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...Opened in 1816, the Watertown Arsenal was the first major military laboratory in the U.S., employing over 10,000 people at its height during World War II. After the war, the U.S. Army Research and Materials Laboratory used the Arsenal to test the nation’s most cutting-edge artillery systems, transforming it into an advanced research and development facility...
WATERTOWN, MASS.—Just three miles west of Harvard Square on the banks of the Charles River lies the Watertown Arsenal, a former military installation that tested and built the nation’s most complex weaponry systems for nearly two centuries. At one point it was also one of the most contaminated sites in Massachusetts...
...Before Harvard’s purchase of the Arsenal property, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the town collaborated on an extensive cleanup effort as part of the process of closing the military complex...
...Today, the once-contaminated site, renamed the Arsenal on the Charles, has a thriving mix of educational and commercial uses, including an arts center, a restaurant, and several health clubs...
...conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan have proved the worth of unmanned aircraft--which are cheaper and, because there is no pilot to be shot down, politically more palatable than traditional airplanes. The thousand-plus UAVs in the military's arsenal range from tiny craft that can fit in a soldier's palm to ones the size of business jets. Military analysts are predicting that within two decades, UAVs may even take over the jobs of pilots flying fighter jets. It makes economic sense; the $4 million Predator is a bargain compared with the Air Force's newest fighter...