by Spencer Ackerman | Aug 2, 2012 | Monitor
These soldiers had better not be looking at porn, lest they run afoul of Pentagon rules. Photo: U.S. Army Sometimes the Pentagon acts like a lumbering bureaucrat, other times like an outraged schoolmarm. When it comes to online porn, it acts like both, as evidenced by...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jul 20, 2012 | Monitor
Guided missile destroyer U.S.S. Hopper launches a SM-3 interceptor at a test ballistic missile in the Pacific on July 31, 2009. Photo: Navy China has bet the security of its billion citizens largely around one weapon system: missiles. Which is why planned U.S....
by David Axe | Jul 19, 2012 | Monitor
If in its final hours Syria’s crumbling government unleashes a chemical barrage — and some analysts certainly think that’s possible — the regime will probably rely on an arsenal of gas- or nerve agent-tipped ballistic missiles purchased from...
by Spencer Ackerman | Jul 13, 2012 | Monitor
Updated, 7:10 a.m., July 14 The drone war could be shrinking faster than anyone expected. Raytheon’s teeny, tiny drone bomb might be ready to arm a small drone within months, the defense giant says. Since 2009, Raytheon has been experimenting with what it...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jul 12, 2012 | Monitor
U.S. ballistic missile interceptor. Photo: Navy Another year, another Pentagon report on Iran’s military power. Which means another round of imprecise predictions about when Iran may first test an intercontinental ballistic missile. But this time, the Pentagon...