Items by Nathan Hodge
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Top General: Missile Defense Is Dead. Long Live Missile Defense
Posted: March 24th, 2009, 4:00pm EDT by Nathan Hodge
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Ballistic missile defense as we know it is all but dead, one of the country's top military just declared. But already, there are new anti-missile priorities taking shape. -
The Anti-Nuke Beauty Contest
Posted: February 25th, 2009, 7:00pm EST by Nathan Hodge
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An anti-nuclear group wants to stir up interest in its cause by asking women to pose naked in front of atomic power plants. -
Surge of Nerds Rebuilds Afghanistan
Posted: January 30th, 2009, 1:10pm EST by Nathan Hodge
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A group of motivated geeks travels to Osama bin Laden's old stomping grounds in Afghanistan to set up a rapid prototyping facility -- and revamp the local economy. -
Gaza War's New Front: Facebook
Posted: January 9th, 2009, 8:00am EST by Nathan Hodge
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At first glance Israel seems to be dominating the information war over Gaza. The Israeli government has launched a campaign to dominate the blogosphere: Pro-Israel hackers are waging cyberwar against Hamas, and the Israeli military has kept the international press off the battlefield. But social networking site Facebook has become an important venue in the Arab world for protesting the Israeli campaign, as well as a potent fundraising tool for supporters of the Palestinian cause.
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Israel Deploys YouTube, Twitter in Info War Against Hamas
Posted: December 30th, 2008, 1:47pm EST by Nathan Hodge
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Days after sending aircraft to strike Hamas militants in Gaza, the Israeli government is launching a campaign to dominate the blogosphere.
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Rockers to Press Obama on Music Torture
Posted: December 23rd, 2008, 5:15pm EST by Nathan Hodge
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The United States is using music to torture prisoners held at Guantanamo. Musicians want that stopped, and they're going to lean on the new president to make it happen.
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Army Wages iPod Warfare in Baghdad
Posted: December 16th, 2008, 10:41am EST by Nathan Hodge
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During a humanitarian mission in Baghdad's Sadr City, Staff Sgt. Kent Crandall brought along a nifty iPod accessory: an Army psychological operations loudspeaker. Crandall had loaded the iPod with Iraqi pop music, which he cranked during the halal food handout in this war-torn neighborhood. This is only one of the tools in the psychological operations arsenal in theater.
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National Guard Gets Spying, 'Flying Beer Keg' for Iraq
Posted: November 27th, 2008, 9:00pm EST by Nathan Hodge
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A Pennsylvania National Guard unit will get a new toy before it deploys to Iraq in January — an odd-looking robotic recon aircraft, sometimes referred to as "the flying beer keg."
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Navy Pursuing Dial-a-Blast Bomb
Posted: November 18th, 2008, 9:50am EST by Nathan Hodge
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The Navy wants a smarter bomb. Not just a bomb that can land within a few meters of the bull's eye -- but a bomb that can do so, with just the right amount of blast.
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U.S.-Iraq Deal Could Mean Jail Time for Contractors
Posted: October 20th, 2008, 10:41am EDT by Nathan Hodge
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Not too long ago, private security contractors in Iraq had a get-out-of-jail-free card; they could run around the country without a chance in the world that they could be prosecuted for anything they did. A draft of the U.S.-Iraq security deal, now making the rounds in Washington and Baghdad, could change all that. Guns-for-hire in Iraq could suddenly find themselves facing time in an Iraqi prison, if they broke the local laws.
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Ex-Pentagon Geek Plots Disaster Relief 2.0
Posted: October 16th, 2008, 2:04pm EDT by Nathan Hodge
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Linton Wells used to be one of the Pentagon geeks-in-chief. Now, he's trying to encourage the Defense Department to network with relief agencies, civic organizations and the private sector in order to reboot disaster recovery.
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Did the U.S. Prep Georgia for War With Russia?
Posted: August 10th, 2008, 2:00pm EDT by Nathan Hodge
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The United States isn't exactly a detached observer in Russia's war with Georgia. The American military has been training and equipping Georgian troops for years.