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Sharon Weinberger

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Sharon, a national security reporter based in Washington, has been a contributor for Wired's Danger Room and has written for Nature, Discover, The Financial Times and Slate.

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Pentagon Dreams of Flying Car

posted: 3 days 9 hours ago

(Dec. 24) – The dream of building a flying car has fascinated many a garage tinkerer, and now it's also set to become a real military program. A Pentagon research agency announced Thursday that ...

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Drones Have Changed Warfare Across the Globe

posted: 4 days 15 hours ago

(Dec. 23) -- While the U.S. drone war over Pakistan sparks headlines, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are also playing important roles in other, less-noticed conflicts around the world. Indeed, as th ...

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An Iranian Arms Dealer's Path to US Prison

posted: 4 days 19 hours ago

(Dec. 23) -- Amir Hossein Ardebili was not your typical merchant of death. He didn't travel the world buying up Kalashnikovs to sell to insurgents fighting brutal civil wars, or fly airplanes loaded ...

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The Pentagon Launches Plan to Master Lightning

posted: 10 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 17) -- In Greek mythology, it was a weapon of war. Now the U.S. military is looking to tame lightning, which remains one of nature's most confounding -- and feared -- phenomena. The Defense Adv ...

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$130 Million for Helicopter Obama Doesn't Want

posted: 11 days 15 hours ago

(Dec. 16) -- What he really wants is health care reform. But Congress' Christmas present to President Barack Obama may instead be a helicopter he insists he doesn't need. The 2010 defense appropriati ...

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Air Force to Test Terrorist-Targeting Hypersonic Missile

posted: 13 days 15 hours ago

(Dec. 14) -- Imagine this scenario: The U.S. gets reliable intelligence that Osama bin Laden is at a safe house in Pakistan but will be leaving within the hour. The military has no strike aircraft or ...

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Could Afghan Army Pay Raise Help Defeat Taliban?

posted: 16 days 14 hours ago

(Dec. 11) -- One of the most important new tactics in the battle against the Taliban doesn't involve using some newfangled technology or the troop surge; it's cold hard cash. Members of the Afghan Na ...

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Navy Set to Deploy a New Breed of Sailor

posted: 18 days 10 hours ago

(Dec. 9) -- A critical part of the U.S. nuclear arsenal is about to get an elite guard force. Specially trained dolphins will be deployed in January to the Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state, wher ...

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A Technology Surge in Afghanistan

posted: 20 days 15 hours ago

(Dec.7) -- The 30,000 new troops slated for deployment in Afghanistan are supposed to enable a new approach to pushing back the Taliban and stabilizing the country. But it's not just the doctrine tha ...

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Photo Captures Mystery Drone Operating Over Afghanistan

posted: 26 days 13 hours ago

The mystery plane spotted in Kandahar appears similar to this Lockheed Martin Polecat, an unmanned aerial vehicle revealed in 2006. A French journalist's picture of the mystery jet appeared on this F ...

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