The Silbervogel: Nazi Germany's Insane Plan to Bomb New York From Space
In the 1940s, two engineers designed a rocket-powered spaceplane capable of crossing the Atlantic, dropping a bomb on Ne...
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What Makes the Gripen E One of the Most Interesting Fighter Jets Flying Today
The Gripen E is a single-engine multirole fighter that punches well above its price tag. This guide breaks down its key...
Sokol Eshelon Explained: Russia's Airborne Laser That Wants to Blind Satellites
Russia's Sokol Eshelon program is one of the most unusual weapons projects still in active development anywhere in the w...
Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile: What It Is, How It Works, and Why the U.S. Took So Long to Field It
The Dark Eagle is the U.S. Army's first operational hypersonic missile, capable of striking targets over 3,500 kilometer...
The Sonnengewehr: Nazi Germany's Orbital Sun Gun That Was Too Insane to Work
The Sonnengewehr, or Sun Gun, was a Nazi superweapon concept involving a giant space mirror designed to incinerate citie...
China's DF-27 Hypersonic Missile Is Rewriting the Rules of Naval Warfare
China's DF-27 hypersonic missile system was spotted moving through a Chinese city in April 2026, and defense analysts ar...
USS Gerald Ford Problems: Why the Navy's Most Expensive Carrier Keeps Falling Short
The USS Gerald Ford was supposed to be the future of American naval power. Instead it became a cautionary tale about ove...
What Is RAACM? The 3D-Printed Cruise Missile the U.S. Military Is Quietly Betting On
The RAACM is a 3D-printed, low-cost cruise missile designed to give the U.S. and its allies affordable, long-range preci...
Why the Rules on Nuclear Weapons in Space Are Weaker Than Most People Think
The rules around nuclear weapons in space were written in 1967, but the world has changed significantly since then. Here...
Why China's Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Development and A2/AD Strategy Have Every Pacific Navy Rethinking the Rules
China's anti-ship ballistic missile development, led by systems like the DF-21D and DF-26, has fundamentally changed how...
Tomahawk Missile Variants and Employment History: What Every Version Was Built to Do
The Tomahawk has been in service for over four decades, but most coverage treats it as a single weapon when it's really...
How US Navy Carrier Battle Group Doctrine Actually Works, and Why It Still Dominates Modern Naval Strategy
The US Navy carrier battle group is the most powerful conventional military formation on earth, but how it actually oper...