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.
If personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn't mean that the missiles launch automatically.
The crazy departure is just part of the story. This is the third time the bogus registration N818LD has been found on Hawker 125 narco-jets.
We can talk about automatic doomsday machines, retiring the B-1B, geopolitics, WWI-era weapons still on the modern battlefield—you know, no big whoop.
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.
The wall of Warthogs put on quite the fireworks show off the coast of Dubai.
The symbol originated with anarchist political movements, but has since migrated to other less political media, including popular television shows.
After years of flying exotic airships, the company plans to create massive orbital platforms and V-shaped airships that float slowly up to space.
It doesn't hurt that it is chambered in the Russian standard 7.62x54mm cartridge, variations of which are still in widespread use after 129 years.
The impending deployment comes as the U.S. military is looking to send its own Patriots to Iraq, possibly drawing on units it has now in Saudi Arabia.
Increased Russian sub activity means that the Navy no longer views sailing off the East Coast or across the Atlantic to be "uncontested" movements.
The Air Force will reportedly ask to retire a portion of its B-1Bs force, but the motivations behind the move and its feasibility are far from clear.
Although the test is a promising step toward manned-unmanned air combat teaming, it is an echo of a much more promising past.
The Russian satellite recently moved into a new position where it has an especially good view of a US KH-11 spy satellite.
The plan reflects the better part of a decade of debate about expanding the roles and missions of these maritime patrol aircraft.
Red Flag is nearly half a century old and it is still the world's top air combat training event, the latest iteration of which is very exclusive.
The Army is only planning to upgrade a fraction of its Bradleys with the auxiliary power units necessary to run the defensive systems.
We can talk about missing Patriots in Iraq, battlefield space, geopolitics, the B-21's curves—you know, no big whoop.
Amid this prospect of more KC-46 delays, senior US officials are increasingly considering hiring contractors to help fill the potential tanker gap.
Although limited in detail, the new concept art offers new insights into the B-21's inlets, other stealthy features, and overall size.
The heavy armored vehicles were only on the ground for a matter of weeks after the U.S. government heavily promoted the deployment publicly.