Looming ominously like a space ship from Star Wars, this is the future of unmanned flight.
Defence firm BAE Systems today officially unveiled its first ever high-tech unmanned stealth jet.
The Taranis, named after the Celtic god of thunder, is about the same size as a Hawk jet and is equipped with stealth equipment and an ‘autonomous’ [...]

Editors note: Mr Amir thinks he’ll be greeted with open arms by the Iranian government if he returns to Iran. Most likely he will be - but one of them will be holding an axe. It’s a fact he revealed the existence of several secret Iranian nuclear facilities.

A missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who [...]

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It’s little secret that the U.S. cybersecurity could use some help. Recent studies have shown the nation’s power grid and armed forces to be highly vulnerable to a cyberattack from an internet savvy nation like China or Russia. Under President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama slow steps have been made [...]

A loud cracking sound as Excalibur broke the sound barrier forced Freaks to look up.
High above he caught site of the aircraft, spiraling out of control and headed straight down.
“Come on buddy. You can do it!” Freaks caught himself saying out loud.
As the Manta spiraled in, condensation contrails formed on the wingtips trailing [...]

July 8, 2010
By Graham WarwickAVWK Washington
Airships are survivors—a genus of aircraft that has been around since the dawn of aviation and is now being offered another chance at lasting success. This time the mission is persistent surveillance, but can undisputed endurance carve out a role for unmanned airships that lasts beyond today’s war?
As it embarks [...]

Moscow, Russia (CNN) — A spy swap between the United States and Russia took place Friday at the airport in Vienna, Austria, Russian state media reported.A plane carrying 10 Russian agents, who were expelled from the United States for intelligence gathering, took off from Vienna, apparently bound for Moscow, Russia, state TV reported.
A separate plane [...]

Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis has been chosen as the new head of the U.S. Central Command, Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced Thursday. Mattis replaces Gen. David Petraeus, who was recently tapped by President Barack Obama to head the military campaign in Afghanistan.

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DIY: Military UHF SATCOM antenna
PART THREE
By Steve Douglass
By now you might be wondering when I’m going to write about building the UHF SATCOM antenna.
I mean – isn’t that why you tuned in?
To recap, I wrote (and you patiently read) about my motivation and my rant about the high cost of new and [...]

CNN) — More information about an alleged Russian spy ring that was operating in the United States is expected to be revealed Wednesday at court hearings in Virginia and Massachusetts, court officials said.
Accused Russian spies Donald Howard Heathfield and Tracey Lee Ann Foley have a newly scheduled hearing in Boston federal court at 11 a.m., [...]

CNN) — The Pakistani army killed one of the most wanted Taliban commanders on Sunday in the country’s tribal region, the military said Tuesday.
He is Ameer Ullah Mehsud, one of the founders of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP.Mehsud, 45, was from the town of Makeen in South Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan’s [...]