military stories

 
What's the newest military technology? Lasers. But not pew-pew lasers, like you might be imagining. More like "ow, my eyes!" lasers. Yes, a new military-grade laser is able to blind people from up to 2.5 miles away. Sure, it's not...
 
Defending an oil tanker from pirates is a tricky business. On the one hand, you've got cargo worth upwards of 100 million in black gold; then again, you really don't want bullets and RPGs whizzing around when your vessel is...
 
Rocket-propelled grenades, probably best known for their supporting roles in various Michael Bay movies, are a real and ever-present danger to armored vehicles in Iraq and Afghanistan. It's a tough problem: How do you stop an explosive that's about to...

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