Collaborate Disseminate
The US Department of Defense (DOD) has completed a successful test of a hypersonic glide body that will be the basis for a future class of hypersonic weapons. The US Army and US Navy jointly launched the Common Hypersonic Glide Body (C-HGB) from the Pa… Continue reading US Department of Defense successfully tests hypersonic glide body
From the Age of Sail through to the Second World War, naval combat was done primarily in close quarters and with cannons. Naturally the technology improved quite a bit in those intervening centuries, but the idea was more or less the same: the ship with the most guns and most …read more
Continue reading US Navy Looking To Retire Futuristic Prototype Ships
The US Navy has successfully installed its first Optical Dazzling Interdictor, Navy (ODIN) laser weapon aboard one of its warships. During dry-dock operations, the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) received the stand-alon… Continue reading US Navy deploys first anti-drone laser dazzler weapon
Astronaut John Glenn. On Feb. 20, 1962, 58 years ago today, Glenn (then, a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps) was hurled into space aboard the NASA Mercury Atlas (MA-6) spacecraft.
Glenn, both the first American to enter space, also… Continue reading Mercury 7 [Friendship 7 with John Glenn Aboard] Launch Anniversary
via Katie Lang, writing for the DOD News, comes a short, but immensely powerful and important piece detailing the outstanding life of a U.S. Marine and Medal of Honor recepient – Captain Raymond Gerald Murphy.
“…we’re highlighting Marine Corps Ca… Continue reading A Life That Is Well Worth Honoring
The U.S. Army this week has banned TikTok from government-owned devices as scrutiny over the platform’s relationship with China grows. Continue reading TikTok Banned By U.S. Army Over China Security Concerns
Image Courtesy of American Battle Monuments Commission Suresnes American Cemetery
Memorial Day 2019
The post Lest We Forget: All Gave Some, Some Gave All appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Lest We Forget: All Gave Some, Some Gave All
Image Courtesy of Native News Online
Fleming Begaye Sr., World War II United States Marine Navajo Code Talker has died on the Navajo Nation Reservation at Chinle, Arizona. There are now seven remaining elite World War II United States Marines – Navajo… Continue reading Requiescat In Pacem: Fleming Begaye, Sr., US Marine, Navajo Code Talker
To the average person, the application of balloon technology pretty much begins and ends with birthday parties. The Hackaday reader might be able to expand on that a bit, as we’ve covered several projects that have lofted various bits of equipment into the stratosphere courtesy of a high-altitude balloons. But …read more
Permalink
The post Requiescat In Pacem: President George Herbert Walker Bush appeared first on Security Boulevard.
Continue reading Requiescat In Pacem: President George Herbert Walker Bush