Tag: bombs

The MOP wasn’t built to send messages or win hearts—it was built to turn fortified mountains into smoking craters when talking stops working.

The precision and sheer scale of the Israeli Air Force’s strike on Hezbollah’s leadership on September 27th underscores the relentless pursuit of its enemies, as 80 GPS-guided bombs reduced a fortified bunker—and the life of Hassan Nasrallah—to rubble beneath the Beirut skyline.

The development of the B61-13 nuclear gravity bomb reflects a changing security landscape and aims to strengthen US deterrence capabilities.

British bomb experts head to Ukraine to teach Ukrainians soldiers to craft their own can-sized explosives capable of penetrating buildings.

This video is yet another reminder that even in peacetime the risks are very great for those who defend their country.

California’s expansive Mojave Desert serves as a valuable testing and training ground for a number of U.S. military assets. The United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, for instance, is the largest installation in the branch — spanning out across a massive 998 square miles, much of which is devoted specifically to […]

California’s expansive Mojave Desert serves as a valuable testing and training ground for a number of U.S. military assets. The United States Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, for instance, is the largest installation in the branch — spanning out across a massive 998 square miles, much of which is devoted specifically to […]

A heat wave across much of Europe has been exacerbating wildfires in multiple nations in recent weeks, most notably, in Greece and Sweden. Efforts to put down these fires have quickly developed into an international endeavor, with equipment and firefighting personnel from a laundry list of nations heading into the fray. In Sweden, where more […]

According to a new report released by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO, a part of the Straus Military Reform Project), the long-awaited close air support flyoff between the legendary A-10 Thunderbolt II and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has finally begun — although, according to some experts, the secrecy surrounding the event isn’t the […]

Pine, Arizona — A construction crew was working in the small northern Arizona town, when they discovered large plastic pipes buried underground. After further digging, they realized the pipes were packed full of military-type explosives. They called authorities, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) ended up confiscating 80 blocks of M112 C4 […]

The following is an exclusive excerpt from the book “Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway” by N. Jack “Dusty” Kleiss.- Desiree Chapter 13 The Battle of Midway, Part 1 The Morning Attack, June 4, 1942 At 2:00 a.m. on June 4, a messenger tapped my arm.* […]

A suicide bombing in Manchester, England on Monday left UK citizens reeling, grasping for some sense they could make of the tragedy, and trying to heal the wound of yet another terrorist attack in the Western World.  For the men, women, and children that live within Great Britain and its allied nations, the week that […]