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Throughout world/military history there's been amazing advances, inventions, and innovations, which are often brought about through necessity; the idea here is to provide a place to discuss 'military technology' both past and present, and to brainstorm, discuss, and/or speculate on future tech and its potential military applications. So, how has 'mil-tech' impacted you or your career? What technology do you find interesting or exciting? How does civilian technology interface with the military and vice versa? What are the impacts to both? Just a few questions to consider, and as always please feel free to share any photos, links, stories or anything else necessary to communicate your point(s). I'm certain that this will be both fascinating and informative so let's get this thing started; thank you for all that you do, and... see you all in the discussion threads!
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Business Insider article "11 Unbelievable Weapons that only American and its Closest Allies Have" http://www.businessinsider.com/11-unbelievable-weapons-that-only-america-has-2014-9?op=1#ixzz3CriIEnAZ
11 Unbelievable Weapons That Only America And Its Closest Allies Have
ISIS has an unprecedented terrorist aresenal, but the U.S.'s has a huge hardware advantage over its adversaries
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Rifle, Caliber .30, M1 "The greatest battle implement ever devised." -- General
George S. Patton
George S. Patton
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Caterpillar drive. Up until a damn cook sabotages it. Submarines are a close second.
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This would definitely fit into the "future" category, the DoD STARBASE Program, read all about it here: http://www.dodstarbase.org/program-description
DoD STARBASE focuses on elementary students, primarily fifth graders. The goal is to motivatethem to explore Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)as they continue their education.The academies servestudents that are historically under-represented in STEM. Students who live in inner cities or rural locations, those who are socio-economically disadvantaged, low in academic performance or have a disability are in the target group. The...
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This is a fun subject. Technology is a double edged sword. It can either help you, or defeat you. Smart bombs are a good example of this. Smart bombs were intended for use in population centers where you knew what you wanted to take out, but did not want to take out places around it that were non military. Say a communications center next to school. Or you want to take out a dam. It is useless as an area denial weapon. That is where dumb bombs come into play. Now what I mean by area denial is, troop concentrations, ie infantry, tanks, to taking out air fields. One area where technology failed us was in Tora Bora Afghanistan. I believe we should have used Napalm bombs and we would have had crispy al qeida and Osama Bin Laden would have been crispy too. As long as he was there. Terrain will always play a part into what munitions will and should be used.
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