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Tech NewsSploidHere’s the first footage of US Navy’s new bad ass Zumwalt-class destroyer at sea
Wow. Here’s the first footage of the US Navy’s brand new Zumwalt-class destroyer at sea. It’s the most advanced warship that the US Navy has ever made and it totally looks the part, completely bad ass like an Imperial Star Destroyer for the ocean. Just watching it cut through the sea is so damn cool … Continued
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Tech NewsRussian Fighter Jet Shot Down on Syrian Border
Russian authorities have announced that one of its Su-24 strike jets has “crashed on Syrian territory, having been hit from the ground” while flying at 20,000 feet. In a series of tweets, Russia’s defence ministry explained that “at all times, the SU-24 was exclusively over the territory of Syria … The SU-24 was at 6000 … Continued
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Tech NewsAll the Military Gear the UK’s Buying on Its Defense Spending Spree
David Cameron’s Conservative government is to announce the formation of two new 5,000 troop-strong strike brigades, as the UK’s first defence review since 2010 is revealed today. It’s just one element of a major new defence push by the UK’s top brass. Adding £12bn to the UK’s military equipment budget (bringing total defence equipment spending … Continued
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Tech NewsHitler’s Supergun: The Nazi Plot to Destroy London (and Why It Failed)
The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany. In 1943, for the first time since World War II began, Hitler was on the back foot. Allied bombs were devastating German cities and the Fuhrer was rattled. His proposed V-3 cannon would be the biggest gun the world had seen. The V-3 was … Continued
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Tech NewsThe US Military Used Lasers to Shoot Down a Drone in 1973
Lasers are the future of warfare. So it might come as a surprise to many Americans that the US military first used a laser to shoot a drone out of the sky as early as 1973. The laser program was part of Project Delta, an ARPA (now DARPA) initiative to weaponize lasers. In fact, there … Continued
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Tech NewsThese Paratroopers Look So Peaceful While They’re in the Air
Heads up! If you were anywhere near San Gregorio in Spain on November 4th, you could have seen a slew of American paratroopers emerge from the back of a C-17 Globemaster III and drift serenely down to Earth. The show was in fact part of a demonstration being carried out in Europe, know as Trident … Continued
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Tech NewsRussian TV “Accidentally” Leaks Footage of Classified Nuclear Torpedo Design
During a meeting of military officials in Sochi, Russian TV crews captured footage of a document not intended for public consumption. The supposedly “secret data,” which was subsequently shown on Russian television, revealed details of a “nuclear torpedo” designed to inflict “assured unacceptable damage” to enemy coastal installations. As RT reports, a number of TV … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidNATO’s biggest military exercise since the Cold War is scary impressive
Wow. This totally looks like the beginning of World War III but thankfully it’s just Operation Trident Juncture, a military exercise by NATO. But not just any old exercise, it’s the biggest military exercise NATO has done in decades and one that required 36,000 troops and more than 140 aircraft and 60 ships from over … Continued
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Canada’s Badass New Defense Minister Patented This Gas Mask For His Sikh Beard
Traditional gas masks are designed to seal to your face and neck, protecting you from breathing harmful chemical or biological agents. But they won’t work with full beards, which is a problem if you’re a Sikh warrior like Harjit Sajjan. His solution? Sikhs are rare in western militaries. The US, for example, has 1.4-million active … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch how supersonic Russian bombers drop their giant cruise missiles
The Russian Air Force’s Tupolev TU-160 is a gorgeous-looking plane with sweeping wings and the capability to reach supersonic speeds. It’s also a scary powerful bomber aircraft with the ability to launch the frightening KH-555 cruise missile, an air-launched missile that can be equipped with a nuclear warhead and has a 2,175 mile range. Here’s … Continued
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Restoring a Ship’s Hull Still Looks Like Something From Centuries Past
It looks like ribbons of paper peeling off the surface of the wall—but in fact Seaman Jorge Ortiz here is prying copper sheet away from the hull of the USS Constitution as he helps restore the ship. The USS Constitution, which first launched in 1797, is lined with 3,400 sheets of copper, so it’s a … Continued
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This Is How You Can Learn to Control a Submarine Engine On Land
Learning to control a submarine is not straightforward. But these days, the Navy doesn’t need to build as many large-scale physical simulators—because much of it can be achieved on-screen. In this image, two sailors explore the engine rooms of a submarine using the Navy’s touch-screen training simulator. They can use the software to explore how … Continued
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Amazing photo of M1 Abram tanks surrounded in a force field of dust after firing its cannon
So. Cool. Here’s a photo from the US Army showing M1A2 Abram tanks and a M2A3 Bradley fighting vehicle during a live-fire demonstration. Because their cannons have kicked up the sand from the ground, they almost look like desert sand sculptures. But then they start to take shape and you realize that yep, they’re war … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow the US Marines would invade a beach today
This intense footage shows an amphibious landing exercise performed by the US Marines and South Korea’s Marines at Dogue Beach in Pohang, South Korea. You see the ships swarming from the sea. You see hovercrafts landing on the beach. You see explosions. You’re basically seeing how the US Marines would invade a beach today. SPLOID … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidHow the US Air Force reloads the largest combat jet gun on the planet
When you got one of the biggest guns in the world, you can’t just pop in a new magazine and start firing again. Well, you can but the new ‘magazine’ for the GAU-8 Avenger is so ginormous it needs to be trucked in and requires multiple Air Force guys to get the gun reloaded. It … Continued
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Even Soldiers Have to Wait for Computers to Reboot
It’s not quite the Blue Screen of Death, but it’s still a pain in the ass. Here, Technical Sergeant Cody L. Canfield from the Illinois Air National Guard’s 169th Air Support Operations Squadron has to wait while his training software reboots. In fact, he’s waiting for the Air National Guard Advanced Joint Terminal Attack Controller … Continued
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Tech NewsSploidWatch a new AHS Krab howitzer fire its powerful cannon
Here’s a short clip of the latest Polish howitzer design, the AHS Krab, firing its 155mm caliber cannon. The smoke shroud that’s created after the shot is impressive but I love seeing how the cannon retracts the kickback from firing its gun into its own arm. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us on Facebook, … Continued
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Tech NewsThe Marines Are Sending This Robotic Dog Into Simulated Combat
The battlefield can be one of the most useful places for robots. And now, the US Marines are testing out Spot, a robo dog built by Boston Dynamics to see how helpful the ‘bot could be in combat. Remember Big Dog, also from Google-owned robotics company Boston Dynamics? Well, Spot is a tinier, more agile … Continued
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The golden glittery fireworks of a grenade launcher captured in a photo
It looks more like a flamethrower or a firework shooter or a glitter dust bomb gun but it’s actually a firing M32 grenade launcher. It’s a picture of Marines training Malaysian ARmed Forces during a non-lethal weapons seminar. What perfect timing it must’ve been to capture this shot. SPLOID is delicious brain candy. Follow us … Continued
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