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Navy fires test missiles from RC boats, pirates put on notice

Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 5:47pm

Who says military drones only belong in the air? The Navy has gotten into the game, test firing missiles from a 36-foot inflatable hulled, remote-controlled boat. Six anti-armor missiles successfully struck floating targets over two miles away, fired by personnel onshore at the Patuxent River Naval Air Station.

Missiles atop homes might be used to secure London 2012 Olympics

Raymond Wong

Monday, April 30, 2012 - 4:24pm

While sports fans gear up for the London 2012 summer Olympics, the residents of Bow Quarter, a batch of residents in London aren't too happy. Why is that? They're concerned about the government's plans to install missile launchers on their roofs!

Air Force ponders using ICBMs on terrorists

Evan Ackerman

Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 11:55am

It sure seems like a good idea: we've got all these intercontinental ballistic missiles lying around with nothing to do, under an hour from striking anywhere on Earth, plus a bunch of terrorists running around Afghanistan. So why not just use one against the other? The Air Force is thinking about doing just that.

Boeing's Airborne Laser shot down by the DoD along with another sci-fi weapon

Kevin Hall

Friday, May 8, 2009 - 2:32am

We're never going to get to The Future at this rate. The Department of Defense is cutting two big sci-fi-ish projects in an effort to funnel its resources toward more practical research. Namely, both the Airborne Laser and the Multiple...

Iran missile Photoshop job lampooned worldwide

Monday, July 14, 2008 - 9:03am

You probably saw this propaganda photo from Iran last week, showing a quartet of dangerous-looking missiles simultaneously launching in a test exercise. It became immediately obvious to anyone with half a brain that the shot was Photoshopped, with an...

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Missiles stories

Navy fires test missiles from RC boats, pirates put on notice

Missiles atop homes might be used to secure London 2012 Olympics

Air Force ponders using ICBMs on terrorists

Boeing's Airborne Laser shot down by the DoD along with another sci-fi weapon

Iran missile Photoshop job lampooned worldwide

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