21st century

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a33766522/tiny-boat-smallest-ship-us-navy/ View: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/ifa0ns/the_smallest_activeduty_vessel_mini_tug_of_the/

Though with the way things are going in Germany at the moment, this might ultimately end up in the Army Projects section! https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2020/09/14/breaking-c-g-haenel-wins-tender-for-the-german-g36-successor/...

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eavbt2GLRLg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McKinley_Climatic_Laboratory

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hisutton/2020/08/27/china-and-russia-in-mysterious-new-submarine-project/#6706d54f1629

Only noticed these recently, ‘Mad Max’ style road wars have broken out in the last few months between US and Russian forces in Syria. Pretty harmless so far, bumping these massive armoured vehicles against one another. I’m sure others here will also find them interesting and (with a proper...

In other words bulletproof vests utilising what is in effect ERA. o_O http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6474213.html https://www.wired.com/2009/03/extreme-protect/ Might work with armored NBC suits and even infantry exoskeleton systems. But tactical vests?! I think I might have heard about...

https://thetakeout.com/sturddlefish-scientists-accidentally-create-new-specie-1844466716 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/11/7/753/htm

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mexico-telecoms-cartels-specialreport/special-report-drug-cartel-narco-antennas-make-life-dangerous-for-mexicos-cell-tower-repairmen-idUSKCN24G1DN?il=0

Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Narco-Submarines-Covert-Shores-Recognition/dp/B086G11WMM My third book, this time attempting to make sense of the many and varied 'narco submarines' used by drug smugglers. Mostly between Colombia and Mexico, but also in the Atlantic. As well as piecing together...

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-the-papers-51345055

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-eyes-a-new-real-estate-purchase-greenland-11565904223 https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSS3N23B02I https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/us/politics/trump-greenland.html?searchResultPosition=1 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49367792