These A-10s Get Down And Dirty During A Combat Search And Rescue Drill

The may be best known for plinking tanks with missiles and bombs and shredding enemy positions with its GAU-8 Avenger 30mm cannon, but one of its most important and dangerous missions is Combat Search and Rescue, otherwise known as CSAR. The application of the A-10 when it comes to Combat...

Dec 17, 2025

These Glorious '80s Mutants Free Us From The Tyranny Of Cafe Racers

Choppers are over and cafe racers are on their way out. We're seeing more tracker/scrambler-style bikes, but they still harken back to a bygone era that's more fashion than function. Icon isn't having it, and its latest pair of customs are pointing a way forward. Naturally, the New Jack and...

Dec 17, 2025

Al-Jazeera Just Got Its Hands On Docs From FSB, Mi6, Mossad, And More

The original Wikileaks US State Department cable dump a few years ago was illuminating at best, and embarrassing at worst. But a new batch of cable leaks is set to be released, this time from (working with the Guardian), and it's set to be a whole lot bigger. Documents from...

Dec 17, 2025

​Why Is Suzuki Helping Fund This Chinese Ducati Knockoff?

No, Ducati is not offering a new, ultra-exclusive variant of the 1098 called the SPACE RANGER. They should, but that's besides the point. The point is that Suzuki is apparently a stakeholder in the company that makes this 300cc ode to Ducati's superbike. China has a long, proud tradition of...

Dec 17, 2025

What's The Craziest Non-Car Made By A Carmaker?

Chrysler is a company now known for making dowdy family cars, pickup trucks, and the occasional Hellcat. But long before the modern-day era of staid sedans and Italian ownership, there was the Chrysler Space Division. And the Chrysler Space Division made rockets. Of course, you don't just decide that one...

Dec 17, 2025

There's Going To Be A Race On The Moon

There's been a bit of hooning on the moon before (Apollo 16, see below), but there's never been anything involving more than one wheeled vehicle that could really be thought of as a 'race.' But that looks like it's about to change, with the possibility of a coming in 2016....

Dec 17, 2025

These Guided Smart Shells Could Revolutionize The Navy's Dated Deck Guns

Raytheon's 155mm M982 Excalibur extended-range guided artillery shell is being shrunk down to fit into the Mark 45 five inch deck guns that are deployed aboard the Navy's Cruisers and Destroyers. This miniaturized sea-going Excalibur, known as the N5, could triple the range of current five inch shells and offer...

Dec 17, 2025

This Pacific Air Drill Trains Allies To Both Save Lives And Take Them

Cope North is one of the largest multi-national air power exercises in the Eastern Hemisphere. Every year, air forces from around the region deploy to to sharpen their skills, hone their inter-operational abilities and strengthen foreign ties among established and emerging power players in the region. Cope North '15 kicked...

Dec 17, 2025

The Anatomy Of A Dirt Bike Fight

How does a fight over a dirt bike ride come to pass? Here is a brief investigation. There are so many layers of human interaction, and human-vehicle interaction that amaze me. Many thanks to the person who made this video. Contact the author at . ...

Dec 17, 2025

Iran Blows Up Gigantic U.S. Carrier Mock-Up During Naval Exercise

The spotted nearly a year go accomplished its final mission today: being blown apart in a monumental Iranian war game in the Persian Gulf. Some 20 missiles and swarms of Iranian gunboats took aim at the elaborate barge masquerading as the USS Nimitz, blasting massive holes in its structure as...

Dec 17, 2025

Oregon And Washington Could Legalize Lane-Splitting

California may be the only state in the country that allows motorcyclists to split lanes, but if bills proposed in Oregon and Washington pass, both states could join their West Coast sibling in helping riders . Washington amends the traffic code to allow riders to lane-split if traffic is moving...

Dec 17, 2025

This Special Operations Soldier Takes A Big Leap In Style

You have to hand it to this guy when it comes to making an exit in style. This surreal photo shows a soldier from the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group saluting while hanging in mid-air just outside a C-130 that is flying high over frigid Germany. The 1st Battalion,...

Dec 17, 2025

See What Would Happen If You Dropped A Nuke Right Onto Your Own Face

That picture right there is what would happen if you dropped the world's largest nuke, the Soviet , in its theoretical 100 Megaton configuration onto the Foxtrot Alpha World Headquarters. Don't worry, if you only use the as-tested 50 MT configuration, Scranton might still make it. We've seen other online...

Dec 17, 2025

​Man's Femur Goes Into His Ballsack After Motorcycle Crash [NSFW]

A 33-year-old man was admitted into an emergency room after a motorcycle crash in Germany. Doctors noticed the berries to his twig were hard, swollen, and blue, while his left leg was shorter than it should've been. Why? "" Yes, the top of his femur was sheared off and shoved...

Dec 17, 2025

Leonard Nimoy Leaves Us For His Final Voyage

The science world lost a huge icon and proponent today. Goodbye Leonard Nimoy. To cry for you wouldn't be logical. To appreciate all that you did while here on our world would be. Second star to the right and straight on till morning... ...

Dec 17, 2025