The Future of Superior Firepower

Here are a few of the weird and wonderful DARPA projects in the works, from the defense spending bill (H.R. 2863) newly passed by the House (via Greta Wodele at GovExec.com):

• Aircraft capable of lifting an entire army brigade from "fort to fight" in order to eliminate the need for bases outside the United States.
• Mechanical and chemical ways to process military waste into fuel [and to] harvest the electrical energy behind the motion of ocean waves.
• Tiny bullets and grenades that are capable of steering themselves in flight to hit the hardest and farthest targets.
• Jam-proof communications satellites.
• Robots that could repair, upgrade and refuel other satellites.
• Pulsing neutron stars as location-tracking devices.

The $408 billion bill passed 398-19, in a refreshingly bi-partisan display of our country's commitment to staying in shape.

Don't you love the smell of neutron stars in the morning?