Royal Navy nuclear submarine nearly collided with a ferry in the Irish Sea

In what could have become a national incident, a Royal Navy submarine had a near miss with a car-carrying ferry in the Irish Sea last November, according to reports that recently emerged. These reports state the submarine was traveling at periscope depth in the waterway that lies between England and Ireland when it came dangerously […]

BREAKING: Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber crash lands in Arctic, at least 2 dead

A Russian Air Force Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber crashed while attempting to land during an arctic blizzard in Marmansk. The aircraft reportedly broke apart when it hit the runway, killing two of the four-man crew immediately. The other two crew members were rushed to a nearby hospital, where local media outlets are now reporting that one […]

Watch: Royal Marine inventor uses jet pack on commando assault course

Way back in the spring of 2017, NEWSREP reported on former British Royal Marine-turned-inventor Richard Browning and his efforts to produce a jet pack that allows the user to fly a whole lot like Iron Man — using thrusters mounted on different parts of the body to control his movements while airborne. Browning, the company […]

US intelligence report: Russia conducts successful test of anti-satellite missile

With Russia’s long and storied history of misinformation and recent efforts to secure foreign buyers for military hardware, it can be hard to trust any news pertaining to Russian defense initiatives that find their way to the press. By and large, Moscow’s massive state-owned media empire, which includes outlets commonly frequented by Americans like Sputnik, […]

Watch Northrop Grumman’s experimental X-47B in action: America’s UCAV UFO

The X-47B may never actually participate in combat operations, but the two technology demonstrators built by Northrop Grumman for the U.S. Navy produced some of the most interesting (and unusual looking) military aviation photos of the past ten years. The unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) is, put simply, a drone developed with low observability and […]