Source: South China Morning Post The military has again tested its newest long-range missile in what could mark a big step forward in the PLA's nuclear capabilities. The People's Liberation Army tested the Dongfeng-41 (DF-41) intercontinental ballistic missile, which can carry multiple warheads, on August 6, US website The Washington Free Beacon reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed US defense officials. The DF-41 can hit any US city and is one of China's most powerful nuclear missiles. It was the fourth time the missile had been tested in three years, and a successful test would mean it was … [Read more...]
XS-1 Program Enters Phase 2 Could Fly in 2019
Source: DARPA In an era of declining budgets and adversaries’ evolving capabilities, quick, affordable and routine access to space is increasingly critical for both national and economic security. Current satellite launch systems, however, require scheduling years in advance for an extremely limited inventory of available slots. Moreover, launches often cost hundreds of millions of dollars each, due in large part to the massive amounts of dedicated infrastructure and large number of personnel required. DARPA created its Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program to help overcome these challenges … [Read more...]
Boeing’s Echo Voyager UUV: Can Operate Autonomously for Months
Source: Boeing.com Boeing today introduced Echo Voyager, its latest unmanned, undersea vehicle (UUV), which can operate autonomously for months at a time thanks to a hybrid rechargeable power system and modular payload bay. The 51-foot-long vehicle is not only autonomous while underway, but it can also be launched and recovered without the support ships that normally assist UUVs. Echo Voyager is the latest innovation in Boeing’s UUV family, joining the 32-foot Echo Seeker and the 18-foot Echo Ranger. “Echo Voyager is a new approach to how unmanned undersea vehicles will operate and be used … [Read more...]
Pentagon Concerned: China Test Fires YJ-62 in Disputed Waters
China has deployed and test fired the YJ-62 anti-ship missile, a rough equivalent to America's RGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile. Reports of the test firing of the YJ-62 anti-ship missile took place on Woody Island, also known as Yongxing Island by the Chinese, in the South China Sea. The YJ-62 has a range of 280km (150 NM) and is designed to sink warships weighing above 3,000 tonnes. The Pentagon has had growing concerns over Beijing’s militarization of the strategic waterway. In recent months China has produced some 3,200 acres on land by dredging the sea floor and building new islands. The … [Read more...]
The U.S. Army’s Howitzer on Steroids
The U.S. Army is hard at work developing the M-777A2 howitzer on steroids. The newly modified M-777ER version will be able to hit the targets before those targets can hit them. The M-777ER will be able to fire on enemy forces more than 43 miles away, more than doubling the current 18 mile range of the current M-777A2 howitzer. From Picatinny Arsenal: Picatinny Arsenal engineers have been working to create a longer, newly modified M777A2 howitzer that has the potential to double the system’s current artillery range. The modification adds six feet to the cannon and less than 1,000 pounds to the … [Read more...]
Ballistic Missile Submarine – SSBN
Source: Navy Ohio Replacement (SSBN[X]) Ballistic Missile Submarine Program: Background and Issues for Congress Since the 1960s, strategic deterrence has been the SSBN's sole mission, providing the United States with its most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability. The U.S. Navy operates three kinds of submarines—nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSNs), nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines (SSGNs), and nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs). The SSNs and SSGNs are multi-mission ships that perform a variety of peacetime and wartime missions. They do not carry … [Read more...]
Patriot Air and Missile Defense System
Raytheon’s Global Patriot™ Solutions is a missile defense system consisting of radars, command-and-control technology and multiple types of interceptors, all working together to detect, identify and defeat tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, drones, advanced aircraft and other threats. Patriot is the foundation of integrated air and missile defense for 13 nations. … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Henry U.S. Survival AR-7
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VIDEO: Young Gun – Katelyn Francis
Originally posted October 30, 2013. Not too many 14-year-old cheerleaders pose for their Homecoming pictures with their own AR-15 in hand. Meet Blair Oaks freshman, Katelyn Francis as she competes in a "three-gun competition," which requires participants to speed through an outdoor course while engaging targets with a rifle, shotgun, and pistol. … [Read more...]
Sikorsky Unveils S-97 RAIDER™ Helicopter
West Palm Beach, Florida - Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX), unveiled the first of two S-97 RAIDER™ helicopter prototypes, signaling the start of activities in the program’s test flight phase and a major step toward demonstrating the new – and first – armed reconnaissance rotorcraft featuring X2™ Technology designed for military missions. … [Read more...]
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