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The M240 machine gun was introduced in the 1970s. Having seen use in a number of conflicts, it's favored by the US Army and Marine Corps.

Why Do Both US Marines and the Army Swear By This One Machine Gun?

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When it comes to the technology allowing robots to kill people without the need for a human to guide them, as George Allen, the late coach of the Washington football team, now the Commanders, said, “The future is now.” If there were ever any doubts, the lessons from the war in Ukraine have erased them. […]

Killer robots have arrived on the battlefield

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The U.S. Army is gearing up to move tank warfare forward with the development of a new model of Abrams Main Battle Tank that's been designated the AbramsX. This new model, which is a generational update of the M1A2 Abrams MBT, is in the initial planning stages, but should it come to fruition, it will likely dominate battlefields for the foreseeable future. The M1A1 Abrams began development in the late 1970s, but it took years before they were fielded in combat operations.

The U.S. Army's Latest Main Battle Tank: The AbramsX

In July 1986, a Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashed in California's Sequoia National Forest - two years before it was announced to the public.

The US Air Force Was Caught Red-Handed Trying To Cover-Up The Crash of Its Top-Secret Stealth Fighter

The First Special Service Force was a joint Canadian-American commando unit that was nicknamed the 'Devil's Brigade' by the German Army.

The Legacy of The WWII-Era ‘Devil’s Brigade’ Can Be Traced To Modern Commando Units

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A rise in sexual violence means food prices have leapt in CAR as women and girls say they fear working in the fields

‘They turn our farms into rape centres’: Russian mercenaries accused of abuse in Central African Republic

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall has hinted at the existence of a new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) platform, something that has long been a topic of discussion around the future of U.S. Air Force capabilities. Frequently, such a platform has been understood as a very stealthy, long-range, high-altitude surveillance drone commonly referred to as the RQ-180, although there are other possibilities, too, and even an RQ-180 would only be one facet in a larger constellation of next-generation ISR systems.

Air Force Chief Hints At Existence Of Clandestine Spy Aircraft

Business Insider

The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way as the US Navy continues to react to a range of crises in the Middle East.

The US Navy is on its fourth aircraft carrier as its warships react to fighting in the Middle East

The Army has announced overseas deployments to the Middle East, Europe and South Korea for three brigades later this year. A medley of forces will soon leave U.S. shores, replacing rotating units already at those locations, according to an Army press release. The 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain...

Army announces upcoming brigade overseas deployments

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Two Austrian mountaineers have died while attempting to summit a 2,500-meter (8,200-foot) peak in Italy's Julian Alps, the mountain rescue service of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region bordering Austria said Thursday.Missing since Wednesday, the two men were both Alpine rescuers from the southern Austrian city of Villach close to the Slovenian and Austrian borders, the rescue service said on Facebook. Family members awaiting their return tried to reach them by phone but their calls went unanswered.They were scaling the "Cima di Riofreddo," whose peak culminates at more than 2,500 meters, when they fell either because of a mistake or a possible...

Bodies of mountaineers found dangling from climbing ropes near peak

BAE Systems has been awarded a $493-million contract to continue producing the M109A7 self-propelled howitzer and M992A3 ammunition carrier for the US Army. It includes production and delivery between August 2025 and July 2026, ensuring sustained supply to the US Army’s Armored Brigade Combat Teams (ABCT). “We are focused...

US Army Awards BAE Additional $493M M109A7 Howitzer Contract

The B-2 aircraft released an experimental weapon called QUICKSINK to help take out the decommissioned amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa.

A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber helped sink an old warship in the Pacific with new anti-ship QUICKSINK bombs

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The mantis shrimp is one tough customer. Beautiful and deadly are two words you don’t typically use to describe shrimp, but the mantis shrimp is definitely in a class of its own; earning a reputation as the ‘savage boxer of the sea’ and one of the most fearsome creatures in the ocean. And, they're right at home here in South Carolina.

Savage Boxer of the Sea: The Deadly Beauty of Mantis Shrimp

The US is sending a carrier strike group, a fighter squadron and additional warships to the Middle East as the region braces for an Iranian retaliation to the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Tehran earlier this week.

US sending aircraft carrier, warships and fighter squadron to Middle East as region braces for Iranian retaliation

The Northrop F-5 is a supersonic lightweight fighter aircraft that continues to see service, despite dating back to the Cold War.

The World Couldn't Get Enough Of The American Fighter Jet The US Air Force Rejected

AUGUST 7, 2024 – U.S. Marines with Littoral Craft Company Charlie, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, graduated from the Colombian Fluvial Operations Course, at Centro Internacional Excelencia Avanzado Fluvial (CIEF), Aug. 2, 2024. Littoral Craft Company Charlie is the first group of U.S. service members to participate...

Marines Complete Colombian Fluvial Operations Course

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24/7 Wall St. Insights: The B-21 Raider is the newest stealth bomber that will enter the U.S. Air Force in the coming years The Stealth technology incorporated to the B-21 Raider greatly surpasses that of previous generations of stealth aircraft The United States plans on ordering 100 B-21 Raider stealth bombers Also: Discover the next […]
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This Is the Newest Stealth Bomber That the US Is Adding to Its Fleet

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TOP-SECRET UK army scientists have tested groundbreaking killer drones which use AI to scope for enemy targets. Boffins from the ultra-secretive Porton Down lab in Wiltshire have tested a self-piloting AI drone swarm. The drones rapidly scan huge areas of the battlefield for enemy vehicles. They lock on to targets on the ground – then […]

Top-secret UK army scientists launch groundbreaking test of killer drones that use AI to scope for enemy targets

The first images of Northrop Grumman’s Model 437, an advanced air combat drone that could potentially fill the requirement for the Air Force’s and/or Navy’s “loyal wingman” Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) programs, as well as those of allies, have hit social media. The relatively small tactical jet looks impressive and is very much in line with the concept renderings we have seen of it, aside from one major detail — it has a cockpit.

Northrop’s Stealthy Loyal Wingman Drone Breaks Cover And It Has A Cockpit

24/7 Wall St. Insights: South Korea is buying more combat helicopters than any other nation, besides the United States The newest addition to its helicopter fleet is the KAI LAH South Korea also has a number of Apache attack helicopters procured from the United States Also: Discover the next Nvidia South Korea has been on […]
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South Korea Is Buying More Combat Helicopters Than Any Other Country, Besides the US

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Apache failure: here’s why the AH-64 helicopters never flew a combat mission during Operation Allied Force against Serbia

On Mar. 24, 1999, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) launched Operation Allied Force against Serbia. Lasting 78 days, this was an unusual conflict fought at...

Apache failure: here’s why the AH-64 helicopters never flew a combat mission during Operation Allied Force against Serbia

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