Remember how the Russian’s caused a minor ruckus a couple of years ago when they resumed flying long-range, Cold War-style patrols with their Tu-95 Bear strategic bombers (that were designed in the 1950s)? Well, those patrols are still going on and NATO air forces are still interecepting the flights. The cool video video (after the […]
From the monthly archives:
August 2011
Just watch this great video of a Libyan rebel wearing what he says is Gadhafi’s hat.
Not all of the Libyan rebels’ weaponry was jerry-rigged DIY gear put together from whatever arms (or toys) the militia could find. For the first time we’re seeing that the rebels used a thoroughly 21st Century tool of war; the UAV. The Scout micro UAV, made by the Canadian firm Aeryon Labs, was used by […]
As a (little) earthquake rattled Washington today, it appears that the rebels have taken Gadhafi’s compound in the Libyan capitol of Tripoli. After seven months of fighting, the Libyan civil war might just be over. Now what? From the NYT: TRIPOLI, Libya — Rebel fighters flooded into Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s sprawling compound on Tuesday, overwhelming what remained of […]
So, Tehran is showing off yet another cruise missile (as it seems to do every few months). This latest weapon, dubbed the Ghader, is apparently designed to destroy warships sailing up to 124 miles off the nation’s coastline. Now if the missile actually works, it will be able to take out targets anywhere in the Persian […]
