February 2012
15 posts
The Scale of the Universe →
rememo:
This is fantastic.
Self-steering bullet researched by US weapons... →
infoneer-pulse:
A self-guiding bullet that can steer itself towards its target is being developed for use by the US military.
The bullet uses tiny fins to correct the course of its flight allowing it to hit laser-illuminated targets.
It is designed to be capable of hitting objects at distances of about 2km (1.24 miles). Work on a prototype suggests that accuracy is best at longer ranges.
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January 2012
4 posts
December 2011
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November 2011
49 posts
"How Could This Happen in America?" Why Police Are... →
seltzerlizard:
doublejack:
Police, not military. The distinction may seem academic, even absurd, when police are bringing rifles, helmets, armor, and helicopters to evict unarmed protesters. But it’s an old and critical distinction in American law and ideology and in republican thought as a whole. The 17th-century English liberty writers, on whose ideas much of America’s founding ethos was...
