Here's What It Takes To Fire The Biggest Gun On The USS Barry
When I hauled myself aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Barry, one of the first things I was shown was the ship's 5-inch, 127mm gun."This is how the Barry pays its bills," the...
View ArticleHere's How The US Navy's New Laser System Burns Up Its Targets
The Laser Weapon System, or LaWS, is the first weaponized laser on a US warship.The 100-kilowatt turret was installed aboard the USS Ponce this summer as part of a $40 million research-and-development...
View ArticleRussia Is Sending Some Serious Weaponry To The Arctic
Russia has moved some advanced air defense systems to the Arctic in order to increase the capabilities of the country's Northern Fleet, according to Russia's Sputnik News."A division of air defense of...
View ArticleThe Navy Is Expanding The Deployment Of One Of Its Most Advanced Missiles
The Navy is massively expanding its planned use of the Standard Missile-6, a new high-tech ship-launched surface-to-air missile that can destroy enemy missiles, aircraft and unmanned systems.In total,...
View ArticlePakistan just tested a nuclear-capable cruise missile
Pakistan says it has tested a short-range missile with capability to carry nuclear or conventional warheads.The military said on February 2 that the domestically built Ra'ad cruise missile has a range...
View ArticleRussia beefs up ballistic missile launchers patrolling
Russian mobile ballistic missile launchers have been put on combat patrol mission in six Russian regions.Russian Defense Ministry spokesman for Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) Colonel Igor Yegorov said...
View ArticleNorth Korea successfully launched new 'ultra-precision anti-ship' missiles
North Korea successfully launched five missiles that have the potential to significantly increase the threat against US, South Korean, and Japanese ships operating around the Korean peninsula. On Feb....
View ArticleHere's video of the US Navy testing a 'game-changing' new missile
The US Navy has successfully altered a Raytheon Tomahawk land-attack missile (TLAM) to be able to hit a moving target at sea, USNI News reports. In a Jan. 27 test off of San Nicolas Island, California,...
View ArticleRussia has launched what officials are calling its largest-ever...
Russia has launched what it calls the largest-ever exercises of its strategic-missile forces in 12 regions across the country.Defense Ministry spokesman Colonel Igor Yegorov said "both road-mobile and...
View ArticleNorth Korea just flight-tested new sea-based ballistic missiles
North Korea conducted the first flight test of a new submarine-launched ballistic missile last month, defense officials said this week.The flight test of what the Pentagon is calling the KN-11 missile...
View ArticleThe US is 'deeply concerned' about North Korea's nuclear progress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is "deeply concerned" about North Korea's nuclear advances, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday after a U.S. research institute predicted Pyongyang could...
View ArticleIranian general: We've tested a ballistic missile that can destroy aircraft...
A senior general claims that Tehran had worked to develop technology to hit moving targets at seaSenior Iranian military general Hossein Salami said during a televised interview in early February that...
View ArticleHere's what China brought to the Middle East's biggest defense expo
This week at the the International Defense Exposition and Conference, visitors got a taste of China's military technologies.Most of the companies in the China Pavilion opted to display small models of...
View ArticleWatch two state-of-the-art missiles destroy their targets in extreme slow motion
Lockheed Martin has released slow-motion footage of its new turreted weapon system successfully launching Hellfire and DAGR missiles. The YouTube video demonstrates Lockheed Martin's Long-Range...
View ArticleNorth Korea conducted a missile test the same day a major US-South Korean...
On March 2 between 6:31 a.m. to 6:41 a.m. (local time in South Korea) North Korea fired two missiles into the East Sea from the western port city of Nampo.According to the South Korean ministry of...
View ArticleHere's why Iran just blew up a life-size model of a US aircraft carrier
On February 25, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched its long-overdue "Great Prophet 9" naval exercise in the Strait of Hormuz by attacking a mockup of an American aircraft carrier off...
View ArticleNorth Korea reportedly just test fired 7 surface-to-air missiles
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea test-fired seven surface-to-air missiles off its east coast on Thursday and its leader Kim Jong Un appeared to have been an observer, South Korea's military said on...
View ArticleRussia is putting state-of-the-art missiles in its westernmost Baltic exclave
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia plans to station state-of-the art missiles in its westernmost Baltic exclave and deploy nuclear-capable bombers to Crimea as part of massive war games to showcase its resurgent...
View ArticleA Russia-Ukraine peace plan just hit another snag
KIEV (Reuters) - A peace plan to end the conflict in eastern Ukraine came under renewed strain on Wednesday, with Ukraine and Russia clashing publicly over the next steps and further Ukrainian military...
View ArticleChina's new submarines could create problems for the US Navy
Beijing is commissioning an upgraded version of a nuclear attack submarine that would be capable of carrying supersonic missiles designed to take down enemy aircraft carriers, The Diplomat reported...
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