For once, something genuinely cool. A team of scientists have discovered a way to make stuff invisible. Now, that’s actually something that both cool and apt to scare the cr*p out of anyone who dares to go down the road of thinking a little too long about this. Invisible cameras, invisible tanks, invisible houses… invisible [...]
Nammo, Kongsberg and Nammo Talley are well known brands for people familiar with the weapons industry, and their latest numbers show that the industry is booming due to the recent years’ wars in the middle east. From 2004 to 2010, the two weapons and ammunitions manufacturers have gone from a yearly result of approx $1 [...]
PMCs have long been essential in several theaters, including in Afghanistan. The country announced today that it will ban PMCs from operating in the country, and has given existing companies a deadline of 4 months to leave the country, never to come back. 40.000 soldiers, officers and support personnel work in PMCs supporting the coalition [...]
We’ve written a few times about iKey Solutions here. From the first post, we’ve reviewed news sources from several countries, and also compared them with other companies in their chosen field within security. Though we’ve been fairly negative about their website and their credentials, it is true that they have experience, and they do have [...]
A little bit of news this sunny morning; – Norway’s forces in Afghanistan are lacking essentials in IED detection and removal. An investigation into the state of equipment is afoot after several Norwegian soldiers were killed by a bomb. The country has seen its share of islamist terror-drama the last couple of weeks, since a [...]