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Russia’s Great New Tank Breaks
Armata Tanksheogorath, via Wikimedia CommonsFor a country looking to show off its military might, Russia is suffering from an embarrassing bit of projectile dysfunction. To celebrate the 70th...
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New Russian Armored Vehicle Operates Via Video Game Controller
Kurganets-25 On ParadeRussian Presidential Press and Information OfficeInside a Russian tank, they’re reinventing the wheel. The new Kurganets-25 is controlled by a Playstation-inspired controller,...
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This Slow Space Station Docking Video Is Oddly Mesmerizing
Soyuz docking with the ISSNASASoyuz docking with the International Space Station on March 27, 2015.Travel to and from the International Space Station occurs with such regularity these days, it hardly...
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Estonia Is Making Modular Bomb Shelters
Shelter Concept Art, CroppedTerramilRussia is not an easy neighbor for a country to have. In 2008 they invaded parts of nearby Georgia, protecting splinter republics that exist to this day. Last year,...
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Pentagon Blames Congress For Fouling Up Rocket Deals With Russia
Atlas V RocketChristian Thomas, U.S. Air Force photo, via Wikimedia CommonsSpace makes for strange relationships. With NASA’s Space Shuttle shuttered since 2011, American astronauts have hitched rides...
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Here Are The Weapons Of The New Cold War
M1 Abrams In GermanyRichard Bumgardner, U.S. Army Photo, via Wikimedia CommonsSeventy years after the first Cold War began, and almost 24 years after it ended, the United States is again stationing...
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Russia Is Working On An Anti-Drone Microwave Gun
Shadow DroneMichael J. MacLeod, U.S. Army, via Wikimedia CommonsU.S. Army uses a pneumatic catapult to launch an RQ-7 Shadow droneTo fight drones, a state-owned Russian defense firm is developing an...
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A New Crew Heads To Space Station To Harvest Space Crops
Video of Expedition 44 Launches to the Space StationExpedition 44 launched from Kazakhstan around 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday and arrived at the International Space Station at 10:45 p.m. ET. It takes more...
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Russia Shows Off Concept Drone That Hunts F-35s
F-35B On The Deck Of The USS Wasp During TestingAnne Henry, USMC, via Wikimedia CommonsFor the next 30 years, America’s F-35 is the plane to beat. While it won’t be America’s top dogfighter (that honor...
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Reenacted Napoleonic Battle Filmed By Drone
Napoleonic War ReenactorsScreenshot by author, from YouTubeFor several hours yesterday, thousands of men and hundreds of horses clashed in battle outside of Moscow. Armed with muskets, bayonets, and...
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Russia Unveils Armored Bulldozer
Armored B10 BulldozerMilitary InformantRunning right now in the city of Nizhny Tagil, the Russia Arms Expo 2015 is a chance for the former superpower to show off its latest military hardware. Amidst...
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Russia Shows Off Robotic Cockroach
Roach from BFUScreenshot by author, from YouTubeThe secret roach’s name was Death's Head, aka Blaberus Cranifer, and it came from Russia on a mission. It is a small, mechanical beast, styled after the...
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U.S. May Continue Riding Russian Rockets To Space
Atlas V RocketChristian Thomas, U.S. Air Force photo, via Wikimedia CommonsFor years, the United Launch Alliance—a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin—provided the U.S. Air Force's only...
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Dutch Investigation Confirms Ground Missile Shot Down Flight MH17
MH17 Reconstructed From FragmentsScreenshot by author, from YouTubeIn July 2014, Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 disappeared over Eastern Ukraine midway through its planned route from Amsterdam to Kuala...
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Russia and Europe Prepare For Joint Lunar Mission
That's no moon...oh, wait, it is.Jim, the Photographer/TwitterCC by 2.0Here on Earth, political relations between Russia and many European governments have been a little tense. But give the wary...
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A Russian Pilot Filmed An American Drone From His Cockpit
MQ-9 Reaper, Joint Base Balad, IraqErik Gudmundson, USAF, via Wikimedia CommonsSyria’s skies are getting a little crowded. The nation is in the throes of a four-year-old civil war, as the brutal...
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Video Shows Bomb-Carrying Condom Balloons In Syria
Inflated Bomb-Carrying Condom BalloonScreenshot by author, from YouTubeCondoms are very effective at preventing transmission of STI’s, but can they also be used as an effective weapon against aircraft?...
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Russia Plans A Crewed Mission To The Moon By 2029
MoonNASA/Apollo 11The Russian space agency, Roscosmos, announced yesterday that it plans to send humans back to the moon in 2029.News organization RT reports that the mission would take place in a new...
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Defense Department May Need To Use SpaceX For Its Next Satellite Launch
Falcon 9 RocketSpaceX, via Wikimedia CommonsThe key to private space delivery may be terrible geopolitics. SpaceX, the rocket startup from Elon Musk, might soon get to carry its first military payload...
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After Airspace Violation, Turkey Wants To Produce Its Own Anti-Air Weapons
Aselsan Hisar Missile SystemAselsanWhat goes up, sometimes must be shot down. Last week, Turkish F-16 fighters shot down a Russian jet near the Syrian border, sparking fears of escalation and revealing...
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