This story first appeared in Aerospace Daily’s Defense Technology International and is written by Michael A. Taverna. NATO members appear ready to approve deployment of a territorial ballistic missile defense (BMD) network in Europe, although the scope of the European contribution is uncertain. At a missile defense conference here last week, experts from both […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2010
Our reader forwards a blurb from the AP which reports that the Osprey has been getting into some bang bang during some of its insertions of Marines, with Cobras swooping in for the kill as RPGs and small arms zing by. “insurgents tried but failed to bring down an Osprey aircraft with rocket-propelled grenades as […]
A pretty dramatic photo of Soldiers from 2–12 in their MultiCam duds — everything from full on plate carriers and combat shirts to helmet covers. When you first look at the pic, which was posted by PEO Soldier the Army on its Flikr page, you can obviously see two Joes. And just with that, it’s […]
Got a great comment from a reader on last week’s video post on the Predator that shot at a MiG-25 with a stinger. For those of you who don’t jump into the comment gladiator pit, here’s what “Arcane” wrote about that little incident: I was at an official briefing where this issue was discussed. The […]
Video of a recent test shot of Boeing’s ABL test plane shooting down a short-range ballistic missile. According to a Boeing release… This experiment marks the first time a laser weapon has engaged and destroyed an in-flight ballistic missile, and the first time that any system has accomplished it in the missile’s boost phase of […]
