Category: Weapons

Using a football as an anti-tank grenade? The US Army once attempted to use Nerf balls as anti-tank grenades. Here’s how it turned out.

Israeli F-16s bomb Syria’s largest airport leaving three perfectly spaced craters 600 meters apart on the runway. This is the latest in a series of attacks by Israel on the Iranian presence within Syria.

The U.S. military intercepted and shot down a small drone that was believed to be threatening a U.S. base in southern Syria Tuesday, just weeks after the same base was attacked by drones and rocket fire. It is believed to have been launched by Iranian proxy militias in the region.  Capt. Bill Urban, the spokesman […]

In 1981, something fell from the skies. Did the Soviet Union use mycotoxins as a chemical weapon, or was it something… stinkier?

Do you think your favorite sci-fi weapon could make it in the real world? Let’s analyze how realistic (or unrealistic) they are.

Read about “The Interceptor,” an autonomous hunter/killer drone under development by one of the founders of Facebook.

Anti-ship missiles came on the scene in 1967. Since then, missile defense has developed to try and match the threat. Does it succeed?

Could EMP weapons become an alternative to the destructive power of nukes?

China described its hypersonic missile as just a “space vehicle” to not raise an alarm. The U.S. must act decisively and not be fooled.

Humans have used fire as a weapon for centuries, but no use of fire is more iconic than the Molotov cocktail.

Russian President Putin has said that the Zircon missile is capable of evading the American missile defense shield.

The sniper will continue to serve in future wars. Technology and capabilities will be extremely different but the mission will remain the same.