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The dry dock housing Russia’s only aircraft carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov, sank late Monday night, damaging the troubled carrier, injuring four, and potentially killing one ship worker. One worker remains missing, as search and rescue teams comb the frigid waters of the Kola Bay near Murmansk. The carrier itself — which has been undergoing long […]
Like SpaceX founder Elon Musk or Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos, British billionaire Richard Branson has long had his sights set on space travel. Unlike Musk and Bezos, however, Branson believes aircraft assisted launches are the secret to making trips to the stars more affordable. It’s with that ultimate goal in mind that Branson built […]
For nearly two decades, the International Space Station has circled high above us with a crew on board. These astronauts and cosmonauts from a variety of different countries come together to conduct experiments aimed at improving life not just for the humans down below, but for future travelers that might one day make similar journeys […]
Chinese President Xi Jingpin elevated the aggressive rhetoric between China and the United States last week when he reportedly told his top military advisers to prepare for war in the South China Sea. The speech, which was made during an inspection tour of China’s Southern Theatre Command, did not directly reference the United States in […]
The AH-64 Apache has long served as one of America’s primary attack helicopters. The first iteration of the legendary attack aircraft took to the skies in 1975, with full production approved to begin in 1982 — making the storied platform yet another of the long list of U.S. military aircraft quickly approaching the end of […]
Any child born on or after November 2, 2000, belongs to a slightly different category of human being than the rest of us old-timers. Prior to that date, humans had managed to escape Earth’s gravity on multiple occasions, but mankind’s space-borne escapes had all been of the temporary sort. On that date, however, the International […]
As President Trump’s trade war with China continues, weakening relations between the two powerful states have already begun exacerbating tensions between U.S. and Chinese interests in other realms of geopolitics. Diplomatic spats about how the United States views Taiwan, and a looming standoff between the Chinese and the U.S.-led Pacific forces that challenge China’s claimed […]
New satellite images of the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada have spurred the interests of conspiracy theorists and aviation nerds alike, thanks to what appears to be a blurred out portion of a secret aircraft sticking out of one of the hangars. Simply censoring a small portion of satellite images of a military installation alone may […]
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster accidentally dropped a U.S. Army Humvee into a rural neighborhood miles from the intended drop zone in North Carolina on Thursday. The Humvee’s parachute deployed and no one was injured in the incident. The Air Force transport plane hailed from the 437th airlift wing based at Joint Base Charleston […]
An Isreali researcher working with publicly accessible data sourced through the European Space Agency has discovered that certain types of military radar systems are identifiable through commercial satellite data sets. As a result, civilian organizations using satellite-based synthetic aperture radar systems can pinpoint the exact locations of American-made Patriot missile systems in near real-time, anywhere […]
On Tuesday, the United States Marine Corps announced that it would be launching an investigation into reports that a Marine Corps aircraft deviated from its projected flight path to draw an obscene image in the skies over Southern California that could only be seen via flight tracking software. The unusual flight, first spotted by Aircraft […]
It can be tough to know what to believe on the internet these days. From Russian trolls and fake news to photo-shopped fakes and click bait, we’ve all grown painfully aware of how easily our eyes can deceive us. There was a time when seeing a picture of something was enough to make you believe […]
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