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The Military’s Shipwrecking Railgun Just Got Really Real
It fires a 18kg metal slug up to 5,600 miles per hour from New York to Philadelphia, slamming into its target with 32 times the force of a "1-ton car being thrust at 100 mph." Railguns aren't sci-fi...
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Future Drones Will Autonomously Navigate the Skies Without GPS
Military drones rely heavily on GPS for navigation guidance while in the air. But in areas where a signal can’t be found, or where someone is using a GPS jammer, a drone will find itself in a...
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First Ever British-Born Drone “Mantis” Takes to UK Skies
British pride has been in full swing this year, with the Queen’s Jubilee spearheading the way, alongside the upcoming Olympics and other various sporting events. Each of these spectacles has enabled us...
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The British Olympic Team Is Using BAE-Tested Laser Pistols
BAE Systems, our defence contractor responsible for all sorts of awesome weaponry and the odd drone, is helping the British modern pentathletes using military-based equipment to hone their fancy new...
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Europe’s Sneaky New Drone Beat Us Into the Skies
Did you hear a strange noise passing overhead last weekend? Maybe glimpse a UFO? If so, no need to don a tinfoil hat quite yet — Saturday evening saw the first flight of a stealth drone in Europe (but...
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Britain’s Supersonic Robot Stealth Fighter Will Finally Take to the Air This...
It’s been a long time coming, but Britain should finally claim the crown of Country With The Creepiest/Most Badass UAV this year. Yeah, we’ve had a prototype robotic UAV bomber lying around in the shed...
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New British Warship Radar Can Detect a Tennis Ball 15 Miles Away
And not just a tennis ball from 15 miles away, but a tennis ball 15 miles away and moving at three times the speed of sound. That’s the sort of sensitivity the poor old radar operators on HMS Iron Duke...
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What Does the 2013 Budget Mean for Tech, Science and Booze?
Blah blah deficit debt cuts reform monetary policy gah. Words. Very important words though — our new Twitter-friend George’s budget determines what the government spends and where for the next year....
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An Epic Simulator is How You Get Ready to Launch a Supercarrier
When the Queen Elizabeth carriers come into service next decade, they’re going to be the biggest, most expensive things the Royal Navy’s ever owned. Given that they’ve got a track record of crashing...
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Take a Stroll Through a Military Fighter-Systems Factory
We recently had the chance to visit BAE Systems’ facility at Rochester, where all the electronic bits and bobs for basically every British (and some American) combat aircraft get made. Although we’ve...
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What’s it Actually Like to Be a Test Pilot?
It’s one of those jobs that should get the girls swooning and the guys hopelessly over-compensating; but is being a test pilot the glamourous danger-fest it’s cracked up to be? We sat down with BAE...
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This Is How Massive Our New Aircraft Carrier Really Is
Our brand new aircraft carrier is coming along nicely, with the HMS Queen Elizabeth due for launch in 2014. Now that the two halves have been put together for the first time we get a real feeling for...
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