US Army has developed a great number of non-lethal weapons to combat civil revolts. Now the latest development is a 7.5 million candlepower strobe floodlight system that temporarily paralyzes all its human targets. The device will be mounted on an unmanned air vehicle as a non-lethal crowd control system. The system uses a xenon-based searchlight [...]
The remarkable Talon Riot Control Vehicle is currently at eBay for bidding. The army vehicle that was earlier armored with canon and grenade launchers was later used as a delivery vehicle for valued commodities. The large vehicle comes equipped with a 8.1-litre turbo diesel Bedford engine and has a fridge and bathroom too to give [...]
For some a minute is more than enough. But think for a time when a suspicious packet arrives and the bomb detection squad is miles away. Then you may find this handy! ELITE or Easy Livermore Inspection Test for Explosives is a handheld unit that can detect more than 30 different types of explosives. When [...]
U.S. Army is getting too serious about their copter crashes in Iraq. The army wants to get their hands on a Trophy type defense system for their helicopters. Israeli army is already using a system dubbed Trophy. The system is called as an ‘active defense system’ and it works by keeping anti-aircraft missiles away from [...]
People from around the globe are determining the makers of the deadly Iraqi EFP’s, and there is a finger pointing at everyone. The real fact is that there are many groups that can make those deadly weapons. The US military is also enabling the soldiers to make their own EFPs. For them the M303 is [...]
Macroswiss has developed a new device named ACCS or Advanced Combat Camera System for military purposes. The device can also be thought of as a 21st century periscope but has far more application areas than the traditional periscope. The ACCS is a evolution of the highly successful Giraffe pole camera system and it also incorporates [...]
This boat dubbed MRVI or Marine Robotics Vessels International Interceptor is the world’s most advanced autonomous boat. The machine unveiled at IDEX 2007 in Abu Dhabi is a fourth-generation unmanned surface vessel. SeaRobotics has provided al the command, control and navigation systems for the boat. These systems allow the boat to the controlled from a [...]
Piracy has been a major problem in the Arabian sea and Indian ocean after the disruption of the Said Barre regime in Somalia. Expert fishermen with no one to sell their catch to, the Somalis were led to become pirates by their extreme poverty. But that was then; now, piracy is their vocation, and the [...]
You all must be very familiar with Laser weapons and must have seen some in sci-fi movies. But this is reality that we are talking about. Two main companies that are going for the challenge are Raytheon and Northrop Grumman. Raytheon has stated that their latest creation is a prototype solid state Laser Area Defense [...]
The world leader in high-intensity illumination and low-light viewing technologies Xenonics Holdings has unveiled a new special device that enables you to see in the dark. This SuperVision digital night viewing device uses a patent-pending ‘Night Vision Weapon Sights‘ technology to see in the dark and operates on highly stylish CCD sensor to generate superior [...]
