CEO Of Massive US Defense Firm Scoffs At The 'Fiscal Cliff'
The fiscal what? Cliff? How about the fiscal "speed bump."The CEO of the fourth largest U.S. defense firm, Raytheon (5th largest in the world), Bill Swanson "is telling investors sequestration would be...
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Just in time for the holidays we're giving you have a chance to win an iPad mini. Become a newsletter subscriber now and you'll have a chance to win Apple's latest tablet. If you're the lucky winner...
View ArticleYes, You Can Buy A 50-Caliber Sniper Rifle Online
The idea of 3-D printing and the possibility to 'print' fully functioning weapons has our tech team abuzz and yesterday, taking it to extremes like tech writers are oft to do, asked us if it were legal...
View ArticleThere's A Giant Loophole In The Feinstein Amendment To The NDAA
An amendment to the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act sponsored by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and passed by a 67-29 vote late Thursday has been hailed as a way to end the prospect of...
View ArticleThe Most Basic Weapons Could Knock Out The US Power Grid
As Washington hunts ill-defined al-Qaeda groups in the Middle East and Africa, and concerns itself with Iran's eventual nuclear potential, it has a much more pressing problem at home: Its energy grid...
View ArticleGet Ready For A Follow-Up To The Anti-Islamic Film That Sparked Protests...
Back in September, anti-Islamic movie "The Innocence of Mulsims" set off protests across the Islamic world, possibly spurring on an attack on U.S. consulate in Libya that killed a U.S. Ambassador and...
View ArticleIran Unveiled A Bunch Of New Weapons For Its Upcoming Naval Games
Teal: It's not the manliest color.Still, the Ghadir class submarines Iran recently put into the water have some scary little attributes. It also isn't the only vessel Iran has under construction.Their...
View ArticleThe Legendary Career Of Retiring Nuclear Carrier USS Enterprise [INFOGRAPHIC]
This cool infographic details the lifespan of the world's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise. There are two notable firsts in her life, the first nuclear carrier in service, and...
View Article'BYOD' Is The Bane Of Corporate Information Security
All it takes is one employee stuffing his daughter's thumb drive into a company computer and suddenly a 'Hello Kitty' animation has taken over every computer screen in the office.It's malware.In an...
View ArticleProtestors Call For The Ouster Of Morsi For His Installation Of 'Shariah'...
Egyptian Islamists are holding rallies in support of President Mohammed Morsi ahead of his expected ratification of a new post-revolutionary constitution that opponents fear is too based in sharia law...
View ArticleNorth Korea's Planned Rocket Launch Could Put 'Observation Satellite' Above...
North Korea plans to move ahead with a rocket launch sometime between Dec. 10 and 22, the AP reports.An unnamed North Korean spokesperson said the launch will put an "polar orbiting observation...
View ArticleWhy China Thinks It Can Annex The South China Sea
It seems that China, or at least part of it, has thrown down the gauntlet in the South China Sea with the announcement that police in the southern island province of Hainan will board and search ships...
View ArticleBahrain Police Used Teargas On Anti-Kim Kardashian Protesters
Just hours after reality TV star Kim Kardashian gushed about her impressions of Bahrain, riot police fired tear gas to disperse more than 50 hardline Islamic protesters denouncing her presence in the...
View ArticleHow New York Became One Of The Safest Cities In The World
New York City went a day without a murder on Monday, which according to police was the first time anyone could remember that happening. Overall, the city's murder rate this year is down 23%, reaching...
View ArticleThe Syrian Military Just Did Something No Other Force In The World Will Do...
The Syrian regime was the only government in the world to lay new landmines this year, campaigners said Thursday as they issued an annual report on the use and effect of the devastating weapons.Mark...
View ArticleSuicide Bombers Attack US Base In Afghanistan Killing One
A spokesman for the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan says that a suicide attack on a major US base in Jalalabad had killed at least one other person.Speaking in...
View ArticleThese Actual Spy Weapons Are Straight Out Of A Bond Movie
Newly crowned "Sexiest Man Alive" Kim Jong Un isn't the biggest fan of Park Sang-hak, an anti-Pyongyang defector now living in South Korea who's near the top of North Korea's hit list.The outspoken...
View ArticleSouth Korean Footballer Suspended For Comment About Disputed Islands
FIFA has suspended a South Korean player for two international matches over a post-match political gesture at the London Olympics, the South's football body said Monday.FIFA's disciplinary committee...
View ArticleAfghan Commanders Feel Extremely Vulnerable As US Forces Leave
Navy corpsman Andrew Sieber leaned over the injured Afghan policeman, who had a gunshot wound to his right shoulder.Sieber, 24, inspected the policeman's bandages and then helped load him onto a...
View ArticleThere Really Is No James Bond Style 'License To Kill' At Britain's MI6
MI6 prefers not to spell out the limits of its powers but sources have made it clear that the service does not have a “licence to kill.”One security source told the Daily Telegraph that the service...
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