​Think Once. Think Twice. Think Bike.

Seventies PSAs kept it brilliantly simple. If you're trying to get drivers to take a second look for motorcyclists, this spot has it all: a well-spoken Brit rolling up his sleeves, a clear explanation of the problem, and a scary looking wreck unmarred by CGI. ...

Dec 17, 2025

The Navy's Gigantic Railgun Is Almost Ready For Prime Time

One of the most anticipated weapon systems of the last quarter century looks like it is nearly ready for action. The made its public debut this week at the Navy's Future Force Science and Technology Expo in Washington D.C. and it is literally a BIG hit. Even though the EM...

Dec 17, 2025

What This Video Of Jordanian F-16s Striking ISIS Tells Us Is Alarming

Jordan has released a video montage showing the kickoff of its . Over 20 Jordanian F-16s struck ISIS targets while US F-22s, F-16s, surveillance and tanker aircraft supported them. Although the idea of such a campaign represents a powerful show of force, the video hints at a much grimmer and...

Dec 17, 2025

Watch This IAF Black Hawk Muscle Its Way Vertically Out Of A Deep Canyon

This Israeli Air Force UH-60Lmade an awesome rescue of a injured hiker stuck in very steep terrain in the Judean Desert. After landing on a crazy steep grade and tending to the hiker, the crew executed an impressive, nearly vertical climb out of the deep canyon. Video via the IAF's...

Dec 17, 2025

Nuclear Cruisers And Battleships: Check Out This Reagan Era Navy Photo

Two refit Iowa Class battleships, the nuclear guided missile cruiser USS Long Beach, a Spruance Class destroyer and what looks like a pair of Knox Class frigates all churn through the ocean as a wall of haze-gray painted steel. All of these ships have since been retired but the exotic...

Dec 17, 2025

No, Russia Did Not Detonate A Tactical Nuke In Ukraine

The net (i.e. the Facebook newsfeed of your Uncle Louie) is abuzz with reports that a tactical nuclear weapon was detonated in war-torn Donetsk, Ukraine, with videos showing a bright flash followed by a rising mushroom cloud in the distant. The videos appear to be real, but they're not showing...

Dec 17, 2025

The Navy Wants To Fight Future Fires With This Gangly Android

The Office of Naval Research has spent years developing a robot to take on every sailor's worst nightmare — fire aboard their vessel. The bipedal Shipboard Autonomous Firefighting Robot (SAFFiR), has a human form so that it can navigate the tight spaces of a ship. One day it may lead...

Dec 17, 2025

This Is What It Looks Like When The World's Smallest Nuke Explodes

Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the American military had a dream. That dream was to create a nuclear rocket launcher, and with it, the world's smallest nuclear rocket. The M-28/29 "Davy Crockett," and this massively tiny explosion (at around 3:35, if the video doesn't load properly), was...

Dec 17, 2025

This Chase Plane's View Of A Tomahawk Striking A Ship Is Incredible

This chase plane footage, shot from a Hornet pilot's helmet cam, shows an upgraded Block IV Tactical Tomahawk being launched from an Arleigh Burke Class destroyer against a moving surface target. Receiving target location updates via data-link is a new trick for the Tomahawk, and will make the war-time staple...

Dec 17, 2025

DCS World Is About To Become The Air Combat Sim Of My Dreams

When you were a kid did you wish a certain game was possible but the hardware of the era just made it a whimsical pipe dream? Well, for me, that game is close to being a reality. Soon, the makers of Lock On Modern Air Combat are going to send...

Dec 17, 2025

These Shots Of Fulcrums and Eurofighters Over Lithuania Are Amazing

Šiauliai Air Base is the heart of Every six months a new NATO member brings a contingent of fighters to defend the skies over Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, and. But it does make for some spectacular photo ops. These shots from the recent hand-off of the mission from the Polish...

Dec 17, 2025

Israel's F-16 With The Most Air-To-Air Kills Ever Has Been Retired

A star ace of the Israeli Air Force is finally being put out to pasture. F-16A 'Netz' (Hawk) tail number 107, one of the first delivered to the IAF, has no less than 6.5 confirmed air-to-air victories, as well as a partial kill on one Iraqi nuclear reactor as part...

Dec 17, 2025

At What Point Does The USAF's War Against The A-10 Become Sabotage?

Theseemingly at all costs. Now it appears that USAF went far beyond broken logic and used-car salesmanship to make their anti-Warthog case, cooking the books and apparently putting an informal gag order on officers that may otherwise tell the truth about the jet's indispensable performance to Congress. Retiring the venerable...

Dec 17, 2025

​The Yamaha Infrared Is A Cafe Racer'd V-Max Freak

The V-Max has officially entered middle-age, and like some 30 year olds, it's looking to glom onto whatever's trendy to stay relevant. Hence the Infrared, the latest installment of Yamaha's "yard built" bike series. But it's actually pretty damn slick. Cologne-based JVB Motorcycles was tapped for the build, taking the...

Dec 17, 2025

The Car That Inspired The Jeep Was Completely Bonkers

Most of us know something of the Jeep’s origin story, with the military sending out a list of requirements and an insane 49-day deadline, and only plucky little desperate American Bantam actually got a vehicle in by the deadline. But what’s less known is the insane vehicle that inspired...

Dec 17, 2025