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Friday August 8th

U.S. Military To Be 30 Percent Robotic In Twelve Years 19576

http://io9.com/5033581/us-military-to-be-30-percent-robotic-in-twelve-years (score:63 / approval:80%)

by El Cap Fri Aug 8th, 2008 5:52am (from bordom.net)

U.S. Military To Be 30 Percent Robotic In Twelve Years

The U.S. military is being taken over by robots. Clearing buildings, recovering unexploded munitions and searching for bombs are some of the deadliest tasks a soldier can face in Iraq, and most of them can be done by robots. Plus, the Pentagon has plans to introduce even more robotic troops into military ranks in the coming decade. But will there be a human finger on the button, or are we talking about fully-autonomous weapons systems?

military, robot

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Google pulls some map images at Pentagon's request 17745

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN0625659220080306 (score:349 / approval:67%)

by oweff Thu Mar 6th, 2008 10:20pm (from #bor)

Google Inc has complied with a request by the Pentagon to remove some online images from its street-level map service because they pose a security threat to U.S. military bases, military and company officials said on Thursday.

google, google earth, military

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Saturday November 24th 2007

Brain-Injury Tests Changed Because Troops Caught Cheating 16903

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,311750,00.html (score:183 / approval:67%)

by oblio Wed Nov 21st, 2007 10:38pm (from #bor)

Brain-Injury Tests Changed Because Troops Caught Cheating

Doctors at the Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center (DVBIC) changed certain questions to a test used to diagnose concussions because cheating on it could put servicemen and women, as well as their comrades, in danger.

brain injury, cheating, military

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Tuesday June 26th 2007

company... MARCH ! 15706

by velvet_skin Sat Jun 23rd, 2007 2:03am (from #bor)

deadly weapons division

asian, military, sexy

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Tuesday May 15th 2007

Military Blocks MySpace, YouTube 15106

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/05/14/military.sites.blocked.ap/index.html... (score:324 / approval:88%)

by mimo Mon May 14th, 2007 2:18pm (from #bor)

The policy is being implemented to protect information and reduce drag on the department's networks

but they didn't block Facebook

ban, military, myspace, youtube

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Tuesday January 2nd 2007

hypersonic plane: 2 hrs. from dc to australia 12310

http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/airforce/Supersonic_Combustion_for_a_Hyp... (score:258 / approval:100%)

by ldisko Thu Dec 28th, 2006 11:41am (from #bor)

hypersonic plane: 2 hrs. from dc to australia

Hypersonic space planes could revolutionize the transportation industry, much like jet planes did for subsonic commercial aviation 50 years ago, said Astrox President Ajay Kothari. Seemingly remote parts of the world would be nearly as accessible as a two-hour drive.

2 hrs. of awesome.

defense, hypersonic, military, plane

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Monday December 25th 2006

'Karaoke boost' for N Korea troops 12226

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6199603.stm (score:197 / approval:83%)

by --B Thu Dec 21st, 2006 1:59pm (from #bor) Bumped by _--B

karaoke, military, n korea

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Friday May 19th 2006

Girls of the Israeli Army 8206

http://israelmilitary.net/showthread.php?t=13 (score:3063 / approval:60%)

by coolguy Fri May 19th, 2006 12:05pm (from #bor)

army, girls, girls war military army isrial, israel, military, war

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Tuesday May 9th 2006

Hacker fears 'UFO cover-up' 8075

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4977134.stm (score:436 / approval:100%)

by oblio Tue May 9th, 2006 4:36pm (from #bor)

In 2002, Gary McKinnon was arrested by the UK's national high-tech crime unit, after being accused of hacking into Nasa and the US military computer networks. He says he spent two years looking for photographic evidence of alien spacecraft and advanced power technology.

Banned from using the internet!

hacker, military, nasa, ufo

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