How rocket artillery works on the modern battlefield
Rockets are adaptable weapons that can perform a variety of roles on the modern battlefield and in other wars centuries before. Artillery can be traced back to ancient China when the…
The military once stored missiles in massive ice tunnels
There’s nothing new about the military and its strange experiments. Years after the fact we are still hearing about their countless attempts and new and outrageous tactics, most of which…
F-4G ‘Wild Weasels’ hunted Surface-to-Air Missiles during Desert Storm
The distinctive design of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 is most commonly associated with the Vietnam War. But when Operation Desert Storm launched in February 1991, the Air Force needed an…
Watch this F-16 pilot dodge six Iraqi surface-to-air missiles in Desert Storm
In the largest air strike of Desert Storm, 72 U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons took off from the Persian Gulf to refuel over northern Saudi Arabia. Their target was…
How train cars kept missiles mobile in event of Soviet strike during the ’80s
With the Soviets seemingly on our tail, the U.S. put multiple safeguards into place throughout the Cold War. From missions that were based on information to those that put us…
Here’s what it’s like dodging six missiles in an F-16
It was in the opening days of Operation Desert Storm on Jan. 19, 1991 when fighter jets were roaring through Iraqi airspace, and anti-aircraft crews were waiting for them with surface-to-air missiles (SAM). For Air Force Maj. ET Tullia, it was an un…
Lockheed pitched arming the U-2 with anti-ship missiles
In the later years of the Cold War, Lockheed proposed arming their high-flying U-2 spy plane with experimental long-range anti-ship missiles that would have made it a terror over the…
Sinking ships? The Army requests $1 billion to do just that
With the Department of Defense reorienting itself toward the Pacific, the Army is requesting to purchase more than triple the number of Precision Strike Missiles (PrSMs) in the fiscal year 2022 compared…
What Russia’s deadliest nuclear sub could do to the US
In the inky black water, a predator slowly rises from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico like an Old God or Godzilla, but even more devastating and lethal: The
On Sunday, February 21st, at approximately 1:19 PM CST, the pilot of American Airlines Flight 2292 was added to the ranks of those who have had an encounter with an…Unidentified flying object buzzes American Airlines flight