Future ground troops may one day have a “third arm” device attached to their protective vests that will hold their weapon, lessening the weight on their arms and freeing up their hands for other tasks. Weighing less than 4 pounds,…
Military Weapons
How stealth helicopters were born from this 22-year complete failure of a project
The development of new products can often be an expensive dead-end road to nowhere, littered with extravagant research and development costs and little in the way of positive results. US military defense spending is a painfully good example of this,…
USAF doesn’t know how it will afford new $85 billion nuclear missile defense system
The intercontinental ballistic missiles, know as the Minuteman nuclear weapons, were designed in the 1960s at the height of the cold war and are starting to show their age. With replacement parts difficult to find for the weapons, ageing silos with decaying…
Army creating new hand grenade that has different effects with flip of a switch
For the first time in more than 40 years, the US Army is designing a new, multi-purpose lethal hand grenade that will give the warfighter greater flexibility. Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal are developing the ET-MP –or Enhanced Tactical Multi-Purpose grenade—which…
Review: Breaking in a new AR pistol with Ballistol
When it comes to building firearms, there is little more satisfying than firing the first shot. After the first shot, however, comes the arduous and occasionally hit-and-miss period of ensuring that the firearm will perform reliably with a variety of…
US Army chooses “Iron Fist” defense system to protect vehicles
The United States Army has chosen an Israeli-designed “active protection system” to protect its Armored Personnel Carriers. According to The Tower, the American military will use Israel Military Industries’ “Iron Fist” missile deterrence system to defend its fleet of light…
