The X-Flex wallpaper system, which may see service in Iraq and Afghanistan, offers a new way to protect existing construction from explosions. X-Flex bonds so tightly, it helps walls keep their shape after blast waves. Two layers are strong enough to stop a blunt object, like a flying 2×4, from knocking down drywall. During our tests, just a single layer kept a wrecking ball from smashing through... 

Often termed as the best sniper gun of 2010, the L115A3, fires a heavier bullet to much longer ranges and has a state-of-the-art telescopic sight with twice the magnifying power of the old version. More than 500 are on order from the British manufacturers, Accuracy International. Since British forces moved into Helmand Province two years ago to take on the Taliban, demand for snipers has soared and... 

Being involved in some of the biggest wars in history, war films from the Russian film industry are only inevitable. As some of these films show that Hollywood isn’t the only one that can make good war movies, but the Russian cinema can also portray war; its horrors and its glory in full blooded graphicness. Today we take a look at the 10 top Russian movies about war. No 10. The Turkish... 

The ocean is home to some amazing moving bodies of which some stretch almost half-a-kilometer and sketch a daunting figure in the horizon. Today, we present to you the list of the biggest naval ships ever built. Rather unsurprisingly, most of the ships in the list belong to the US Navy. No 10. Shinano – 266 meters Country Imperial Japan Commissioning 1944 Type Aircraft carrier This ship... 

Iran’s Sacred Week of Defense (celebrating its eight-year resistance to the Iraqi invation of the 1980s) is never without a healthy dose of pomp and ceremony, but this week Iran’s defense ministry took the usual military parade to the waterfront. Yesterday Iran unveiled three squadrons of machine-gun-wielding flying boats. Yeah, you read that correctly. The Bavar 2 is an ocean-going craft meant... 

Firing bombs at your enemies while sitting in your hideout is the new mode of war and missile is a personification of this very idea. Carrying from satellites to nuclear warheads, we have today rounded up the top 10 missile technologies in history. No 10. Congreve Developed by the British Royal Arsenal, the Congreve rocket was first used during the Napoleonic Wars. It was actually guided by stick... 

The war that claimed over 60 million lives, the World War II was a war like no other, it was a war due to which 80% of the Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t make it through till the end of the war. It was a war which saw 27 thousand tons of bombardment each month. Today, we take a look at the 10 great battles of the deadly war. No 10. Battle of Britain – July 10, 1940 to October 31, 1940 It... 

It all started in 202 BC when kites were used in China to inoculate fear into the minds of the opposition. Since then, there is no looking back; air combat has grown ever more fearsome and glorious that marks your authority in the battle like no other thing. Today, we take a look 10 most ferocious air battles of history. No 10. Operation Mole Cricket 19 It was a campaign launched by the Israeli Air... 

The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG was founded in 1939 by Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich as “Mikoyan and Gurevich”, with the bureau prefix “MiG” and since then has been producing state-of-the-art fighter jets which are not only used by Russia but numerous other countries around the globe. Today we take a look at some of the best Russian MiG fighters that have shaped... 

The nuclear mushroom is one of the most recognizable phenomenons in pictures and videos. The pure awesomeness by which the bomb detonates is simply breathtaking (I am not discussing the darker side for the moment). So today, we have come up with ten biggest nuclear explosions of all time. No 10. Pokhran-II – 60 Kilotons Country India Year 1998 This was a first deployable fission weapon test...