Here are some links worth a look:
* More Google Maps fun: New Zealand's Waihopai spy base, which is a favorite attraction for Kiwi anti-war protestors* This final entry isn't tech-related, but Intel Dump writer Phil Carter has been activated and will be deployed to Iraq with the 101st Airborne
* The Marines are trying yet another IED-resistant vehicle, the Cougar
* New brakes for KC-135 tankers last ten times as long...which is good since who knows when they'll be replaced by newer planes
* I can't do that Dave--Space station gets HAL-like computer
* Russian air force commander General Vladimir Mikhailov accuses America of still fighting the Cold War...and that Russia will soon begin testing new long-range cruise missiles
* Angle the deflector shields!-- "Force field" could keep lunar astronauts safe from solar radiation
--posted by Murdoc
![Ukrainian serviceman runs tests flights with a Vampire hexacopter drone](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-05/trib-ukrainian-soldier-hexacopter-drone-1200.jpg?itok=y9n8Zs2S "A Ukrainian serviceman of the "Achilles" Battalion from the 92nd Brigade of the Ukrainian Army runs tests flights with a Vampire hexacopter drone ahead of missions, in the eastern Donetsk region on April 30, 2024, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)")
