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And you thought Iron Man and Starship Troopers were just movies

| September 15, 2022 | 55 Comments
And you thought Iron Man and Starship Troopers were just movies

There are multiple articles out about the new Rostec body armor, which they say “will stop .50 BMG bullets”!  They mean .50 BMG from our beloved Ma Deuce, the longest serving machine gun in history, designed late in WWI, adopted in 1933, and still in enthusiastic use today. While Rostec’s official release was vague regarding […]

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Not enough Lithium to meet targets – Mining CEO

| September 8, 2022 | 66 Comments
Not enough Lithium to meet targets – Mining CEO

  Keith Phillips, CEO of Piedmont Lithium, as an interesting view: Essentially, will we have enough lithium to meet our transportation needs? Sure. Eventually. Will we have it by the time all these ambitious goals like California’s “no-internal-combustion engines (ICE) by 2035” ? Uh, no. “Yes, we’ll [eventually] have enough, but not by that time,” […]

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A military staple is coming to an end

| July 21, 2022 | 10 Comments
A military staple is coming to an end

  Back in the ancient days, when dinosaurs stalked the Earth, daily orders were posted on stone tablets, and the Russians acted like they wanted to conquer Europe (waitaholdit…) probably one of the most common sights around any military installation was the hordes of junior enlisted folks toting SLRs. No, not the legendary Self-Loading Rifle […]

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The shine isn’t even worn off yet

| July 15, 2022 | 23 Comments
The shine isn’t even worn off yet

  LGBTQ scientists and activists want to rename the James Webb telescope (named after a NASA administrator, not the author/Silver Star winner/Senator) now, since he was in government when they didn’t like the government. Think that’s what this means. The excitement around unprecedented new images of far-off galaxies has reignited calls from some within the […]

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US Army has new COVID vaccine that works against all variants, researchers say

| December 23, 2021 | 68 Comments
US Army has new COVID vaccine that works against all variants, researchers say

Poetrooper sends in that the Army has now developed a COVID vaccine. For those who trust experimental Army vaccines over experimental private sector vaccines, this could be revolutionary. From American Military News; The United States Army has created a revolutionary single-dose COVID-19 vaccine that researchers say will be revealed within weeks. According to a new […]

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Not Your Daddy’s Trebuchet

| November 11, 2021 | 29 Comments
Not Your Daddy’s Trebuchet

SpinLaunch and Crew SpinLaunch, a start-up that is building an alternative method of launching spacecraft to orbit, conducted a successful first flight test last month in New Mexico. The Long Beach, California-based company is developing a launch system that uses kinetic energy as its primary method to reach the required velocities – with a vacuum-sealed […]

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The redemption of Gus Grissom

| July 26, 2021 | 18 Comments
The redemption of Gus Grissom

Lieutenant Colonel Virgil “Gus” Grissom, USAF was many things in life. He died at the all-too-young age of 40 in the disastrous Apollo 1 capsule fire in 1967 along side Lieutenant Colonel Ed White, USAF (the first American to walk in space) and Lieutenant Commander Roger Chaffee, USN. Before that, Gus had been an aviation […]

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Tanker Tuesday – New Tank Under Testing

| April 13, 2021 | 10 Comments
Tanker Tuesday – New Tank Under Testing

For Tanker Tuesday:  The new German tank for the Bundeswehr The Bundeswehr is testing out its new tank in this video. The Germans decided to ot use the older model in the photo above. I have to add here that the subsidies for Germany’s windfarms ended at the end of the 20-year contract (this year), […]

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