The Air Force treated nuclear weapons handling as a dead-end job. Sometimes a single incident can reshape an entire military service. The U.S. Air Force was humiliated in late 2007 when ground crews unwittingly loaded six live nuclear warheads onto a B-52 bomber, believing them to be cruise missiles.  Read More →

A variety of nonlethal acoustical weapons have been proposed and evaluated. Some of these are little more than fancy loud-speakers, while others involve more subtle or sophisticated processes and truely deserve the designation of acoustic weapon. Tags-sonic weapon (7)-sonic weapons (6)-ultrasonic weapons (6)-acoustic weapon (5)-ultrasonic weapon (4)-altra sonic sound weapon (1)-americans sofiscated... 

Modern warfare is chaning and so are the weapons. It seems that bullets will be replaced with alternatives, helping soldiers to have more fire power and no need to reload. One such research is to develop directed-energy weapons (DEW). DEW is a type of weapon that emits energy in an aimed direction without the means of a projectile.  Read More →

Have you ever wondered why militants never run out of weapons? Well this article does not aim to answer this question. Rather, we have gathered a few pictures and videos of reverse engineering of weapons. Reverse engineering is often used by militaries in order to copy other nations’ technologies, devices or information that have been obtained by regular troops in the fields or by intelligence... 

When America wanted to fight Soviets in Afghanistan they created Taliban, now called “Al-Qaeda”. They were supported in terms of money, ammunition and training. Once soviets were defeated, these militant groups were left to fight with themselves. There was no weapon collection and the land mines laid in that peroid claim the lives and organs of hundreds of innocent people including children... 

Have you ever wondered what equipment Blackwater personal use? Well they donot use off the shelves weapons and thats why they are considered better armed than US militray personal. In 2008, a federal grand jury in North Carolina investigated allegations the controversial private security firm Blackwater illegally shipped assault weapons and silencers to Iraq, hidden in large sacks of dog food. Tags-future... 

Accurate and up-to-date intelligence is the key to success of an effective strike in modren war fare. UAV’s such as Predator have proved their success in field. Another combat proven ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) system that has seen recent success in both Afghanistan and Iraq is the Global Hawk. Tags-global hawk uav (8)-uav global hawk (8)-Global Hawk drone (4)-Global Hawks... 

Every passing day we are seeing more and more robots and autonomous systems being used. Just like a coin has two sides, the technology is being used both for good and bad purposes. Today, we will show you the fist look at some of the autonomous systems that are currently in design/ testing phase.  Read More →

Due to the recent increase in IED bombings on military vehicles around the world, the need of a revolutionary body armour for military vehicles is more pressing than before. An American company Survivor Consultants International has come up with a solution Tags-best shock absorbing material IED (1) Read More →

The New York Times just posted a story claiming that a secret Pentagon study, originally obtained by Soldiers for Truth, found that 80% — eight out of ten! — Marines with upper body wounds could have been saved by use of proper body armor. So, after reading this article we thought, what are the next generation body armors available for the next generation soldiers. Tags-dragon skin (5)-advanced...