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Hand Grenades as Weapons of Mass Destruction

2008-10-01 06:37:22 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...weapons of mass destruction" was reserved for nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. He was arrested in 2006 on charges of scheming to use weapons of mass destruction at the Cherryvale Mall in the northern Illinois city of Rockford Like the continuing cheapening of the word "terrorism ," we are now cheapening the term "weapons of mass...
 
Tags: mass destruction, weapons, biological weapons, hand grenades, mall, northern illinois city, cherryvale mall, terrorism, christmas season
 
 
 
 
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Weapons-Grade Lasers by the End of '08?

2008-09-02 20:34:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman is promising the Pentagon that it'll have weapons-grade electric lasers by the end of 2008. Which means honest-to-goodness energy weapons might actually become a military reality, after decades of fruitless searching
 
Tags: weapons-grade electric lasers, energy weapons, military reality, pentagon, decades, fruitless
 
 
 
 
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How to Do Business With a Blacklisted Russian Weapons Company

2008-07-28 17:16:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
The U.S. Army indirectly handed out $325 million to the blacklisted Russian weapons agency to buy nearly two dozen Russian Mi-17 helicopters for the Iraq war. Did officials knowingly violate government sanctions
 
Tags: russian weapons agency, russian mi-17 helicopters, officials knowingly, government sanctions, iraq war, army indirectly, million
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Looks to Laser-Proof Its Weapons

2008-07-30 17:30:00 by Noah Schachtman in Wired Security
 
Real-life laser weapons aren't here, yet. But they're getting closer. Which is why the Air Force is starting to look for ways to laser-proof its bombs and missiles -- with spray-on coatings, no less
 
Tags: air force, real-life laser weapons, spray-on coatings, laser-proof, missiles, closer, bombs
 
 
 
 
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U.S. Arms Dealer Tests Legal Bounds in Middle East Arms Bazaar

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2008-07-03 22:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
...weapons suppliers and the Iraqi and Libyan governments as part of his new job with a private American defense consulting firm, Wired.com has learned Weldon, who is currently being investigated by the FBI over alleged corruption during his time in office, visited Libya in March to discuss a possible military deal, according to a letter...
 
Tags: arms brokers, brokers, infamous arms brokers, defense, firm defense solutions, arms, arms trade, international arms trade, russian weapons suppliers
 
 
 
 
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The Risk of Anthrax

2008-08-13 14:29:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...weapons and the possible use of such weapons on a massive scale, there are significant constraints on such designs. The current dearth of substantial biological weapons programs and arsenals by governments worldwide, and the even smaller number of cases in which systems were actually used, seems to belie -- or at least bring into question --...
 
Tags: weapons, biological weapons programs, programs, nuclear weapons programs, biological weapons, biological warfare programs, surely maintain stockpiles, noble ideological, humanitarian reason
 
 
 
 
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Spending Money on the Wrong Security Threats

2008-02-19 07:18:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Weapons of mass destruction," Hyten said That's right -- weapons of mass destruction. This year, Putnam County spent most of its $58,000 homeland security grant to buy dozens of gas masks, boxes full of chemical suits, a plutonium-detecting gamma and neutron rae radiological monitor and, for good measure, this rural county about fifty miles...
 
Tags: putnam county, county, mass destruction, weapons, terrorism protection plan, rural county, emergency management director, homeland security grant, fifty miles west
 
 
 
 
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Keeping America Safe from Terrorism by Monitoring Distillery Webcams

2008-10-31 11:15:49 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...weapons of mass destruction -chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high explosives. The department which contacted the Distillery deals with the implementation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, going to sites to verify treaty compliance. Funnily enough chemical weapon processes look very similar to the distilling process and as...
 
Tags: chemical weapons convention, chemical weapons, weapons, threat, future wmd threat, mass destruction -chemical, mass destruction, distillery, threat control
 
 
 
 
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In Next-Gen Bullets and Bombs, Even the Casing Explodes

2008-05-07 01:00:00 by David Hambling in Wired Security
 
...weapons but twice as powerful Conventional warheads could also benefit from an RM makeover. For centuries, shells have blasted out steel shrapnel, small pieces of metal that cause damage with their high speed. Defense contractor Alliant Techsystems is developing a warhead called BattleAxe for the Air Force that uses fragments made of RM...
 
Tags: amounts, release explosive amounts, release, metal, hollow metal cone, explosive, energy, reliably release energy, metal liner
 
 
 
 
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Cops with guns...what will they think of next?

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