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Amazingly fast gun – 1,000,000 rounds per minute

// February 5th, 2010 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

This is just ridiculous. It starts slow, but gets good at the end.

Marine One flyover

// December 12th, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

With President Bush giving a commencement speech at A&M tonight, we got a little flyover.? These helicopters did a pretty good job of shaking the windows!

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Ripsaw

// December 4th, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

I just saw this article on DoD Buzz about a new armed, unmanned vehicle called the Ripsaw.? It looks pretty impressive, especially for how little they spent to arm it and make it remotely operated.? A small fleet of these coming at you would be pretty scary.? There’s a little promotional video of the manned version on Youtube:

V-22 Osprey has a sweet new gun

// October 2nd, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

DefenseTech.org has a nice little article explaining how the new defensive gun on the V-22 Osprey works.? The operator inside the aircraft sees through the sights using a TV monitor, puts the crosshairs on the target and fires.? A computer system figures out where to actually point the gun to account for movement of the aircraft so the rounds land in the right place.

Dillon M134 Gatling Gun

// August 22nd, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

Here’s a nice little video from Military.com about the Dillon M134 Gatling Gun.? I’m glad the guys using this thing are friendlies!

Marines get a new workout program

// August 21st, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

I didn’t know this was possibly, but apparently the Marines are getting a little too fat and lazy, so they changing to a new, tougher physical fitness test.? It sounds like quite a workout.? Maybe this should be an event for Survivor: Benchley 2009.? If you complete it in time, you get a trophy and celebratory deployment to Iraq.

Beautiful Swiss flying

// August 5th, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

Courtesy of DefenseTech.org, check out this video of the Swiss air force (the Swiss have an air force?!) showing off their flying.? They definitely have some beautiful scenery to fly through.

FCS Active Protection System

// July 29th, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

Check out this test video footage of the Army’s Active Protection System, which is part of Future Combat Systems.? I don’t have a whole lot of information on it other than that it is designed to intercept and defeat incoming rounds (like RPGs).? Saying it is amazingly fast doesn’t begin to describe the insane reaction speed this thing has.

Well, that’s one way to do it…

// July 28th, 2008 // View Comments // Mark's stuff

…but I wouldn’t recommend it:

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