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    Bill-Lee: These remind of some of the things I used to do(Yeah used to do...)with Legos... more »
    Anekanta - Go Play!: These completely kick ass. Number 3 and number 6 are pure awesome. Two is bizarre beyond belief but cool all the same, and number 1 is sheer outrage... more »
    joetato: I'm quite embarrassed that I thought about the combat Porsche from Leonard Part VI! My first thought was of Space Battleship Yamato! The land carrie... more »
    iCurmudgeon: Reminds me of stuff that appeared in Popular Mechanics in the '50s -- especially that land battleship. more »
    Dirk Anger: I think you can use #2 in Red Alert 3 more »
    acrobatic rabbit: still not as awesome as the Badonkadonk. [www.amazon.com] more »
    FrankN.Stein: Yeah sure - give taxi drivers a tank, that'll make city-traffic worhtwhile. more »
    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 »
  • #conceptart

    Tank-Racecar Mashups are a Different Brand of Hybrid Vehicle

    What do you get when you cross an oil tanker with a chopper? How about tank with a racecar or a taxi? You might end up with cartoonist Stan Mott's surreal illustrations of imaginary vehicles. More »
  • #futurewars

    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 »
  • #conceptart

    Starfighting In The Museum Of The Improbable

    This awesome model of a starfighter, complete with a helpful little refueling probe-bot, is one of the models available at The Museum of the Improbable. More »
  • #futurewar

    Japanese Military Continues Its Quest to Make Gundam Real

    Since late last year, the Japanese military has been working on projects aimed at "realizing" Gundam, the mobile armor suit that is both combat exoskeleton and A.I. in several popular anime and manga series. Just yesterday, the Defense Ministry of Techinical Research and Development Institute in Japan rolled out these new tanks, whose high-tech specs don't make it sentient armor exactly but certainly fit the bill of "smart tank." Want to see a strangely incongruous image of one of these tanks crunching its way out of a festive-looking tent in the suburbs? More »