Featured in testBYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2022ShareNorth Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’North Korea’s lust for hypersonic glide vehicle weapons makes perfect sense, but can it overcome huge technological hurdles? BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareF-22 Raptor Covered In Mirror-Like Coating Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFBAn exotic test jet has been spotted wearing a similar coating in the past, but an F-22 wearing it is a major development. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2021ShareUSS Desert Ship Sits In A Sea Of Sand And Launched The Navy To The Forefront Of Missile TechThis unique and historic facility has played an essential role in developing the U.S. Navy’s missile technology since the dawn of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2021ShareBYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2021ShareChina’s Claim That Its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Was A Spaceplane Test Doesn’t Add Up (Updated)The system could give China the ability to strike any target on Earth unpredictably, but so far Beijing is acting like the test didn’t happen. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2021ShareChina Tested A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System That Uses A Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: ReportSuch a capability could potentially allow China to execute a nuclear strike on any target on earth with near-impunity and very little warning. BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2021ShareBYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareF-15 Uses New Infrared Pod To Shoot Down Target F-16 With AIM-120 MissileThe F-15’s new Infrared Search and Track pod has just proved its ability to provide targeting data needed to make a long-range missile kill. BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareNew Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program ManagerNorthrop’s “Whale” stealth battlefield surveillance jet was revolutionary. Now we get a better look into the program from someone who was there. BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2021ShareThe World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Showed Its Bizarre Self Over The Mojave DesertAmerica’s notoriously shy and increasingly geriatric flying signature measurement testbed aircraft has surfaced once again. BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2021ShareNothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their TargetsMost don’t realize just how large smart bombs and guided missiles are or what they look like just milliseconds before they unleash their devastation. BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2021ShareIran’s Missiles Landing Within 100 Miles Of A U.S. Carrier Is Provocative But Not Much ElseIran sent ballistic missiles 1,000 miles out into the Indian Ocean, but it doesn’t mean they have a long-range anti-ship ballistic missile capability. BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2021ShareBYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2020ShareMetallic Coating-Clad ARES Experimental Jet Flies Alongside Its Successors In Mysterious TestsThe experimental Ares testbed jet has joined the ‘Son Of Ares’ jets in ongoing test work over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2020ShareBYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareThese Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The TestInfrared data collected by the pods is used for developing new missiles, sensors, aircraft, and countermeasures, and for the evaluation of enemy ones. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareSecretive Tonopah Test Range Airport Had A Mysteriously Busy Week In SeptemberThe remote and highly secure facility hosted a group of peculiar visitors late last September. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon ModificationsOne of the Model 401 demonstrators is now outfitted with a peculiar ventral pod that has a huge air intake and its own exhaust. BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020Share12
BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2022ShareNorth Korea Claims It Successfully Tested A New ‘Hypersonic Gliding Warhead’North Korea’s lust for hypersonic glide vehicle weapons makes perfect sense, but can it overcome huge technological hurdles? BYTyler RogowayJan 5, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021ShareSpecial Operations C-130 Hits Target With A ‘Rapid Dragon’ Pallet-Dropped Cruise Missile (Updated)Rapid Dragon is intended to offer a way to quickly turn cargo planes into launch platforms for cruise missiles and potentially other payloads. BYJoseph TrevithickDec 17, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021ShareF-22 Raptor Covered In Mirror-Like Coating Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFBAn exotic test jet has been spotted wearing a similar coating in the past, but an F-22 wearing it is a major development. BYTyler RogowayNov 22, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2021ShareUSS Desert Ship Sits In A Sea Of Sand And Launched The Navy To The Forefront Of Missile TechThis unique and historic facility has played an essential role in developing the U.S. Navy’s missile technology since the dawn of the Cold War. BYTyler RogowayNov 17, 2021Share
BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2021ShareChina’s Claim That Its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Was A Spaceplane Test Doesn’t Add Up (Updated)The system could give China the ability to strike any target on Earth unpredictably, but so far Beijing is acting like the test didn’t happen. BYJoseph TrevithickOct 18, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2021ShareChina Tested A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System That Uses A Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: ReportSuch a capability could potentially allow China to execute a nuclear strike on any target on earth with near-impunity and very little warning. BYTyler RogowayOct 18, 2021Share
BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021ShareOur Best Look Yet At ‘Rapid Dragon’ Cargo Plane-Launched Stealth Cruise Missiles In ActionThe concept of arming airlifters with cruise missiles is evolving quickly, which is a big deal for the Air Force, and possibly other air arms as well. BYTyler Rogoway and Thomas NewdickSep 21, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareF-15 Uses New Infrared Pod To Shoot Down Target F-16 With AIM-120 MissileThe F-15’s new Infrared Search and Track pod has just proved its ability to provide targeting data needed to make a long-range missile kill. BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021ShareNew Light Shed On The Once Top Secret Tacit Blue Aircraft By Veteran Program ManagerNorthrop’s “Whale” stealth battlefield surveillance jet was revolutionary. Now we get a better look into the program from someone who was there. BYTyler RogowayAug 10, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2021ShareThe World’s Most Secretive 737 Just Showed Its Bizarre Self Over The Mojave DesertAmerica’s notoriously shy and increasingly geriatric flying signature measurement testbed aircraft has surfaced once again. BYTyler RogowayApr 1, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2021ShareNothing But Images Of Precision Guided Weapons Taken Just Before They Obliterate Their TargetsMost don’t realize just how large smart bombs and guided missiles are or what they look like just milliseconds before they unleash their devastation. BYTyler RogowayMar 21, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2021ShareIran’s Missiles Landing Within 100 Miles Of A U.S. Carrier Is Provocative But Not Much ElseIran sent ballistic missiles 1,000 miles out into the Indian Ocean, but it doesn’t mean they have a long-range anti-ship ballistic missile capability. BYTyler RogowayJan 17, 2021Share
BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2020ShareMetallic Coating-Clad ARES Experimental Jet Flies Alongside Its Successors In Mysterious TestsThe experimental Ares testbed jet has joined the ‘Son Of Ares’ jets in ongoing test work over the Mojave Desert. BYTyler RogowayDec 13, 2020Share
BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020ShareThese Bizarre Infrared Pods Put Missile Seekers And Countermeasures To The TestInfrared data collected by the pods is used for developing new missiles, sensors, aircraft, and countermeasures, and for the evaluation of enemy ones. BYJoseph Trevithick and Tyler RogowayDec 7, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020ShareSecretive Tonopah Test Range Airport Had A Mysteriously Busy Week In SeptemberThe remote and highly secure facility hosted a group of peculiar visitors late last September. BYTyler RogowayNov 27, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020ShareScaled Composites’ Stealthy Test Jet Now Flying With Possible Laser Weapon ModificationsOne of the Model 401 demonstrators is now outfitted with a peculiar ventral pod that has a huge air intake and its own exhaust. BYTyler RogowayOct 27, 2020Share