U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf may be armed with depleted-uranium bombs and missiles hundreds of times more potent than similar weapons used during the Gulf War and the U.N. military campaign in Bosnia.
Sandia Labs in Livermore, California, tests a "deadly serious" simulation program intended to help officials react nimbly to a biochemical attack on San Francisco.
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon, working on a defense contract with DARPA, have developed an Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle (UGCV) that self-corrects if it is ever knocked over or upended.