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Lockheed Built A Blimp-Crawling Robot That Finds And Fixes Leaks
Satellites and autonomous drones have reduced our need for cutting-edge spy planes and stealth fighters. So Lockheed’s famed Skunk Works, creators of the SR-71 Blackbird, have now built a unique robot called the Spider that can crawl over the surface of blimps to find and fix tiny pinhole leaks.
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Monster Machines: Guam Could Get A Missile Shield To Deter North Korean Attacks
Guam’s strategic location just 2400km South of Japan’s shores make the tiny island a very valuable piece of real estate for the US military and a very enticing target for Pyongyang’s missile program. To make sure that Kim Jong Un doesn’t get any funny ideas, Congress wants to arm Guam with our version of the…
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Why Is The US Military So Shockingly Bad At Art?
When a military contractor is trying to sell some wacky superweapon to the Pentagon, or when the Pentagon is trying to sell some wacky superweapon to US Congress, it draws a cool action picture. But why are they so horribly bad? Take this brand new image cooked up my Lockheed Martin.