U.S. Commandos To Get This Stealthy Hybrid All-Wheel Drive Motorcycle

When it comes to military special operations, getting there can be more than half the battle. America's elite commandos insert deep into enemy territory often undermanned and outgunned, so getting in and out without getting caught is key. Enter DARPA's hybrid electric 2WD stealthy motorcycle. Motorcycles have been a staple...

Apr 20, 2025

You Can Cook Tuna Steaks On This Crazy Japanese Aircraft Carrier Grill

I don't know how you cook steaks, but it's wrong, because you could have cooked on this. It's based on a WWII Japanese aircraft carrier (maybe the Akagi?) that produced 160,000hp, which somehow equates to 350 degrees Celsius of cooking power, at least according to the advertisement for this insane...

Apr 20, 2025

Syrian Military Building Literally Vaporized By A Tunnel Bomb

Tunneling is a classic tactic used for guerrilla warfare, one that Syrian rebel forces have in Syria to . Yet the size of this underground detonation is unprecedented, even for this bloody conflict. The building is there and then, moments later, it's gone. (The explosion comes at about 0:48 into...

Apr 20, 2025

Watch This Nuclear Sub Blow Its Ballast While Still In Port

What you are seeing here is a rare test of a fast attack nuclear submarine's ability to rapidly empty its ballast tanks via forcing high pressure air into them, otherwise known as an "emergency blow." Such a technique is used when a submerged sub has a loss of power or...

Apr 20, 2025

This Is What It's Like To Fly Europe's Most Advanced Fighter Jet

The Royal Air Force's Typhoons, otherwise known as the Eurofighter EF2000, is one of the most capable high performance fighter aircraft in the world. Although it lacks the stealth design features of cutting edge "fifth generation" fighter aircraft, it makes up for it in blistering performance and handling, a near...

Apr 20, 2025

Hobby Drones As Guided Bombs And The Rise Of Laser Defense Systems

"Drones" are changing the world's view of aviation rapidly. At first, larger models such as the and took center-stage in the public's consciousness, but now small unmanned aircraft, some the size of lunchbox or even smaller, are capturing the public's imagination and keeping defense and homeland security planners up at...

Apr 20, 2025

Watch Top Photog Blair Bunting Experience The G-Forces Of An F-16

Blair Bunting’s influence on photography and advertising has been immense. , has redefined what “impact imagery” means. Blair has used his cred to have some awesome experiences while plying his creative trade, and recently . This is in the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, he flew with the 425...

Apr 20, 2025

Watch This Haunting Time-Lapse Of Aircraft Boneyards

Aircraft boneyards, both large and small, are incredibly strange places. They evoke feelings of lost glory and man's short attention span when it comes to technology. Usually located in desert locales, the tension between mother nature's eye popping creations and mankind's rotting ones is palpable. These atmospheric tenants and the...

Apr 20, 2025

This Border Ceremony Is An Intricate Dance Of Dangerous Politics

India and Pakistan, two proud nations in South Asia, share a tense border, along with a history that includes four wars, numerous attacks and skirmishes, and nuclear weapons. So it's fitting that one of the few road crossings the countries share closes every day with pomp, circumstance, and mildly aggressive...

Apr 20, 2025

Exclusive Pics Of What Could Be The Navy's First Stealth Combat Drone

Aviation photographer caught quite the sight while spotting at General Atomics' drone plant located in the Mojave Desert. He was hoping to catch one of their Predator or Reaper UAVs, but instead he caught one of the elusive test articles that the company is betting its unmanned future on, the...

Apr 20, 2025

Happy Star Wars Day From Foxtrot Alpha

Happy Jalopniks! Oh and if you like fast jets and all things from a galaxy far far away and a time long ago then you have to make it out to the where the goes all out bringing the movie alive just miles from where some of its scenes were...

Apr 20, 2025

Kirov Class Battle Cruiser: The World's Largest Surface Combatant

The USA dominates the seas when it comes to its massive nuclear powered aircraft carriers and lumbering amphibious assault ships, but Russia takes the prize for the largest and most heavily armed , the mighty Kirov Class Battle Cruiser. Designated by the west as "Battle Cruisers" as their size and...

Apr 20, 2025

This Is Quite Possibly The Best F-15 Video Of All Time

The 2013 Raytheon Trophy has been awarded to the 67th Fighter Squadron, an F-15C unit that is forward based in Okinawa. The award is supposed to highlight a fighter unit that exemplifies air-to-air combat excellence and it has been given out for sixty years. This is the sixth time the...

Apr 20, 2025

Watch These F/A-18 Hornets Get Blown Around In A Stiff Crosswind

Even if you weigh eighteen tons an equal amount of thrust, Mother Nature can still blow you around if she so desires... A big thanks to fellow Aviation photog Rusty Denham for shooting this over. Keep sending me stuff guys! ...

Apr 20, 2025

Sikorksy's CH-53K "King Stallion" Is A Bigass New Marine Chopper

The is the Marines' big and battered workhorse. These tri-motored flying barns have seen continuous service in both Iraq and Afghanistan, and were involved in almost all of America's conflicts since they entered service in 1980. The USMC need a big ass new chopper, and the CH-53K "King Stallion" hopes...

Apr 20, 2025