Archive for July, 2006
Monday, July 31st, 2006
This video is a test detonation of the Mother of All Bombs, or MOAB. MOAB is the biggest convential weapon in the U.S. arsenal. It weighs 21,000 pounds and carries nine tons of explosives. It guided by GPS to its target and has a blast radius of 400 feet.
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Saturday, July 29th, 2006
Soldiers using infrared laser targeting at night so that aircraft can locate the enemy and blow them to smithereens. Rock on!
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Friday, July 28th, 2006
A soldier gets knocked out by an artillery gun mishap of some sort. Ouch!
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Thursday, July 27th, 2006
An Israeli Air Force pilot collides in mid-air with another jet, recovers aircraft from a spin
and lands safely with only one wing!
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Wednesday, July 26th, 2006
This is one awesome gattling gun being fired from a helicopter. I’d hate to be in the path of the bullets! I’m not sure what kind of helicopter that is, but almost looks like a Huey. Does anyone out there know more about the helicopter and the gun?
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Tuesday, July 25th, 2006
This awesome video was sent in by gaz69 and features some excellent footage of American and British Troops kickin’ some ass!
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Monday, July 24th, 2006
“Bombs over Baghdad” - Some awesome clips from the Air Force and Navy…to music, of course.
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Thursday, July 20th, 2006
This russean fighter jet uses the wing tip vortex to divert thrust. Amazingly, the jet can practically stop in mid air without stalling. I think it is safe to say “that’s one hell of a pilot!”.
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Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
A crew member on board an aircraft carrier during Desert Storm in 1991 gets sucked into the intake of a jet…and survives! Luckily, his helmet came off and jammed the rotorblades…and saved his life.
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Tuesday, July 18th, 2006
Digg This Video!
The Tsar Bomb was the largest nuclear weapon ever constructed or detonated. It was detonated at 4000 m altitude the 30th of October 1961 at Mityushikha Bay test range, Novaya Zemlya Island. It had a yield of 50 Megatons.
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