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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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C-130J Super Hercules Looks Like a Camouflaged Metal Bird Over Alaska
C-130J Super Hercules Looks Like a Camouflaged Metal Bird Over Alaska

14 Aug 2021, 06:06 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This C-130J Super Hercules belonging to the 815th Airlift Squadron blends perfectly with the Alaska landscape during exercise in July

 
F-15E Strike Eagle Flying With Afterburners Outshines the Moon
F-15E Strike Eagle Flying With Afterburners Outshines the Moon

13 Aug 2021, 13:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / F-15E Strike Eagle deployed with the 333rd Fighter Squadron is seen here taking off from the Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota

 
U.S. Army’s Goshawk Interceptor Has Enemy Drones for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner
U.S. Army’s Goshawk Interceptor Has Enemy Drones for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner

13 Aug 2021, 13:19 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / This next-generation drone-interceptor is ready to protect any type of asset 24/7 against multiple types of drones, and safely capture and dispose of them.

 
F-16 Fighting Falcons Lurking in the Dark Look Peaceful, They’re Anything But
F-16 Fighting Falcons Lurking in the Dark Look Peaceful, They’re Anything But

12 Aug 2021, 15:34 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Two F-16 Fighting Falcons were captured while on mission somewhere over Iraq or Syria, taking part in Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve

 
Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship Begins Historic Deployment in the Antarctic Region
Royal Navy’s Ice Patrol Ship Begins Historic Deployment in the Antarctic Region

12 Aug 2021, 12:17 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / HMS Protector has sailed from Plymouth, for the Antarctic, to conduct surveys in remote areas that haven't been researched for 200 years.

 
Here’s the Bell 360 Invictus Coming Together As Army’s Future Attack Helicopter
Here’s the Bell 360 Invictus Coming Together As Army’s Future Attack Helicopter

12 Aug 2021, 08:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Bell 360 Invictus, the company's proposal for the U.S. Army's Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program, is quickly coming together

 
U.S. Launches Minuteman III ICBM, Detonates Non-Nuclear Warhead
U.S. Launches Minuteman III ICBM, Detonates Non-Nuclear Warhead

12 Aug 2021, 07:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The Air Force Global Strike Command launched on August 11 a Boing Minuteman ICBM equipped with a non-nuclear warhead, detonates over water

 
Military Unmanned Ground Drones Can Now Follow People Around
Military Unmanned Ground Drones Can Now Follow People Around

11 Aug 2021, 13:26 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A pair of Milrem THeMIS unmanned ground systems were tested to prove the validity of follow-me, return home, and point-to-point navigation functions

 
F-35A Lighting II Seems to Melt Mountain Peak As It Flies Over Tacoma
F-35A Lighting II Seems to Melt Mountain Peak As It Flies Over Tacoma

11 Aug 2021, 09:48 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / A F-35A Lighting II deployed with the plane's demonstration team was captured in a still as it flew over Tacoma, Washington, at the beginning of July

 
Fighter Jet Uses Infrared Search-and-Track, Destroys Target With AIM-120 Missile
Fighter Jet Uses Infrared Search-and-Track, Destroys Target With AIM-120 Missile

11 Aug 2021, 08:58 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / On August 5th, the U.S. Air Force successfully shot a QF-16 aerial target with the first-ever live fire of an AIM-120 missile from an F-15C Eagle.

 
New Rolls-Royce Hypersonics Test Center to Play Key Role for the U.S. Military
New Rolls-Royce Hypersonics Test Center to Play Key Role for the U.S. Military

10 Aug 2021, 10:26 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / After recently unveiling a groundbreaking high-altitude testing facility, Rolls-Royce is now the founding member of a new Hypersonics Test Center.

 
C-5M Super Galaxy Emerges From the Clouds Like a Prehistoric Behemoth
C-5M Super Galaxy Emerges From the Clouds Like a Prehistoric Behemoth

10 Aug 2021, 09:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / This C-5M Super Galaxy was captured as it emerges from the air during a readiness exercise conducted back in July in Wisconsin

 
U.S. Air Force Pilots Start Testing New Wearable Tech
U.S. Air Force Pilots Start Testing New Wearable Tech

10 Aug 2021, 07:01 UTC · By: Florina Spînu / The U.S. Air Force pilots have started tested new wearable tech that includes a Garmin Fenix 6 watch, a Hidrate Spark Smart Water Bottle, and an Oura ring.

 
A-10 Warthog Looks at Home Back in the Sky, and Not on Some Highway
A-10 Warthog Looks at Home Back in the Sky, and Not on Some Highway

9 Aug 2021, 13:03 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / An A-10 Thunderbolt deployed with the Whiteman Air Force Base is seen here after conducting an aerial refueling mission in July

 
RAF’s New American-Built Submarine Hunter Shows Its Power in First Torpedo Test
RAF’s New American-Built Submarine Hunter Shows Its Power in First Torpedo Test

9 Aug 2021, 11:35 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The British Royal Air Force puts the majestic maritime patrol aircraft, Poseidon P-8A, to the test, during a simulated attack against an enemy submarine.

 
Huge Blast Rocks USS Gerald R. Ford, Carrier and Marine Life Not Harmed by Test
Huge Blast Rocks USS Gerald R. Ford, Carrier and Marine Life Not Harmed by Test

9 Aug 2021, 07:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The USS Gerald R. Ford survived the third and last Full Ship Shock Trials explosion off the coast of Florida, Navy hints no marine life harmed in the blast

 
U.S. Military Tests Floating Robot Platforms That Can Land and Refuel VTOLs
U.S. Military Tests Floating Robot Platforms That Can Land and Refuel VTOLs

9 Aug 2021, 04:34 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / U.S. military VTOLs and helicopters will be able to be replenished with the help of self-propelling, autonomous fueling stations that can be deployed anywhere.

 
U.S. Air Force 14,950-Pound Spy Drone RQ-4 Global Hawk Crashes Inexplicably
U.S. Air Force 14,950-Pound Spy Drone RQ-4 Global Hawk Crashes Inexplicably

7 Aug 2021, 09:27 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / The Grand Forks Air Force Base reported that a RQ-4 Global Hawk suffered a crash yesterday in North Dakota and caught on fire - the causes are still unknown

 
Four A-10 Warthogs Is Not Something You Want to See Landing on a Highway
Four A-10 Warthogs Is Not Something You Want to See Landing on a Highway

6 Aug 2021, 12:03 UTC · By: Cristina Mircea / Six planes landed on a highway in Michigan, four of which were A-10 Thunderbolt Warthogs. It happened on the M-32, west of Alpena.

 
USAF Pumps $60 Million in Quarterhorse, the Future 4,000 mph Autonomous Aircraft
USAF Pumps $60 Million in Quarterhorse, the Future 4,000 mph Autonomous Aircraft

6 Aug 2021, 04:51 UTC · By: Otilia Drăgan / World's fastest aircraft, flying at Mach 5, will also be fully autonomous and reusable. After NASA, USAF is now taking this project closer to reality.