Weapons

Issues and articles discussed in this episode: U.S. researchers develop controllable insect spies New Google software vulnerability revealed New Israeli sniper rifle Israeli robotic system turns vehicles unmanned

Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) has developed the DAN .338 Bolt Action Sniper Rifle. Specially designed for military and police entities, the new DAN family of...

Tennessee women are getting armed. The number of handgun carry permits issued to women by the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security more...

Bio weapons are a threat to Israel and efforts are being done to have the capability to identify them and counter them. These efforts...

By Professor Louis René Beres and General John T. Chain In response to the almost inevitable Iranian nuclear bomb, Israel must suitably integrate a...

"During an electro-magnetic pulse attack no blood will be spilled, but the entire country will be paralyzed” * The first of its kind, in...

An article by Dr. Ely Karmon, co-authored by ICT Research Assistant Alexandra David After the deadly chemical attack in Ghouta, last August 2013, the Syrian...

Airbus Defense and Space and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), worldwide leaders in the unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market, signed today a teaming agreement at...

Firing and testing thousands of rounds of ammunition weekly can challenge the human body — even ones in top physical condition — causing debilitating...

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...

Dr. Aviam Sela: How much did operation Opera, the Israeli strike against the Iraqi nuclear reactor, realy cost, and the drones launched by Noah...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: The U.S. Navy's new LWaS, a low cost solution against drones, light aircraft and missiles New Israeli “star wars”...

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the greatest danger to nuclear security comes from terrorists acquiring sufficient quantities of plutonium or highly...

The threat of bioterrorism is a major concern of the 21st century. As part of its counterterrorism practice, the U.S. government uses air and...

In tests off the California coast, a Lockheed Martin prototype laser system successfully disabled two boats at a range of approximately 1.6 kilometers (approximately...

The Chilean Army has chosen the ACE Galil assault rifle in 5.56 mm made by IWI - Israel Weapon Industries, as its new standard...

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has canceled plans to install an automated technology that was meant to speed the 24-hour operations of BioWatch,...

By Arie Egozi, iHLS correspondent to Asia North Korea has increased its efforts to develop an electromagnetic pulse weapon. According to local sources North Korea...

Engineers at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) at the University of Sheffield have successfully printed a 1.5m-wide prototype unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for...

The technical details of a "Death Ray" machine may be kept secret by a court order A criminal case in Albany, New York may soon...

The Turkish anti terror units will soon be equipped with the locally developed Mehmetcik assault rifle. Mehmetcik will replace 500,000 aging G3 rifles used in...

Radiation detectors are getting smaller and cheaper A handheld radiation camera developed by the University of Michigan engineering researchers offers nuclear plant operators a faster...