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The Enormous Secret Weapons Depot Hidden Underneath Manhattan

4:00PM Today | Sam Biddle

Manhattan’s SoHo neighbourhood is mostly filled with bored models and stupid-expensive boutiques. But on one grimy, absolutely ignorable corner is the entrance to a cavern stuffed with guns, rockets, cocaine and riot shields. This is where Hollywood locks and loads. More »


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Watch Obama Fire This Marshmallow Cannon At The White House Science Fair

5:45AM Yesterday | Jesus Diaz

Screw the F-35 and the Navy’s railguns! This air cannon that can shoot marshmallows as far as 23m is what the Pentagon means. Or at least, that’s what Obama needs, perhaps his most powerful weapon to fight Romney. More »


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The Softer Side Of Chainsaw-Accentuated Rifles

6:00PM February 8, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

Rifles augmented with chainsaws designed to cut through zombie hordes are old hat, so when Guns & Gardens set about making theirs, they wanted it to be different. Cuter, more adorable, and more appealing to your stereotypical tweenaged girl. More »


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North Korea’s New Killer Drone Comes From The US

5:14AM February 7, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

That red thing flying next to the F-16 is an MQM-107D Streaker, a target drone that was developed in the 1970s for the US Army. The North Koreans have bought several of them from Syria, and they are now using them to build unmanned attack drones loaded with high explosives. More »


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Woman Gets Tasered For Blocking McDonald’s Drive-Thru

3:30AM February 7, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

Evangeline Marrero Lucca, 37 years old and devoted Chicken McNuggets fan, got tasered at a McDonald’s drive-thru by police officers. She cut into the car line and then refused to move and wait her turn when instructed to do so. More »


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Dog Owner Stun-Gunned For Having Dogs Off Their Leashes

2:30AM February 1, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

You know when you were a kid and your dad told you that owning a dog would teach you responsibility? Walk him, feed him, clean up after him, keep him on a leash. One California dog walker found out last Sunday that the penalty for non-compliance is a good stun gunning. More »


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Navy GREMLIN Will Hunt Underground IEDs Like An Acoustic Truffle Pig

2:00AM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

EOD personnel would have a hell of a lot easier time if people would stop burying their IEDs. But since that’s obviously not going to happen, Office of Naval Research is funding the development of an ordnance detection system that “sees” through the ground with sound waves. More »


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US Air Force Needs A Harder Massive Penetrator For Iran

1:30PM January 31, 2012 | Jesus Diaz

The 13,607kg GBU-57A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator is not hard enough to take on Iran’s current nuclear facilities, said Pentagon sources to the Wall Street Journal. More »


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Add An Electric Chainsaw To Your AK-47 To Battle Non-Existant Zombies

11:30AM January 26, 2012 | Andrew Liszewski

The zombie fad will soon be as old and tired as steampunk, but ridiculous creations like this electric chainsaw accessory designed to hang off the front of an AK-47 can still coax a smile out of me. More »


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How Did The Austrian Glock Become America’s Favourite Gun?

4:45AM January 26, 2012 | Casey Chan

I know next to nothing about guns but I know about the Glock. Chances are you do too. It’s become a part of the American fabric, as closely associated to the US of A as AK-47s are to terrorists, muskets were to colonials and light sabers to Jedis. More »