Do You Know What a Laser-guided Rocket is? The Air Force Does Now

Do You Know What a Laser-guided Rocket is? The Air Force Does Now

The Air Force recently added BAE Systems’ Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWSTM) laser-guided rockets to the F-16 and A-10 aircraft. The BAE Systems APKWSTM transforms a standard unguided 2.75-inch (70 millimeter) rocket into a precision laser-guided rocket. With a name like ‘Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System’ what more could any military pilot want? This system has […]

Trump on China’s capture of a US Navy drone: ‘Let them keep it!’

Trump on China’s capture of a US Navy drone: ‘Let them keep it!’

President-elect Donald Trump tweeted Saturday evening that China should be told to “keep” the US Navy underwater drone it recently seized from South China Sea waters and agreed to return. “We should tell China that we don’t want the drone they stole back.- let them keep it!” he tweeted. Earlier on Saturday, Trump had called the capture — an incident that […]

Pentagon: Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned U.S. ocean glider in South China Sea

Pentagon: Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned U.S. ocean glider in South China Sea

A Chinese naval ship seized an unmanned ocean glider that was being used by the U.S. Navy to test water conditions in international waters in the South China Sea, the Pentagon said Friday. The glider was about 500 yards from the USNS Bowditch, an oceanographic survey vessel with a mostly civilian crew. The U.S. ship contacted […]

Watch: First Ever Drone Refueling! US Navy  X-47B

Watch: First Ever Drone Refueling! US Navy X-47B

Flying modern jet fighters you often find yourself shaking your head in wonderment over something you were able to do with the aircraft. To explain how the plane could do what it just did we would say “PFM” or Pure F…ing Magic. Watch below and see a whole lot of “PFM” as a US Navy […]

Remember Pearl Harbor! Photos You Have Never Seen Before

Remember Pearl Harbor! Photos You Have Never Seen Before

At 0748 Sunday morning December 7th, 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. More than 350 Imperial Japanese bombers, fighter planes and torpedo planes attacked the island after being launched from six aircraft carriers. 2,403 Americans were killed, eight US Navy battleships were damaged with four being sunk,  and more 185 US aircraft were […]

Iranian Gunboat Crew Aims Weapon at US Navy Helicopter

Iranian Gunboat Crew Aims Weapon at US Navy Helicopter

In recent months there has been a series of incidents between United States Navy vessels and small Iranian fast gunboats in the Persian Gulf area. The Iranian gunboats harassed and threatened US Navy ships in a manner which the Navy called an “unsafe and unprofessional encounter”. Saturday, November 26th the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group (CSG) […]

China’s maritime militia a growing concern

China’s maritime militia a growing concern

WASHINGTON Near the top of US Pacific Fleet commander Adm. Scott Swift’s concerns is China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), and close behind is the country’s burgeoning Coast Guard. But a third government-controlled seagoing force, the little-known and somewhat mysterious maritime militia, is drawing increased attention. “Let’s be careful to not characterize them as, you […]

Mystery surrounding high altitude aircraft seen circling Denver solved!

Mystery surrounding high altitude aircraft seen circling Denver solved!

Wednesday the internet went wild with speculation over a mysterious high altitude aircraft that was seen circling the city of Denver, CO for about an hour. Mystery Solved! Late Thursday the US Navy identified the aircraft as one of their own, a Navy E-6B Mercury. Nicknamed the TACAMO (“Take Charge and Move Out”), the E-6B […]

The US Navy’s New Warship Gun Costs $800,000 to Fire

The US Navy’s New Warship Gun Costs $800,000 to Fire

The US Navy’s brand new $4 billion warship is an incredible technological feat. The futuristic DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is equipped with two guns that can hit targets from a stunning 80 miles away. The only problem? Rounds for the guns cost over $800,000 each. And the Navy has now decided that it can’t justify […]