Tag: Air Force, Aviation, drones, engineering, MILITARY, Russia, weapons
The Air Force used microwave energy to take down a drone swarm
In the desert plain south of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and just north of the Isleta Pueblo reservation, the Air Force defeated a swarm of...
Why the EU wants to build an underwater cable in the Black Sea
Since 2021, the EU and the nation of Georgia have highlighted a need to install an underwater internet cable through the Black Sea to...
Watch a giant military drone land on a Wyoming highway
On April 30, an MQ-9 Reaper drone landed on Highway 287, north of Rawlins, Wyoming. The landing was planned; it was a part of Exercise...
Stunt or sinister: The Kremlin drone incident, unpacked
Early in the morning of May 3, local Moscow time, a pair of explosions occurred above the Kremlin. Videos of the incident appeared to show...
This compact robotic tank is designed to shoot down drones
On the second floor of the Walter E. Washington convention center in the District of Columbia sits a robot tanklet, designed to hunt...
This online atlas is a goldmine for amateur intelligence sleuths
In Overmatched, we take a close look at the science and technology at the heart of the defense industry—the world of soldiers and spies....
This massive armored vehicle has a giant plow for clearing Russian mines
At the DSEI international arms show held in London earlier this month, German defense company FFG showed off a tank-like vehicle it had...
Patch a potential privacy risk by deleting your ancient LiveJournal
Remember LiveJournal? There’s a good chance you left a lot of fanfiction and/or teenage angst on there, assuming you were a teenager...
Depleted uranium shells for Ukraine are dense, armor-piercing ammunition
On September 6, the Department of Defense announced $175 million in military aid to Ukraine. Included in this drawdown of existing US...
Lockheed Martin test-fired a missile with twice the range of existing rocket artillery
In late summer, in the deserts of southern New Mexico, a truck fired a rocket that then traveled 93 miles. Made and tested by defense giant...
