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Weapons

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...

By Lt. Col. (res.) Dr. Dany Shoham Efforts to dismantle Syria’s chemical weapons capability are running months behind schedule because the Syrian president is playing...

The South Korean government is working to develop a cyber weapon to hit North Korean nuclear facilities. This is Information warfare. The tension between North...

After missing the 5 February deadline to have all its chemical weapons removed from its territory, Syria has submitted a new 100-day plan for...

By Emily B. Landau, Ephraim Asculai On January 20, 2014, IAEA inspectors visited Natanz and Fordow to verify that Iran began implementing the interim deal...

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has recently successfully completed a series of demonstrations of LAHAT missiles firing from helicopters. The demonstration-firing, comprised 8 highly successful launches,...

A newly developed bullet from G2 Research is being billed as the last round a gun owner will ever need: a smashing hunk of...

The Lithuanian armed forces will be equipped with a 7.62 mm assault rifle. Lithuania’s Ministry of Defense has ordered FN SCAR-H PR semi-automatic rifles for...

A specially-equipped U.S. naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria’s most dangerous chemical weapons, Pentagon officials said. According...

The MLM division of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has reached a very advanced stage in the development of its Top Gun precision artillery shells....

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) operates a low flying helicopter to detect nuclear materials. The NNSA says the helicopter that was spotted flying over...

Seven countries have eliminated weapons-grade nuclear material from their territory in the past few years, according to a new report from the Washington-based nonprofit...

As the military use of unmanned aircraft systems has increased dramatically, including by entities that may pose a threat to the United States, scientists...

The recent discovery of a new strain of botulism, contracted by an infant - the first in forty years - has alarmed California state...

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