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Military Bits & Pieces

It’s in the nature of the business for the world’s military forces to be at the forefront of technological advancements. And by that, we don’t mean only weaponry but also technologies developed for military use that eventually come to revolutionize the civilian world – a number of them allow you to read this on your gadget right now. So, for all you people with a passion for hardware that goes bang or wears camo for purposes other than tricking spy photographers, here’s a new section on our website dedicated to all things military.

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B-2 Spirit Shows Us How It Is to Know a Bomber Is Out There, But Invisible
B-2 Spirit Shows Us How It Is to Know a Bomber Is Out There, But Invisible

20 Apr 2022, 11:53 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / B-2 Spirit deployed with the 509th Bomb Wing is seen here as it was about to take off from the Whiteman Air Force Base at the beginning of April

 
Ukraine Gets Unjammable Quantix Recon Drones to Better Pinpoint Russian Positions
Ukraine Gets Unjammable Quantix Recon Drones to Better Pinpoint Russian Positions

20 Apr 2022, 08:21 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / American defense contractor AeroVironment says it is donating 100 Quantix reconnaissance drones to the Ukrainian Army to help it fight Russia

 
Opposing Solo F-16 Fighting Falcon Smokes for Show, Looks Like a Pro Doing It
Opposing Solo F-16 Fighting Falcon Smokes for Show, Looks Like a Pro Doing It

19 Apr 2022, 11:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-16 Fighting Falcon flown by Thunderbirds' opposing solo pilot Captain Daniel Katz is seen here flying over Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina

 
USS The Sullivans (The New One) Comes Back to Port After 23,000 Miles at Sea
USS The Sullivans (The New One) Comes Back to Port After 23,000 Miles at Sea

19 Apr 2022, 08:33 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS The Sullivans DDG 68 comes back to port after spending three months in the waters around Europe

 
Lone Ghost Robot Dog Now Patrols an Air National Guard Base
Lone Ghost Robot Dog Now Patrols an Air National Guard Base

19 Apr 2022, 07:56 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Portland Air National Guard Base (PANGB) is now using a robot dog for patrol duties, the squad to grow to three such machines in the near future.

 
Here’s Russian Warship Moskva Right Before Sinking in the Black Sea
Here’s Russian Warship Moskva Right Before Sinking in the Black Sea

19 Apr 2022, 05:42 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Footage and photos after the Neptune missile attack have emerged online, and they seem to confirm Kyiv’s version of events: Moskva was downed by enemy fire

 
Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Jets Show Off Their Quick Target Intercepting Skills
Royal Air Force’s Typhoon Jets Show Off Their Quick Target Intercepting Skills

19 Apr 2022, 05:20 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / RAF's powerful multi-role Typhoon fighter jets practice something called Quick Reaction Alert operations, for a fast counter-terrorist response

 
Omani Eurofighter Typhoons Trail B-52 Stratofortress in Almost Perfect Symmetry
Omani Eurofighter Typhoons Trail B-52 Stratofortress in Almost Perfect Symmetry

18 Apr 2022, 09:01 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two Royal Air Force of Oman Eurofighter Typhoons are seen here escorting an American B-52 Stratofortress over the Sultanate at the end of March

 
Glide Breaker Hypersonic Weapons Killer Looking to Start Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing
Glide Breaker Hypersonic Weapons Killer Looking to Start Wind Tunnel and Flight Testing

18 Apr 2022, 07:04 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / DARPA announced this month it is moving ahead with its Glide Breaker hypersonic weapons killer, looking for ideas for wind tunnel and flight tests

 
Cold-Starting a C-17 Globemaster III Is This Messy, Smoke Plays a Big Part
Cold-Starting a C-17 Globemaster III Is This Messy, Smoke Plays a Big Part

17 Apr 2022, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A C-17 Globemaster III deployed with Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington, is seen here performing a cold engine start in Alaska

 
Thunderbirds Flying Formation Are Spectacular Seen From Up There
Thunderbirds Flying Formation Are Spectacular Seen From Up There

16 Apr 2022, 00:18 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo shows six F-16 Fighting Falcons with the Thunderbirds demonstration team flying a very close formation over Nellis AFB

 
Reaper Drones May Be Headed for Ukraine, Report Says
Reaper Drones May Be Headed for Ukraine, Report Says

15 Apr 2022, 12:20 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Report says Ukrainian officials are in talks with General Atomics for the delivery of MQ-9 Reaper drones, no official position on that yet

 
100 Modernized T-72 Tanks Reportedly Vanish, as “Thieves” Just Drive Off With Them
100 Modernized T-72 Tanks Reportedly Vanish, as “Thieves” Just Drive Off With Them

15 Apr 2022, 11:29 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Polish media is reporting that the tanks were held in warehouses in Lublin, close to the border with Ukraine. An investigation is in no rush

 
Russian Warship Moskva Sinks After Being Hit by 2 Cruise Missiles
Russian Warship Moskva Sinks After Being Hit by 2 Cruise Missiles

15 Apr 2022, 05:47 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Russia’s defense ministry confirms that the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet has sunk as it was being towed to port, but acknowledges no attack

 
UK’s Royal Air Force Completes Successful Electric Aircraft Trials
UK’s Royal Air Force Completes Successful Electric Aircraft Trials

15 Apr 2022, 03:33 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / RAF is determined to integrate electric aircraft in the coming years, and the recent successful flights prove that it's on the right path

 
Not Cats, but U.S. Paratroopers Stuck in Trees Were Rescued by Firefighters
Not Cats, but U.S. Paratroopers Stuck in Trees Were Rescued by Firefighters

15 Apr 2022, 01:50 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / A small helicopter was the hero of the day earlier this week, when U.S. military paratroopers got stuck in tress during a training session and had to be rescued

 
USAF Thunderbirds Show Tattooed Underbellies to Stunned Mississippians
USAF Thunderbirds Show Tattooed Underbellies to Stunned Mississippians

14 Apr 2022, 07:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Photo released by the U.S. Air Force shows four Thunderbirds F-16 Fighting Falcons flying over the Columbus Air Force Base in Mississippi

 
In-Flight Close-Up of Aggressor F-16 Shows Wing Loadout
In-Flight Close-Up of Aggressor F-16 Shows Wing Loadout

13 Apr 2022, 08:47 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-16 Fighting Falcon deployed with the 64th Aggressor Squadron is seen here as it was getting its fill from a KC-135 Stratotanker

 
Lucky Red Lions Ospreys Fly for Over 4,700 Miles, Enter 1st Marine Aircraft Wing History
Lucky Red Lions Ospreys Fly for Over 4,700 Miles, Enter 1st Marine Aircraft Wing History

12 Apr 2022, 11:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / MV-22 Ospreys deployed with the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 perform "“one of the longest maritime VMM self-deployment flights" in Wing history

 
Saab JAS 39 Gripen to Be Upgraded, C/D Spec to Be in Service Until 2035
Saab JAS 39 Gripen to Be Upgraded, C/D Spec to Be in Service Until 2035

12 Apr 2022, 08:12 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Saab receives an order to upgrade the Swedish JAS 39 Gripen in C/D spec and make them relevant until the middle of the next decade