Dallas Assailant Purchased Armored "Zombie Apocolypse" Van On Ebay

. An assailant opened fire on the building and planted at least one improvised explosive device before escaping. During the chase, it became clear that the shooter was not in a common vehicle, but a dark painted up-armored van. Details about that van are now emerging. It appears that the...

Apr 6, 2026

Celebrate The Army's 240th Birthday With This Ridiculously Awesome Photo

The Continental Army, which later became the U.S. Army, was founded on June 14th, 1775. It’s leader, General George Washington, would use it to confront the British during the Revolutionary War. 240 years later, the Army remains one of America’s Regardless of what your opinions are on war and peace,...

Apr 6, 2026

USAF F-15Es Strike At "Marlboro Man" Terror Kingpin In Eastern Libya

The Pentagon is assessing the results of an air strike that occurred this weekend against a terrorist target in the eastern Libyan city of Ajdabiya. Meanwhile, Libyan officials stated that veteran Al Qaeda kingpin Mokhtar Belmokhta, who orchestrated was indeed killed in the air strike, along with “a number” of...

Apr 6, 2026

This Cute Lil' Fighter Jet Is So Damn Adorable (And Deadly)

Who’s a cute lil’ instrument of war? You are! This is a Saab 29, known as the Tunnan. In Swedish that’s Flygande tunnan, or ‘flying barrel.’ I think you can see where the nickname came from. Apparently this Saab, designed after WWII and introduced in 1950, was actually quite fast....

Apr 6, 2026

Watch A Motorcycle Catch On Fire At 247 MPH

The rider was fine. The GoPro? Er, close enough. This is a 2006 Kawasaki ZX14 with a turbo running at a speed run event in Finland, as Finn Antti Kautonen reports over on . The guy was knocking on 400km/h (247mph) when the oil return failed and the thing went...

Apr 6, 2026

Russia Warns Of Border Buildup As USAF Chief Says F-22 Are An Option

Russia has said it will greatly increase its fighting capability along its border with NATO countries — including the deployment of tactical ballistic missiles — if the U.S. follows through with its plan to store tanks, artillery and other equipment at forward staging areas in Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and the...

Apr 6, 2026

Military Vehicle Fails To Protect Reporter From Cicada Attack

I guess the Bradley Fighting Vehicle didn’t exactly intimidate the things. Presenter Katya Leick from KSNT was reporting from Fort Riley, Kansas (hence the armored troop carrier) when the excitable bugs popped over to see what was going on. Her to show her strength and resolve in this bug bonanza....

Apr 6, 2026

The Pentagon's 'Concurrency Myth' Is Now Available In Supercarrier Size

Concurrency isn’t coming. It’s already here. And what was once an incredibly naive high-hopes buzzword and procurement concept has now become a slur in many defense crowds. Now, after nearly downing the F-35, and causing chaos in many other defense programs, it’s trying to sink America’s newest aircraft carrier, the...

Apr 6, 2026

Sweden Gets Invaded By Its Allies As B-52s Mine The Baltic Sea

The military exercise BALTOPS 2015 is in full swing off and on the coast of Sweden, with a large-scale amphibious landing happening last weekend. Finnish, Swedish, British and American Marines all stormed the Swedish coastline in a joint manner, with multiple landing craft and air support assets bringing the fight...

Apr 6, 2026

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Spy Drone Caught By Satellite For The First Time

The U.S. Air Force and the CIA’s famed but incredibly shy RQ-170 Sentinel has been caught on camera a few times in the U.S., including images of one supposedly. It was also paraded around by Iran after its spectacular capture in 2011. Yet there are no known satellite images of...

Apr 6, 2026

The One Way Russia's Investigation Of The US Moon Landings Can Be Good

Yesterday, Vladimir Markin, the spokesperson for Russia’s Investigative Committee, proposed that an “” be launched into the details of America’s Apollo moon landings. While this sounds like a wet dream for the aluminum-fedora’d set, it actually could be a really great thing for everyone, if done just right. First, though,...

Apr 6, 2026

Inside Vladimir Putin's Insane Military Disneyland (For Kids!)

You’d be forgiven for thinking that a military theme park, complete with tanks to crawl all over, dummy rocket-propelled grenades, and tchotchkes celebrating former heads of the secret police would be from some sort of crappy dystopian novel. But it isn’t. These are all joys found in Russia’s newest entertainment...

Apr 6, 2026

Erik Buell Racing's Death Is All Your Fault

As you have likely heard by now, is in receivership with no apparent hope for a bailout. For the second time in a decade , except this time he has $20 million dollars of debt hanging over his company’s head and his Hero MotoCorp investors have apparently washed their hands...

Apr 6, 2026

Even More Wacky Submarine Terms You Never Knew You Wanted To Know

Recently, Navy Chief Marty Noe took us on aand as a result we were flooded with emails and comments with readers wanting more or wanting to contribute. So let’s take an even deeper dive into the world of submariner lingo, with more wacky submarine terms from Foxtrot Alpha readers who...

Apr 6, 2026

America's New Carrier Launch System May Suck But Damn Does It Look Fun

The United States Navy’s been having getting its electromagnetic catapult system, known as EMALS, to work reliably on its new aircraft carriers. But just because things aren’t reliable from the get-go doesn’t mean their testing doesn’t look neat as hell. Carrier launches are notoriously violent, with fighter jet pilots blasting...

Apr 6, 2026