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WWII

This Haunting WWII Photo Sums Up Our Veterans’ Perseverance And Sacrifice

The historic image and the story behind it are powerful reminders of the unique fighting spirit held by the bravest and most selfless among us.

U.S. Navy

Veteran Navy Pilot Shares 10 Interesting Things About Flying Seahawk Helicopters

With thousands of hours flying naval H-60 variants, we get the bottom line on some of the unique aspects of flying the hugely popular helicopter.

U.S. Navy

The Navy’s Secretive And Revolutionary Program To Project False Fleets From Drone Swarms

The advanced electronic warfare program uses swarms in the air and sea to cooperatively fool a wide variety of sensors dispersed over a large area.

NASA

The Truth Is The Military Has Been Researching “Anti-Gravity” For Nearly 70 Years

It sounds like science fiction, but the military began working to overcome and harness gravity in the 1950s. From what we can tell, it never stopped.

U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Cutters Once Carried Harpoon Anti-Ship Missiles And They Could Again

The Coast Guard is increasing its presence in dangerous waters far from home to help counter peer state threats. Will new weapons be part of the plan?

U.S. Navy

Scientist Behind The Navy’s “UFO Patents” Has Now Filed One For A Compact Fusion Reactor

The latest in a series of bizarre Navy patents isn't just for a revolutionary reactor that could power cities, but also potentially a craft.

Cold War

This Isn’t A Sci-Fi Prop, It’s A Doomsday Navigator For America’s Deadliest Cold War ICBM

The Peacemaker missile's navigation suite featured the most precise and complex self-contained gyro system ever built. It had 19,000 individual parts.

HH-60

Area 51 Has Its Own Unique Fleet Of HH-60U Ghost Hawk Helicopters

Originally intended as replacements for the Air Force's aging HH-60G Pave Hawks, they now exclusively support operations at the top-secret base.

U.S. Navy

This Image Of A Naval Strike Missile Launch Shows A Key Tenet Of Stealth Design

The Navy's newest ship-killing missile features critical stealth technology that dates back to the SR-71 Blackbird and its predecessor.

China

China’s High-Speed Drone Is Rocket-Powered And All About Doing What Satellites Can’t

The aircraft is designed to rapidly gather intel in contested areas by surprise and especially when key satellites are no longer operational.

Germany

No, Passive Radar Isn’t Going To Make Stealth Technology Obsolete Anytime Soon

While passive radars will become increasingly valuable pieces of advanced air defense ecosystems, they don't invalidate stealth technology.

U.S. Homeland

U.S. Warships Have This Seldom Discussed But Very Powerful Optical Targeting System

It's easy to overlook the WALL-E-looking turret atop these ships, but it provides key targeting and situational awareness information to the crew.

F-117

Here’s Who Has Been Flying The F-117 Stealth Jets And Why According To The Air Force

There have long been rumors and speculation about what the jets, which the Air Force is supposed to be destroying, are still doing up in the air.

U.S. Homeland

The U.S. Can’t Buy Greenland But Thule Air Base Is Set To Become More Vital Than Ever Before

With Russia drastically expanding its capabilities above the Arctic Circle, the frigid base will be key to America's own plans for the region.

Swarms

SPEAR Mini-Cruise Missile Getting An Electronic Warfare Variant To Swarm With Is A Huge Deal

The advent of a swarm of networked SPEAR strike and electronic warfare missiles is very bad news for enemy air defenses and the targets they protect.

SR-71

The SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Created “Plasma Stealth” By Burning Cesium-Laced Fuel

Skunk Works needed a way to hide the A-12's radar reflecting behind, so they dumped cesium into its fuel to create a radar-absorbing exhaust plume.

UAE

Here’s What The Ball On The Nose Of UAE’s Block 60 F-16E/F Desert Falcon Does

The UAE's unique F-16 variant has a slew of special features, with an installation on its nose being one of its most prominent and puzzling.

Saudi Arabia

The Strike On Saudi Oil Facilities Was Unprecedented And It Underscores Far Greater Issues

Air defense systems aren't magic and many currently have serious limitations when it comes to spotting and engaging drones and cruise missiles.

F-14

This Is What Grumman’s Proposed F-14 Super Tomcat 21 Would Have Actually Looked Like

If the Super Hornet hadn't been built, Grumman's next-gen Tomcat may have become a reality. We forensically recreated it in these awesome renderings.

U.S. Navy

Shadowy New Electronic Warfare System Has Been Installed On U.S. Navy 7th Fleet Ships

The mysterious modular system with a peculiar past is designated AN/SLQ-59 and has been quietly deployed on Asia-based U.S. surface combatants.