afghanistan
News

US Military’s New Spy-Blimp Struggling To Find Enough Helium

Yes, the world’s helium supply is slowly running out, and as sad as it will be to see thousands of tear-stained cheeks of balloonless birthday boys and girls, the military is already feeling the sting.

September 20, 2011
Science

Laser Can Detect Roadside Bombs From A Distance

Scientists have a new laser sensor they say can detect roadside bombs, the cause of more than half the soldier deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq.

September 15, 2011
Online

NATO And Taliban Engage In Harrowing Twitter Pissing Match

NATO and the Taliban have never really gotten along — a decade of collapsed state power vacuum insurgency warfare will do that. But can’t we count on Twitter as a bastion of civility? Apparently not! The battling pair’s bickering online.

September 13, 2011
Entertainment

Must-See War Documentary: Hell And Back Again

I can’t wait to see Hell and Back Again, the film by our friend Danfung Dennis. Not because it won the World Cinema Jury Prize Documentary at Sundance 2011 but because it looks truly extraordinary

August 18, 2011
Geek Out

Here’s What It Looks Like When A Drone Crashes Into A C-130

This must have been incredibly terrifying! Imagine rumbling along in your massive C-130 gunship over Afghanistan, when KABOOM, a UAV slams into your wing and tears a big chunk out if it. Now imagine having to land like that.

August 17, 2011
News

Wounded War Dog Healed In Aerial Hospital

War dogs, just like war people, get shot at. And when they’re hit — like this brave fighting pooch, Cujo, they get the exact same state of the art C-17 medical treatment as a human, KitUp’s Glenn Anderson reports.

August 13, 2011
Cars

The US Special Ops Afghanistan Camo Dirt Bike

When you picture spec ops commandos in Afghanistan, you probably imagine them slinking around silently, quietly rappelling, or crawling through mountain passes. Not roaring around on this supercharged dirt bike. I guess they’re even more badass than we thought.

August 6, 2011
News

US Troops Die In Largest Loss Of Life In Afghanistan

The Wall Street Journal reports that a Chinook helicopter carrying 31 US special forces troops and 7 Afghan troops was shot down last night by a Taliban insurgent’s missile. The crash killed everyone on board.

August 5, 2011
News

A Toy Truck Saved The Lives Of Six Soldiers

Staff Sgt Christopher Fessenden is alive right now thanks to a toy truck. Seriously. The toy truck was always sent ahead of him in Afghanistan to look for roadside bombs. Last week, it ran into a tripwire and exploded.

July 15, 2011
Science

Battlefield Biometric Scanning Keeps Perfect Record Of Millions

Distinguishing friend from foe has been one of the greater challenges through years of American military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. But science fiction-worthy biometric scanning, the NYT reports, is changing the face of warfare, two irises at at ime.

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