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Airborne Laser Engages Missile...

Airborne Laser Engages Missile

| February 7, 2010 | 154 Views |

Check out this amazing video clip of Boeing’s YAL-1 Airborne Laser engaging a missile MARTI missile surrogate. Boeing YAL-1 Airborne Laser For those that don’t know, the YAL-1 Airborne laser is a “high-energy chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL) carried aboard a modified Boeing 747-400F freighter is capable of autonomous operation at altitudes above the clouds. The Airborne Laser...

Black Box For Guns...

Black Box For Guns

| November 22, 2009 | 350 Views |

A new device ,developed by FN Herstal, could help military and police trace the exact actions performed by a gunman. The black box aims record ammo usage, weapon jamming, as well as who shot who at what time. The new gadget could possibly record details such as where shots were fired and the intended target, and even indirectly pinpoint the identity of the gunman by using GPS and an ID...

Pistol To Rifle Converter...

Pistol To Rifle Converter

| November 20, 2009 | 1,133 Views | 2 Comments

The CAA Tactical RONI: Pistol-Rifle converter transforms almost any standard pistol into a deadly accurate assault rifle. The pistol-rifle converter adds a stock, front grip, picatinny rails, sight/scope and extra mag holder, to various Glock, SIG, Springfield and H&K pistols, while still being compatible with a silencer. The #RONI (pat-pending) provides you a better grip,...

Testing Bullet Proof Glass In The 1930s...

Testing Bullet Proof Glass In The 1930s

| September 29, 2009 | 437 Views |

Now this is risky business! I mean, bullet proof glass does a good enough job nowadays, but given the era in which this clip was filmed, these people were certainly playing with fire. Shot in the early 1930’s, this man tests an early version of bullet proof glass by getting his wife to hold the sheet of glass in front of her face while he shoots directly at it. I’m...

DIY Rail Gun...

| September 23, 2009 | 923 Views |

As soon as we saw this video clip, there was no question that it would make it onto our blog. I mean how many other rail guns have you seen? Let alone DIY rail guns. Colorado Springs, CO maker Ravi Gaddipati has spent the last year working on his own DIY railgun, and while it might not be as powerful as the Navy’s rail gun (read our original article here), it sure packs some...

Designer Guns...

| July 8, 2009 | 2,188 Views | 1 Comment

Prada Assault Rifle Luis Vuitton Assault Rifle Luis Vuitton Blossom Assault Rifle Gucci Assault Rifle Christian Dior Assault Rifle Gold Plated D&G Diamond Encrusted Revolver Pink and Black Hand Gun Pink Hand Gun Related posts F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet (2) Cold War Images (1) Visby Class Corvette Stealth Warships (1) Video of Fastest Reload of Gun With Clip...

Non-lethal Solutions To Combat Pirates...

Non-lethal Solutions To Combat Pirates

| May 15, 2009 | 1,230 Views |

Over the last year, every source of mass media has been inundated with reports on the pirating off Afric’s coast. The loss suffered from these attacks is phenomenal and has lead some of the worlds largest freight companies like Maersk, to re-route cargo at the costs of millions. Combating the threat of pirates is much more difficult than it may seem. Pirates typically use...

B-2 Spirit Bomber...

B-2 Spirit Bomber

| May 13, 2009 | 1,277 Views | 1 Comment

The B-2 Spirit bomber is a low-observational multi-role stealth bomber, with the capabilities to deploy both conventional and nuclear weapons. The bomber is central to America’s air warfare capabilities and is the flagship of the nation’s long-range strike arsenal. History The B-2 Spirit originated from the Advanced Technology Bomber (ATB) black project that began in...

Video of Fastest Reload of Gun With Clip...

Video of Fastest Reload of Gun With Clip

| April 28, 2009 | 725 Views |

OK, so this may not officially be the world’s fastest gun reloading ever recorded, but I challenge any reader to post links to a clip that beats this one. The shooter is Travis Tomasie, a sergeant with the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit stationed at Fort Benning, Ga. Tomaise, from Krikland, won his first national pistol title last year at the at the Smith & Wesson Limited,...

The Challenger 2...

The Challenger 2

| April 18, 2009 | 1,117 Views | 1 Comment

The Challenger 2 (CR2 FV4034) is the Britain’s Royal Armoured Corps main battle tank. It is the successor to the Challenger 1 that served in both the Gulf War and the Balkans. While the hull and automotive parts of the CR2 remain the same as its processors’, over 150 major modifications have been made, including a new turret, a new main gun and second-gen Chobham armor....

T Hawk Autonomous Flying Robot Saves Liv...

T Hawk Autonomous Flying Robot Saves Lives

| March 22, 2009 | 1,145 Views |

The British Ministry of Defense has employed a new device designed to minimize casualties in the search for IEDs, land mines and roadside bombs. The T-Hawk RQ-16, a small autonomous drone, offers hover and stare capabilities enabling close reconnaissance and scrutiny of potential threats without exposing the soldier to unnecessary risk. Developed by Honeywell and named after the...

Navy Gun Turret Weapons...

Navy Gun Turret Weapons

| March 16, 2009 | 1,936 Views |

A gun turret is as armored rotating platform that protects the crew or weapon, from incoming fire. Gun turrets are often mounted on buildings, anti-naval land batteries, armored vehicles, naval ships or military aircraft, and can be armed with one or more machine guns, automatic cannons, large-caliber guns, or missile launchers. A turret that carries no weapons, only sighting devices,...

F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet...

F-15 Eagle Fighter Jet

| March 5, 2009 | 3,854 Views | 2 Comments

The F-15 Eagle is no doubt one of the most famous fighter planes in history. This twin-engine tactical fighter is designed to fly combat missions in all weather conditions. And due to technological advancements and subsequent modifications, the Eagle has maintained its air superiority to this day. Although its primary mission is to defeat other planes in combat, the F-15E Strike Eagle...

Cold War Images...

Cold War Images

| March 3, 2009 | 4,237 Views | 1 Comment

This collection of images offers a retrospective insight into the ‘weapons of mass destruction’ created during the Cold War. The research and development of nuclear weapons during this period lead to a series of doomsday devices which stood to threatened the existence of mankind. With just one atomic bomb, the world was to witness the sheer power and devastation these...

Boeing Laser Avenger...

Boeing Laser Avenger

| February 7, 2009 | 1,190 Views |

An upgrade to Boeing’s Laser Avenger (read our original post here – Boeing’s Laser Avenger) allows the vehicle to shoot down moving enemy targets for the first time. During rigorous tests at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, the Laser Avenger successfully tracked and destroyed three unmanned ariel vehicles with its high-powered directed energy beam. In 2007,...

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