Topic: John Pike

As he casually wielded that canister, Lt. John Pike of the UC-Davis police force had no idea how (in)famous he would become. -Samantha Oltman...
An eight-month investigation by the York Regional Police into two suspected illegal bawdy houses concluded Wednesday with the arrests of eight...

Mystery missile was an airplane

That reported mystery missile launch off of California? Well, the Pentagon may not have been able to figure it out but someone else did. Apparently...
When the crew of a KCBS television news helicopter caught sight of a growing, glowing streak in the evening sky off the southern California coast November 8, experts and amateurs alike began to wonder just what this " To the dismay of conspiracy ...
Cold War paranoia may have eased up on the Space Race decades ago, but a new report finds that military projects still take up nearly half of all spending worldwide on space assets. American efforts to project military power across the globe ...

US navy seeks 'safer' bomb

COULD a variable-yield bomb reduce the number of innocent people killed or injured during an air attack targeting enemy soldiers? In ATK's design the explosive can be ignited at both ends, one set to produce a detonation, the other deflagration. ATK ...
Every year, tens of billions of Pentagon dollars go missing. Pentagon officials have spoken openly about their desire to use advanced technology to "reduce sensor-to-shooter time" in situations involving "time-sensitive targets. Even inside the Pentagon, few people know the precise details of ...

Intifada Tech

While it's a safe bet that few Hamas members know the lyrics to " In what has become a hallmark of guerilla war, Hamas has used a mixture of low-tech weapons and simple tactics to stymie a technologically superior enemy. On January ...
Cynthia Kaiser, chief engineer of the US Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, used the phrase "plausible deniability" to describe the weapon's benefits in a briefing (powerpoint format) on laser weapons to the New Mexico Optics Industry Association in ...
Enemy combatants are close to feeling the heat from an airborne laser weapon called the " Besides the covert - plausible deniability angle, other pros to this 100KW-class high energy laser include "ultra speed of light engagement" and pinpoint accuracy, according to Boeing. (PDF ...