The Army bought 40 more M109A7 Howitzers from BAE for $299 million
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 and the subsequent military aid sent to Ukraine by the United States, the U.S. military has had to take stock…
Following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 and the subsequent military aid sent to Ukraine by the United States, the U.S. military has had to take stock…
Bioweapons, also referred to as biological weapons, are microorganisms such as fungi, viruses, bacteria, or other toxins generated and released intentionally to cause a massive disease outbreak and death in…
There’s just no upside to communism. Even when they can force an entire country to bend to their will and mass any and all resources at their disposal, they all…
U.S. Special Operations Command’s Armed Overwatch plane program sought a low-cost aircraft that could provide operators with intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and airstrikes in austere combat environments. In 2021, SOCOM awarded…
The Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne is one of the greatest what-ifs in helicopter history. This unique chopper was arguably decades ahead of its time, reaching an incredible top speed of 245 miles per hour. Although it never made it past the prototype stage…
Technology wasn’t actually the method by which the military tried to create an army of super soldiers. It wasn’t a special armor or a Captain America-like serum either. No, like most harebrained schemes of the Cold War, the military tried to creat…
Anyone who survived the Cold War likely remembers the fear that, with almost no notice, an endless rain of Soviet missiles and bombs could begin that would end the war. Even if your city wasn’t hit, the number of nukes that America and Russia would…
In the heights of the Cold War, Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev banged his shoe against his desk as he vowed to show America at the United Nation General Assembly in 1960. The following year, on October 30th, the most massive nuclear explos…
Navy SEAL candidates go through what’s considered the hardest military training before earning their precious Trident. That training is called the Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training, or BUD/S. When young men across the country join the Navy,…
In the early 1980s, the Mil Mi-24 Hind and the Bell AH-1 Cobra were the major attack helicopters on either side of the Cold War. Had the Russians tried to storm the Fulda Gap, these two choppers would’ve butt heads — often — in betwe…