Featured in Urban WarfareBYThomas NewdickFeb 21, 2022ShareRussia Sends Its “Terminator” Advanced Urban Fighting Vehicles Towards UkraineOnly nine of the BMPT-72s are thought to be in frontline Russian use, and they have all been seen heading towards Ukraine. BYThomas NewdickFeb 21, 2022ShareBYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Army Tried To Turn Nerf Footballs Into Hand GrenadesThe goal of the “football device” was to give soldiers a way to take out tanks at close range in a package the Army hoped would be instinctual to use. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareBYThomas NewdickOct 29, 2020ShareTaiwan Disguises Armored Vehicles As Cranes And Scrapheaps During Urban Warfare ManeuversThe Combat Readiness Week wargames saw some unconventional approaches to hiding fighting vehicles in dense urban terrain. BYThomas NewdickOct 29, 2020ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareNightstalkers Show Off For the Public With a Dramatic Urban Air AssaultShow-and-tell at Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army’s special operations hub, saw MH-60Ms and MH-47Gs zoom in and raid a simulated town. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Pentagon Envisions a Horrible and Dystopian Metropolis of the FutureA Special Operations Command video outlines a nihilistic and bleak future for big cities around the globe – and describes why fighting in them may be a non-starter. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareBYTyler RogowayOct 4, 2019ShareHere’s What That Commando Laden UH-60 Black Hawk Was Doing Whipping Around ChicagoThe mystery green helicopter doesn’t belong to the Army, and no, they aren’t shooting another Transformers movie. BYTyler RogowayOct 4, 2019ShareBYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareThis Is The USAF’s “Safer” Carbon Fiber Bomb That’s Also Extraordinarily ExpensiveThese weapons reduce the chances of inadvertently killing innocent bystanders, but cost nearly 40 times more than regular bombs in the same class. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareBYTyler RogowayApr 12, 2019ShareIdahoans Sue Air Force To Stop It From Using Their Towns For Targeting PracticeThe USAF wants to use towns in Idaho for urban close air support drills, but some citizens say they never had a proper warning or a say in the matter. BYTyler RogowayApr 12, 2019Share
BYThomas NewdickFeb 21, 2022ShareRussia Sends Its “Terminator” Advanced Urban Fighting Vehicles Towards UkraineOnly nine of the BMPT-72s are thought to be in frontline Russian use, and they have all been seen heading towards Ukraine. BYThomas NewdickFeb 21, 2022Share
BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020ShareThe Army Tried To Turn Nerf Footballs Into Hand GrenadesThe goal of the “football device” was to give soldiers a way to take out tanks at close range in a package the Army hoped would be instinctual to use. BYJoseph TrevithickNov 27, 2020Share
BYThomas NewdickOct 29, 2020ShareTaiwan Disguises Armored Vehicles As Cranes And Scrapheaps During Urban Warfare ManeuversThe Combat Readiness Week wargames saw some unconventional approaches to hiding fighting vehicles in dense urban terrain. BYThomas NewdickOct 29, 2020Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020ShareNightstalkers Show Off For the Public With a Dramatic Urban Air AssaultShow-and-tell at Fort Bragg, the U.S. Army’s special operations hub, saw MH-60Ms and MH-47Gs zoom in and raid a simulated town. BYJoseph TrevithickJul 5, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020ShareThe Pentagon Envisions a Horrible and Dystopian Metropolis of the FutureA Special Operations Command video outlines a nihilistic and bleak future for big cities around the globe – and describes why fighting in them may be a non-starter. BYTyler RogowayJul 2, 2020Share
BYTyler RogowayOct 4, 2019ShareHere’s What That Commando Laden UH-60 Black Hawk Was Doing Whipping Around ChicagoThe mystery green helicopter doesn’t belong to the Army, and no, they aren’t shooting another Transformers movie. BYTyler RogowayOct 4, 2019Share
BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019ShareThis Is The USAF’s “Safer” Carbon Fiber Bomb That’s Also Extraordinarily ExpensiveThese weapons reduce the chances of inadvertently killing innocent bystanders, but cost nearly 40 times more than regular bombs in the same class. BYJoseph TrevithickJun 30, 2019Share
BYTyler RogowayApr 12, 2019ShareIdahoans Sue Air Force To Stop It From Using Their Towns For Targeting PracticeThe USAF wants to use towns in Idaho for urban close air support drills, but some citizens say they never had a proper warning or a say in the matter. BYTyler RogowayApr 12, 2019Share