August 12, 2019 Army sets sights on new fuel cell technology When dismounted U.S. Army infantry are attacking fortified enemy positions, taking hostile fire and moving quickly to find the best points for continued assault -- “battery life” can determine mission success or failure and even -- life or death.
August 1, 2019 Pentagon is working on 'talking lasers' that beam sound to our ears The Pentagon has confirmed that it is testing lasers that are able to talk, sending short messages through glass, traveling short distances.
July 30, 2019 Army tests robot-force attack on enemy 'tank ditch, minefield' Surging into heavy enemy fire, navigating rigorous terrain and forward-placing sensors and weapons close to enemy targets, teams of Army robots conducted a “deep assault through a breach” during an exercise intended to prepare the service for a new kind of man-machine drone warfare.
July 18, 2019 More than 1,000 people attend Michigan funeral for Vietnam veteran Hundreds of people showed up at a Michigan funeral Wednesday to mourn a Vietnam War veteran who passed away with no surviving family members.
July 17, 2019 Army prototypes range-doubling new artillery weapon to outgun Russia The Army is building prototypes of a new artillery cannon that can more than double the range of existing weapons and vastly alter the strategic and tactical landscape shaping land war into the future.
July 2, 2019 Air Force chief details US response to Russian nuclear attack Red lights start flashing in rapid succession, space-based infrared sensors detect a heat signature, somebody calls the President...and in what may seem like a matter of seconds, the U.S. launches an immediate, massive counterattack. F-35s, B-2 bombers, nuclear-armed Navy submarines, missile-armed destroyers, Ground Based Interceptors and satellites -- are all instantly thrust into action.
July 1, 2019 Army Special Forces medical sergeant dies in Afghanistan A second member of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) died in two weeks
June 28, 2019 Purple Heart recipient's military tribute stolen from Colorado porch A disabled veteran and Purple Heart recipient is devastated after finding his proud military display missing from his porch.
June 18, 2019 How US-built Abrams tanks could help Taiwan stop a Chinese ground attack The Trump administration’s plan to sell tanks, missiles and ground-launched air defenses to Taiwan embodies what might be called a strategic paradigm shift to empower the small island’s deterrence posture against an often-threatened Chinese invasion.
June 13, 2019 Sen. Rand Paul: Stop arming radical jihadism America should stop sending arms to the Middle East. Someday U.S. soldier could be fighting against forces we are arming now.