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China Built A Mothership For Training Its Forces To Defend Against Drone Swarms
China

China Built A Mothership For Training Its Forces To Defend Against Drone Swarms

The vessel and its drones underscore China's focus on swarm capabilities and its appreciation for the risks they pose to its own navy.

Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served
WWII

Tails Of War: Animals Have Made The Rigors Of Combat More Bearable Wherever Troops Have Served

This Veterans Day, we invite you to remember the four-legged friends who made troops' service a little brighter.

Space Launch Start-Up Just Used A Giant Centrifuge To Fling A Projectile Into The Upper Atmosphere
U.S. Homeland

Space Launch Start-Up Just Used A Giant Centrifuge To Fling A Projectile Into The Upper Atmosphere

SpinLaunch plans to use its kinetic launch system to put small satellites into orbit rapidly and cheaply, and the Pentagon is interested.

Norwegian Undersea Surveillance Network Had Its Cables Mysteriously Cut
Northern Europe

Norwegian Undersea Surveillance Network Had Its Cables Mysteriously Cut

The seafloor ocean observatory off the coast of northern Norway can detect submarine traffic, which could make it a prime target for the Russians.

Decommissioned Navy Cruisers Could Be The Answer To Guam’s Missile Defense Needs
U.S. Navy

Decommissioned Navy Cruisers Could Be The Answer To Guam’s Missile Defense Needs

Mooring retired Ticonderoga class cruisers around Guam could offer an efficient way to greatly expand the island's missile defense umbrella.

Russia Deployed A Smokescreen Over Its Strategic Naval Base In Syria
Syria

Russia Deployed A Smokescreen Over Its Strategic Naval Base In Syria

The countermeasure could confuse certain missiles during a conflict and obscure activities from some surveillance capabilities.

Army Revives Cold War Nuclear Missile Unit To Deploy New Long-Range Weapons In Europe
U.S. Army

Army Revives Cold War Nuclear Missile Unit To Deploy New Long-Range Weapons In Europe

56th Artillery Command's return to Germany after 30 years reflects how critical ground-launched missiles would be in any future conflict with Russia.

Poland Sold Shoulder-Fired Anti-Aircraft Missiles With Coded Locks To Prevent Unauthorized Use
Eastern Europe

Poland Sold Shoulder-Fired Anti-Aircraft Missiles With Coded Locks To Prevent Unauthorized Use

This kind of technology has been reported to exist to help ease concerns about terrorists getting their hands on portable anti-aircraft missiles.

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch
Cold War

This Myth-Busting Walk-Around Of The Soviet MiG-23 Flogger Fighter Is A Must-Watch

One civilian MiG pilot is on a mission to rectify some Cold War-era misunderstandings about the notorious MiG-23 Flogger.

This Combat Doctor’s Patient Handoff Is A Master Class On Clear Communication (Updated)
Royal Canadian Air Force

This Combat Doctor’s Patient Handoff Is A Master Class On Clear Communication (Updated)

When every second counts, clearly conveying a badly injured soldier's status can mean the difference between life and death.

Afghan Pilots That Fled To Tajikistan Are Finally About To Leave With U.S. Help
Afghanistan

Afghan Pilots That Fled To Tajikistan Are Finally About To Leave With U.S. Help

Ex-Afghan Air Force personnel who escaped Afghanistan as the Taliban took control had found themselves virtual captives in Tajikistan.

Aevum’s Space Launch Plane Is A-5 Vigilante Sized, Its Claims Are Even Bigger
Launch Vehicles

Aevum’s Space Launch Plane Is A-5 Vigilante Sized, Its Claims Are Even Bigger

The rollout of a mockup of the Ravn X Autonomous Launch Vehicle concept was intriguing, but it also raised a lot of questions.

Watch This Hypersonic Test Aircraft Wow A Crowd With Its Afterburner
U.S. Air Force

Watch This Hypersonic Test Aircraft Wow A Crowd With Its Afterburner

Hermeus, a hypersonic aviation startup, hopes to begin actually flight testing this design, with help from the US Air Force, as early as next year.

Metallurgist Admits To Falsifying Navy Submarine Steel Strength Test Results For 36 Years
Los Angeles Class

Metallurgist Admits To Falsifying Navy Submarine Steel Strength Test Results For 36 Years

The Navy had to pay additional maintenance costs to address the potential issues on an undisclosed number of submarines.

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity
Cold War

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

The missile was designed to fly thousands of miles at over Mach 3 and 80,000 feet before diving onto its target and detonating its nuclear payload.

Check Out This Super Grimy B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Test Article
B-2

Check Out This Super Grimy B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber Test Article

B-2 Spirits usually look otherworldly, but every nine years they head to their birthplace for some much-needed TLC. It turns out that this unique test airframe's job is to look this way.

China’s Giant Moving Warship Target In The Desert Shows How Seriously It’s Taking The Naval Arms Race
China

China’s Giant Moving Warship Target In The Desert Shows How Seriously It’s Taking The Naval Arms Race

China is expending considerable effort and resources to drastically increase the fidelity of its desert-based anti-ship weapons targets.

Watch The Goodyear Blimp Make A Crazy Zoom Climb Out Of Long Beach Airport
Airships & Blimps

Watch The Goodyear Blimp Make A Crazy Zoom Climb Out Of Long Beach Airport

Goodyear's airships are more capable than the blimps they replaced, and apparently, they can climb like a homesick angel.

Planetary Defense Test To See If An Asteroid’s Path Can Be Changed Is About To Launch
NASA

Planetary Defense Test To See If An Asteroid’s Path Can Be Changed Is About To Launch

An upcoming test will explore the feasibility of using a "kinetic impactor" spacecraft to change the trajectory of an asteroid by crashing into it.

C-130 Successfully Snatches Gremlins Drone In Midair
C-130

C-130 Successfully Snatches Gremlins Drone In Midair

Recent tests demonstrated that a mothership aircraft could launch and recover an X-61A Gremlins drone in flight.