That time the Postal Service sent mail via cruise missile
In 1951, the Navy built the SSM-N-8A Regulus cruise missile in conjunction with the Chance Vought Aircraft Company. Developed from the German V-1 missile, the Regulus was built to maintain…
Navy shoots down cruise missile drone with an electric laser in ground-breaking first
In modern naval warfare, one of the greatest threats to surface vessels is the cruise missile. Capable of being fired from beyond line-of-sight distances and often flying close to the…
Here’s what it looks like when the Navy shoots down a cruise missile
[brid video=”113807″ player=”7965″ title=”DoD Multi Missile Test Exercise Navy John Paul Jones”]Cruise missiles are a nightmare for combatants at land or on sea. They fly low enough that most ballistic missile protections can’t touch them, th…
In first, Air Force flies B-1 Bomber with externally mounted stealthy cruise missile
The U.S. Air Force just proved it can externally mount an advanced stealth cruise missile on the B-1B Lancer for the first time, a step forward in plans to have…
Putin’s nuclear-powered missile is probably just a really ‘bad idea’
Russia claims to be developing an unstoppable nuclear-powered cruise missile, a weapon with roots in technology the US considered too expensive, too complicated, too dangerous, and too unnecessary to pursue.
Little is known about Russia’s doo…