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By Joseph Trevithick Feb 25, 2020

General Warns Of Aerial Tanker Shortage As Air Force Looks To Retire 13 KC-135s And 16 KC-10s

The Air Force wants to retire a number of older KC-10A and KC-135R tankers in the next fiscal year, but its new KC-46As are not yet ready for combat.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 25, 2020

Photos Surface Of The Army's Crazy 1,000 Mile Range Supergun Concept: Here's What We Know

The Army says the super-long-range cannon could help engage targets deep inside hostile territory and blow apart an opponent's defenses.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 24, 2020

Crazy Video Out Of Syria Shows An Armored Personnel Carrier Brawling With A T-72 Tank

The armored personnel carrier eventually rams the tank and then appears to chase it away. It's almost like a scene out of National Geographic!

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 21, 2020

The Navy Wants A Rapidly Deployable Version Of Its Cold War Era Submarine Monitoring Network

The containerized concept would allow various types of ships to readily emplace these sonar arrays wherever and whenever necessary.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 20, 2020

MV-22 Osprey Rear Ramps And Carrier Aircraft Elevators Make For Great Fast Rope Training

The MV-22B that Marines were using also represents the latest configuration with enhanced communications and defensive systems.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 20, 2020

Bell's Electrically-Powered Tail Rotor Tech Breaks Cover And It Could Be A Game-Changer

The system aims to be more efficient, safer, quieter, and requires less maintenance than traditional tail rotors.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 20, 2020

Turkey Asks America To Send Patriot Missiles To Its Border As Its Troops Die In Syria Airstrikes

The request will be politically complicated from the very start due to various factors, especially given how cool US-Turkish relations are at present.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 19, 2020

Crazy Video Emerges Of American And Russian Armored Vehicle Road Rage Incident In Syria

Although altercations involving U.S. and Russian forces have seen a spike in recent weeks, duking it out on a highway is something new.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 19, 2020

Take A Rare Look Inside An Army Ranger Armory Somewhere In Afghanistan

The 75th Ranger Regiment has provided important direct action raiding forces in Afghanistan for years. Here's a look at the tools of their trade.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 18, 2020

Here Is What Each Of The Pentagon's Air-Launched Missiles And Bombs Actually Cost

Arming America's combat aircraft, drones, and helicopters is an extremely expensive business.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 18, 2020

Proposed Facility Would Drastically Cut Down Time Required To Arm Bombers On Guam

The badly needed improvements would trim the time it takes to load weapons into a bomber's bomb bay from 11 hours to two and a half hours.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 17, 2020

DARPA Wants Millions To Design An Unmanned 'Flying Gun' Under Its New Gunslinger Program

Budget documents describe a gun-armed "missile" that would be able to engage multiple targets, either on the ground or in the air.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 17, 2020

747s Carrying Americans Exposed To Coronavirus Used New Quarantine Box For Infected Flyers

Late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen helped develop the modular system for use in worst-case scenarios after the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 14, 2020

This Is How The Air Force Gets Its New Survival Rifle To Fit Under An Ejection Seat

The Air Force has fielded 2,700 of the guns, which give fighter jet and bomber pilots extra firepower if they have to bail out over hostile territory.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 13, 2020

America's Elite Special Operators Want A Huge Mock Enemy Bunker Complex To Train In

The Pentagon says there's no other "feasible option" to ensure Delta Force and SEAL Team 6 can adequately train to raid these kinds of hardened sites.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 13, 2020

China's Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan

Other aircraft took part in the operation, as well, which makes a notable surge in the Chinese military's involvement in the response to the epidemic.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 12, 2020

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

U-2s are notoriously challenging to land under the best conditions. A loss of key mechanical systems would make doing so even more complicated.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 12, 2020

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

Russian troops were also present at the time, underscoring just how complex things are for American forces in the country.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2020

The Navy Wants Money To Get Started On Its Future SSN(X) Attack Submarine

The Navy's goal is to design a submarine that is better-optimized for attacking other ships and subs than its existing Virginia class boats.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2020

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

The Air Force will focus on a different hypersonic weapon, using a more complex boost-glide vehicle for its warhead, for its B-52 bombers.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

Here Are The Pentagon's "Tough Choice" Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget

The Pentagon wants to reduce the aircraft fleets it already has to enhance the readiness of the remaining planes and to invest in what comes next.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations

This is our first good look at the kind of activity, especially off the East Coast of the United States, that the US military has been warning about.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps

The technology could lead to new and improved ballistic missile designs with greater reliability, flexibility, and added range.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 7, 2020

No, The United States Doesn't Have An Automatic "Dead Hand" Trigger For Its ICBMs

If personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn't mean that the missiles launch automatically.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 6, 2020

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit

Iran's nascent space launch program is very real, but you might not know it from the absurd propaganda about its purported manned spaceflight plans.