Military / Defense

Death of Osama Bin Laden

This is the official version of the killing of Osama bin Laden, as chronicled by Wikipedia: Osama bin Laden, the…

April 11, 2015

Project MEGIDDO

Background Project Megiddo was a report researched and written by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation under Director Louis…

April 11, 2015

Space Defense / Militarization of Space

Background The U.S. Military and government has spent a lot of time and money while considering the militarization of space. …

April 2, 2015

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles / Drones

Introduction An unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV), also known as a combat drone or drone, is an unmanned aerial vehicle…

March 25, 2015

Various Documents and Reports on Weapons

The following is a list of documents that are currently uncategorized.  Until they are put into their proper categories, they will…

March 4, 2015

Weapons Classification Guide – April 5, 1960

Background The following document was requested in June of 1999, and took approximately 8 years to obtain. It was listed…

March 4, 2015

Anti-Satellite Weapons

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United…

March 4, 2015

M55 rocket

Background In 1951 the US Army Chemical Corps and Ordnance Corps initiated a joint program to develop a 115mm chemical…

March 4, 2015

Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Weapons

Background The term electromagnetic pulse (sometimes abbreviated EMP) is a burst of electromagnetic radiation that results from an explosion (usually…

March 4, 2015

The Hopi Missile

Hopi was an air-to-surface missile developed by the United States Navy's Naval Ordnance Test Station. Intended to provide a medium-range…

March 4, 2015