How long should an emergency message be to prove effective?

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Short 90- and 140- character wireless emergency alert messages delivered over mobile devices are "substantially less effective" than much longer messages to spur people...

New technology enables detection of nuclear tests from a distance

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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has recently conducted an experiment to improve the U.S. ability to recognise and identify low-yield underground nuclear explosions....

Kurdish Fighters Now Using Google In Fight Against ISIS

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There’s probably no situation that shows the change in warfare technology as much as battles against a terror militia. Proven as a central operation...

Universal Fueling Device Now Fit For All Stations

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Authorization and certification processes for Israel’s universal fueling device are now complete. Soon the fueling system will be operated and implemented in different gas...

DHS Investigates Missing Airport Employee IDs

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The security IDs of more than 1,400 workers at America’s busiest airport, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, were lost or stolen over a period of...

Drones Save Lives Of Emergency Workers

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Almost half of police forces and two thirds of fire services all across the UK are now either using drones or are planning to...

Closing the Home Front Defense Ministry

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Meir Elran , Alex Altshuler Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan’s letter of resignation and his recommendation that the ministry be closed and its powers...

New Robot Technology Tested during Dallas Shootout

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Last week shootout at a protest in Dallas has shed some light over the use of robots by the police forces. Dallas police set...

N. Korea and Iran – Nuclear Partners

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North Korea's continuing progress towards operational nuclear weapons also affects Iran. According to recent reports North Korea is will soon be able to incorporate nuclear...

The Israeli answer to shoulder launched missiles – Part 1

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Part 1 The process of equipping the aircraft used by the Israeli airlines with systems that protect them from shoulder launched missiles is on track. Following...

Ransomware Threatens IoT Devices

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Ransomware attack is one of the scenarios that security experts have been worrying about regarding the widening use of the Internet of Things. It...

3-D Printer Plastic Firearm Confiscated in Airport

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Airport screening agents at Reno’s International Airport in Nevada confiscated a plastic handgun produced with by a 3-D printer from a man’s carry-on luggage....

Solar powered UAS

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During a keynote at the small unmanned systems business expo in San Francisco, CA., Alta Devices’ CEO, Christopher Norris, explained that small unmanned air systems...
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The U.S Navy Unmanned Helicopter Makes its First Flight

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The MQ-8C Fire Scout — an unmanned helicopter that’s larger and faster than the MQ-8B already in use by the Navy — made its...

iHLS TV: Advanced Israeli UAV Unveiled

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Articles and issues featured in this episode: Protecting the Electric Grid Money Laundering and Terror American UAVs Soar Again Advanced Israeli UAV Unveiled Hackers Will Access the Biometric Database Bystanders...

New EU Border Security Project

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The European border security agency Frontex is calling on industry to present its border surveillance solutions to key stakeholders and EU member state authorities...

NSA Exploited HeartBleed Vulnerability

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The NSA knew about and exploited the Heartbleed vulnerability for two years before it was publicly exposed this week, and used it to steal...
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Communication Encryption Dilemma

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The past few years have been rough on law enforcement agencies around the world. Online communication is encrypted most of the time, making it...

Israeli Fire Fighters to Train in Tunnel Environments

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A delegation of Israeli fire fighters headed out to Spain recently, to receive special training covering fire fighting in tunnel environments. “Every tunnel carries...

Israeli experts: Security in some U.S. airports “not enough”

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A recent incident again put the focus on the security level in some U.S airports. A 62-year-old homeless woman was able to sneak aboard a...

Pentagon integrates technology with wearable equipment

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The Pentagon has invested millions of dollars to make the size, weight and power of wearable technology and equipment smaller and easier for troops...

The environmentally friendly drone that could ‘disappear’ on the battlefield

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Drones are, largely, military tools: hardened, efficient machines of war. They’re sturdy, not fuzzy. Strong, not brittle. But breaking down is exactly what the bio-drone...

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One of the World’s Most Widely Used Machine Guns Is Evolving...

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Machine guns remain a core element of infantry firepower, but the way soldiers use them has changed significantly over the past two decades. Modern...