First there was the Spinner, now we have the Crusher. The Crusher is the latest Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) for the U.S. Military. Developed by Carnegie Mellon and DARPA, the Crusher is a six-and-a-half ton unmanned monster truck, six-wheeled vehicle, able to carry a 8,000 lbs. payload, at a top speed of 26 miles [...]

(From the DangerRoom blog) I can’t figure out what the North Koreans are up to here. Why do they have AK-47’s attached to the barrels of their AA guns?

Although, I liked Rob’s suggestion: “The anti-aircraft gun takes care of the airplane, the rifle gets the pilot. :)”

This is an interesting little clip animating conflicts from World War 2 through the second Iraq War with food. The pretzels and sausages represent Germany, the fish and chips represent the UK, etc. I’ll let you figure out the other foods.

If you can’t figure out all the foods (and I couldn’t), here’s a [...]