This Air Force commando called in 688,000 pounds of bombs in one battle
Air Force combat controller Joe O’Keefe called in a record number of bombs during the 2001 battle of Tora Bora, Afghanistan.
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‘It’s only four more laps’ — EOD soldier sets a world record running a mile in a 96-pound bomb suit
“The helmet’s definitely the worst part because if you’re leaning forward or backward it’ll take your whole body with you.”
An Air Force F-16 just fired off a pair of swarming munitions for the first time
The Air Force announced last week that the service had conducted the first flight demonstration of its Golden Horde weapons system
Investigators reportedly looking into whether Nashville bombing suspect believed in alien lizards
Investigators are reportedly looking into whether Nasvhville boming suspect believed that alien lizards are trying to take over society.
B-52s fly over the Middle East in another rattle of the saber at Iran
The fly-over comes in the middle of a build-up of forces and tension in the region after Iran’s chief nuclear scientist was assassinated
Suspected Nashville bomber identified
Federal authorities believe that Anthony Quinn Warner acted alone when he allegedly detonated a bomb inside a vehicle parked in Nashville.
What we know so far about the Nashville bombing
We know that a parked RV exploded in downtown Nashville on Christmas morning but don’t yet know who set it off or why.
The Taliban is using magnetic ‘sticky bombs’ to assassinate Afghan officials
Magnetic “sticky bombs” have killed at least 10 Afghan government officials and their aides in the last several weeks, Reuters reports
Trump actually ‘bombed the shit’ out of ISIS less than you might think
During his first campaign for president, Donald Trump promised that, if elected, he’d ensure that the U.S. military would ‘bomb the shit’ out of ISIS. Years later, it appears as though the commander-in-chief actually oversaw fewer airstrikes against the terror group than his predecessor
The Polish Navy is defusing the biggest WWII bomb it has ever uncovered
The discovery of the “earthquake” bomb forced more than 750 people to evacuate their homes.
Did Israel Really Spoof US Warplanes To Strike Iranian Targets In Syria?
As the U.S. gets more deeply embroiled in the Syrian Civil War and considers pulling out of its nuclear agreement with Iran, the Middle East is being roiled by news that the Israeli air force bombed Iranian-connected military sites in Syria… possibly by masking Israeli aircraft to identify as U.S. warplanes in contested airspace. All […]
An Emboldened Taliban Nearly ‘Wiped Out’ An Entire Afghan Army Unit Using Lethal New Tactics
The Taliban has picked up a devastating new upgrade to its hall-mark tactic: stolen U.S.-supplied Humvees loaded with explosives. On Oct. 19, an Afghan National Army unit in the Maywand district of Kandahar province was reportedly “wiped out” when commandeered military and police vehicles packed with explosives — including Humvees purchased for the Afghan National […]
How To Survive If A Nuke Goes Off In Your Town
Since the world was first exposed to the devastating power of nuclear warfare when the United States dropped bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki to close out World War II, the fear of such an attack has loomed ever-present in the minds of people around the globe. Or, at least, I am one such person, and […]