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The U.S. Army Wants a New Light Tank
New Footage of Russia's Stealth Fighter
All Three of the U.S. Air Force's Bombers Are Patroling the Pacific
How the U.S. Marines Practice Escaping a Sinking Helicopter
We're Getting Closer to Lasers That Can Shoot Down Missiles
New Footage of Russia's Stealth Fighter
All Three of the U.S. Air Force's Bombers Are Patroling the Pacific
How the U.S. Marines Practice Escaping a Sinking Helicopter
We're Getting Closer to Lasers That Can Shoot Down Missiles
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This is a rather extensive video that gives a general overview about the various materials that
are use in tank armor, furthermore various different types of armor features and characteristics
are explained with references to which tank used them and/or still use them. Additionally composite,
sloped and reactive armor are explained. As well as physical and ballistic properties.
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The Story of the Gatling Gun
Watch Experts Explore the Wreckage of a Nuked Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Warplanes Will Have Laser Defenses by 2021
Everything You'd Ever Want to Know About Tank Armor
Russia Made a Driverless Attack Version of Its Armored Infantry Vehicle
The U.S. Military Shot Down a Drone With a Laser—in 1973
The KC-135 Flying Tanker Is Turning 60
Watch Experts Explore the Wreckage of a Nuked Aircraft Carrier
U.S. Warplanes Will Have Laser Defenses by 2021
Everything You'd Ever Want to Know About Tank Armor
Russia Made a Driverless Attack Version of Its Armored Infantry Vehicle
The U.S. Military Shot Down a Drone With a Laser—in 1973
The KC-135 Flying Tanker Is Turning 60
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The Mystery of the Soviet Foxbat, 40 Years Later
Could the Soviets build a plane that deadly and that fast?
By David Grossman
September 7, 2016
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Exactly 40 years ago yesterday, on September 6, 1976, one of the odder events of the Cold War took place.
A Soviet twin-jet plane with a design no Western power had ever seen before suddenly landed at an airport
on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Clearly unplanned, the plane overshot the runway by hundreds of feet.
Two gunshots then rang out. The plane turned out to be the MiG 25, and the pilot was 29-year-old pilot
Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Belenko wanted to defect.
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Could the Soviets build a plane that deadly and that fast?
By David Grossman
September 7, 2016
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Exactly 40 years ago yesterday, on September 6, 1976, one of the odder events of the Cold War took place.
A Soviet twin-jet plane with a design no Western power had ever seen before suddenly landed at an airport
on the Japanese island of Hokkaido. Clearly unplanned, the plane overshot the runway by hundreds of feet.
Two gunshots then rang out. The plane turned out to be the MiG 25, and the pilot was 29-year-old pilot
Flight Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko of the Soviet Air Defence Forces. Belenko wanted to defect.
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China Is Bringing Back the World's Largest Plane
NASA Hid the Air Force's F-22s in Its Huge Hangar During a Hurricane
The Army's New Missile Can Reach Over 300 Miles
When the Little Green Men Invade Arizona
What the Pilot Sees When a B-1 Bomber Flies Upside-Down
The Army Doesn't Know What to Do With Its New "Punisher" Gun
Inside The Navy's New $4.4B Zumwalt Destroyer
NASA Hid the Air Force's F-22s in Its Huge Hangar During a Hurricane
The Army's New Missile Can Reach Over 300 Miles
When the Little Green Men Invade Arizona
What the Pilot Sees When a B-1 Bomber Flies Upside-Down
The Army Doesn't Know What to Do With Its New "Punisher" Gun
Inside The Navy's New $4.4B Zumwalt Destroyer
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100 Years Ago Today, Tanks Changed Warfare Forever
The Battle of Flers-Courcelette was the tank's baptism by fire.
By Kyle Mizokami
September 15, 2016
One hundred years ago today, on September 15th 1916, German soldiers looked out over the tops of their trenches and got a tremendous
shock. Giant metal-covered vehicles, as large as a barn, were slowly advancing towards their position, moving forward in a caterpillar-like
motion and spitting cannon and machine gun fire as they came. It was like nothing they'd ever seen before. This was the battle of
Flers-Courcelette, and the age of the tank had arrived.
The tank was invented to break the stalemate of trench warfare on World War I's European battlefields. Artillery and machine guns, plentiful
on both sides, were particularly effective against the main form of offense—the infantryman. As a result the defense was stronger than just
about anything that could be thrown against it, so much so that infantrymen spent most of their time cowering in trenches and bunkers.
When the infantry did attack, they would often outstrip their supporting machine gun fire, leaving them vulnerable to counterattacks.
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By Kyle Mizokami
September 15, 2016
One hundred years ago today, on September 15th 1916, German soldiers looked out over the tops of their trenches and got a tremendous
shock. Giant metal-covered vehicles, as large as a barn, were slowly advancing towards their position, moving forward in a caterpillar-like
motion and spitting cannon and machine gun fire as they came. It was like nothing they'd ever seen before. This was the battle of
Flers-Courcelette, and the age of the tank had arrived.
The tank was invented to break the stalemate of trench warfare on World War I's European battlefields. Artillery and machine guns, plentiful
on both sides, were particularly effective against the main form of offense—the infantryman. As a result the defense was stronger than just
about anything that could be thrown against it, so much so that infantrymen spent most of their time cowering in trenches and bunkers.
When the infantry did attack, they would often outstrip their supporting machine gun fire, leaving them vulnerable to counterattacks.
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A U.S. Sailor Didn't Know She Was Pregnant Until She Gave Birth on an Aircraft Carrier
Here's an Air Force C-17 Threading a Canyon
Boeing Petitions Denmark to Please Buy Some Super Hornets Instead of the F-35
The Time America Almost Nuked Arkansas
China's Air Forces Are Venturing Further Into the Pacific Than Ever Before
Here's an Air Force C-17 Threading a Canyon
Boeing Petitions Denmark to Please Buy Some Super Hornets Instead of the F-35
The Time America Almost Nuked Arkansas
China's Air Forces Are Venturing Further Into the Pacific Than Ever Before
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What is a tank? It might seem like a very simple question. But it’s not an easy one to answer. To realize
how big the problem is, take a look at an encyclopedia. It will say something like “a tank is an armored
fighting vehicle, typically tracked, and carrying a cannon as main armament.” This description is very
loose. Since there’s no ready answer, we’ll have to find it for ourselves. Let’s see what tanks were
designed to do in the past, and how their role has evolved since.
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The idea for an armoured vehicle that could withstand fire and travel across battlefields was already
developed in 1914 after the Race to the Sea. The British "Landship Committee" developed the tank
weapon in secrecy. The French were also trying out different designs at the same time. Learn all
about the development and the invention of the tank in our special episode.
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Published on Sep 15, 2016
For years the British had developed the idea of the "landship" or tank and now it was finally ready
for the first deployment during the Battle of Flers-Courcelette. And even though technical problems
plagued the new invention, the British leadership was confident that this new weapon would break
the stalemate at the Western Front for good. In the meantime Germany was focusing all offensive
efforts on the Romanian front to mercilessly crush the new enemy.
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One hundred years ago, the very first tank, the Mark I, hit the battlefield. A feat of British engineering
brilliance, the Mark I helped change the face of warfare as we know it. Wargaming celebrated this
centenary with a host of online and offline festivities, including a unique event in the heart of London,
organized in partnership with The Tank Museum, Bovington. On September 15, 2016, a replica Mk. IV
was brought to London’s Trafalgar Square to mark the occasion.
Watch this iconic vehicle roll across Westminster and hit the battlefield in the special in-game event!
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A Super Hornet Firing Cannons At Night Looks Like It's Making the Jump to Hyperspace
Hold on, Chewie.
By Eric Limer
September 27, 2016
The SR-71 Blackbird holds the record for fastest speed in a crewed, air-breathing having
reached speeds of up to 2,242.48 mph, or just shy of Mach 3. An F/A-18 Super Hornet
can't quite keep up with that, but it can do something else instead: make the jump to
hyperspace. Or at least look like it is making it.
This light show pops up in a video featuring Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), a Navy
squadron also known as the "Royal Maces." The clip where the sparks fly, highlighted by
Redditor hythelday on r/MilitaryGfys, occurs for just a few seconds at 2:15:
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Hold on, Chewie.
By Eric Limer
September 27, 2016
The SR-71 Blackbird holds the record for fastest speed in a crewed, air-breathing having
reached speeds of up to 2,242.48 mph, or just shy of Mach 3. An F/A-18 Super Hornet
can't quite keep up with that, but it can do something else instead: make the jump to
hyperspace. Or at least look like it is making it.
This light show pops up in a video featuring Strike Fighter Squadron 27 (VFA-27), a Navy
squadron also known as the "Royal Maces." The clip where the sparks fly, highlighted by
Redditor hythelday on r/MilitaryGfys, occurs for just a few seconds at 2:15:
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U.S., NATO Already Planning the Next Generation of Fighter Jets
The Time a Single Soviet Officer Averted a Nuclear War
The Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Could Be a Fiat
A new combat vehicle that swims for the Marine Corps
DARPA Has a Podcast Now
New Experimental Army Rifle Uses "Telescoped" Ammunition
What a Navy Ship's Last-Ditch Defense Looks Like
The Time a Single Soviet Officer Averted a Nuclear War
The Marines' New Amphibious Combat Vehicle Could Be a Fiat
A new combat vehicle that swims for the Marine Corps
DARPA Has a Podcast Now
New Experimental Army Rifle Uses "Telescoped" Ammunition
What a Navy Ship's Last-Ditch Defense Looks Like
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Just 11 Badass Pictures of the USS Zumwalt
After eight years, the Zumwalt is finally ready.
By Darren Orf
October 15, 2016
On October 15, 2016, the USS Zumwalt will be officially commissioned into the U.S. Navy as its most advanced naval ship. It's been decades
in the making—with its own list of a pitfalls and bloated budgets— but it has the added benefit of looking completely badass. Allow these 11
images to explain our reasoning.
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After eight years, the Zumwalt is finally ready.
By Darren Orf
October 15, 2016
On October 15, 2016, the USS Zumwalt will be officially commissioned into the U.S. Navy as its most advanced naval ship. It's been decades
in the making—with its own list of a pitfalls and bloated budgets— but it has the added benefit of looking completely badass. Allow these 11
images to explain our reasoning.
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What's It Like To Ride In The USS Zumwalt?
According to Captain Kirk (yes, that's his real name) it's like a "really souped-up" SUV.
By Associated Press and Brian Witte
October 15, 2016
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What's a ride like in the Navy's largest and most sophisticated new destroyer? Capt. James Kirk compares it to "a really souped-up sport utility vehicle."
"It's not like a Ferrari, but it's like a very big SUV that is made to go very fast," says Kirk, commanding officer of the futuristic USS Zumwalt that's being
commissioned Saturday in Baltimore.
With a price tag of at least $4.4 billion, the guided missile destroyer is perhaps more like a stealthy Rolls-Royce. The company manufactured the
ship'spropellers and generator sets. The Zumwalt also features an unconventional wave-piercing hull.
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According to Captain Kirk (yes, that's his real name) it's like a "really souped-up" SUV.
By Associated Press and Brian Witte
October 15, 2016
AP + Patrick Semansky
What's a ride like in the Navy's largest and most sophisticated new destroyer? Capt. James Kirk compares it to "a really souped-up sport utility vehicle."
"It's not like a Ferrari, but it's like a very big SUV that is made to go very fast," says Kirk, commanding officer of the futuristic USS Zumwalt that's being
commissioned Saturday in Baltimore.
With a price tag of at least $4.4 billion, the guided missile destroyer is perhaps more like a stealthy Rolls-Royce. The company manufactured the
ship'spropellers and generator sets. The Zumwalt also features an unconventional wave-piercing hull.
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One of the U.S. Navy's Greatest Tragedies: The Sinking of the USS Thresher
By Kyle Mizokami
November 5, 2016
In the United States Navy, submarines lost at sea are said to be on “eternal patrol.” One such submarine was USS Thresher. Meant to
be the first in a new generation of fast nuclear-attack submarines, today it rests in more than eight thousand feet of water, along with
its crew. Thresher is one of two American submarines lost since the end of World War II.
In the mid-1950s, the U.S. Navy was still pushing nuclear propulsion out to the submarine fleet. USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear
submarine, had just been commissioned in 1954, and nine classes of submarines were created, including the Sailfish, Barbel, Skate
and Skipjack classes, before the Navy felt it had a design worthy of mass production. Preceding classes of nuclear submarines were
built in small batches, but Thresher would be the first class to build more than five. Altogether fourteen Threshers would be built.
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By Kyle Mizokami
November 5, 2016
In the United States Navy, submarines lost at sea are said to be on “eternal patrol.” One such submarine was USS Thresher. Meant to
be the first in a new generation of fast nuclear-attack submarines, today it rests in more than eight thousand feet of water, along with
its crew. Thresher is one of two American submarines lost since the end of World War II.
In the mid-1950s, the U.S. Navy was still pushing nuclear propulsion out to the submarine fleet. USS Nautilus, the world’s first nuclear
submarine, had just been commissioned in 1954, and nine classes of submarines were created, including the Sailfish, Barbel, Skate
and Skipjack classes, before the Navy felt it had a design worthy of mass production. Preceding classes of nuclear submarines were
built in small batches, but Thresher would be the first class to build more than five. Altogether fourteen Threshers would be built.
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THE REAL STORY BEHIND THE MYTH OF AREA 51
New Wireless Sights Show U.S. Soldiers Exactly Where Their Machine Gun Fire Will Hit
What Would Trump's 350-Ship Navy Look Like?
Meet Russia's A-10: The Sukhoi Su-25
The USS Zumwalt May Have Found Ammo It Can Actually Afford to Fire
The Predator's Stealthy Successor Is Coming
The U.S. Navy's Next Missile Sub Is Called USS Columbia
The U.S. Navy Is Testing Swarms of Drone-Boats as Harbor Defense
The F-4 Phantom Is About to Make Its Last Flight
Boeing's New Training Jet Looks a Little Like the F/A-18
New Wireless Sights Show U.S. Soldiers Exactly Where Their Machine Gun Fire Will Hit
What Would Trump's 350-Ship Navy Look Like?
Meet Russia's A-10: The Sukhoi Su-25
The USS Zumwalt May Have Found Ammo It Can Actually Afford to Fire
The Predator's Stealthy Successor Is Coming
The U.S. Navy's Next Missile Sub Is Called USS Columbia
The U.S. Navy Is Testing Swarms of Drone-Boats as Harbor Defense
The F-4 Phantom Is About to Make Its Last Flight
Boeing's New Training Jet Looks a Little Like the F/A-18