High-Tech Tools For War In Iraq - The Pentagon is rushing into service in Iraq a pair of technologies developed under its advanced research arm: a Humvee-mounted sensor for pinpointing hostile gunfire and a “command post of the future” designed to cut down on combat leaders' travel and streamline decision-making.

U.S. Military Tries Whole Earth Simulation - The simulator is a Web-based virtual representation of Baghdad with war-themed avatars, or virtual personas, manned by real people. And the Army's new tool is based on the same technology used in massively multiplayer games.

Lessons learned from the Iraq war - When American ground troops roared into Iraq, it took them only 16 days to roll over the Iraqi military. Most former regime leaders, of the 54 most wanted, were quickly killed or captured. Overall the initial ground war was a stunning success — but not without cost.

It's All One War Now - What has become clear, ..., is that the Pakistanis and the Spaniards are now engaged in the same fight. And if once there were doubts that the war on terror was linked to the war in Iraq, it's obvious that today the terrorists see the two wars as one—and they're expanding the battlefield.

Hundreds Of Thousands Worldwide Protest Iraq War 30,000 At NYC Rally Against The War -The event was peaceful, unlike a demonstration one year earlier that drew 100,000 people and produced several clashes between demonstrators and police.

DARPA Metabolic Dominance - The vision for the Metabolic Dominance Program is to develop novel strategies that exploit and control the mechanisms of energy production, metabolism, and utilization during short periods of deployment requiring unprecedented levels of physical demand. The ultimate goal is to enable superior physical and physiological performance by controlling energy metabolism on demand. An example is continuous peak physical performance and cognitive function for 3 to 5 days, 24 hours per day, without the need for calories.

'This Is What America Never Sees On TV' - The military has become increasingly dependent on the National Guardsmen and reservists, who represent about 40 percent of the more than 110,000 U.S. troops in Iraq. Most military hospitals on U.S. bases, built to take care of enlisted soldiers and their families, have been flooded with guardsmen and reservists as well as their own active-duty troops. ... Overcrowding and inadequate staffing have led to long delays in providing medical care to returning troops.

DARPA Unmanned Bomber - Key capabilities to be demonstrated with this new software include: control of multiple vehicles by a single operator, transfer of control between operators over a satellite communications link, and the ability to dynamically update mission plans while in flight.

Bomb-Laden Teen Nabbed At School - School officials say they "got lucky" when authorities arrested a teenager with 20 homemade bombs and a rifle in the parking lot of his high school.

CIA Working On A Coup In Syria? - What's happening in Syria has all the hallmarks of a classic, 1950s-era, Cold War-style CIA coup d'etat scheme.

Dirty bomb victims 'may be shot' - POLICE could be forced to shoot members of the public to maintain order in the event of a terrorist "dirty bomb" or biological attack on Britain, it was claimed yesterday.

U.S. Election is a Global Affair - The first Planetary Election has begun. It’s a global contest of the highest possible stakes for control of the machinery of American might. There are many reasons why the Bush-Kerry race has started so early and is so nasty. Most are tactical. But this is profound: There has never been a more crucial issue to debate and never a sharper contrast between theories of how to protect America and achieve world peace.

Mass rape atrocity in west Sudan - More than 100 women have been raped in a single attack carried out by Arab militias in Darfur in western Sudan.

US Special Forces training troops in Africa - Opening a new front in the war on terrorism, the United States has begun training and equipping armies in parts of Africa that U.S. officials see as an inviting refuge for terrorists as well as a long-term source of oil.

French Forces spread out in Haiti - French troops have begun moving into rebel-controlled parts of northern Haiti while U.S. Special Forces expand their presence in the center and south, the head of the Miami-based U.S. Southern Command said Thursday.

Fears for the lives of 'dogs of war' - the lawyer representing 70 alleged mercenaries linked to the Equatorial Guinea plot, who are being held in Zimbabwe, said they might be tried by a behind closed-doors tribunal in Harare's notorious high-security Chikurubi Prison, rather than in open court.

What happened to the anti-war movement? - With estimates of hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating in New York City alone, it was the largest anti-war demonstration in a generation.

'Anything Is a Target' - Athenians, confident they weren't terror targets, cried "Big Brother" at every turn of the Olympic security screw. Now, even they fear that Madrid just might be spring training for terrorists intent on hitting the Games in August.

African Wars caused by Climatic Change - "For a while the media will continue to ascribe riots and other violent upheavals...mainly to ethnic and religious conflict. But as these conflicts multiply, it will become apparent that something else is afoot. It is time to understand the environment for what it is: the national security issue of the 21st century."

Sexual assaults in the military - Since the start of the war in Iraq one year ago, 550 U.S. troops have been killed, 15 of them women. But Iraqi guerrillas are not the only danger faced by female soldiers. There is also the threat from within the U.S. military itself.

Will we see applications of Quantum Devices? - The world of the quantum stretches the limits of human imagination. Who could ever believe, for instance, that atoms -- the building blocks of our seemingly solid landscape -- are able to exist in different places at one time? That they can be "entangled" together such that an action on one atom or particle will affect another across considerable distances? Or that they are irrevocably altered simply by the act of being observed?

Zimbabwe to charge 'mercenaries' - Zimbabwe has accused the group of planning a coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea. A government minister has said the men could face the death penalty.

Tamil renegade commander warned - Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have warned that they plan to retake areas controlled by a renegade commander.

The Hunt Heats Up - Admirers of Bill McRaven like to tell a story of his courage and grit. Not against the enemy, but against the legendarily ruthless Dick Marcinko, a gung-ho Navy SEAL commander in the Vietnam era who used to swallow sacs of cobra venom and boast that "killing is my mission." Marcinko once ordered McRaven, then a young lieutenant on the super-elite SEAL Team Six, to perform "some questionable activities," recounts a former Special Forces commander. McRaven refused and "would not back down." (Marcinko did not return phone calls seeking comment.) "McRaven was a hero among all the junior officers for his stand," says the commander. "It was considered a career-ending move."

Is Zarqawi Really the Culprit? - The stark fact is that we don’t even know for sure how many legs Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi has, let alone whether the Jordanian terrorist, purportedly tied to al Qaeda, is really behind the latest outrages in Iraq. What is clear is that the Iraq conflict has elevated suicide bombing as a weapon of war to a scale never before seen, not only in numbers of victims, but in numbers of attackers, and their ability to field large number of suiciders at the same time.

Is the Army stretched too thin? - Today’s Army is under enormous stress. With ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and dozens of other military missions worldwide, there are more than 320,000 Army troops alone deployed in 120 countries overseas. That’s more than 60 percent of the entire Army

The toll on the National Guard - The active-duty Army needs rest. The only option is sending Guard and Reserve troops to replace them, stressing weekend warriors as never before. Some 46 percent of the 110,000 troops needed in Iraq will be part-time soldiers.

Iraqi Exile Denies Misleading U.S. - “Chalabi had a track record. We knew that this guy was not telling us the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. And I think that U.S. officials who believed him - unwittingly or who used his information - both need to look hard at exactly what they were up to.”

World leaders call for joint fight against terrorism - Foreign governments called for international solidarity to defeat terrorism after what was described as 'the worst act of terror in memory in any European state'.

Move over Bionic Man, make room for BLEEX - More than 40 sensors and hydraulic mechanisms function like a human nervous system, constantly calculating how to distribute the weight being borne and create a minimal load for the wearer.

Taiwan urged to build up arms amid growing Chinese threat - TAIWAN must build up its missile defenses to counter the growing military threat from China, a US military expert said today.

Is Military Creeping Into Domestic Law Enforcement? - In a little noticed side effect of the war on terrorism, the military is edging toward a sensitive area that has been off-limits to it historically: domestic intelligence gathering and law enforcement.

The Pentagon's Secret Scream - Marines arriving in Iraq this month as part of a massive troop rotation will bring with them a high-tech weapon never before used in combat - or in peacekeeping. The device is a powerful megaphone the size of a satellite dish that can deliver recorded warnings in Arabic and, on command, emit a piercing tone so excruciating to humans, its boosters say, that it causes crowds to disperse, clears buildings and repels intruders.

Underwater Travel Takes Wing - If successful, tests of the Flying Wing Underwater Glider could lead to a new generation of gliders that researchers expect to be the largest and fastest to date. They would be capable of traveling thousands of miles under ocean waves, quietly conducting surveillance and gathering data for military and civilian purposes, researchers said.

DARPA's Wild Kingdom - Weaponized bees, robotic rats, sleepless soldiers; does Mother Nature stand a chance in the face of the Pentagon's new science?

How America is Spying On Kenya - The Marines have penetrated the villages of Lamu and the neighboring areas with the aim of collecting subtle intelligence or traces of information that could spark or spur terrorist activities. The high technology snooping - done undercover as community services like fresh water, building hospitals and school blocks - has dazzled the local Bajuni community, the oblivious and yet cautious recipients of American generosity for almost two years now.

Libya blamed for W Africa wars - It has been known for some time that several West African rebel leaders were trained in Libya, but the accusations from war crimes prosecutor David Crane come at a politically sensitive time.

Iraqi nuclear scientist wants UN inquiry into 'lies' over nuclear weapons - A top Iraqi nuclear scientist on Monday called for the UN to investigate why its weapons inspectors did not dismiss US and British claims last year that Baghdad was developing nuclear weapons as outright "lies."

Zimbabwe seizes 'US plane' with military gear, 64 'mercenaries': minister - In Washington, a US State Department official denied that the plane was registered in the United States, though said it might once have been. "It is not a US registered aircraft right now," the official said on condition of anonymity.

Insurer warns of global warming catastrophe - The report comes as a growing number of policy experts warn that the environment is emerging as the security threat of the 21st century, eclipsing terrorism.

Is Pakistan's nuclear program dying? - Shahid ur Rehman argues that it will be impossible for Pakistan to upgrade its nuclear program legally. ... "If Pakistan needs a nuclear component, they will have to approach the international market. They will not sell it, so Pakistan will have to buy it on the black market."

'Dozens killed' in Nepal attack - Almost 9,000 people have died in violence in the kingdom since the Maoists began their rebellion to replace the monarchy with a communist republic.

Call of Duty brings war home - (Buy Call of Duty)... in Call of Duty it is all about your unit. You have to back each other up, provide covering fire, make sure no-one is caught by friendly fire and work together to finish the mission.

Avoiding attacking suspected terrorist mastermind - “People were more obsessed with developing the coalition to overthrow Saddam than to execute the president’s policy of preemption against terrorists,” according to terrorism expert and former National Security Council member Roger Cressey.

Kerry and Agent Orange - "They just told us they sprayed something to kill the bushes," recalls Mike Medeiros, who served with Kerry aboard PCF (Patrol Craft Fast) 94 in the winter of 1969. "It looked like a moonscape ... You saw skeletal remains of trees everywhere. It was like, whatever they're using is some serious stuff."

Bush Accused Of Supporting Haitian Rebels - "The Bush administration is again engaged in regime change by armed aggression," former U.S. attorney general Ramsey Clark said. "This time, the armed aggression is against the administration of the democratically elected president of Haiti."

Taliban Lurches Back To Power In Afghanistan - Even as U.S. and Pakistani forces carry out a major operation against al-Qaeda supporters to the east, the people of Zabul province have come under attack by a much more entrenched enemy. According to officials here, Shah Joy is like 70 per cent of the province - it is either controlled by supporters of the Taliban or completely lawless.

Operation Pearl - It is possible to produce the appearance of a terrorist attack on the United States by means that do not employ terrorists, as such, but by the simple substitution of one aircraft for another, particularly when the transponders of the aircraft involved are turned off. The only people who need to be deceived by such an operation are the radar operators at air traffic control (ATC) centers.

'Rape Is OK... It Helps Us To Train People' - Hilary Andersson, of the BBC's Panorama program, reveals how thousands of youths are being taught to rape, maim, torture and kill in Zimbabwe's terror training camps - and now Robert Mugabe intends to make the camps compulsory for all the country's young men and women.

Future Workers To Carry Huge Economic Burden - The industrialized world is facing a seismic demographic shift. The economies that have driven world growth over the past half century -- the United States, Japan, Germany, Britain and Canada -- are getting old.

Lawmakers Alarmed by RFID Spying - By matching an RFID tag's unique electronic product code to a customer's loyalty card or credit card, a retailer could track a shopper's movements, and tailor its marketing pitches to whatever the customer is wearing or to the items in his or her cart.

Germans Protest RFID Plans - Activists in Germany on Saturday will protest the use of radio-frequency IDs and various plans by businesses to track consumers. Their efforts already forced one of the largest retailers in Europe to back down this week from a trial run of the tags.

Interview: Pentagon's Catastrophic Climate Change - Wally Broeker, Ph.D., Professor of Geochemistry and Earth Sciences, Columbia University... I would think that certainly the Pentagon ought to think about this! Because a lot of aspects, the whole world is closely tied together that anything that happens climate-wise can have ­ like if China were to have continuing droughts so that it couldn't produce enough grain to feed itself, it would start buying grain. We supply half of the world's grain or something, so we would be selling the Chinese grain that would raise our food prices and so forth. The whole situation is really complex. It's good that the Pentagon is thinking about it.

Russia Tests New Wonder Weapon - Russia has successfully tested a hypersonic anti-Star Wars weapon capable of penetrating any prospective missile shield, a senior general said Thursday.

Pentagon Preps for War in Space - An Air Force report is giving what analysts call the most detailed picture since the end of the Cold War of the Pentagon's efforts to turn outer space into a battlefield.

Key Findings Of Pentagon Report On Future - Future wars will be fought over the issue of survival rather than religion, ideology or national honour.

Hovering UAV's Used In Iraq And Afghanistan - The Goldeneye 100 craft, developed by Aurora Flight Sciences is powered by a ducted-fan engine consisting of a rotor located within the protective cylinder. This provides the vertical thrust needed to lift it off the ground and keep it hovering over one spot. But the aircraft's wings can also swivel and, by increasing the engine's power and maneuvering the wings, it can be made to flip over on to its side and fly horizontally. The craft can be controlled from the ground but is also designed to fly autonomously

US Military Creates Second Earth - The US Army is building a second version of Earth on computer to help it prepare for conflicts around the world.

Army ends 20-year helicopter program - The Comanche decision reflects a growing realization in the Pentagon that the military has more big-ticket weapons projects in the works than it can afford, even after seeing the Pentagon budget grow by tens of billions of dollars since 2001. And it reflects the rising popularity in recent years of unmanned aircraft for surveillance as well as attack missions.

Here It Comes: 'Brain Fingerprinting - A New Paradigm' - Brain Fingerprinting testing detects whether or not specific information is stored in a person's brain, not truth or falsehood. In fact, no questions are asked and no answers are given during a Brain Fingerprinting test.

Now the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us - Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and natural disasters..

Caribbean states call for U.N. force in Haiti Caribbean countries called on the United Nations Thursday to dispatch a multinational force to restore order in Haiti, with Jamaica's foreign minister warning that a humanitarian crisis and "sheer anarchy and chaos" are imminent.

Israel's Bomber Zep - The airship will be able to carry a variety of payloads for both civilian and military purposes. The platform could serve as a communications transponder between planes, satellites and the ground, capable of intelligence gathering and other purposes. The plane could provide broadband Internet, relay TV and radio signals, monitor air, land and naval traffic, as well as provide weather forecasting services.

Darpa Offers No Food for Thought - During a mission, soldiers in the field typically don't have the time, or the inclination, to chow down. That lack of food can affect their battlefield performance. So Darpa, the U.S. military's far-out research arm, wants scientists to figure out if soldiers can operate at top levels -- without lunch breaks.

Haiti: Should the U.S. Go In? - Some 42 people have been killed in Haiti over the past week in open warfare that has pitched police and Aristide supporters against rebel gangs that have taken control of more than a dozen towns and a large civic opposition movement.

Nuke Terrors - The sources were quoted as saying that Al-Qaida activists have hidden the weapons - each of which is about the size of a suitcase - in "a safe place."

'Mad Vlad' urges West and Russia to destroy Islam - The West should unite with Russia against Islamic radicals and Chinese immigrants, Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the flamboyant Russian ultra-nationalist, said yesterday.

Europe attacks U.S. space system - The European Union is pursuing space technology that the United States fears, if completed as planned, would become a serious threat to U.S. national security, particularly battlefield communications, and – barring European acceptance of a U.S. offer – is likely to become highly corrosive for the trans-Atlantic relationship.

North Korea agrees to repatriate US war dead across DMZ - The North Koreans also agreed for the first time to propose that an official be designated to resolve reports of Americans living in North Korea.

Black Market Nuke Network - A Dubai-based company in the United Arab Emirates has been cited as the linchpin in the lucrative nuclear weapons black market that has supplied Iran, Libya and North Korea.

Vietnamese file first Agent Orange suit - (Discussion) One of the plaintiffs is Phan Thi Phi Phi, who is suing for illnesses from exposure to the chemical, which was sprayed from aircraft... “I do not want to do this for myself as it has been a long time already, but in Vietnam, the poorest, the most miserable and most discriminated ones are the Agent Orange victims so anything I can do for them, I will,” she told Reuters.

Global Warming: A Geopolitical Nightmare - The threat that has riveted their attention is this: Global warming, rather than causing gradual, centuries-spanning change, may be pushing the climate to a tipping point. Growing evidence suggests the ocean-atmosphere system that controls the world's climate can lurch from one state to another in less than a decade—like a canoe that's gradually tilted until suddenly it flips over. Scientists don't know how close the system is to a critical threshold. But abrupt climate change may well occur in the not-too-distant future. If it does, the need to rapidly adapt may overwhelm many societies—thereby upsetting the geopolitical balance of power.

U.S. general: Extremists in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan top terror threats - Even with the continuing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the bigger challenge in the global war on terrorism is the threat posed by extremists in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, the commander of U.S. forces in that region said Thursday.

Army's robot for no man's land - The idea is to teach Stryker to accomplish a mission on its own, as a robot. By 2010, robotic Strykers and similar contrivances are slated to be in use as all-purpose battlefield vehicles, surveying battlegrounds, sniffing for land mines, or transporting supplies and troops to the front line.

France Forges Strategic Alliance With China - France and China laid the foundations for a new economic and diplomatic alliance yesterday, with President Jacques Chirac taking Beijing's side against Taiwan and calling for an end to the European embargo on Chinese arms sales.

Unidentified Military Unit Caught Crossing US Border - Well before dawn broke on a chilly Saturday morning volunteers of Civil Homeland Defense were in position atop ridges along the San Pedro River scouting for groups of people entering the country illegally. Through binoculars this reporter spotted two military type vehicles parked at an abandoned ranch just across the "Line", the U.S. - Mexico border.

Rumsfeld Agrees To A Bigger US Army - The move is intended to ease the pressure on a military force spread thin across the globe by the war on terror. Invoking emergency powers, Mr Rumsfeld has authorized the army to exceed its fixed ceiling of 482,000 by an extra 30,000 men and women. The temporary expansion could last four years.

Bush budget beefs up bio-surveillance programs - President Bush’s new budget asks for $274 million to bolster a series of programs aimed at combating the threat of bioterrorism, administration officials said Thursday.

Lie-detector glasses offer peek at future of security - Besides lie detection, Watson said, the technology "can also measure for other emotions like anxiety, fear or even love."

Images Of Nanotechnology

Secret Aircraft - Steve Douglass, a "military radio" hobbyist in Amarillo, Texas, monitored a curious exchange on the morning of Jan. 7. An unidentified aircraft calling itself "Lockheed Test 2334" told FAA controllers in Albuquerque, N.M., that it was "going supersonic somewhere above Flight Level 60 [60,000 feet]"... According to Douglass, the FAA controllers questioned the aircraft. "Say what aircraft type," requested the controller... "We are a classified type and can't reveal our true altitude," responded the pilot... A few minutes later the same pilot requested permission to descend to 30,000 feet and a flight path to "Las Vegas with final destination somewhere in the Nellis Range."

Transforming Thoughts Into Deeds - Cyberkinetics already has trained monkeys to move a cursor using only thought, and has asked the Food and Drug Administration for permission to test the device on humans.

Fog Shielding - Clouds of artificial fog could be used to defend nuclear power stations against airborne terrorist attacks under proposals currently being considered in Germany.

'Super-TB' created by scientists - A virulent form of tuberculosis was created in the laboratory by experts trying to alter its genetic structure.

Enough Plutonium For 5 Bombs Missing From N Ireland Plant - Enough plutonium to make five nuclear bombs has gone missing from Sellafield in Cumbria in the past 12 months, it has been revealed. The official report which lists "materials unaccounted for" at the UK's nuclear sites found that 19.1kg of the highly toxic substance was apparently missing from the reprocessing plant.

Anthrax scare was a Terrorist Attack -  The CIA is beginning to assert that the 2001 anthrax attacks were a terrorist plot. This goes against the FBI's accusation that they were a demonstration of our vulnerability to a bioweapons attack that was perpetrated by a U.S. government scientist.

Hooded Men Executing Saddam Officials - In Basra, controlled by British troops, almost 50 Baathists have been found with their hands bound behind their backs and a single bullet hole in the neck. Again, there have been no arrests. Hussam Thafer, a doctor at the Baghdad city mortuary, says that every day he receives "five or six" bodies of people who worked for the old regime.

Center studies military-related extrasensory perception - Former N.C. Rep. Charlie Rose, who discussed psychic spying with officials when he was a member of Congress said, "I think God gives everybody powers beyond what we expect, especially mothers and loved ones in times of emergency. That's what God does if we let him."

Cornering Rifle  - A gun that can fire shots accurately around corners has been demonstrated by a US arms maker. The Corner Shot, developed by a Florida-based company, resembles a rifle with hinge in its middle.

Segways enlisted as battle robots -  It’s called the Segway Human Transporter, but the Pentagon is drafting the two-wheeled scooter as part of a plan to develop battlefield robots that think on their own and communicate with troops.

North Korea Urges EU To Keep Bush At Bay - North Korea called on Europe to prevent the peninsula from becoming a "second Iraq" yesterday, as Pyongyang's skepticism grows about the credibility of six-party talks aimed at resolving its year-long nuclear standoff with the US.

It's an around-the-clock fight to save lives at Iraq combat hospital - The patient was talking. He had arrived one recent Saturday night at the 28th Combat Support Hospital, bare-chested and bleeding from wounds in both legs. In the emergency room, when his voice rose above the din of the machines and medical staff, it was a good sign.

Playing with terrorism in the living room - Living in a world where terrorism is regularly front page news, using it as a theme for a cultural product - a book, a film, a game - is the acceptable norm, despite any doubts.

The Uncounted - "There was a guy there who was missing both legs and an arm," the 26-year-old soldier says. "My last roommate had no hands left at all."

9,000 US Casualties - The number of U.S. casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom -- troops killed, wounded or evacuated due to injury or illness -- has passed 9,000, according to new Pentagon data.

Attack On Spanish Agents 'Meticulously Prepared' - Spaniards were shocked by images of jubilant Iraqi youngsters dancing around the bodies of the soldiers fallen on the bloodstained road. One youth placed his foot on a body and raised his fist in triumph. The moments of twilit footage were spooled endlessly into Spaniards' sitting rooms throughout the weekend, heightening the intense emotion that gripped the country. Mr Aznar said: "We must never forget these incredible images; the product of fanatical hatred."

CIA warns of future bioweapons - Advances in biotechnology could lead to a generation of biological weapons far more dangerous than those currently known, scientists have told the CIA. The life sciences experts, convened by the agency’s Office of Transnational Issues, raised fears of genetically engineered diseases that “could be worse than any disease known to man,” according to the CIA’s unclassified report on their conference.

Bio-engineered superbug stirs debate - A research team backed by a federal grant has created a genetically engineered mousepox virus designed to evade vaccines, underscoring biotechnology’s deadly potential and stirring debate over whether such research plays into the hands of terrorists.

US Takes War Into Space Levels Of The Game The Deeper You Go, The Darker It Gets - Did you know there's a war game played by Air Force types that posits a situation where the United States in the year 2017 conducts a preemptive first strike on China by using a next-generation space shuttle, which swoops down and annihilates strategic targets before booking back up to the Space Station? This is followed by the total destruction of China by a spaced-based laser, which the Pentagon humorously calls the Death Star.

Speed Kills, Military Wants More - Hey, 550 miles per hour is just too slow. And a 1,500-mile range just isn't big enough.

Media Silence on 9/11 - A subpoena can work like truth serum. Drag waffling officials and dissembling politicians before a serious investigatory body and suddenly secrets start to spill and disclosures mount. Dots are connected. Confessions emerge, and sometimes, indictments follow.

Looking to Lasers, Microwaves and Anti-Matter for Space Travel  Laboratories scattered around the world are delving into novel and exotic forms of propulsion. Breakthrough physics could well make possible ambitious human treks across interstellar distances.

Mystery weapon used in Iraq - According to an unclassified Army report, the mystery projectile punched through the vehicle’s skirt and drilled a pencil-sized hole through the hull. The hole was so small that “my little finger will not go into it,” the report’s author noted.

Sci-fi weapons closer than most think - The technology behind space ship lasers and force fields is a lot closer to reality than many think.

Pentagon wants 'mini-nukes' to fight terrorists - Among the weapons programs proposed is an enhanced neutron bomb, capable of destroying deeply buried biological weapons caches, and "nuclear bunker-busters" that can threaten terrorist cells and hidden weapons of mass destruction.

Vietnam killing spree revelations shock US - Tiger Force operated out of control in the Vietnamese highlands for seven months in 1967. Moving across the region, the platoon of 45 paratroops slaughtered unarmed farmers and their wives and children. They tortured and mutilated victims.

U.S. Sending New Anti-Guerrilla Gear to Iraq - The United States is sending new high-tech systems to Iraq aimed at thwarting strikes on its forces, including a "virtual microphone" in the sky to help pinpoint snipers, the head of the Pentagon's cradle of technologies said on Wednesday.

The Huge Blimp Plan - The United States has been developing what could become a new concept in destroying enemy ballistic missiles in their boost phase.

Fear of Terrorism and Rogue States Driving Military Satellite Deployment - Northern Sky Research found that renewed efforts in next-generation satellite programs for the military will spur satellite industry revenues over the next 5 five years.

Spy Agencies Seek New Ways to Track Individuals - U.S. spy agencies are looking at new technologies that might help them score more successes in tracking individuals, after their long and, so far, fruitless searches for high-profile fugitives like Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein.

Spies Attack White House Secrecy - There's a "total meltdown" in America's intelligence services -- and the Bush administration's penchant for secrecy is one of the major reasons why, current and former top U.S. spooks charged Tuesday.

Sending Up A Round Of BattleCam - "Soldiers will be able to fire the recon round and have photos relayed to them right over the battlefield so they can see from a vertical perspective how the enemy is positioned."

U.S. general sees space as future battlefield - Space may become a war zone in the not-too-distant future, a senior U.S. military officer said Wednesday, hours after China became only the third country after the United States and former Soviet Union to put a man in space.