Watch: Video demonstrates the fine line between space tool and space weapon

With a more quickly growing number of nations and private ventures reaching orbit than ever before, one issue of significant concern for all parties involved is space junk. Orbital debris comes from a wide variety of sources. It could include discarded rocket components, bits of trash accidentally released by orbiting astronauts, or pieces of broken satellites. […]

Iron SEAL: How long will it be before we see Navy SEALs flying around in Iron Man suits?

Given the spectacular special effects on display in Marvel’s “Iron Man” movies and the Defense Department’s clever allusions to the popular hero throughout the development of programs like their TALOS armored exoskeleton, you could be forgiven for thinking mankind is on the cusp of fielding some real-life superheroes. Many media outlets have been happy to […]

Why the F-15X could be the F-35’s best friend in a near-peer air war

Ever since word first broke last summer that the U.S. Air Force was considering (at the Pentagon’s direction) the idea of adding a dozen or so new F-15s to their stable as part of their 2020 budget proposal, outlets have been clamoring to find ways to pit the new F-15X against America’s premier stealth fighter, […]

China claims they’re able to track America’s F-22 Raptor on radar: Could it be true?

According to reports on Chinese state-owned media, a group of intercept fighters were scrambled from China’s East China Sea fleet to patrol a portion of China’s Air Defense Identification Zone that was apparently the site of unidentified aircraft reported by radar on February 10. Other fighters were equipped with missiles while China’s carrier-based helicopter brigade […]

Watch: New footage shows the agility of America’s Apache helicopters

Hardly a week goes by without some sort of exciting footage hitting the web of a fighter jet swooping in on a low pass or executing a flat spin which seems to defy physics. Still, videos from the other side of the aviation coin (helicopters) can sometimes seem fewer and further between. As a result, […]

Russia sent 11 fighter jets in ‘mock attack’ on Norwegian missile defense radar station

Amid heightening tensions between Russia and Norway, a formation of 11 Russian-flagged Su-24 “Fencer” fighters staged a mock attack last year against a Norwegian radar installation that plays a vital role in America’s Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Defense strategy. The details of the incident were not revealed until now. According to recent revelations, the formation took […]

Moscow has a plan to censor Russian internet–Google is already helping

The Kremlin announced plans to temporarily disconnect Russian internet users from the global internet infrastructure. All internet traffic will be re-directed through internal Russian state routing points and servers managed by Roskomnazor, the government’s federal communications service. Russian news agencies indicate this is a move intended to prepare the nation for potential fallout of a […]