by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Sep 19, 2011 | National Security
Virtual reality makes it possible for the military to train for intense combat situations, but technology needed is expensive in a time of defense budget cutbacks. According to some in the virtual reality industry, virtual reality training is a means of cost savings...
by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Sep 18, 2011 | National Security
Virtual reality simulations can prepare users for intense combat situations, hazardous environments, and to face the threat of death. It can coach a combatant to shoot a target while in the air, hanging from a helicopter and a naval officer to bring a submarine into...
by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Aug 23, 2011 | National Security
Pakistan’s Nuclear Threat from Medill Washington on Vimeo. The U.S. raid in Abbottsabad that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden raises questions about whether the Pakistani government can suppress terrorists and protect its nuclear stockpile. Charles Blair,...
by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Aug 11, 2011 | Education, National Security, Politics
The support group Project Common Bond brings together children of 9/11 victims with other teens across the world who have lost family to acts of terrorism.
by Tatiana Kouskoulas | Aug 9, 2011 | Topics
The National Museum of Crime and Punishment’s newest permanent exhibit feature’s artifacts from Unabomber Theodore Kacynski’s Montana cabin. Kaczynki is one of the nation’s most infamous domestic terrorists. Between 1978 and 1995, he mailed 16 bombs that killed three...