High tech gear for CF soldiers

The Canadian Press has an article about efforts to improve the equipment used by Canadian soldiers.

The average Canadian foot soldier on patrol in Afghanistan today is toting more than two-dozen extra batteries on his already overloaded body to power all the electronics he must carry.

During Operation Medusa in the fall of 2006, an offensive against the Taliban, one infantry company alone burned through 17,500 AA batteries in two weeks.

CF works out bugs for Arctic Warfare

The Chronicle-Herald has an article about some issues that were raised after a recent Canadian Forces exercise in the arctic.

Snowmobiles were drained of gas on the flight up to save weight. But that allowed condensation to form inside the gas tanks, which caused the machines to repeatedly stall as water in their fuel lines froze in Resolute’s -60 C temperatures.

US Military burns trash to generate power in Baghdad

Danger Room reports that the US Military is experimenting with burning trash to generate power at a base in Iraq.

About 50 percent of the diesel that the military burns in Iraq is devoted to transporting more fuel. And about half of that gets poured into generators and stoves.

Last Austro-Hungarian WWI Veteran has died

The Times reports that the last First World War veteran who fought for the Austro-Hungarian Empire has died.

B-2 Bomber crash video

Danger Room has a post with video of the crash in February of a B-2 bomber in Guam.

Nuke launch area found in China from comercial photos

The Federation of American Scientists has an article explaining how a deployment area for Chinese nuclear missiles has been found using commercially available satellite images.

Brits fight largest Afghan battle in two years

The Telegraph has an article about British Paras and a battle they recently fought in Qarat-e-Hazrat in Zabul Province, Afghanistan.

Iron man and the US Army

The Brookings Institution has an article about the future of technology in the US Army. The article is quite interesting even though it tries to tie in to the recent Iron Man movie.