This is excellent news, and a no brain-er. By switching to an explosive like this, IED’s or RPG enemy attacks will have a less likely-hood of detonating these IMX-101 based munitions. I have no idea if they will put this in the smaller munitions, but the bigger artillery rounds will have it.
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     I read this article a couple of days ago, but this little snippet was what stuck in my head.  It was cool to see John Stossel build a ’snow mobile’ out of these ideas, and to learn about Spontaneous Order and the Peltzman Effect.  You learn something new all the time, and perhaps […]

     The  author of “City of Gold” a history of Dubai, Jim Krane said, “The U.A.E. has never been a place that offered much in the way of electronic privacy. “The government makes no secret that it monitors electronic communication, including text messages, phone calls and e-mail. The revelation that secure BlackBerry data is […]

     I have never used this product, but I like the concept. Thanks to KitUp for bringing it to my attention as well.  The big ear muffs that guys wear on the range or for convoy security are not exactly the most comfortable option for ear protection and communications.  Plus, if you wear glasses with those […]

     “The technology is a game-changer,” McDonald said. “It’s going to enable officers to really get a handle on who the bad guys are, and make it more difficult for these bad guys to hide from us.”
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     I really like technologies like this, because they piggy back on already available platforms that everyone […]

     Exactly what sorts of objects and substances ARTEMIS is able to pick out of its region-spanning hyperspectral cubes is a military secret. However this briefing pdf given in 2006 by US airforce lab officials suggests that it was expected to pierce overhead camouflage that would deceive optical or thermal sensing; that it would be able […]

     This is pretty basic and I just wanted to get this one out there as another resource.  This kind of stuff is just another way for a company to connect with it’s contractors, and especially with contractors that really don’t want to reveal who they are.  If someone has information, and they feel […]

     Interesting technology.  The problem in the past with NVG’s like thermal type or image intensifier type is that they were kind of limited.  With the thermal type, you couldn’t really make out details of what you were looking at-just the heat signature. (for hand held units).  For image intensifier types, you could make […]

     I am digging this, because if government or private industry wants to fully integrate mobile devices into their operations, security is paramount. Any means of either shutting down a device remotely or automatically if it is breached, stolen or lost, is a good idea.  I could also see a bio-button having application for […]

   After reading this, I was wondering to myself if these dogs could be used to sniff out Taliban or Al Qaeda operatives in population centers?  This team of scientists have actually bred a dog to detect the scent plume of individuals, and the level of sensitivity and utility of these types of animals are […]