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cia spytech

Camouflaged CIA Speed Boat Looks Like Junk, Runs Like Jet

It looks like your typical junk, tooling around on coastal waterways in Southeast Asia in the late 1960s. Think of it in Apocalypse Now terms: It was basically a water taxi for personnel on highly classified missions. OK, so then say that classified mission is somehow compromised—here's what it looks like when it literally blows its cover: More »

8:00 PM on Thu May 22 2008
By Wilson Rothman
24,318 views, 28 comments

Latest by phoghat: @junyo: Huzzah sir! @loslosbaby: Q ships , In my estimation were a very cool idea. You have a convoy of cargo ships more »

military

Camouflage Paint Hides Vehicles From Radar, Subsequent Missiles

A German inventor has developed a paint called AR 1 that can hide a vehicle from radar, and most importantly, "all militarily relevant frequencies." How it works is unclear, though one test researcher proposes it's either by reflecting radar waves in a pattern so they cancel one another out, or by utilizing microscopic magnets to absorb radar radiation. And no, it won't get you out of speeding tickets.
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9:51 AM on Thu May 8 2008
By Mark Wilson
7,143 views, 22 comments

Latest by DustyButt: @Darrone: I flew helos in the Army... No it didn't. Where's the Commanche now??? OH! Canceled. No helicopter is immune to dopplar more »

open season

Art.Lebedev Camouflage Christmas Ornaments May Disappear on Your Tree

Leave it to the Art.Lebedev Studio, maker of expensive keyboard prototypes and whimsical objets d'art, to give you a skewed take on an everyday item, and these camouflage Christmas tree ornaments are no exception. Art calls them the "SHAR-404 portable set for improvement of forest units in the face of the new approaching year." More »

10:15 AM on Fri Dec 21 2007
By Charlie White
2,095 views, 11 comments

Latest by timerider42: I thought "They look like frag grenades" even before I saw the box they come in. more »

home entertainment

Eton's Camouflage Hand Crank Radio

Eton's FR300 emergency radio is an update to one released last August. It still retains weather radio, flash light, TV audio and hand crank-ability. It'll also charge your cellphone for good measure. Now it's got a coat of camouflage paint, kinda like Rambo. – Nicholas Deleon More »

5:46 PM on Sat Jan 6 2007
By Gizloco
588 views, 1 comment

Latest by Skeptical_Geezer: Since a likely use of hand cranked radios would be for disaster or emergency situations, wouldn't bright orange or yellow more »