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14 Advanced Military Projects That Could Change The World Forever
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) gets a ton of funding to develop the science and technological future of the military. This is the agency responsible for GPS, the internet and...
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Watch The F-35 Drop Its First 1,000 Pound Smart Bomb
Considering the obstacles and resistance the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program has encountered, it's no wonder Lockheed Martin is eager to display the jet's accomplishments, and this is a big one. A...
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25 Cutting Edge Firms Funded By The CIA
It's no secret the Central Intelligence Agency has an investment firm that funds startups that could have a big impact for the Agency. If there is a company out there doing intelligence research,...
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Tomorrow's Test Of The X-51 Waverider Could Usher In A New Era Of Flight
When DARPA, the Air Force, NASA, Boeing, and Pratt & Whitney combine talent and energy on a project you can be sure the outcome will be profound, ideally anyway. The five companies are hoping...
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There Is Serious Doubt That Israel Can Handle A Full-Fledged War With Iran
For Israel to carry out a long-threatened strike on Iranian nuclear sites, it would have to overcome dissent within its governing coalition reflecting public fear of igniting an unprecedented missile...
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In America's 'Endless War,' No Justices Are Prepared
For the first time in 76 years, no current Supreme Court Justices have wartime military experience. The Atlantic broke down the high court's military expertise in light of American's "endless war" on...
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This Is Why Every American Should Hope For A Quick Victory By Syrian Rebels
With stepped-up calls for an American intervention in Syria, will US military policy change toward a country increasingly being plunged into violence and chaos? Top lawmakers on the Senate Armed...
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Say Hello To The US Army's First Openly Gay General
Brig. Gen Tammy S. Smith is quite accomplished. The 49-year-old has been serving in the U.S. Army for the past 26 years and, on Friday, she became a general. But, Smith is making headlines for a...
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TIMES SQUARE SHOOTING: This Is Why Police Shoot To Kill
Police Officers don't shoot to wound. At approximately 3 p.m. Saturday, police fired a dozen rounds at knife wielding, 51-year-old Darrius Kennedy, shooting him in the center of Times Square. And each...
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If You're An American Taxpayer Check Out What Cost You $1.5 Billion Last Week
As the entire District of Columbia empties out, each representative going to the home district to — in the sarcastic words of House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon — tell everyone "what...
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The NOAA Is Shopping For 46,000 Rounds Of Ammunition
Following a request for 450 million rounds of ammunition for DHS and ICE earlier this year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is looking for 46,000 rounds of ammunition for the...
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Nokia Knows Where You'll Be 24 Hours From Now
Not only does your phone know where you are, but it knows where you are going to be. It may even know why you're going there. He calls it the "Interdependence and Predictability of Human Mobility and...
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This Bloomberg Reporter Got To Take The F-35 Simulator Out For A Spin
A Bloomberg reporter got away from numbers for a day, to play inside Lockheed Martin's most pricey video game. The F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator provides pilots with a good sense of how to handle one of...
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This Is The Face Of Salvation When You're Outgunned In The US Army
When you're hunkered down behind a sliver of cover taking heavy fire, there is no more reassuring sound than the twin engines of the A-10 Thunderbolt screaming in from the distance. That's what you...
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Here's How The Military's Experimental Hypersonic Aircraft Crashed
The unmanned experimental hypersonic military aircraft called the Waverider broke apart over the Pacific Ocean seconds into a test flight due to a faulty control fin, the US Air Force said. The...
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The Best Thing About Being A Military Dad Is Also The Worst
I'm not going to lie. It’s tough being a parent in the military I’m certainly not saying that non-military parents take their kids for granted, because I don’t think that’s the case at all. I think...
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This Is What Disarming Bombs In The Military Is Really Like
There is an unassailable prestige that come from being an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) member in the military. They're as cool as jet pilots, with the hands of a heart surgeon who operates on...
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The Thing About Weapons Is They Still Don't Make War
Colin S. Gray notably claimed that “weapons don’t make war.” Gray did not mean that no relationship existed between weapons, policy, and strategy, but that as instruments, weapons only have meaning in...
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This Is What 11 Years Of Funerals Does To Servicemembers
I hate war. I hate death. I hate funeral homes, wakes, and cemeteries. Heck, I even hate hospitals. When I was a young officer, wearing my dress uniform, attending ceremonies was fun because it always...
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The Mexican Border Is About To Get A whole Lot Of Airborne Surveillance
Fences can be jumped, sure, but at least they don't have eyes. Their replacement: Blimps. That's right, surveillance blimps. Combat veteran surveillance blimps at that. Dion Nissenbaum of The Wall...
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