Technology: Military & Law Enforcement

Technology: Military & Law Enforcement Archive

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Real-Life Get Smart: Q&A With the CIA’s Former Gadget Guru A retired CIA technician comes in from the cold to reveal how the Agency designs gadgets that spies depend on. (Published in the June 2008 issue)
Inside the Global Black Market for Antiaircraft Missiles Shoulder-fired missiles, the meanest weapons in the “small arms” category, keep falling into the wrong hands, despite the U.S. and Russia’s attempts to keep them away from terrorists. Could more militants, from Iran to China, be next in line at the black market?
New Cold War: Mapping 6 Hotspots in the U.S.-Russian Arms Race America is the top vendor of major conventional weapons, Russia ranks number two, and both countries share a legacy of making military equipment to counter the other's capabilities. We've mapped the world hotspots where these weapons clash. (Published in the July 2008 issue)
Wii All You Can Be? Why the Military Needs the Gaming Industry Experts see the future of gaming hardware in Xbox controllers for flying UAVs, next-gen interfaces for unknown battlefields and, believe it or not, Wiimotes for basic training.
Gaming's Guns of Tomorrow: Ready For War—or Inspiration? Do developers go overboard with the cosmetics of carnage in games like Quake Wars, or could video-game weapons inform the 22nd-century military?
4 New High-Tech Weapons Pack Small Shells, Big Boom From an Iron Man-style guided missile to a Humvee-mounted pulverizer, this smarter and more deadly crop of tiny military systems brings some finesse to force. (Published in the June 2008 issue)
Hack Attack on Tibet Groups Could Hint at China's Anti-U.S. Tactic In the midst of violence, a quieter online conflict has come into focus, with Tibetan rights groups saying they face mounting digital attacks, some of which security consultants say involve computer servers in China already used to target U.S. military contractors.
Computer-Guided Parachutes Resupply Army in Afghanistan Troops in remote areas of Afghanistan have been receiving supplies from new smart parachutes that could alter the future of military logistics. The Joint Precision Airdrop System steers cargo to specific GPS points in the same way that some smart bombs locate targets. (Published in the May 2008 issue)
Shooting for Realism: How Accurate are Video-Game Weapons? With a spate of military shooter titles hitting the market, PM's resident geek gets the inside story on gaming's next-gen guns from top developers, who have to balance coolness with correctness for every M-16 they recreate.
Homeland Adds On-the-Go Radioactive Hunter to Garage This modified Chevy Suburban XL, delivered by Raytheon last month, claims to be the first of its kind: a highly-sensitive, self-contained system that uses the same spectroscopic analysis technology that's found in advanced cargo inspection scanners.
Killer Bee UAV First Look: Raytheon Fights Boeing in Drone Race A full-scale military auction is on for the Navy and Marine Corps' increased fleets of unmanned aircraft, and Raytheon has revealed its battle-ready Boeing competitor to PopularMechanics.com nearly a week before its unveiling.
Stryker Crews in Iraq Rally to Defend Their Rides: Field Report Try telling some of the Stryker MGS crews that their battle-tested vehicles are not effective, and you get a more nuanced appraisal. In a new round of on-the-ground reviews from U.S. troops, next-gen armored vehicles appear to be improving safety in Iraq.
Anatomy of an IED-Fighting Abrams Tank in Baghdad: Field Report Reborn as urban warriors, M1A1 Army tanks get new equipment to survive combat in cities. The critical question is whether the so-called TUSK package saves lives, and there's concern over how much extra time tanks will spend in the shop. We ask a master gunner on the ground for answers. (Published in the April 2008 issue)
America's Robot Army: Are Unmanned Fighters Ready for Combat? While UAVs have been loaded with missiles since 2001, the arming of ground robots is relatively uncharted territory. As contractors and the Army see a huge shift in how we will wage wars, the age of killer robots is upon us. (Published in the March 2008 issue)
3 Things We Learned From the Accidental U.S. Nuke Flyby The system of checks and balances has degraded to a point that six of the planet's most powerful weapons were missing for 36 hours—and no one noticed until they had landed across the U.S. How can something worse be avoided?
World War Bots, Love 2.0, Teleporting, Daytona Tech & More: Podcast Our resident robo whiz offers the inside story of armed, unmanned vehicles coming soon to the battlefield. Plus, we talk online dating and love at first sight with a top researcher, teleportation with Jumper director Doug Liman, and the Daytona 500 with Casey Mears's pit mechanic.
Top 5 Bomb-Packing, Gun-Toting War Bots the U.S. Doesn’t Have Unmanned killing machines remain largely the purview of more well-heeled military forces. While the United States remains the definitive leader in unmanned military vehicles, here are some of the most promising ones being developed elsewhere.
3 New Ways the U.S. Navy Will Fight Underwater Terrorism The mastermind of Al Qaeda’s deadly suicide boat attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 apparently also trained recruits to plant explosives under docked ships in the Persian Gulf. The Navy can locate divers with sonar but is looking for ways to stop them. (Published in the March 2008 issue)
High-Tech Lockup: Inside 4 Next-Gen Prison Security Systems From RFID bracelets tracking a suspicious gathering in the library to a scaled-down version of the military’s “pain ray,” a new crop of high-tech systems is being considered to tamp prison violence.
Navy Tests Super-Powered Rail Gun & 6500-mph Secret Machine (With Video) Engineers fired a seven-pound slug from an electromagnetic railgun at a record power level of 10 megajoules, then rocketed a payload across a track at 6589 mph—136 mph faster that the existing land speed record for anything on tracks.
From Space to Sea, New Radar Tech Could Shift Military Might Digital beamforming could become a game-changing technology that may help defeat an attack on U.S. warships. It could also answer missile defense issues and, if placed on satellites, make new spy and environmental missions become possible from orbit.
Pentagon Turns to Engineers for Troop Transport Fix in Iraq: Analysis (With 6 Next-Gen Chopper Designs!) The Army and Air Force will seek Pentagon approval by year's end for new aircraft meant to carry big loads, then land on poorly built, short runways—or no runways at all. There are no easy answers, but military planners do have a number of proposals.
High-Tech Border Patrol: 5 New Tricks to Find Smuggler Tunnels The Department of Homeland Security says tunnels under the U.S.-Mexico border are proliferating as security is tightened aboveground. The solution? A sensor network that peers through dirt and rock. Here are the most promising contenders. (Published in the February 2008 issue)
Paintball Gun or 12-Gauge? Inside Army's Modded-Out Shotgun The M26 Modular Accessory Shotgun System (above) is a 12-gauge that can be used alone or attached to an M4 carbine with a clamp. Nearly 40,000 of the 4-pound, 3-ounce (stand-alone) shotguns will be delivered to the Army early next year. (Published in the February 2008 issue)
Surveillance Society: New High-Tech Cameras Are Watching You In the era of computer-controlled surveillance, your every move could be captured by cameras, whether you're shopping in the grocery store or driving on the freeway. Proponents say it will keep us safe, but at what cost? (Published in the January 2008 issue)
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street Government and businesses train surveillance cameras on us in public spaces. Should we be able to return the favor? Glenn Harlan Reynolds says yes. (Published in the January 2008 issue)
America’s New Surveillance Society: Podcast A report on FAA-approved drone tests, suggestions from Glenn Reynolds on how to watch back, and a first look at a eye-tracking hardware that might make Google millions. Plus, Mike Allen refutes the new fuel-economy standard, and we meet an NHL Zamboni guy.
Pentagon Supercomputer Powers IED-Hunting Second Life for Iraq Half a world away from the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, nestled near the border of Mississippi and Louisiana, a 34-year-old electrical engineer is wielding one of the planet’s most powerful computers to lend a virtual helping hand to U.S. soldiers.
Taser Fires Back at U.N. Anti-Torture Committee: Analysis Four days after a United Nations committee declared that the use of Taser's X26 stun gun by police amounted to torture, Taser has issued a strong response. A PM editor who's been Tasered breaks down how the company's devices fall short of electrocution.
The Real Story Behind the F-15 Stand-Down: News Analysis When four of the world’s premier jet fighters crash, the military pays attention. When every F-15 in the world is ordered to stay on the ground, the rumor mill gets in gear. Investigators open up in a PM exclusive
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