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Falun Gong in the United States: An Ethnographic Study - Noah Porter - Google Books

https://books.google.de/books?vid=ISBN1581121903&printsec=frontcover&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

Falun Gong, also known as Falun Dafa, has been described in many ways. It has been called qigong, one of many schools of physical exercises that aim at improving health and developing supernatural abilities. Scholars and mainstream media have referred it…

SSDS: Quicker Naval Response to Cruise Missiles

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/ssds-quicker-naval-response-to-cruise-missiles-04699/

Right now, in many American ships beyond its Navy's top-tier AEGIS destroyers and cruisers, the detect-to-engage sequence against anti-ship missiles requires a lot of manual steps, involving different ship systems that use different displays. When a Mach 3…

Have Guns, Will Upgrade: The M109A7 Paladin PIM Self-Propelled Howitzer

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/have-guns-will-upgrade-the-m109a6-paladin-pim-partnership-04039/

The USA's 155mm M109 self-propelled howitzers (SPH) were first introduced in 1962, as a form of armored mobile artillery that could stand up to the massed fire tactics of Soviet heavy artillery and rockets. They and their companion M992

Radar Refits: F-15s Looking for the AESA Edge

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-15s-looking-for-the-aesa-edge-04044/

Most F-15C Eagle air superiority fighters use APG-63 radars, passive arrays mounted on a movable swashplate. While upgrades over the years have improved them, a new generation of radar technologies has appeared. With cruise missile defense rising in

M1 Abrams Tanks for Iraq

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/M1-Abrams-Tanks-for-Iraq-05013/

Tanks often decide battles, unless aircraft are around. Iraq had a lot of unfriendly visits by the USAF from 1991-2003, which left the largest armored force in the region looking to rebuild their armored corps from zero. Early donations and salvage fielded…

Naples-Foggia

http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/ebook/p/2005/CMH_2/www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/naples/72-17.htm

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atomic power review: Nuclear Icebreakers 101

http://atomicpowerreview.blogspot.de/2012/01/nuclear-icebreakers-101.html

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India & Israel’s Barak-8 SAM Development Project(s)

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/india-israel-introducing-mr-sam-03461/

Over a development timeline measured in decades, India's indigenous "Akash" and "Trishul" programs for surface to air missiles have failed to inspire full confidence. Trishul was eventually canceled entirely. Akash had a a long, difficult

F-22 Raptor: Capabilities and Controversies

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/f-22-raptor-capabilities-and-controversies-019069/

The 5th-generation F-22A Raptor fighter program has been the subject of fierce controversy, with advocates and detractors aplenty. On the one hand, the aircraft offers full stealth, revolutionary radar and sensor capabilities, dual air-air and air-ground…

Moving Target: Raytheon’s GBU-53 Small Diameter Bomb II

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/Raytheon-Wins-USAs-GBU-53-Small-Diameter-Bomb-Competition-06510/

The 250 pound GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb gives American fighters the ability to carry more high-precision GPS-guided glide bombs, without sacrificing punching power against fortified targets. The initial award to Boeing was controversial, and

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