OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer

Raytheon Technologies subsidiary Collins Aerospace has come up with a new oxygen system for special forces soldiers making insanely high parachute jumps from up to 33,000 ft (10,000 m) that automatically adjusts itself as they plummet at 126 mph (203 k… Continue reading OXYJUMP NG makes crazy high-altitude parachute jumps safer

Northrop Grumman’s anti-radiation missile takes out radar target

Northrop Grumman has completed its fifth consecutive successful test of the US Navy AGM-88G Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Extended Range (AARGM-ER) and the first against a target simulating an advanced operational defense system.Continue Readi… Continue reading Northrop Grumman’s anti-radiation missile takes out radar target

Northrop Grumman’s IBCS C&C defense system takes command

Northrop Grumman’s Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS), which combines multiple current air and missile defense command and control systems into one, has been granted initial operational capability. This means it can begin active deployment.Continu… Continue reading Northrop Grumman’s IBCS C&C defense system takes command

Innovative Chinese missile breathes air or water for multi-mode attacks

This remarkable anti-ship weapon would run an innovative boron-powered ramjet engine that works in both air and water. Supersonic in the air and supercavitating under the water, it could strike further and faster than any conventional torpedo.Continue … Continue reading Innovative Chinese missile breathes air or water for multi-mode attacks

“Nuclear winter” would starve billions, but some countries may be spared

If a nuclear war were ever to break out, it probably wouldn’t last long. For a few days, perhaps a week, nuclear weapons would be fired between several countries and catastrophic losses would be swift. But what happens next?Continue ReadingCategory: Sc… Continue reading “Nuclear winter” would starve billions, but some countries may be spared