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Military Equipment

Patriot missiles readied at Kadena air base on Japan's southern island of Okinawa

  Barrett M107 .50 Caliber sniper rifle

US to give Israel amazing x-band FBX-T radar system

fbx-t radar

Video of the new F-35 BF-01 Lightning II during Ground Testing

South Korea's new XK-2 MBT submersible tank

korean submersible tank

Military shotgun - AA-12 - World's deadliest

military shotgun

frag 12 shotgun shell

M38865 Recoilless Nuclear Rifle from 1962 - portable Armageddon

 M65 Recoiless Nuclear Rifle from 1962 - portable Armageddon

Dramatic Antarctic rocket assisted take off

JATO herc takeoff antarctica

A chemical weapons disposal suit

chemical weapons disposal suit

Military developing awesome rail gun

US lost track of 190,000 weapons given to Iraqi forces

Presidential military protection SUV video

SUV weapon system

Russian made armor piercing grenades in Iraq

Armor piercing grenades Iraq

How about this for a gun - M-32 Multiple shot Grenade Launcher

Canadian Leopard Tanks in Afghanistan

Pictures of Nuclear subs being refitted

HMS Astute is the largest and deadliest hunter-killer submarine ever built

Top secret NOSS anti terrorism sea tracking satellites launched

Heavily armed robotic frisbees of death

Cornershot - Gun Shoots around Corners  (with Youtube videos)

US military pain weapon being developed.

Military invent giant walking spiders...

The Sheriff - LAV mounted Microwave systems sent to Iraq

Sniper rifle shoots GPS chips into people

New military Smart Truck

USA purchases Russian "UFOS"

Is the stryker a dud?

Apache choppers suck, but warthogs rule!

New Line-of-Sight Antitank gun on HumVee

New Spy sub - Jimmy-carter launched

Welcome to the phaser

Bomb jamming software developed

High energy bolts to be used against Iraq

Recent Military Posts

Successful Ballistic Missile Hit-to-Kill Intercept- video
Second-Generation Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System Completes Successful Intercept Flight Test. ... The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS LAKE ERIE (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballist...
Military aircraft fighters have fake cockpits painted on them
Here is an interesting fact, many military aircraft have a fake cockpits painted on the underside of their fighters to confuse enemy pilots. ... In the 1970s, US aviation artist Keith Ferris invented a false canopy to paint on the underside of milita...
Ex paratrooper vet regains health in inspirational video
Gulf War veteran Arthur Boorman suffered from back and knee problems due to jumping out of planes too many times. Reliant on crutches and braces, he gained weight over the years until he made up his mind to do something about it. He started doing low...
Untouched crashed Focke-Wolfe 190 WW2 fighter found in forest
Imagine being out in the forest and finding an intact and untouched WW2 Focke-Wolfe where it crashed 45 years earlier. ... This Focke-Wolfe came from Russia, where it had lain for decades, upright and relatively undamaged, in a remote forest east of...
North Korean missiles are all fakes - image
Analysts who have studied photos of a half-dozen ominous new North Korean missiles showcased recently at a lavish military parade say they were fakes, and not very convincing ones, casting further doubt on the country\'s claims of military prowess. ....
SAS's greatest battle 8 against 300 - videos
During the 1970s, the Sultanate of Oman was threatened by Communist guerrillas of the PFLOAG (Popular Front for the Liberation of the Occupied Arabian Gulf), and the UK sent SAS soldiers to help the government. On July 19, 1972, a SAS squad was... ...
Four inch laser guided bullet ranges up to 2000 meters - image
Sandia National Laboratories engineers have developed a design for a laser-guided bullet. The 4″-long laser-guided projectile has made hits at ranges up to 2000 meters. ... The projectile shoots from a smooth-bore rifle and uses small, mov...
Pilot bails out at 800mph breaks sound barrier, both legs, his arm, and all the veins in his face
In a training exercise gone wrong back in 1989, Capt. Brian Udell had to eject at from his F-15 travelling at supersonic speeds. The force of the air on his body was so strong that it nearly killed him. The wind tore his helmet off, broke every blood...
US runs out of bullets uses 250000 per kill.
This is one of those little known facts that start to show just how much work it takes to actually kill someone in Afghanistan. ... US forces have fired so many bullets in Iraq and Afghanistan - an estimated 250,000 for every insurgent killed - that ...
Military drop 30,000 pounds of Sodium in a lake and enjoy the explosions - video
In the days before environmental regulations, the War Assets Administration disposed of its metallic sodium from WWII the old-fashioned way — by throwing it into Washington\'s Lake Lenore and watching it go boom. Just more proof that Health and... ...
Interesting view of an anti ship missile test - video
Video by Norway\'s Kongsberg of a flight test of its Naval Strike Missile (NSM), the basis of the Joint Strike Missile under development for the F-35 JSF. ... Here the fire-and-forget missile is launched from land at the Pt Mugu, Calif., test range ...
Military quotes - sources unknown - image
Great quotes from a military training manual. However I think they can be attributed to any military organization.
Israel poisoning Egyptian chickens and selling toxic jeans
They must have been Levis. Osama Selim, the head of Egypt\'s veterinary authority, has called on the People\'s Assembly to press the local poultry growers\' association to fight the use of illegally imported vaccinations and blood serum, which he... ...
Pirates attack Spanish naval ship come off badly
A very bad choice. A Spanish navy ship Thursday fought off a gun attack by pirates in the Indian Ocean, then chased and captured six of the attackers while one was reported killed, Spain\'s defence ministry said. ... The support and combat vessel Pa...
Bear Gryliss(?) with soldiers asked to Give us a smile while under fire - video
This video of British soldiers under fire in Afghanistan shows the humor that happens during war with what seems to be Bear Gryllis with the soldiers asked to \"Give us a smile\" while under RPG attack. Lots of \"Fooking ell\" going on. ... [flas...
New weapon revealed - the Tank Catapult - image
Striking fear into enemies everywhere the new tank catapult is at the front line of modern warfare. A fully armed, and manned tank can be thrown over walls, tank traps and rivers into enemy territory to wreak havoc and create fear. The next...
Vietnam POW Commander Jerry Denton blinking Torture during propaganda video
Commander Denton was held as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam for almost eight years, four of which were spent in solitary confinement. In 1966 during a North Vietnamese television interview he was forced to give as a prisoner, he ingeniously used....
Technical video on shotgun ammunition (more interesting than it sounds)
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center Video. This video discusses the ammunition available to Law Enforcement officers for use in the Shotgun. It covers conventional, specialty, and exotic shotgun ammunition. It also describes the capabilities and....
US moves troops to Israel to protect it from Iran - prelude to war
The US is to deploy, not just temporarily it seems, thousands of troops to Israel to prepare missile defense capabilities and to install new equipment. This is the first overt tactical move by the US to the threat of attack from Iran, and an... Isr...
Unmanned tilt-rotor vertical take-off aircraft revealed - video
A state-funded aviation research institute unveiled an unmanned tilt-rotor aircraft Wednesday, making Korea one of the world’s few countries having the technology of vertical take-off and landing plane using helicopter-like rotors at the wingtips. .....
British unveil new weapon technology - Screaming Javelin Missile - video
Just released military video of a new and terrifying weapon from the British military, a Screaming Javelin Missile, able to torment Taliban as well as perform acrobatics while flying. Amazing. ... Also great for defense cutbacks. h...
What caused the massive explosions in Iran, the start of a new weapons system?
A fascinating read ... The devastation was staggering. Within seconds, a 52-square kilometer (20 sq. mile) area around the Iranian base was laid waste, as though ravaged by a nuclear blast – except for the absence of radioactivity or any other... E...
Sailors on the Carrier GW Bush have a shitty problem - 5000 sailors, 423 toilets - sometimes none work
Since deploying in May, the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier George H.W. Bush has grappled with widespread toilet outages, at times rendering the entire ship without a single working head. ... But it’s no laughing matter. Sailors tell of combing the ship f...
US to buy 74 second hand British Harriers
The US military know a good deal when they see one snapping up 74 second hand Harriers from the British. Britain has agreed to sell all of its 74 decommissioned Harrier jump jets, along with engines and spare parts, to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps ...
British SAS and Marines under attack fight back with 60mm Mortar fire - video
Interesting video on how accurate a mortar can be in the field and how they successfully took out a Taliban position. Mortar starts at around 5 minutes. Good interviews with soldiers afterwards outlining the firefight. ... U.S. Marines with 1st Bat...
F15 in midair accident lands on one wing - video
An F15 has a mid air accident with another fighter, and manages to land with the pilot only finding out later that he only had one wing. Amazing. http://www.youtube.com/v/AJ76BSassms
US AirForce can fly all its planes on biofuel by 2013 - but won't just yet
The U.S. Air Force is set to certify all of its 40-plus aircraft models to burn fuels derived from waste oils and plants by 2013, three years ahead of target, Air Force Deputy Assistant Secretary Kevin Geiss said. The Army wants 25 percent of its... ...
Playing with a M1A1 tank in the mud - video
Offroading with an M1A1 tank. What an amazing sound the engines make as they wind up, just like turbines. Fun. http://www.youtube.com/v/TCXwgPZXScM
WW2 Russian T-34 tank pulled from a swamp- good condition - video
Great video of a WW2 Russian T-34 tank being pulled from a swamp, where it had been lost during the war. Apparently it had been captured by the Germans, who tried to drive it over a frozen lake and it broke through and flipped upside down as it sank....
US Military Drone control centers attacked by virus keylogger
A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other warzones. ... Not a good look considering how vital Drones are to the US mil...
US Troops Record their Last Detonation Before Leaving Iraq - video
Someone gets lazy with weapons demolition, even being called stupid in the video, and almost loses a limb as shrapnel whizzes past. http://www.liveleak.com/e/8a2_1317162977
Al Qaeda upset at Iran for spreading 9/11 conspiracy theories - really
So here you are a small terrorist organization that has managed to pull off the greatest act of terrorism in the world. What happens? Your erstwhile allies, Iran, instead of publicly congratulating you claim that America did it to themselves! Talk......
During the Korean war one F-86 fighter jet tried to PUSH another damaged F-86 fighter jet towards home
Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner\'s heroism during seven and a half years of imprisonment and torture in North Vietnam is legendary. Less known is the fact that he was a jet ace in Korea with eight confirmed victories. Few are aware, at least in detail, of...
Germany prepares the way for C-RAM laser weapon system
The ability to direct 10 kW laser power over a long distance and reach a target with a high quality beam is a decisive forward step. MBDA Germany has conducted several successful tests with its laser demonstrator. This is evidence of major progress.....
IED attacks on military convoys compilation video
Compilation video of attacks on military convoys with IEDs. Some really close calls. Its amazing how dangerous $200 of explosives can be to $100K worth of equipment and people. http://www.youtube.com/v/6yYwxty930g

Military articles, pictures and videos

British navy cutbacks mean self-defence missiles on two Royal Navy destroyers get left at home

RPG solider panics and throws away weapon - funny video

French military collapsing

Al Qaeda admits to losing in Iraq

US soldiers operating from military Harley Davidson motorcycles

£10 million unmanned Reaper spy plane crashed in Afghanistan

Reporter on mounted night patrol in Iraq videos firefight

British Army's Land Rover replacement - Jackal

AK-47 blows up on a security contractor at a range in Fallujah - Iraq

Chinook heli hovering in the sea so SEALs can run their Zodiac boat right inside- video

Camouflage at work in Afghanistan

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle gets hit by IED

Dramatic Antarctic rocket assisted take off

JATO herc takeoff antarctica

Military cargo drops that go wrong - video

military cargo drop video

Death from the sky - Apache attack video

Point-Of-View Carrier Landing - video

video of plane landing on carrier

Massive bomb demolishes building in Iraq - video

Do the Chinese control the worlds military through Chinese made chips?

When you bury your IED too deep - Iraq explosion video

IED explosion video

Exploding ordnance in Iraq

Old ordnance explosion

Robot anti aircraft gun goes berserk kills 9 and wounds 11

The secret war on the Iran border - SAS vrs gun smugglers

Death from the sky - Apache attack video

Israeli drone captures dramatic fighting video

Amazing military exoskeleton close to operational - video

Soldiers create bullet proof face shield for Humvee turret gunners

Gripping article on the ambush of Marines in Samarra

Boeing unveils Humvee mounted laser system success

F35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter helmet

Ongoing news about the Israeli strike on the Syrian Nuclear facilities

New Zealand is running out of soldiers, have only 1 Battalion worth.

Chinese sub gatecrashes American war games

Helmet mounted display

Bizarre military death - navigator falls out of plane 

Canadian Sniper in Afghanistan - video

canadian sniper video

The US Army defends against Taliban attack at Peach River in Afghanistan - video

Gripping article on the ambush of Marines in Samarra

In Egypt WW2 mines still kill

WW2 P32 fighter found after 65 years

WW2 fighter found

What are these? - bombs? - Sea mines?

Strange bombs

New Zealand down to one military Hercules

Ongoing news about the Israeli strike on the Syrian Nuclear facilities

The Turkish Kurdish conflict pictures

Massive weapons haul found in Iraq - pictures

 massive weapons find in Iraq

One marine and one ship survived to change the war in the pacific

Low flying B52 planes

B54 low flying

Australian Bushmaster vehicles get hit by IEDs - pictures

How not to test body armor

Canadian Leopard Tanks in Afghanistan

British forces using bayonets in Iraq

British Marine commandos get stuck in the mud

marines get stuck in the mud

RAF Afghanistan - Apaches in action video

Wounded Australian private security operator 'left for dead by Americans'

When you go to war first pack your spoon

IDF soldier falls asleep on military operation gets left behind

Canadian Troops Storm The Enemy in Early Morning battle

Predator kill of insurgent rocket team

F16 strafe an escaping truck after IED explosion

Captured terrorists confess their deeds on video

Lone South African sub outwits NATO forces in war game - sinks all the NATO ships.

Massive truck bomb explosion in Iraq - video

Massive Iraqi truck bomb

British Marine commandos get stuck in the mud

marines get stuck in the mud

Oops ... military Tank accidents...

 barell explodes on tank

Iraqi police worked with Iranians in US base invasion that killed 5

When you bury your IED too deep - Iraq explosion video

IED explosion video

 British SAS get a pay rise to stop attrition

Video of automatic Glock 17 pistol

Military want to control the weather

Military videos

Transparent aluminum armor

Amazing tank accidents

Mini unmanned Helicopter thinks for Itself

British marines Vrs the Taleban

Navy FTM-10 Ballistic Missile Defense Video from June 22 2006

Taliban funeral spy drone picture released

Are Americas carriers sitting ducks? - Russian missile is unstoppable. Navy adopt head in sand approach.

British army spends more feeding its dogs than soldiers.

British forces using bayonets in Iraq

Russian T34 tank pulled from lake, after 56 years. Still runs.

Ma look what we dug up! Two fully working WW2 Russian tanks found in bog

Russian tank found in bog

Map of military armaments around Russia

RAF Afghanistan - Apaches in action video

When you go to war first pack your spoon

Road in Afghanistan

How not to test body amour

Truck convoy gets hit in Iraq, soldiers flee leaving the drivers. One driver films the attack and sees two other drivers executed.

Combat video from the unreported war in Afghanistan

3 Para Terry Taliban video in Afghanistan (Youtube military video)

Jeremy Clarkson and why the RAF is crap

Are subs obsolete?

The Arms race has begun with Nth Korea, and its winning...

Israel's constant eye in the sky...

How America won the war

The rise of the machines in war

Does America have Anti Gravity?

US lost track of 190,000 weapons given to Iraqi forces