The Time When Two Super Carriers Became Floating Army Helicopter Bases

In 1994 the USS Eisenhower and the USS America were deployed to Haiti with their decks full of Army choppers. The US was threatening an invasion if the Junta did not return power to elected officials, and the 10th Mountain Division and a unique combination of special forces were sent...

Apr 22, 2025

​This Telescopic Bike Shed Is A Mini Haven For The Garageless

I spent far too many years without the luxury of a garage. Oil changes in the street and ill-fitting car/bike-covers were the norm. This telescopic garage from Germany could've been the answer. It's called , which you can probably translate, and it's a simple, ingenious way to stash your gear...

Apr 22, 2025

Russia Just Threw 19 Planes At NATO And Launched An ICBM In One Day

Well Russia's just had a busy day. In just 24 hours, the country run by Local Strongman Vladimir Putin sent 19 planes to probe NATO borders, and if that enormous blip on international radar screens wasn't enough, they just test-fired a nuclear-capable inter-continental ballistic missile. Joy. For close students of...

Apr 22, 2025

Listen To The Threat You'll Hear If You Screw With British Airspace

Start flying around the United Kingdom without telling anyone where you're going, and you'll get a stern talking-to. Ignore the stern talking-to, and you'll see some fighter jets off your wing. Ignore them, and this might be the last thing you'll hear before you get blown out of the sky....

Apr 22, 2025

N. Korea's Dear Leader Gives MiG-29 Pilots Guidance On How To Fight

Just when you thought he was gone for good, North Korea's portly boy tyrant is back on the scene after what many believe was surgery to remove a cyst from his ankle. Kim Jong Un appeared at an air base where some of the hermit kingdom's few MiG-29s are based....

Apr 22, 2025

​Mercedes-AMG Just Snagged A Stake In Motorcycle Maker MV Agusta

. Daimler has purchased a 25 percent stake in Italian motorcycle maker MV Agusta through its AMG performance arm, putting it (a quarter) on par with Audi, which purchased its rivals at Ducati in 2012, and of course BMW which has had its own motorcycle brand since the 1920s. Aside...

Apr 22, 2025

What Are The Scariest Looking Weapons Of All Time?

Some weapon systems look even more terrifying than they are deadly, which can be an added psychological warfare benefit. Aircraft like the bat-winged B-2 Spirit have a sinister mystique that fits perfectly with their ability to sneak into a country in the dead of night and obliterate highly defended targets....

Apr 22, 2025

Canada Wades Into The Fight Against ISIS With Dated Weaponry

A pair of CF-18 Hornets, a and a took to the skies above Iraq yesterday as part of the international mission that is now known officially as Operation Inherent Resolve. This was militants in Iraq. During the six hour tactical attack mission over western Iraq, neither of the Canadian Hornets...

Apr 22, 2025

Exercise Bold Alligator Kicks Off With Marines Taking On The Unknown

The USMC's biggest exercise of the year is underway off the coast of Virginia. Bold Alligator '14 brings together a wide array of Marine and Naval capabilities, along with those of other services and international partners. But this year's exercise is unlike 2012's; instead of a traditional beach assault, players...

Apr 22, 2025

Suzuki Hayabusa: The Ride Of Choice For The Feral North American Bro

I think it's fair to say that the Suzuki Hayabusa has a bad reputation. But as the latest points out, it's not really the fault of the bike — it's the fault of the rider that bike attracts. Mr. Regular calls him "the feral North American bro," who inhales Creatine,...

Apr 22, 2025

New 2015 Ducati 1299 Panigale Is A 205-HP Supercomputer

Ducati's latest flagship superbike has all the expected spec bumps. There's more displacement, more power, revised suspension and brakes, and a smatter of subtle design tweaks. But the real story behind the Ducati 1299 Panigale is the amount of computing power orchestrating it all. The new Superquadro V-twin puts out...

Apr 22, 2025

Is This Jumbo Diesel Electric Submarine A True Nuclear Alternative?

offer incredibly stealthy and long diving capabilities, but they have remained somewhat diminutive in size and limited in capabilities compared to their larger nuclear counterparts. Now, is looking to change that with their super-sized SMX-Ocean sub concept. The SMX-Ocean's size is telling — 328 feet long and displacing 4,750 tons...

Apr 22, 2025

​The 2015 Ducati Multistrada Is Four Bikes Rolled Into One

If I'm honest, I'd take this new Ducati Multistrada over the in a heartbeat. I love sports bikes as much as the next leather-clad Power Ranger, but the dual – no, quad – purpose Duc has got a lot going for it. Except for that beak. Damn. And we thought...

Apr 22, 2025

F-35C Joint Strike Fighter Traps Aboard A Carrier For The First Time

The Joint Strike Fighter catapult and arresting cable carrier variant, the F-35C, has officially made its first recovery aboard a US Super Carrier. Navy test pilot Cmdr. Tony Wilson grabbed the ideal third wire strung across the USS Nimitz's deck at 12:18 local time, a near-perfect first carrier landing for...

Apr 22, 2025

​The Yamaha YZF-R1 M Is The Closest You'll Get To Rossi's Ride

You're probably never going to get a shot at owning – let alone riding – a YZR-M1, Yamaha's current MotoGP machine. I mean, unless you're swimming in gold doubloons like a leather-clad Scrooge McDuck. But Yamaha is giving you the next best thing. It's the YZF-R1 M, what the company...

Apr 22, 2025