AIM-9 Sidewinder
The AIM-9 Sidewinder is a supersonic, heat-seeking, air-to-air missile carried by fighter aircraft. It has a high-explosive warhead and an active infrared guidance system. The Sidewinder was developed by the U.S. Navy for fleet air defense and was adapted by the U.S. Air Force for fighter aircraft use. Early versions of the missile were extensively [...]
Armatix Digital Revolver
Armatix, a German-based company, has invented a pistol that requires the help and proximity of a basic digital sports watch at the Shooting Hunting and Outdoor Trade show in Las Vegas. A digital handgun with an electronic safety that can automatically be disabled via wristwatch might sound like something out of Minority Report. The high-tech [...]
Matador Rocket Launcher
MATADOR (Man-portable Anti-Tank, Anti-DOoR) is a 90 mm (3.5 in) man-portable, disposable anti-armor weapon system developed in collaboration between Singapore and Israel. It is an updated version of the German Armbrust design, and operates on the same principles. The development of this weapon began in 2000 and the MATADOR will eventually replace the German-Singaporean Armbrust [...]
RIM-161 Standard Missile 3
The RIM-161 Standard Missile 3 (SM-3) is a ship-based missile system used by the US Navy to capture short- to intermediate-range ballistic missiles as a part of Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System. Although first and foremost designed as an anti-ballistic missile, the SM-3 has also been employed in an anti-satellite faculty against a satellite at [...]
Yuri Dolgoruky (K-535)
K-535 Yuri Dologoruky is the first Borei class ballistic missile submarine of the Project 955 in service with the Russian Navy. Construction of the boat was handled by Sevmash in Northwest Russia. Outwardly, the Dolgoruky exhibits a conventionally arranged exterior with a largely cylindrical hull design capped by a bulbous nose cone, the hull running [...]
Boeing X-37
The Boeing X-37 (also known as the X-37 Orbital Test Vehicle) is an American reusable unmanned spacecraft which is boosted into space by a rocket, then re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and lands as a spaceplane. The X-37 is operated by the United States Air Force for orbital spaceflight missions intended to demonstrate reusable space technologies. It [...]
Bell OH-58 Kiowa
Tough and versatile, the Bell OH-58 Kiowa helicopter is one of the oldest aerial vehicles still in service with the U.S. military. The Bell OH-58 Kiowa is a family of single-engine, single-rotor, military helicopters used for observation, utility, and direct fire support. Bell Helicopter manufactured the OH-58 for the United States Army based on its [...]
China’s Latest Attack Helicopter CAIC Z-10
The CAIC Z-10 is a Chinese attack helicopter in the same class as the Denel Rooivalk, Eurocopter Tiger and AgustaWestland Mangusta. The CAIC Z-10/WZ-10 is a modern battlefield attack helicopter of the People’s Republic of China Army. It is intended to directly counter the threat as posed by enemy armor in a number of scenarios [...]
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