SOCOM To Test Laser Weapon on Apache

SOCOM To Test Laser Weapon on Apache

Does anyone remember the Strategic Artificially Intelligent Nuclear Transports from the movie Short Circuit… Johnny 5? Wouldn’t you like to be a Pepper too? The film featured highly mobile robotics armed with small, directed energy (i.e. laser) weapons, and one scene showed a demonstration of the S.A.I.N.T. robots eliminating enemy tanks, trucks, and the like with ease. Now […]

Watch: Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) – ITC Phase One

Watch: Marine Corps Special Operations Command (MARSOC) – ITC Phase One

Amphibious training provides Marine Raiders with specialized skills needed to operate in diverse environments. During Phase 1 of the Individual Training Course, students learn to operate, navigate, and build the small watercraft known as the zodiac. They are continously evaluated, mentally and physically tested, and must perform a 2k fin in the open ocean prior […]

USSOCOM provides insight on MQ-9 Reaper mission

USSOCOM provides insight on MQ-9 Reaper mission

The US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has provided details of a new enhanced variant of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI) MQ-9 Reaper medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that was first revealed by the Department of Defense (DoD) in a contract announcement from late January. The USD34.03 million MQ-9 Medium Altitude Long […]

160th SOAR: Death Waits In The Dark

160th SOAR: Death Waits In The Dark

It’s rare you get to see the Nightstalkers of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment in action, mainly because their missions and the bulk of their training are, appropriately enough, conducted at night!  This video compilation contains some good daytime footage of the unit training in both field and urban environments–as well as a few […]

Jade Helm: What It Is, What We Shouldn’t Make It Into

Jade Helm: What It Is, What We Shouldn’t Make It Into

So it seems that two little words really can cause a stir. Presidential election, gun control, race relations. Then there is Jade Helm. While likely not burned into the memory of the average American, Jade Helm is more familiar to special operations and conventional military troops, as well as theorists (conspiracy and otherwise). According to […]