Fresh fighting has flared near the Libyan capital, Tripoli, between pro-government forces and rebel fighters from the east of the country. Reports say clashes between Gen Khalifa Haftar’s rebels and pro-government groups are taking place in three suburbs to the south of the city. Factions of the Libyan National Army …
Read More »The Largest Aircraft in the U.S. Air Force • C-5M Super Galaxy
The Lockheed C-5 Galaxy is a large military transport aircraft originally designed and built by Lockheed, and now maintained and upgraded by its successor, Lockheed Martin. It provides the United States Air Force (USAF) with a heavy intercontinental-range strategic airlift capability, one that can carry outsized and oversized loads, including …
Read More »Powerful & Devastating Mk 38 25mm Machine Gun System [M242 Bushmaster]
The M242 Bushmaster is a 25 mm (25×137mm) chain-driven autocannon. It is used extensively by the U.S. military, as well as by NATO’s and some other nations’ forces in ground combat vehicles, such as the Bradley fighting vehicle and various watercraft. Originally the weapon was designed and manufactured by Hughes …
Read More »The Differences Between IAF HAL TEJAS and PAF JF-17 Thunder
Here is an FTD Facts video of The Differences Between HAL TEJAS and JF-17 Thunder. A lot of information in this video related to JF-17 and Tejas is questionable and seems lack of research. For example In introduction considering HAL Tejas as a 5th generation Fighter jets simply shows that …
Read More »US deploys marines in South China Sea – ‘We must show China our POWER’
US deploys marines in the South China Sea as tensions SOAR – ‘We must show China our POWER’. The US has deployed Marines in the South China Sea as tensions between Washington and Beijing continue to be on a knife edge. Revisiting a strategy used in WW2, the US Marines …
Read More »SR-72 hyper-sonic Scram jet spy plane can cross the Atlantic at Mach 6 & can carry weapons
The Lockheed Martin SR-72 is a conceptualized hypersonic UAV intended for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance proposed by American company Lockheed Martin to succeed the retired Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird. In June 2017, Lockheed Martin announced that the SR-72 would be in development by the early 2020s and is to top Mach …
Read More »Watch: India’s HAL Tejas Fighter jet perform jaw-dropping stunts at LIMA Langkawi 2019
India’s Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas made its debut at Langkawi and only its second international performance. Two examples from the No 45 Squadron, Flying Daggers were brought to LIMA Langkawi as a contender for Malaysian Light Fighter jet procurement India’s indigenous supersonic fighter jet Tejas for the first time …
Read More »USMC release video of new advanced Amphibious Combat Vehicle
The U.S. Marine Corps released video of modern ship-launchable and ship-recoverable 8×8 wheeled combat vehicles, known as Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACV). The new Amphibious Combat Vehicle, or ACV, will replace 40-year-old existing vehicles as the primary ship to shore ride for Marines. The new vehicles, designed and built by BAE …
Read More »Watch First Flight of the SB-1 Defiant US military’s future long-range assault helicopter
The SB-1 Defiant helicopter, a new rotary-winged aircraft design developed by Sikorsky-Boeing, flew for the first time on Friday, March 21, 2019. The Defiant uses a unique propulsion system, ditching the tail rotor of conventional helicopters and adding a push propeller. The result is an aircraft the manufacturer touts as …
Read More »Two Dozen F-22 Raptors Perform “Elephant Walk” to demonstrate massive show of force
Two Dozen F-22 Raptors stealth fighters from the 3rd Wing and 477th Fighter Group took part in a close formation taxi with an E-3 Sentry and a C-17 Globemaster III, known as an Elephant Walk, March 26, 2019, during a Polar Force exercise at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Elephant Walk …
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