I don't think that's what Dutch meant, at all. The idea is for the soldier to spend his/her "brain matter" on more important matters, like fighting the enemy, rather than on simply lumbering from rock to rock.
Very true. Which is one of its problems, actually. FCS -- the Army's $92 billion modernization effort -- is looking like it might slip, big time. Luckily, FFW might detatch from that albatross.
Many people here have commented that my story wasn't a big deal, because the area into which I went wasn't sufficiently top-secret. If I had walked out with, say, a wheelbarrow full of uranium, then they would have been impressed.
Well, in 1997, during a security training simulation, soldiers were able to do just that. In 2000, during a similar exercise, feaux bad guys "gain(ed) access to the reactor fuel... potentially causing a sizable nuclear detonation that would have taken out part of New Mexico and caused havoc downwind."
I'm a scared, out-of-shape lummox without any military training whatsoever, and with no motivation to do anything harmful. Yet I got into an area that I was assured could not be accessed by any outsider - an area that no one will even say officially what it's purpose is.
If I could do what I did - and these simulated attackers coudl make such spectacular inroads - what could a more determined adversary accomplish? That's the question my story asks.
Several Slashdotters said that TA-33 couldn't have been that important, if Bussolini and Alexander stored their allegedly fraudulently-purchased goods there, and if I was able to get in.
To that, one Slashdot reader replied, "I'm not comfortable assuming that the buildings he managed to get into were useless just based on the fact that he was able to access them. It seems like that sort of head-in-the-sand circular logic does not good security practices make."
testing for the american electric armor program is taking place at the aberdeen proving ground.
the brits were more willing to speak about their tests, so most of the info for the story came from them.
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that's all true. 'cept the electric armor isn't meant for tanks. it's for personnel carriers & the like, to give them some of the same protections a tank has.
none of the military experts i spoke to for the story envisions a drone-only force. instead, it'll be a mixture of humans and robots, fighting side by side. is that any less scary??
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i've got a bunch of technical papers related to the minuteman project that i used as background for the times story. they're a bit long to post on/. but i'd be happy to send 'em to whoever wants to see. shoot me an e-mail at noahmax@inch.com if you're interested.
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hey salden --
i'm writing up this debacle for wired news. and i'd like to talk to you about your experiences. shoot me an e-mail at noahmax@inch.com, if you gets this.
i'm writing about the new wolfenstein for wired news. and i'd like to get your comments on what y'all think of think of the game -- and how it compares to the original...
e-mail me: noahmax@inch.com
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...including the L.A. Sheriff's Department's ultra-powerful sonic blaster, is here. nms
There's more on this and other long-range UAVs over at Defense Tech -- including a solar-powered drone that just set endurance records.
The website may look booty, but XADS does appear to have a small business contract with the Navy for a "Personnel Neuromuscular Disruptor Incapacitation System" -- awarded November '02.
There's a bunch more on how the Trek-inspired 'bot was built and tested here.
Defense Tech has a blimpload of material on high-altitude airships.
I don't think that's what Dutch meant, at all. The idea is for the soldier to spend his/her "brain matter" on more important matters, like fighting the enemy, rather than on simply lumbering from rock to rock.
Very true. Which is one of its problems, actually. FCS -- the Army's $92 billion modernization effort -- is looking like it might slip, big time. Luckily, FFW might detatch from that albatross.
There's a whole bunch more on NASA's way-out research over here.
Defense Tech has info on Darpa's plan for a blimp that can keep watch over an entire city, and other Pentagon airship efforts, too.
Defense Tech has more on the Air Force's space war plans.
There's lots more on "Foodless Fighters" at Defense Tech.
It's worse than you think. Seisint, the company behind Matrix, was founded by a guy who was implicated in a Bahamian drug smuggling ring back in the 80's.
There's more about so-called "power beaming" here at Defense Tech...
There's more info on LifeLog here and here.
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Many people here have commented that my story wasn't a big deal, because the area into which I went wasn't sufficiently top-secret. If I had walked out with, say, a wheelbarrow full of uranium, then they would have been impressed.
Well, in 1997, during a security training simulation, soldiers were able to do just that. In 2000, during a similar exercise, feaux bad guys "gain(ed) access to the reactor fuel... potentially causing a sizable nuclear detonation that would have taken out part of New Mexico and caused havoc downwind."
I'm a scared, out-of-shape lummox without any military training whatsoever, and with no motivation to do anything harmful. Yet I got into an area that I was assured could not be accessed by any outsider - an area that no one will even say officially what it's purpose is.
If I could do what I did - and these simulated attackers coudl make such spectacular inroads - what could a more determined adversary accomplish? That's the question my story asks.
Several Slashdotters said that TA-33 couldn't have been that important, if Bussolini and Alexander stored their allegedly fraudulently-purchased goods there, and if I was able to get in.
To that, one Slashdot reader replied, "I'm not comfortable assuming that the buildings he managed to get into were useless just based on the fact that he was able to access them. It seems like that sort of head-in-the-sand circular logic does not good security practices make."
I agree.
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For more, go to Defense Tech.
noah shachtman, with wired news, here. i'd like to hear from any former USNA grads about this. send me e-mail at noahmax@inch.com.
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the brits were more willing to speak about their tests, so most of the info for the story came from them.
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i've got a bunch of technical papers related to the minuteman project that i used as background for the times story. they're a bit long to post on /. but i'd be happy to send 'em to whoever wants to see. shoot me an e-mail at noahmax@inch.com if you're interested.
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i'm writing about the new wolfenstein for wired news. and i'd like to get your comments on what y'all think of think of the game -- and how it compares to the original... e-mail me: noahmax@inch.com nms