How a port-a-potty almost sparked a US Constitutional crisis in Syria
In 2017, the American intervention in the Syrian Civil War was heating up fast. A new President of the United States took office that year, and the new Commander-In-Chief wanted…
The US completed the final test of its Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept
The final flight of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and U.S. Air Force Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) is completed. Lockheed-Martin’s version of the missile features Lockheed’s Aerojet…
A border village in NATO-allied Poland was reportedly hit by Russian missiles
Poland’s highest-level defense officials scrambled to meet in Warsaw after receiving reports of sudden explosions in a village near the country’s border with Ukraine. The blasts came as Russia launched…
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…
China’s huge anti-ship missile has to be launched from a aircraft sling
Anti-ship ballistic missiles are the latest and greatest in naval warfare, but they’re not new. The only reason Argentina stood a chance against the United Kingdom’s Royal Navy in the…
The United States developed the first hypersonic missile in 1949
Chinese and Russian propaganda like to claim that they are streets ahead of the United States when it comes to hypersonic missile technology. The claim is so widespread that even…
Why the Javelin missile is so deadly to Russian tanks in Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Russian tankers and commanders thought the Javelin missile threat would be mitigated by the use of missile cages “protecting” their armored columns. They…
Today in military history: Iraqi Scud missile hits US barracks
On Feb. 25, 1991, a Scud missile fired by Iraq hit a U.S. military barracks in Saudi Arabia, killing twenty-eight Army reservists. At the height of the Persian Gulf War,…
Great Falls Nike Fire Control Site W-83 played a critical role in the creation of GPS
During the Cold War’s arms buildup, there were 13 Nike Missile sites erected around the greater Washington D.C. and Baltimore areas. Project Nike was a U.S. Army project proposed in…
North Korea claims to have tested hypersonic missiles
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is boasting a new milestone, claiming it successfully tested its first hypersonic missile, one the country says will soon be nuclear capable. It was…