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Watch The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun’s Autoloader Feed A Multi-Shot Salvo
U.S. Navy

Watch The Navy’s Electromagnetic Railgun’s Autoloader Feed A Multi-Shot Salvo

The railgun dream is inching closer to reality, but the gun's hyper velocity ammo may be pushed into service first.

Chinese Naval Group To Sail The Baltic Sea At Same Time As Russian Armada
Northern Europe

Chinese Naval Group To Sail The Baltic Sea At Same Time As Russian Armada

There's a massive amount of firepower being amassed in the Baltic Sea, including China's most advanced operational destroyer and Russia's largest submarine and cruiser.

Russia’s Largest Nuclear Powered Sub And Warship Have Set Sail To The Baltic Sea
Northern Europe

Russia’s Largest Nuclear Powered Sub And Warship Have Set Sail To The Baltic Sea

That is one massive and deadly submarine for an almost entirely landlocked and very tense body of water.

Indian Navy MiG-29Ks Make Low Approaches To USS Nimitz During “Malabar” Drills
Indian Navy

Indian Navy MiG-29Ks Make Low Approaches To USS Nimitz During “Malabar” Drills

The multi-national exercise had a strategic subtext of countering China's growing naval might in the region.

B-2 Stealth Bomber Flanked By F-15s Stuns At The Royal International Air Tattoo
United Kingdom

B-2 Stealth Bomber Flanked By F-15s Stuns At The Royal International Air Tattoo

Nothing says American airpower like Eagles and a Spirit.

Catamaran Badly Damaged Off Yemen By Anti-Ship Missile Last Fall Appears In Greece
UAE

Catamaran Badly Damaged Off Yemen By Anti-Ship Missile Last Fall Appears In Greece

HSV-2 Swift's story doesn't appear to be over just yet.

Trump Seems Unimpressed As French Military Marching Band Slays Daft Punk Cover
Europe

Trump Seems Unimpressed As French Military Marching Band Slays Daft Punk Cover

POTUS gave a stern look as France put on an audible display of one of its most popular exports.

The Best Hog Is A Filthy Hog: If USAF Had Its Way This Jet Wouldn’t Be Devouring ISIS
A-10

The Best Hog Is A Filthy Hog: If USAF Had Its Way This Jet Wouldn’t Be Devouring ISIS

This photo reminds us that the A-10 is a hard working, ferocious and versatile jet, that has had to fight for its life overseas and on Capitol Hill.

The Navy’s Gargantuan New Sea Base Is On Its Way To The Middle East
Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB)

The Navy’s Gargantuan New Sea Base Is On Its Way To The Middle East

A new age of sea basing has arrived for US military.

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills
NATO

Check Out These Sizzling Photos From Two Of Europe’s Premier Air Combat Drills

Master aviation photographer Rich Cooper takes us to the bustling flight lines of NATO's Tiger Meet and Tactical Weapons Meet.

This Is What a 700-Round Burst Out of a M249 SAW Does to a Suppressor
Machine Guns

This Is What a 700-Round Burst Out of a M249 SAW Does to a Suppressor

They are becoming more popular on battlefields overseas and here at home.

Putin And Merkel Are Having A Blast Talking Ballistic Missiles At The G20
Germany

Putin And Merkel Are Having A Blast Talking Ballistic Missiles At The G20

Was Putin "mansplaining" the flight profile of Kim Jong Un's latest missile test to Merkel?

N. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch Site
North Korea

N. Korea Posts On-Board Film Of Missile Flight As US Says It Spied On Launch Site

What US asset was spying on missile test area before the launch occurred?

Rockets’ Red Glare: North Korea Awes With Massive Missile Capability Leap
North Korea

Rockets’ Red Glare: North Korea Awes With Massive Missile Capability Leap

North Korea's 4th of July message to the US rang loud as the Liberty Bell—Kim Jong Un now has a rocket that can reach Alaska and possibly beyond.

New Flight Ops Video From China’s Carrier Features Loaded Up J-15 Fighters
China

New Flight Ops Video From China’s Carrier Features Loaded Up J-15 Fighters

The video emerged as the carrier battle group passed through the Taiwan Strait on its way to Hong Kong.

Watch This C-130J Become Engulfed In Its Own Dust Storm During Rough Field Ops
C-130

Watch This C-130J Become Engulfed In Its Own Dust Storm During Rough Field Ops

The C-130 is one hardy cargo hauling beast.

Senators Are Finally Funding A Design Study For A New Light Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Navy

Senators Are Finally Funding A Design Study For A New Light Aircraft Carrier

Could this be the beginning of the end for the Navy's decades old all nuclear supercarrier procurement strategy?

Amid US Threats, Assad Appears At The One Place He’s Safe—Russia’s Syrian Air Base
Syria

Amid US Threats, Assad Appears At The One Place He’s Safe—Russia’s Syrian Air Base

No American Tomahawks will be landing on this base.

Video Shows Destroyed Thunderbird F-16D On Flatbed Truck After Dayton Crash
U.S. Homeland

Video Shows Destroyed Thunderbird F-16D On Flatbed Truck After Dayton Crash

The jet flipped on its back after landing, and by the looks of the video it will never fly again.

Pentagon May Replace Its Doomsday Planes And “Air Force Two” With One New Type
C-32

Pentagon May Replace Its Doomsday Planes And “Air Force Two” With One New Type

Consolidating the E-4B NAOC and E-6B Mercury missions into one common aircraft while also sharing platform commonality with a C-32A replacement makes a ton of sense.