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/ 6 January 2005

War on Mars

A covert Russian space probe, The Semteski III, has captured an extraordinary battle between two Earth robotic vehicles on the surface of Mars. The robotic explorers were photographed attacking each other, trying to snatch samples from each other’s baskets.

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/ 6 January 2005

Courage to be credible

Defence procurement decisions are opaque, corruptible and often subject to political considerations that may directly contradict assessments of affordability and technical specification. So perhaps there is nothing surprising about the draft reports of the investigation into the Strategic Defence Packages reluctantly released by Shauket Fakie, the Auditor General, following a court order.