Navy openly solicits for 0-day bugs to weaponize
A solicitation on FedBizOpps from the Navy asks security researchers to sell them their "vulnerability intelligence, exploit reports and operational exploit binaries affecting widely used and relied...
View ArticleVideo of Flimmer, the US Navy's new drone that flies and swims
"Common across the services, autonomous vehicles are being seen as an effective projection of force, both above and below the water’s surface," according to the US Naval Research Laboratory. (more…)
View ArticleThe U.S. Navy now has an unmanned drone warship. Could it be hacked at sea?
The U.S. Navy and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are now testing a new unmanned drone warship. The first Navy drone ship is a 132-foot ACTUV (Antisubmarine warfare Continuous...
View Article"Earthquake" off Daytona Beach, Florida was really military test
On a Saturday, a 3.7 magnitude "earthquake" was detected about 168 miles off Florida's Daytona Beach Shores. It now appears that the quake was actually a "shock trial," an explosive test conducted by...
View ArticleWatch: the Navy Band surprises Zappa with "Joe's Garage" as he deplanes at SFO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUAC_zmO_s Thanks to the archival spelunking of the crowdfunded documentary WHO THE F*@% IS FRANK ZAPPA?, we can now watch this amazing piece of video of Frank Zappa...
View ArticleWatch a Blue Angel surprise the hell out of some folks
One of the U.S. Navy Blue Angels surprises the hell out of some people yesterday during the Chicago Air and Water Show.
View ArticleTwo sailors and two dogs rescued at sea, months after distress call
Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba planned to sail from Hawaii to Tahiti last spring. They ran into engine trouble in late May, and were eventually rescued by the Navy on October 25, 900 miles southeast...
View ArticleNavy admits its pilot sky-wrote a giant cloud-wiener
A spokesman from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island in Ault Field, WA, said of the unnamed crew behind the giant sky-dong, "we find this absolutely unacceptable, of zero training value and we are...
View ArticleThis little known government agency is responsible for bringing the remains...
Founded after the Joint P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Command and the Defense Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office were folded into a single agency, the Defense P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Agency...
View ArticleForcing a bread and water diet on Navy personnel is now illegal
Good news everybody! If you're in the Navy or Marines, it's now illegal to throw you in the brig and feed you nothing but bread and water as a punishment. Yes, The American military is still into this...
View ArticleHilarious cockpit transcript of the Navy pilots who drew a giant penis in the...
On November 16, 2017, the crew of a Navy EA-18G Growler jet delighted sixth graders, launched a meme, and pissed off prudes everywhere by drawing a penis in the sky with their engine exhaust over the...
View ArticleNew York Times: Navy pilots reported a rash of strange UFO encounters
The New York Times reports that in 2014 and 2015, Navy pilots flying off the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt reported frequent encounters with UFOs and captured video of the sightings. I'm not...
View ArticleRussian warship 'aggressively approached' US Navy destroyer in Arabian Sea
In the North Arabian Sea on Thursday, a Russian warship "aggressively approached" the US Navy destroyer USS Farragut, the US Navy says. Defense officials say the Russian warship ignored warnings, which...
View Article'Acting' Navy Sec. Modly resigns after insulting ousted coronavirus ship...
Acting Secretary of the Navy Thomas Modly submitted his resignation late Tuesday, after calling the ousted commander of the USS Theodore Roosevelt "stupid" in an address to the ship's...
View ArticleUS Navy bans hemp shampoos, lotions, and soaps
The US Navy has banned sailors and Marines from using shampoo, lotions, and other body care products that contain hemp or cannabidiol. According to the official statement, their rationale is that the...
View ArticleSubmarine carrying 53 crew members submerged Wednesday, hasn't been seen...
During Indonesian Navy training exercises in the Bali Strait on Wednesday, a submarine (seen above) carrying 53 crew members submerged and hasn't resurfaced. Its current location is unknown and...
View ArticleUS Navy hauls up a stealth fighter jet from the bottom of the South China Sea
Earlier this year, a US F-35C stealth fighter jet made a crash landing into the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier during a military exercise in the South China Sea. The pilot safely ejected but seven...
View ArticleFighter pilot mysteriously ejected yesterday above South Carolina and the...
Yesterday, a US Marine fighter pilot flying an F-35 jet over Charleston, South Carolina ejected from the aircraft for an undisclosed reason. The pilot is in stable condition but the plane is, um,...
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