Military / Defense

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)

Background An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is an unpiloted aircraft. UAVs come in two varieties: some are controlled from a…

December 15, 2016

Summaries of Nuclear Weapon and Material Accidents – Department of Energy – National Nuclear Security Administration

Background While sifting through thousands of different pages of documents, I found references to some previously, never-before-released (that I saw)…

December 1, 2016

Possible Determination of an Extraordinary Nuclear Occurrence at Three Mile Island Unit 2, April 2, 1979

Background The following documents is a COMMISSIONER ACTION memo, labeled SECY-79-235 from Harold R. Denton, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation,…

November 22, 2016

Operation STEADFAST: U.S. Army Reorganization, 1972-1973

Background The vast expansion of the nation's armed forces just prior to and during World War II led to the…

November 21, 2016

Using Stylistic Analysis to Assess Threat Messages, October 1985

Background Since 1970, various corporations and public agencies in the United States have received extortion messages involving nuclear devices, materials,…

November 19, 2016

Social Media and the U.S. Army: Maintaining a Balance, by MAJOR Todd A. Moe, May 2011

Abstract Now that the Department of Defense has permitted the use of social media for both private and official purposes,…

November 16, 2016

Annual Historical Report, 2014, US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command

Background The U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command is the Army's medical materiel developer, with responsibility for medical research,…

November 7, 2016

Report of Investigation: The Presence of Biological and Chemical Warfare Materiel at AFMC Bases within the United States, June 2000

Background Mr. Andrew Ghazee of the AFMC Restoration Office, requested that AFRLIHEST conduct an archival search, review, and analysis of existing…

October 12, 2016

The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider

Background According to Wikipedia: The Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is a heavy bomber aircraft under development by Northrop Grumman. As…

October 11, 2016

Ship Naming in the United States Navy, Published 2013

Download the Report  Ship Naming in the United States Navy, Published 2013 [76 Pages, 0.9MB] Background The Navy traces its ancestry…

September 26, 2016