Unless you’ve been living under a rock since January, you know Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to have gone crazy. He invades Ukraine with about two-thirds of the army he needs to do the job during the mud season. Armored columns pushing toward Kyiv stuck on the roads getting shot to Hell and Gone, Russian […]
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US Sending Patriot Missile Defense Systems To Poland As VP Harris Meets With Duda
Two Patriot missile defense systems from the US military are being sent to Poland as Western European states are preparing their defenses if Russia decides to move further west in the case that it successfully takes Ukraine. The deployment is said to be defensive to protect the US’ NATO allies as Russia has reportedly fired […]
Meet Israel’s Reliable Air Defense System, The Iron Dome
If you’ve lived in Israel for some time now or follow the videos coming out of Israel’s military that circulate online, you’d be no stranger to those bright lights that illuminate the sky like Chinese sky lanterns. Yup, they’re pretty to look at, alright, but those aren’t lanterns. They’re Israel’s, Iron Dome. No, they’re not […]
College Kid Designs An Atomic Bomb In Dorm Room
The good old college days. When you look back at your own college life as a teen, you were either the kid who loved studying, getting all those A’s, or that party jock varsity kid enjoying all the free-flowing booze. There’s a lot of in-betweens to those categories—the Invisibles, those music-loving band kids, those who […]
Russian Weapons Of War: Skyfall, Checkmate, and Orion
With tensions mounting along the Ukrainian-Russian border for the past few months, it’s important to know what Russian weapons there are to keep us all informed. The Russians sure have been busy developing what they believe will be decisive weapons in any conflict with the West. We know there are 100,000 plus Russian troops along […]
The Deadly Darts Called ‘Sabot’ Could Liquefy Its Target
You might not have seen the Sabot before, and you don’t want to see one, especially if it’s headed directly towards your vehicle. Given that it’s an anti-tank weapon, it is deadly, and its effects were nasty but in a way that perhaps you couldn’t have imagined. What is a Sabot? Sabot is a non-explosive […]
What To Do If You Get Stuck In A Minefield
Landmines were among the favorite weapons of destruction during World War I and World War II, causing extensive damage to vehicles and suffering to the human victims. Fortunately, now, they are prohibited under the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction (or Mine Ban […]
Why You Need Condoms In Your Survival Kit
Since it was invented in the 1800s, condoms have been used for many centuries, both as birth control and prophylactic. In the army, a condom is also considered one of the items in a survival kit. It was a standard issue to all members of the U.S. military since the 1930s as protection against sexually […]
The Puckle Gun: For Shooting Square Bullets Into Non-Christians?
We know that most bullets are round or spherical, and they are designed so for a reason— they are one of the most efficient shapes that allow the use of heavier bullets without taking up a lot of space in the weapon. In 1718, one person thought out of the box and decided to invent […]
Five of the most Fearsome Weapons of War Ever Devised By Man
Anything that’s made to kill another human is to be feared. But not all weapons of war are created equal not feared equally. Some of them were not only designed to merely end lives but to inflict suffering that would make it look like death is the better option. Weapons also have a psychological effect […]