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    Xmar: Right now nobody can really compete with us in technology because of the money we spent in the past. If you want to stay on top of the technology pyr... more »
    hopskipper: People should watch the documentary "Why We Fight" to better understand the business behind war. When WWII happened we used our industrial capacity to... more »
    KosstAmojan: What's happening is that the President is hurting our future security for his own peacenik ideology and current political gain. Yes, small scale comba... more »
    TheDarkWayne: You say it isn't pressing, but you just wait until the Red Chinese invade Alaska, you'll be begging for a Liberty Prime. On a serious note, since most... more »
    EBone: Well, it does push back Skynet's Judgment Day. more »
    crashedpc - Haifisch: Yeah, none of us are getting work done today because of this news. Some of us are scared. more »
    Grey_Area: Elizabeth Bear's first three novels are about a near future where Canada is the major military force in the Western Hemisphere. I highly recommend the... more »
    Daveinva: Ahhh, Canada. Or as I like to call it, America's Wisconsin. Canada, the once-proud home of the The Black Watch, the Princess Pats, and the Fort Garry... more »
    strider_mt2k: Are they moving Larry into Cheyenne Mountain too? Are the Snouts coming? more »
    RAHfanboy: The robot looks like 790. more »
    zenpoet: This is great news! I was hoping that the Army would fund a way to make more advanced and efficient cancer! Seriously, you know that the first guy the... more »
    MadJackDeacon: I'm wondering what the psychological impacts of this is going to be. Admittedly, wounded soldiers have been sent back to the battlefield for well over... more »
    GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE: Wasn't that magic dust story found to be a complete hoax? I swear I heard that on The Skeptics Guide to the Universe as well as some other places. more »
    Smeagol92055: But why is the picture of a robot? Why wouldn't it be of, oh, I dunno, Wolverine? more »
    Rasselas: Efforts to Avoid War Underfunded, Languishing, Study Reveals. more »
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    Budget Cuts Push Back Future Military Systems

    As the current Middle East conflict continues on, futuristic military systems might be further away because of a new enemy: congressional budgets. More »
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    The Canadian Army Has Its Priorities In The Right Place

    While the U.S. defense establishment pays people like Larry Niven to brainstorm worst-case scenarios, the Canadian Army is going one better: paying author Karl Schroeder to write future-war novels. More »
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    Army Developing Wolverine's Healing Factor, For Real

    The soldiers of the future could recover quickly from wounds that would have killed or incapacitated their forebears, thanks to new technologies the army is developing. They include magic dust, regrowing bones, and nerve/vein transplants.