Watch This Russian Rocket Explode Resulting In A Massive Shockwave

From Foxtrot Alpha: A Proton-M rocket carrying a satellite exploded just after leaving the launch pad last summer, and it was chock full of rocket fuel. The shock-wave from the blast is made incredibly clear some ten seconds after the flailing rocket detonates in a huge fireball. This video, said...

Apr 21, 2025

Phew! The F-35B Can Operate From Wet Runways & In Crosswinds

The F-35B recently completed wet runway and crosswind landing tests, which is good, considering that we've already bought 47 of the fighters. Hopefully this isn't the first time the good folks at Lockheed Martin have tested the F-35B's that ability, since weather is still a thing that happens. Regardless, if...

Apr 21, 2025

A Race Between A Fighter Jet & A Lamborghini Is Always The Best

I'm not exactly sure what the justification was for this runway race, but I can tell you two things: the Su-27 Flanker is one gargantuan fighter jet and that Lamborghini can seriously haul some ass. Alright, so Top Gear raced a Bugatti against a Eurofighter, but which one features the...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch This Paratrooper Become A Flailing Ragdoll Attached To A Plane

This Mexican paratrooper jumped into a mess of used static lines and is seen being towed by the jump aircraft mercilessly. There is little information about how this ended, hopefully the guy was pulled back in the cabin, or was cut free to depend on his reserve parachute, that is...

Apr 21, 2025

Prom Chopper Strikes Power Lines On The Way To The Dance!

This made a seemingly careful approach right into power lines. Luckily, the R44's blades took the beating and kept on turning as the chopper landed safely just a couple dozen feet below the impact. Power lines are a serious danger to helicopters as they can be tough to spot before...

Apr 21, 2025

Horny Giraffe Really Loves The BMW GS

The beauty of the adventure bike is the opportunity to travel off the beaten path, explore the unpaved world, and commune with nature. But nature poses certain risks. Among them: randy giraffes. What we have here is the little-known Humping Giraffe Test of the BMW 1150 GS Adventure, which puts...

Apr 21, 2025

Celebratory Gunfire May Be A Tradition, But This Is Terrifying

In some places around the globe, including the Middle East, Afghanistan, some parts of the Balkans, India and Latin America, and probably Texas, firing into the air may be a celebratory tradition, but it can also be deadly. For instance, after the Gulf War, there were from falling bullets fired...

Apr 21, 2025

The Future Of Naval Air Combat Is Mysterious And Robotic

The future of unmanned combat and America's aircraft carriers remains locked in a semi-clandestine procurement tug of war under the the program. while others think they should be more capable of striking targets deep inside enemy territory. We will have to wait to see what the Navy decides, but relegating...

Apr 21, 2025

This Is Canada's Actual NATO Twitter Account

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Apr 21, 2025

The Pentagon's New Super Helmet For Soldiers Sucks, For Now

After 14 years of warfare that has been pock-marked with improvised explosive devices, the Pentagon has come up with a motorcycle-like infantry helmet that is meant to protect soldiers from both shrapnel and concussive blasts. Sadly, this new technology is anything but ready for combat. The whole idea behind this...

Apr 21, 2025

What It Looks Like To Get Shot At By A Surface-To-Air Missile

The QF-16 is an F-16 that's been converted to a drone and used as a target for advanced target practice. How do you test to make sure it's ready to be operational? You fire missiles at it. This aircraft is about to solidify its replacement status as America's next Full...

Apr 21, 2025

This Rare Photo Shows The Most Sensitive Part Of A Combat Aircraft

It look like something Doc Brown would be working on in his garage, but it is absolutely one of the most essential and sensitive technologies found on many military and some civilian aircraft today: The Ring Laser Gyroscope. Introduced in the mid 1960s and developed rapidly from then on, the...

Apr 21, 2025

What NASA Isn't Saying In NASA's Big Rocket Announcement

Yesterday, NASA announced that they'd reached a milestone in the development of America's next major space transportation system, the SLS (Space Launch System). They'd reached , which is a crucial review and approval point. The SLS looks promising, but NASA isn't talking about some important things. Before I go on,...

Apr 21, 2025

Time To Call The Ukrainian Crisis For What It Is: An Invasion

Within the last 24 hours, Russia with a pair of armored columns, sending Ukrainian forces fleeing, in what is the most outright display of Russia's involvement in what has been deemed a Ukrainian civil war. Video is slowly coming out of this captured city showing main battle tanks in the...

Apr 21, 2025

YOU NEED A TANK! The Pentagon's Having A Fire Sale For Cops

You there, rural police department! Who's to say that chaos won't break out at your next strawberry festival? You need a tank, ! Everything must go, go, go! In light of the heavy-handed (to put it nicely) tactics used by the police in Ferguson, Mo. — tactics that included patrolling...

Apr 21, 2025