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The US Navy may have come across a common sense way to save billions on bombs, according to statements made from US officials at the AFCEA West 2017 conference. For years now, the Navy has been working on the Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air (NIFC-CA) network to help detect, track, and intercept targets using a fused […]
Though using plasma bombs may be unconventional and even controversial, the science behind the Air Force’s plan is sound. By releasing plasma bombs into the atmosphere, the Air Force would increase the quantity of ions in the layer of the atmosphere known as the ionosphere, which starts at an altitude of approximately 60 kilometers.
We could be looking at an attack as devastating, if not more than 9/11, while bypassing all security measures.
When I deployed, it was a similar circumstance, and I brought everything I could. Including any weapon I could get my hands on. A SCAR-H, the EGLM (40mm grenade launcher that looks like the SCAR), Aimpoints, EO Techs, an M-4 with a short barrel, long barrel, and under barrel 203 attachment, and my trusty camp buddy, the Glock 19. Needless to say I came with some baggage.
Once a CCT gets his JTAC rating, he is usually deemed fit to grab a spot on the next flight out to bad guy land. That could happen right away, or it could take another year of honing his skills and helping teach the new guys before a slot opens up.
The U.S. Air Force dropped more bombs on the Islamic State terror group in June than any time in the past seven months. In all, the U.S. released more than 3,000 weapons on ISIS in Iraq and Syria last month, according to Air Force Central Command. It’s the third-highest monthly total since the air war […]
Using a robot to clear a hazard, from a Combat Engineer perspective, makes perfect sense. Why endanger further innocent lives for the sake of a bad guy?
Another terrorist attack occurred yesterday in Bangladesh, resulting in the deaths of at least 3 people. The latest attack claimed the lives of 2 police officers and a woman during the Eid prayer at a mosque, which was attended by at least 200,000 people and was approximately 90 miles north of the previous terrorist attack in Dhaka that killed 22 in a […]
Latest Update: Three suicide bombers detonated their devices at the international terminal entrance of the Ataturk Airport, killing 36 and wounding at least 147. Police identified the threat and opened fire on the bombers, after being fired upon the bombers detonated their devices. According to the Fox News: At least 36 people were killed and […]
Ongoing air wars in Middle East have caused an unexpected dip in the Pentagon’s stockpile of air-to-ground munitions — and Washington has been slow to address the supply problem. The Pentagon has had months to deal with it. “We’re expending munitions faster than we can replenish them,” USA Today quoted Air Force chief of staff Gen. Mark […]
Watch these last-minute airstrikes that occurred prior to the ceasefire going into effect.
More than 50 companies worldwide are legally supplying the Islamic State with bomb-making material, either willingly or because they and the countries in which they operate are failing to monitor the sales, according to a Conflict Armament Research report released today. CAR is a non-governmental organization funded by the European Union that identifies and tracks conventional weapons […]
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