Monitor
A selection from a 2006 Marine Corps request for a laser weapon. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has asked Danger Room repeatedly to take down the unclassified document. In its mounting campaign against leakers, the U.S. government isn’t just going...
by Noah Shachtman and Spencer Ackerman | Aug 3, 2012 | Monitor
If your idea of the military’s future involves a laser cannon and a giant, hydrogen-powered drone, Danger Room has some bad news for you. Despite the best efforts of the Missile Defense Agency and its allies in the House of Representatives, the Pentagon will not...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 3, 2012 | Monitor
Snipers from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade prepare to fire during an exercise above Logar Province, Afghanistan, on Jan. 26, 2012. Photo: Army Consider this scenario. A sniper guarding the Olympic Stadium spots a man pulling out a gun. In less than a minute, the...
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...