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New Jet Fighter Targets Bad Guys Like A Video Game
Let’s say you’re piloting one of the United States Air Force’s shiny new F-35 fighters. Suddenly, below you, hostile tanks and rockets start firing. Not necessarily at you, just at something nearby.
Shooting Down Real Missiles Is A Bit Like Playing Warcraft
22-year old Idan Yahya of the Israel Air Force’s Active Defence Wing is the current record holder for the outfit’s “Iron Dome” anti-rocket defence system, with eight “kills” to his name. The position of Iron Dome gunner is intense, where instant decisions must be made based on computer visuals generated from radar tracking data. Yahya, an avid gamer, compares the experience to Blizzard’s RTS Warcraft and similar strategy titles.
Navy SEALS Disciplined For Sharing Secrets While Consulting On Medal Of Honor: Warfighter
Throughout the lead-up to its launch, Medal of Honor: Warfighter touted its authenticity as a modern-day military shooter. Over the course of its production, it consulted heavily with real-life Navy SEALs, in order to make missions more realistic. The authenticity, unfortunately, didn’t help the game, and now it turns out its hurting the SEALs too.
Pokemon Inspired The US Army To Think About Building An Epilepsy Gun
By now, you should all be aware of the 1997 incident in Japan where a number of children were hospitalised after watching an episode of Pokémon. It was weird, and more than a little dangerous.
These Real Soldiers Are Being Trained On Amazing Video Games
The use of glorified video games to train military personnel is nothing new, but traditionally, it’s been pretty stodgy stuff, not really the kind of thing casual users would be particularly jealous of.
Now Mad Catz Is Making A Massively Multiplayer Combat Flight Simulator
Not content to merely dabble in the more pedestrian flying video game market, the once peripheral-centric Mad Catz lifts its ambitious eyes to the MMO skies with Combat Pilot, a title that combines realistic flight simulation with multiplayer military aviation. It’s actually more exciting than it sounds.
Classic Dioramas Depict The Horrors Of War
Last week, I took my family to the Australian War Memorial. If you’ve never been (chances are you haven’t!), it’s a lavish, cutting-edge facility which aims to both catalogue Australia’s military history and teach present (and coming) generations about the deeds of their forebears.
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