Moldova's 'Twitter Revolutionary' Goes into Hiding

Natalia Morar, the Moldovan activist who used Twitter and text messaging to organize anti-government demonstrations, has apparently gone into hiding after authorities pressed charges against her for "organizing mass unrest."

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Manpackable Laser Weapons on the Way for U.S. Military’s Future Soldiers?

It’s being reported that Northrop Grumman has successfully developed a seven-laser-chain 105.5 kW solid-state laser called “Firestrike” that’s scalable up to 120 kW by adding an eigth chain. Firestrike’s scalable “building-block” approach was apparently the answer to the long-sought weapon-level power question.answer to the long-sought weapon-level power question.

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US Navy unveils superconductor 'cloaking device' destroyer

US Navy boffins say they have made a significant breakthrough in countermeasures against sea mines - by using superconductors to nullify the magnetic signature of an American destroyer.
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) says that high-temperature superconductor (HTS) "degaussing" coils fitted to the destroyer USS Higgins were first turned up to full earlier this month in trials off San Diego, and worked successfully.

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Flying-rifle robocopter: Hovering sniper backup for US troops

The goal of ARSS, as stated by the Army, is to produce a system "having the ability to accurately engage single point man sized targets with an airborne UAV ... [giving] the ground based soldier the ability to have a high-point survivable sniper at their disposal when needed. An airborne UAV can rapidly achieve lookdown angles and viewpoints required for sniper engagements, while controlled from the troop on the ground."

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RATTLRS - Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike

Revolutionary Approach To Time-critical Long Range Strike (RATTLRS) represents a new supersonic cruise missile concept, enabling warfighters to rapidly launch precision attacks against time-critical targets, from ranges of hundreds of kilometers. When planning RATTLERS missions, users will be able to adjust fuel consumption, speed and range to address a particular mission objective. Unlike current cruise missiles, depending on a lengthy and complex mission planning process, RATTLRS will feature much faster mission preparation, taking only few minutes. Missiles will be able to strike a target after flying a distance of hundreds of kilometers, within 30 minutes from target detection.

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Atomic clock accuracy boosted

PORTLAND, Ore. — A strontium-based timekeeper providing up to 50 percent better accuracy could serve as the next-generation atomic clock.
By controlling collisions between neutral strontium atoms, the new atomic clock is said to be accurate to within one second in 300 million years, according to its inventor, Jun Ye of a joint institute formed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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Northrop Grumman Urges ABM Focus On Early Engagement And Flexibility

The U.S. government can get the most from valuable missile defense dollars by focusing on early intercept of hostile ballistic missiles through mobile and flexible defenses, according to Northrop Grumman.

"A mobile, early intercept system stands to make the existing layer of defense much stronger while also being more affordable for taxpayers in the long run"

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Seeking New BMD Strategies - Part One

The new administration of President Barack Obama has the opportunity to develop a new strategy for missile defenses, one consonant with current strategic realities and their own inclinations with respect to foreign and security policies. It needs to think creatively about the role of missile defenses in support of plans for global denuclearization

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