In the Middle East, an area that has been at war for well over a decade now, war fighting skills are given a priority over other forms of vocational training. At what some are calling the “jihadi university,” fighters are learning sophisticated techniques such as repurposing stolen weapons caches and in some cases improving the […]
Second Stealth Destroyer Suffers Electrical Failure
The second guided-missile destroyer, the USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) suffered an electrical failure during its first sea trials. Unlike the DDG-1000 Zumwalt’s engineering casualty suffered in November of 2016, the Monsoor was able to limp home under its own power. Repairs are not expected to delay ship delivery in March 2018. The second stealthy destroyer being built […]
How the U.S. Could Shoot Down a North Korean ICBM
A newly revealed experiment surfaced this week that has the potential to take out North Korean ICBM’s. Northrop Grumman and the Missile Defense Agency conducted the test in 2014 using a ground based distributed aperture radar system (DAS). The test results, along with analysis from Los Alamos National Laboratories, showed that an F-35 armed with a […]
Missile Defense – Heads or Tails?
A flip of the coin has long been an unbiased way of settling a dispute or deciding a random verdict. Calling it in the air often decides friendly disputes, who’s home or away, and in some cases life or death. Just ask Tommy Allsup about his infamous coin toss with Ritchie Valens, a toss that […]
Are America’s Supercarriers at Risk?
The Aircraft Carrier has been the backbone of the U.S. Navy and a symbol of naval dominance since World War II. But for the first time in decades, the number of carriers has dropped below twenty (including Wasp class amphibious assault ships). That’s something both Russia and China appear to have their scopes on as […]
GPS, Both Vital and Vulnerable: America’s Infrastructure Under Threat
As of 2010 the “world’s only global utility,” the U.S. owned Global Positioning System (GPS), a constellation of twenty-four satellites, has been operating without a viable backup system. The GPS market can be divided into three broad categories: commercial, noncommercial (consumer), and military. The use of GPS is essential to financial systems and is extremely […]
Is the F-35 the Titanic of the Aviation Defense World?
The recent news of the F-35’s parts shortage is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to a Titanic-sized program riddled with performance deficiencies and maintenance problems. The $1.4 trillion-dollar Joint Strike Fighter program is the most expensive weapons system in human history. A program that promised capabilities to justify its overwhelming cost […]
Maker of Russia’s Most Lethal Jets Eyeing Unmanned UAV Market
The company responsible for building some of Russia’s most lethal fighter jets is turning its attention to Unmanned Arial Vehicles. The Russian Aircraft Corporation (RAC) MiG is working on creating shock and reconnaissance drones, some of which could be fighter sized aircraft, reports TASS News. A MiG spokesperson, Anastasia Kravchenko announced at the 2017 Dubai […]
Will the Real World Wide Web Please Stand Up?
Roughly 50% of the world remains without reliable high-speed connectivity, including rural America, Europe and Asia. OneWeb, a corporation backed by over a billion dollars in investments, hopes to change that soon by bringing 3G communication to every part of the globe with its constellation of satellites. OneWeb has raised over $1.7 billion dollars from […]
Fighter Jets with Tactical Laser Shields Are One Step Closer to Reality
The Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) has awarded Lockheed Martin $26.3 million for the design, development, and production of high powered lasers that can be fitted on fighter jets. The plan is to test a compact, high efficiency fiber laser on a fighter jet by 2021. The contract is part of the USAF’s Self-protect High […]
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