Lockheed's New Laser Super Turret Could Change Air Combat Forever

Defense giant Lockheed Martin, Notre Dame University, DARPA and the Air Force Research Lab have begun flight testing a streamlined and greatly miniaturized airborne laser turret that has the potential to totally transform air combat as we understand it today. This new state-of-the-art beam control turret allows for 360 degree...

Apr 21, 2025

The Last Vikings: World's Remaining Airworthy S-3Bs Assemble

In early 2009 the last S-3B Viking was officially retired from US Navy service. It was not long after that the humble aircraft's 10 hour endurance and ample room for avionics, pods and test gear brought her back into limited service with VX-30 and NASA. Shown here, for the first...

Apr 21, 2025

Assad's Secret Weapon To Win Back Syria Is... Ghetto R2-D2?!

Just when you thought things could not get any weirder when comes to Syria's slow burning civil war, low-end R2-D2 shows up to remind you that anything is possible in the land of and ...

Apr 21, 2025

The LA School District Has Grenade Launchers

In all the hullabaloo over the past few days about the , we missed the most wonderful news of all. Not only is the Los Angeles Unified School District getting an MRAP, too, they also casually disclosed that they've had three grenade launchers since 2001. Oh, not to mention their...

Apr 21, 2025

LA School District Gives Back Its Grenade Launchers But Keeps Its MRAP

The nation was up in arms over in its possession for over a decade. Now the district's police department is giving them up. But also, uh, they're keeping their MRAP. I can't imagine how the meeting for this decision must have gone. "Look, look, we can all agree that having...

Apr 21, 2025

This Giant Sensor Packed Balloon Is About To Watch Over The Capitol

It may look like a pregnant blimp, but it packs one hell of a radar system. The Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor (JLENS) is an aerostat that can haul powerful radars and communications systems up to its perch at 10,000 feet, for weeks at a time....

Apr 21, 2025

Watch These Russian Missiles Completely Tear Through A Derelict Wreck

We talk a lot about naval shells, torpedoes, and missiles here on Foxtrot Alpha, but it's not very often we get to see the heavy hitting stuff in action on the water. So here's supersonic ramjet-powered cruise missiles absolutely tearing apart a floating target. In case the video isn't loading...

Apr 21, 2025

World's Most Relaxed Man Spotted On Motorcycle

Are you as relaxed as this man, transporting goods on his motorcycle's sidecar? No. No you are not. If you are wondering if this man could be more laid back, the answer is also no. This video was reportedly recorded in Cambodia. ...

Apr 21, 2025

The B-1B Bomber That Got Put Up 'For Sale,' As Is, No Warranty

Here is the story about a B-1B bomber and practical joke involving a hardware store 'for sale' sign and great timing. It would have gone down in the annals of unsubstantiated aviation lore if it were not for a news reporter from the local paper and a long lens equipped...

Apr 21, 2025

Ducati's New Superbike Outed By Accident

We love the guys at MotoCorsa. They're the Portland Ducati dealer that took the 1199 Panigale S, added some knobby tires, and . But in the process of celebrating their win as the top-selling Ducati dealer in the U.S., they blew the lid of the brand's newest superbike. Four members...

Apr 21, 2025

​Keanu Reeves Wants To Sell You A $78,000 Motorcycle

Stars! They're just like us. You walk into a shop looking for a custom set of handle bars and a few years later you're selling a custom bike that costs more than a new Porsche. That's basically the origin story of Arch Motorcycle Company, a lux bike maker started by...

Apr 21, 2025

The F-35′s X-Ray Vision Is The Future Of Naval (And All Other) Warfare

One of the most 'popular' features on the controversial F-35 is the jet's . DAS creates an all-seeing sphere and classifies and relays data and video to the pilot's helmet and to the jet's mission computers. This game-changing system has now been adapted for the high seas, and it won't...

Apr 21, 2025

Watch This Armored Car Make It Home On Nothing But Shredded Tires

They are supposed to be run-flat, not run-shred tires, but this Turkisharmored gets around pretty well riding on rims. Turkey's Otokar is somewhat analogous to French armored combat vehicle builder VBL, and it can be similarly reconfigured for almost any mission. It is not exactly clear what happened to this...

Apr 21, 2025

France's Rafales Are The First Non-U.S. Planes To Draw Blood Over Iraq

Yesterday, France become the first country other than the US to attack ISIS targets in Iraq. Their Rafales carried out a raid on munitions depot and staging area in the northeast part of the country that supposedly killed dozens of ISIS fighters. This comes after France pledged last week that...

Apr 21, 2025

This US Navy Battleship Sported Two Swimming Pools

The USS New Jersey, one of the great Iowa Class Battleships, was reactivated in the late 1960s to serve during the height of the Vietnam War. Her forward 40mm guns were removed during a very light and expedited refit before deploying. These now empty "gun tubs" were then sealed and...

Apr 21, 2025