Trooper Questions Old Lady

Time Lapse of Nuke Detonations Since 1945

Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions which have taken place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project's "Trinity" test near Los Alamos and concluding with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea's two alleged nuclear tests in this past decade (the legitimacy of both of which is not 100% clear).

Each nation gets a blip and a flashing dot on the map whenever they detonate a nuclear weapon, with a running tally kept on the top and bottom bars of the screen. Hashimoto, who began the project in 2003, says that he created it with the goal of showing"the fear and folly of nuclear weapons." It starts really slow — if you want to see real action, skip ahead to 1962 or so — but the buildup becomes overwhelming.


http://www.ctbto.org/specials/1945-1998-by-isao-hashimoto/

The Most Well-Armed Kid on YouTube...

... as reviewed by Cracked magazine:

18 Terrifying Videos of the Most Well Armed Kid on YouTube -- powered by Cracked.com

FM 21-76 US ARMY SURVIVAL MANUAL

This is an excellent source of information on how to stay alive in any number of situations. Anything from being stranded in your car during a blizzard, to a terrorist nuclear attack, you would be glad to know the material in this manual. Here is a link to the PDF file for the manual...

http://www.ar15.com/content/manuals/FM21-76_SurvivalManual.pdf

Read it, get familiar with the skills and concepts outlined in the manual. Download it, so you can memorize it. There is much specific information contained in the manual, from how to build a survival shelter, to how to fabricate your own survival tools, to identifying poisonous plants and animals. Buy it. Get yourself a hard-copy of the manual to keep in your car or your "Bug Out Bag." Chances are, that in an actual event where you would use this information, you won't have electricity to run your computer and access this file. Even if you have done a pretty good job memorizing it, much of it will probably be forgotten by the time you might actually need it. The brain has a way of making unused information go stale. So skim through it again from time to time.

Climbing Descent Gone Wrong

The ultimate death stare: New RAF helmet allows pilots to shoot down enemy jets by looking at them

* Pilot can glance at an aircraft he wants to fire a missile at by using his mind

It looks no more high-tech than any other fighter pilot helmet.

But this £250,000 headset allows RAF pilots to shoot down planes simply by looking at them.

The ‘Striker’ Integrated Display Helmet marks one of the biggest leaps forward in attack capabilities in military history.

Read more here:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1343642/New-RAF-helmet-allows-pilots-shoot-enemy-jets-looking-them.html

CARRIER: 1 Ship, 5000 Stories

Stumbled across this DVD at the library. One of the best documentaries I have seen in a long time. Not a propaganda film at all. It really shows a diverse mindset toward the mission, and life in the Navy aboard an aircraft carrier. A little gritty, without being too offensive, showing the bad along with the good. Hope you enjoy.

CARRIER is a character-driven, edge-of-your-seat, nonfiction drama and a once-in-a-lifetime total immersion in the high-stakes world ofÊa nuclear aircraft carrier. CARRIER follows a core group ofÊfilm participants aboard the USS Nimitz, from the admiral of theÊstrike groupÊto the fighter pilots to the youngest sailors, as they navigate personal conflicts around their jobs, families, faith, patriotism, love, the rites of passage and the war on terror.

Here's a trailer:



Here is a link to the YouTube page where the episodes are available:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI38MnpAlW4

And here is Episode 1:

Man Nearly Blows His Head Off with Shotgun

Safety first.

'Terminator' Hunter-Seeker No Longer Sci-Fi

The Department of Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been extremely interested in robotic and cyber technology over the past few years and has now contracted Boston Dynamics to make the first Terminator-like robot fully functional.

When will we reach a point where robots become self-aware?

The Answer is — We already have, as reported in the article “Army Achieves ‘Skynet’ —Self-Aware Decision Making Network“

Boston Dynamics (the makers of the FEMA ‘Big Dog’) are contracted to design a few items for DARPA.  A robotic chetah that can outrun the fastest man, zig-zag, turn, maneuver, and stop on a dime is in the works as we speak.

Boston Dynamis said;

“It will be able to zig-zag and take tight turns in order to chase and evade…. it will also be able to make sudden stops and could end up with a tail.”

http://theintelhub.com/2011/11/26/boston-dynamics-contracted-to-make-first-terminator-hunter-seeker/

"If You Fire a Gun, We Will Find You"

New technology is now available that will allow police to pinpoint location and other details of gunshots in their communities. Several cities have been testing the technology in a few forms, and it is due to roll out now in several more cities of the midwest under the "ShotSpotter" brand name.

First tested in the 90's, the technology has been plagued with problems such as false-positives, but the latest brand appears to be able to "learn" from it's own mistakes over time to make it continually more accurate. Another major drawback is the high cost of these systems, though Federal grants have allowed the technology to be fielded in many cities for testing.

Personally, I am on the fence about this technology. I don't see anything here that might be construed as a violation of the Constitution, but reading through the news article I can't help but feel oppressed by it's Orwellian nature. Of course, we would all like to see dangerous and reckless criminals off the streets, but as with any new law or technology we should be wary of ways in which it could be misused, especially in the hands of ever more draconian corporate-sponsored police regimes.

Sniper Detectors Coming to America's Heartland

Gunshots ring out in the dead of night, and not a single person reports it. Yet police know exactly where the shots came from, even before they arrive on the scene.

It sounds like a scene from The Minority Report, but it's real. A new technology called ShotSpotter enables law enforcement officials to precisely and instantaneously locate shooters, and it has been quietly rolling out across America. From Long Island, N.Y., to San Francisco, Calif., more than 60 cities in the U.S. have been leveraging ShotSpotter to make their streets safer.

(Article continues at link above.)

Here is a presentation of another brand of similar gunshot detection technology:

How to Escape From Zip-Ties

Interesting series of videos and some additional articles. I'll share the first video here, but just go ahead and click HERE to get the full series presented by ITS Tactical.

AA-12 Automatic Shotgun

The Psych System in SHTF

This is something that is not often considered, but there are a lot of people on meds, who will not get their meds in the event of a large scale disaster. This is something to consider from a self-defense standpoint, but also when considering the company you keep, the needs of your loved ones, etc.

Unfortunately, embedding was disabled for this video, but it is worth a watch, about ten mins long....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrfL1UKp3QU

Prototype Police-chase Drone for the Highways

Check out out this concept vehicle designed to help reduce the inherent dangers for police in a high speed chase. Of course, it doesn't reduce the dangers to the public in any way. In fact, the police are more likely to engage in reckless pursuits of suspects putting the public at even greater risk, but hey, at least the police will be safe.

You can check out the original article and design images at this link:

http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/scarab-an-all-electric-self-driven-police-chase-assistant/