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Oct 13, 2020

North Korea’s monstrous new ICBM is America’s latest nuclear headache

Seriously 2020, what next? At a military parade on Saturday to mark the 75th anniversary of the ruling Korean Workers Party, North Korea unveiled a new and massive intercontinental ballistic missile, which arms experts say may be capable of de…

BYCoffee Or Die

Oct 13, 2020

BYCoffee Or Die

Oct 9, 2020

The Gun Trucks of Vietnam: How US soldiers transformed cargo vehicles into fighting machines

“For years and years and years people just thought truck driving was driving a truck,” said Sammy Seay, a US Army veteran who helped build th…

BYCoffee Or Die

Oct 9, 2020

BYMiguel Ortiz

Oct 7, 2020

5 of the best surplus firearms that you can still buy

The world of surplus firearms is an ever-changing one. Remember when you could buy a Tula Mosin-Nagant M91/30 from a sporting goods store for $80 or a spam can of .30-06 M2 for…heck, when you could find a spam can period? The problem with surplus …

BYMiguel Ortiz

Oct 7, 2020

BYSandboxx

Oct 7, 2020

XP-79: The US fighter built to ram enemy bombers

In the waning days of World War II, the world of military aviation was at a turning point. By the close of 1944, America’s prop-driven

BYSandboxx

Oct 7, 2020

BYCoffee Or Die

Oct 7, 2020

Pentagon taps Elon Musk’s SpaceX to build satellites to track hypersonic weapons

SpaceX has won a $149 million Department of Defense contract to build satellites to track hypersonic missiles, marking the first government contract for building such equipment for

BYCoffee Or Die

Oct 7, 2020

BYSandboxx

Oct 6, 2020

This Russian pilot just flew their stealth fighter like a convertible

Recently surfaced images and a brief video show Russia’s premier stealth fighter, the Su-57 Felon, flying without the canopy enclosure for the aircraft’s cockpit. While there isn’t a great deal of information available to go along with the footag…

BYSandboxx

Oct 6, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Oct 6, 2020

Air Force delays moving forward with E-4B Doomsday plane replacement effort

The U.S. Air Force is delaying the official solicitation for its

BYMilitary.com

Oct 6, 2020

BYSandboxx

Oct 5, 2020

Russia’s new exoskeleton probably isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

One of Russia’s largest defense contractors, Rostec, released new footage of their most advanced military exoskeleton in use on Monday, and as is so often the case when Russia makes such an announcement, a number of media outlets have taken their c…

BYSandboxx

Oct 5, 2020

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 29, 2020

The smart anti-drone grenade and bazooka that will save us from Skynet

Ok, so modern unmanned aerial vehicles aren’t nearly as much a threat as Skynet and these weapon systems really wouldn’t do anything to the T-1000. However, today’s remote-controlled drones can prove to be major security risks as surveillance or …

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 29, 2020

BYAirman Magazine

Sep 29, 2020

Skyborg: Rise of the autonomous wingmen

Skyborg is an autonomy-focused capability that will enable the Air Force to operate and sustain low-cost, teamed aircraft driven by artificial intelligence that can thwart adversaries with quick, decisive actions in contested environments. These unm…

BYAirman Magazine

Sep 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Sep 29, 2020

Air Force completes 8-Year B-1 bomber battle station upgrade

The Air Force just wound up a major upgrade on its

BYMilitary.com

Sep 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 28, 2020

The US military is quietly killing terrorist leaders in Syria with its secret missile packed with swords

The US military has been quietly taking out terrorist leaders in Syria with a modified Hellfire missile packed full of swords,

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 28, 2020

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Sep 25, 2020

The ONG 870 — The classic National Guard riot gun

Last year was a much better year. Fewer riots, no quarantines, or lockdowns, no elections. Man, 2019 was sweet. So far, the only good thing to come out of 2020 is

BYSOFREP

Sep 25, 2020

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 21, 2020

The reason these military helicopters are painted pink

The Sikorsky S-70 platform is one of the most popular and versatile medium-lift utility helicopters with the U.S. military and government agencies. As a result, it can be seen in a variety of color schemes. Air Force HH-60 Pave Hawks can be found sp…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 21, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Sep 18, 2020

V-22 reaches key milestone, heads to Navy fleet

The Navy received its first fleet CMV-22B Osprey this summer, signaling a new phase for the tiltrotor program. The Bell-Boeing designed aircraft has expanded range needed for fleet operations, according to a Bell press release, with specificat…

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Sep 18, 2020

BYSandboxx

Sep 17, 2020

America’s air-to-air nuke would’ve taken out entire bomber fleets

During the Cold War, America developed a single air-to-air nuke that could devastate entire bomber fleets in mid-air. Thankfully, it was only ever fired in testing. In today’s world, nuclear weapons are seen primarily as strategic weapons, ra…

BYSandboxx

Sep 17, 2020

BYJessica Evans

Sep 17, 2020

3 great uses for your “forgotten to return” woobie

By far, the most coveted and “forgotten to return” item that’s ever been issued to members of the military is the woobie. Maybe you’ve forgotten that your most cherished bit of military memorabilia is actually a poncho liner … since so few peo…

BYJessica Evans

Sep 17, 2020

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 17, 2020

You can now buy a reissue of the original Austrian Army Glock

In the firearms community, people are either Glock haters or Glock lovers. Whichever camp you belong to, the popularity and reputation of the Glock platform cannot be denied. Since its adoption by the Austrian Army as the P80 in 1982, Glock pistols …

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 17, 2020

BYJessica Evans

Sep 17, 2020

Here’s why they’re called dog tags

Carrying identification into battle isn’t something new, but that doesn’t mean Americans haven’t put our own unique spin on it. Ancient Spartan warriors each designed their own shields so that if they fell in battle, the shield could be re…

BYJessica Evans

Sep 17, 2020

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 16, 2020

Passenger planes may soon fly in formation to save fuel

Have you ever noticed how birds fly in a V formation? Well, this isn’t just some fluke of nature, nor is it a defensive deterrent to aerial predators like it was for WWII bombers. Rather, avian scientists have determined that birds fly in V formati…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Sep 16, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Sep 16, 2020

The Air Force has already flown a secret plane that could be its next fighter

The U.S. Air Force has quietly built and flown a brand-new aircraft prototype that could become its next-generation fighter, the service’s top acquisiti…

BYMilitary.com

Sep 16, 2020

BYSandboxx

Sep 10, 2020

How an F15-E shot down an Iraqi gunship with a bomb

America’s F-15 Eagle has long since secured a position in the pantheon of the world…

BYSandboxx

Sep 10, 2020

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Sep 9, 2020

The Soviet Union’s space cannon that actually fired from orbit

In the decades since the fall of the Soviet Union, many Americans have taken to assuming that victory for the United States was assured. From our vantage point in the 21st century, we now know that the

BYSandboxx

Sep 9, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 9, 2020

How the Nazis developed a ‘wonder weapon’ that the Allies couldn’t stop and changed the face of future wars

On the morning of September 8, 1944, a massive explosion rocked the southeastern outskirts of recently liberated Paris. The blast killed six people and wounded 36 more. Nearly eight hours later, two more explosions occurred in London, killing three …

BYBusiness Insider

Sep 9, 2020

BYCoffee Or Die

Sep 8, 2020

The Demise of a US Air Force C-121G ‘Super Constellation’ — and the Arizona trail that honors it

Just before 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 28, 1959, in the clear sky 5 miles north of Prescott, Arizona, something went wrong aboard an Air Force C-121G Super Constellation aircraft. The pilots, Navy Lt. j.g. Theodore Rivenburg and Cmdr. Lukas Dachs, had…

BYCoffee Or Die

Sep 8, 2020