UAV- The Size of A Cigarette For the Army

Researchers in Oklahoma State University are working on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle which could be the size of a cigarette. It uses plasma thrusters which doesn't have any moving parts.

"What we want the infantrymen to be able to do is pull a pack of six or so out of their pocket and have them ready for use," Jamey Jacob, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering told the Daily.

This aircraft is capable of doing surveillance of hostile areas, and would be a significant improvement to the surveillance capabilities today. What are the precautions against these tiny vehicles, I would say “Put up some mosquito nets”.

Next LTTE Attack that anyone can predict

This article is based on various incidents I read in the news, please click on the links in the article if you want to read them .LTTE is the most ruthless & innovative terrorists group in the world, I see them equal to Al-Qaeda. For 25 years or so they have always changed their tactics of attacking military targets or assassinating people.Former Indian prime minister Rajive Gandi was assassinated using a woman suicide bomber who was pretending to be offering a garland of flowers. Sri Lankan president Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated using explosive laden bicycle.Sri Lankan president Chandrika Kumarathunga luckily escaped another woman suicide bomb attack ,but she lost one of her eyes. Sri lankan foreign minister was assassinated by a sniper while swimming in his pool, rumor says that LTTE leader got this idea after watching the movie called "Jackal" (great movie though). Bombing Sri Lankas main air force base in the night using World War II air crafts is another example, LTTE deserves some credit on this, they did it twice, shame on our stupid politicians without any foresight (This was predicted 3 years ago, they did nothing).If they ever get their separate state that would be their "Pearl Harbor" story. I don't want to continue the number of high profile people killed by LTTE through the years, if you want to find out[click here].

Recently I read in the news that Sri Lankan army attacked & captured some LTTE vessels carrying military hardware, and they found few remote controlled air crafts. According to the details they were not capable of staying in the air for long time or carrying huge weights, then what could they be used to do? military predicts they could be fitted with small explosive devices and could be used to attack navy vessels. But I see a different side, could they be used to assassinate high profile people? This type of remote controlled aircrafts could be accurately flown to a visible target, like a political rally or a convoy of vehicles, specially from top of a building. According to the reports the planes which were captured were not expensive or advance spy planes, so they are expendable, they are quite and undetectable,the threat is real .

I was alarmed to find out that a Norwegian was captured with a half built small submarine which meant to be built for LTTE.In another incident Norwegian ex-special force personals were reported to be training LTTE in underwater demolitions ( Norwegians are our peace brokers, how convenient !!). When you look at the current situation, the only option for LTTE to stop ongoing military operations is to attack financial targets in Colombo. If they have developed a small submarine by now, they would definitely go for Colombo harbor, I'm hundred percent sure about that. I don't know what are the security measures taken by the government against this, but if they attack even a one single cargo ship we will be devastated (So do something, please).

If we want to defeat LTTE we have to think few steps ahead of them, what will be their next move? what could we do to prevent it? unfortunately, the guys we vote to do the job are bit short of mind for that.

The first high-speed digital camera that can follow a speeding bullet in mid-flight has been developed for the U.S. Air Force. The system may lead to "active armor" that sees incoming bullets and intercepts them in mid-air. It may also help guide missiles and unmanned vehicles, or manage traffic.

The system mimics the fovea in biological eyes -- the dense region of light receptors at the center of the eye used for detailed vision.

Got Fried UP By Police?

I read this article about US army developing a non-lethal heat ray gun which could make you feel that your cloths are on fire,pretty cool ,it can in crease your skin temperature up to 50 degrees in no time.What if they developed it to fry some one completely,i mean they must have done it by now, its logical.If they can increase up to 50 why not 100?if you want more information click here