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The world's fastest manned planes are nothing short of engineering marvels. Capable of flitting through the air at multiple times the speed of sound, these planes take the pilot to the fringe of science fiction. Although a number …
The CBU-105 cluster bomb is a devasting tank-killer. One bomb can carpet an area of 1,500 by 500 feet, roughly 15-acres. But unlike traditional cluster bombs, the CBU-105 is considered a "smart bomb." The weapon can destroy multiple mo…
The Marine Corps recently released the summary of results of its Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, a nine-month study to "better understand all aspects of gender integration while setting the conditions for successful policy implementati…
With an emphasis on versatility, range, and light weight, many modern firearms look nothing like guns of decades past. In fact, some look like they are futuristic weapons sent from centuries ahead of us, with their odd angles, accessories, and round…
Col. Robert A. Hefford was a decorated pilot in Vietnam who received Silver Stars for shielding troops with his helicopter on two occasions and a Distinguished Flying Cross for flying into heavy resistance in another firefight.
Last week, the Marine Corps released a summary of results on a nine month study on gender-integrated units in combat situations. …
Russian military inventions tend toward the brutally practical: tanks, planes, and guns that are cheap and easy to produce. But they were also known for experimenting with wacky, expensive concepts. Here are some of their crazier inventions:
The Nazi occupiers in the Netherlands were fed up with Dutch resistance movements by late 1944. For five years, the Dutch had spied, sabotaged, and smuggled Jewish refugees and Allied aircrews. But really pushed the Germans over the edge was a rail…
Set to the tune of war drums in the dense Philippine jungle, this Special Forces video is incredibly motivating. You've seen the typical military recruitment and promotional videos. They're usually slogan rich and filled with special ef…
One of the oldest axioms in writing is to "write what you know." Ernest Hemingway knew adventure, war, travel, and love (even if that love was temporary). When reading a work by Hemingway one might think of how incredible his characters must ha…
The A-10 Thunderbolt II (often called the "Warthog" for its aggressive look and the teeth often painted on its nose cone) is beloved by the troops who need its close-air support and by its pilots — who hear the calls for that support from the …
In today's hi-tech age of drones and stealth and computer wizardry we might have a tendency to take military capabilities for granted. So here are nine military aviation firsts to remind us of how far we've come over the last 107 years or so:
While DARPA and other research institutions declare a robotic revolution, the real geniuses like Stephen Hawking and Bill Gates are letting us know the robotic revolution is really going to be a robot war. While watching videos of robot fails may ma…
This video of a soldier letting his squadmate shoot him with an AK-47 is about as nuts as it gets. "This is about the dumbest thing you can do," the video description says. "But I filmed this one day when my friends were bored in Syria…
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei released an incendiary video this week, describing the "humiliation" the U.S. would experience if it were to invade Iran. The video reminds the viewer of the protracted American wars in Iraq and Afgha…
