Five for Fighting 11/5/09

# $130 billion ain’t enough; Pentagon to ask for more war cash # Development dollars used to buy press coverage in Iraq # Can software models or data-mining predict the next 9/11? No way. # Tricked-out, bomb-stopping armored vehicles in Afghanistan # “The world is right again.” Here’s how it was made so.

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# $130 billion ain't enough; Pentagon to ask for more war cash

# Development dollars used to buy press coverage in Iraq

# Can software models or data-mining predict the next 9/11? No way.

# Tricked-out, bomb-stopping armored vehicles in Afghanistan

# "The world is right again." Here's how it was made so.