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In 2002, the world was reminded of an insidious threat to aviation when Al Qaeda operatives shot two shoulder-fired, heat-seeking missiles past an Israeli airliner taking off from Mombasa, Kenya. [...]

For snipers, every war is different. Recognizing the conditions these specialized troops face in Afghanistan, the Pentagon is upgrading its inventory of 22-year-old Remington bolt-action rifles. 'The engagements in Afghanistan [...]

New research into high-power microwaves could make them a crucial tool of electronic warfare. The U.S. Air Force's newest directed-energy weapon program, the Counter-Electronics High-Powered Microwave Advanced Missile Project, would [...]

Military satellites were once considered to be reliably out of harm's way. But antisatellite weapons and solar flares threaten to transform these important pieces of communications hardware into space junk. [...]

The article reports that the U.S. Air Force's Operationally Responsive Space Program is developing smarter microsatellites that can be placed in orbit in less than a year. If successful, the program could help provide reliable radio connections and reconnaissance imagery to troops on the move. One early experimental craft called TacSat-2 was equipped with a wide-band sensor that gathered radar and radio signals from the ground.