Tactical Cameras are making a comeback?

"What do you get when you mount a Nikon D200 with a standard rifle stock? Why a Tactical Camera of course! One that no reporter would be caught with in a war zone or covering any armed action anywhere. What started out as a tongue in cheek project for April Fools wound up being quite the successful demonstration of concept. It features a fully functional trigger; it has controls for operating the shutter and auto focus; and for the patient shots, it has a mounted bipod. Carry sling optional."

More details from slashdot.org:
http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/05/164203

Adams Arms PDW 5.56mm

With new one-piece Bolt Carrier Group it’s a redefined PDW!

Piston System

Time + Temperature + Pressure = Gas. I’m not talking about Super Bowl Sunday here; I’m talking about AR-15s. It’s gas pressure that makes ARs work. Whether it be Direct Impingement (DI) or Piston Systems, ARs are at the mercy of gas. Aren’t we all?

For complete information, go here:
http://www.tactical-life.com/online/guns-and-weapons/adams-arms-pdw-556mm/

Adams Arms website:
http://www.adamsarms.net/

Go grab a copy of this issue, this 5.56mm PDW rocks!

There is a place for a geek like you in the United States Air Force.

A provisional unit is a temporary unit organized to perform a specific task. It's considered temporary because it does not have personnel assigned, rather personnel are attached to the unit from their home stations. The AFCYBER (P) staff will continue to work issues related to the standup of the 24th Air Force under Air Force Space Command for as long as needed.

For complete information, please head to:
http://www.afcyber.af.mil/

SCAR Field Test

Military.com

A group of nearly a dozen Special Forces Soldiers were invited to test fire the Socom Combat Assault Rifle at a range near Quantico, Va., just before their deployment to the Middle East. Military.com was invited along, but the operators declined to be identified.

Complete details and slide-show here:

http://images.military.com/slideshows/scar-demo.htm

Secure Socket Layer is no longer secure

A security researcher that goes by the name Moxie Marlinspike recently demonstrated an exploit attacking SSL using a man-in-the-middle method (MITM).

More information on the author's website:
http://www.thoughtcrime.org/software/sslsniff/index.html

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Toy rocket inspires variable-speed bullets

• 16:43 21 July 2008
• NewScientist.com news service
• David Hambling

A gun that fires variable speed bullets and which can be set to kill, wound or just inflict a bruise is being built by a US toy manufacturer. The weapon is based on technology used to propel toy rockets.

Lund and Company Invention, a toy design studio based near Chicago, makes toy rockets that are powered by burning hydrogen obtained by electrolysing water. Now the company is being funded by the US army to adapt the technology to fire bullets instead.

The US Army are interested in arming soldiers with weapons that can be switched between lethal and non-lethal modes. They asked Company Invention to make a rifle that can fire bullets at various speeds.

Sniper version

The new weapon, called the Variable Velocity Weapon System or VWS, lets the soldier to use the same rifle for crowd control and combat, by altering the muzzle velocity. It could be loaded with "rubber bullets" designed only to deliver blunt impacts on a person, full-speed lethal rounds or projectiles somewhere between the two.

Bruce Lund, the company's CEO, says the gun works by mixing a liquid or gaseous fuel with air in a combustion chamber behind the bullet. This determines the explosive capability of the propellant and consequently the velocity of the bullet as it leaves the gun. "Projectile velocity varies from non-lethal at 10 metres, to lethal at 100 metres or more, as desired," says Lund.

The company says that the weapon produces less heat and light than traditional guns. It can also be made lighter and could have a high power setting for long-range sniping.

Police already fire non-lethal projectiles from standard shotguns. These are known as "beanbag" rounds, bags of lead shot which will knock down a suspect at ranges of up to 10 metres. They are termed "non-lethal", but can cause bruising or even broken ribs.

'Handgun to Howitzer'

Lund says that the new weapon system will use different types of bullet for lethal and non-lethal use. Police forces already use separate shotguns for non-lethal loads – typically marking them with bright orange tape to prevent any confusion – so this shouldn't be an issue.

The existing VWS design is a .50 calibre (12.7 mm) rifle weapon, but Lund says the technology can be scaled to any size, "handgun to Howitzer".

Steve Wright, a security expert at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK warns of the potential risk of variable lethality.

"In a high-stress, high-personal-risk zone, there will be a real temptation for soldiers to turn the tuneable lethality switch up to 'kill' mode so that all doubt is removed."

A demonstration version will be ready within six months, and the VWS could go into production within 18 months of approval, according to Lund and Company

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