After invading Iraq in circa 2003, the U.S. military found a tidy sum of gold-plated AK-47s and a gold plated SVD from Saddam Hussein’s treasury, in his palace of Baghdad. One of the gold plated AK-47 was given by the fifth president of Iraq to his son Uday. It is said that some of the [...]
Great news for all the Harrison Ford starring Blade Runner fans, eBay has started selling replica of the rare Blaster M2019 Prop Gun. The model of the gun is the same which was been used by Harrison Ford in the blockbuster Blade Runner. You can lay your hands upon this sleek replica of the original [...]
Mushroom clouds or nuclear explosions have been a matter of concern since the deadly morning of August 6, 1945 witnessed the United States Army Air Forces dropping the nuclear weapon “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, followed by the detonation of the “Fat Man” bomb, three days later, over Nagasaki, Japan during World War II. Since then [...]
High-quality communication system between soldiers as well as different wings of the armed forces is one of the most important factors that determine the fate or destiny of battles and wars. Researchers at MIT are developing a vibrating vest for the military that works on the same idea, just as kids, while playing, writes on [...]
With the latest innovations and new techniques that are going on in arms and defense equipments, future soldiers will turn out into a ‘Army of One’ Technology that would be capable of carrying out different operations on their own, even without any sort of intervention from outside. The advanced sound equipment and smarter lasers, new [...]
Sniper has been one of the most effective battlefield assets. The gun is known to do the job accurately and turning the course of the battle. Snipers are trained to calculate the external influences due to atmospheric conditions that may deviate the direction of the bullet fired. DARPA has developed a new Advanced Sighting System [...]
Protecting soldiers from the deadly weapons from the enemy side is one of the prime motifs that the think tank and engineers always gives preference while designing an arm-suit or protection-suit for soldiers. Troy Hurtubise, an extreme designer, has come up with a real life Halo suit that can protect the wearer from daggers, pointed [...]
Army had earlier announced that all its soldiers will get a new uniform and they already started changing the uniforms in 2004 and had commented that all the soldiers will get the new uniforms by the end of this year. The new uniforms have been digitally designed and are called as ACU or Army Combat [...]
Fighting against terrorism has become a global issue, with so much advancement in weapons earth is no safe place to live. The scientist of Sandia National Laboratories are working hard on developing a next generation of screening devices that will identify hazardous and toxic materials even if concealed by clothing and packaging materials. The development [...]
With this new mid air bursting satellite guided bomb that releases thousands of darts each carrying a powerful chemical called DETA (Liquid diethylene triamine) the navy can now effectively destroy landmines and water mines. Each dart is of .5 caliber with its blunt tip being made of tungsten that helps it to penetrate water and [...]
