How The Drug Cartels Operate Like Wal-Mart And McDonald’s When Tom Wainwright became the Mexico correspondent for The Economist in 2010, he found himself covering the country’s biggest businesses, including the tequila trade, the oil industry and the commerce of illegal drugs. “I found that one week I’d be writing about the car business, and…
This Forgotten 1950s Flying Trick Could Be the Secret of Future Drone Warfare
The “bucket drop”, invented by a missionary trying to airdrop gifts to natives in Ecuador, would let warplanes release a swarm of drones and lasso them back. The warplane of the future is a drone mothership, able to dispatch swarms of small air-launched UAVs for close-up reconnaissance, to act as jammers or decoys, or…
Practical Skill-Sets: Brussels Attack Highlights Need For Civilian Trauma Training
Muslim terrorists attacked the Belgian capital of Brussels today in a series of attacks that seem to have used IEDs and may have used firearms as well. The attacks took place four days after the primary suspect in the November terrorist attacks in Paris, France was arrested in the city. News media are reporting at…
Military Defense News: Give Me Glocks!
U.S Army General Mark Milley is sick and tired of the military’s Byzantine and politically-compromised procurement system, and is looking for a COTS (commercial off the shelf) solution to replace the Beretta M9 pistol instead of waiting for years for the Modular Handgun System trials to complete. He wants Glocks, and he wants them now….
Crusader Corner: The End Result of Multi-Culturalism and Open Borders in Europe
“I heard a man shout some Arabic words then an explosion” — death toll at least 28 in jihad attacks in Brussels Europe is at war. Will European authorities continue to aid and abet the enemy, and invite Muslim migrants into their countries in large numbers, despite the presence of jihad terrorists among them? Also,…
Modern Crime: The Next Great Hacker Threat Could be Drones
Ryan Satterfield was testing out his new Parrot drone in his backyard in Camarillo, California, when suddenly he wondered: Could it get hacked? Since Satterfield, founder of information security company Planet Zuda, uncovers hacking vulnerabilities for a living, it didn’t take long for him to discover a way to take over the aircraft remotely. He…
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Crusader Corner: Brussels Airport Hit By Terrorist Explosion; 13 Dead.
At least 13 people were killed and dozens of others were injured after terrorists set off two explosions at the Brussels airport and at least one more in the city’s subway system Tuesday morning, days after a key suspect in last November’s Paris terror attack was apprehended in the city. Belgium’s interior minister announced…
Crusader Corner: The Spreading Cancer of Islam in West Africa
Côte d’Ivoire has become the latest country in West Africa to suffer a major terror attack. No fewer than 15 civilians and three special forces troops died when six attackers opened fire on the beaches in Grand-Bassam, a seaside town that’s popular with expats. Thirty-three people were wounded. Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb claimed…
Military History: Meet The A-10 Warthog of WW2, The German Hs-129
Bad engines and poor management doomed the German ground-attacker At first glance, you might think the Henschel Hs 129 was the perfect ground-attack airplane. Twin engines. A heavily-armored cockpit that protected the pilot from small-arms fire. The aircraft even eventually had the heaviest and most powerful forward-firing cannon ever fitted to a production military aircraft…