Military Technology

In business, the term “commodification” describes the transition of something previously a luxury good into a day-to-day commodity that is bought and sold cheaply. When smartphones first went to market,...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: If the U.S. is to deter conflict with both of these great power competitors and defeat any attempted aggression by either, it absolutely must modernize...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Technology undoubtedly matters, but only rarely in the sense that an isolated technological achievement lends decisive advantage in tactical engagements. Rather, technological innovations and choices...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Han Yiping, the director of applied physics at Xidian University, doubts it, telling the SCMP that you would have to sacrifice performance to achieve sufficient reliability. Back...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: For a real sense of just how light this thing is, one of the gun’s World War II-era ancestors, the 240mm M1 howitzer, weighed in...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: If the U.S. is to deter conflict with both of these great power competitors and defeat any attempted aggression by either, it absolutely must modernize...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: In addition to the airburst capability, the Mk 47 is far lighter than the Mk 19. The launcher itself weighs forty pounds, almost half the...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: “No matter how well we may shield the cabin, this electronic pulse will get through. And as a human is also, to some extent,...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Israel’s operating conditions of harsh desert and urban conditions require modifications to American equipment to allow the American equipment to thrive in the environment encountered...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Naturally, seeker technology and advances with guidance systems and targeting are vastly different than they were years ago. Yet, the fundamental configurations, or bomb structures...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Accustomed to plentiful air support from the Air Force, the Army’s artillery has lagged behind that of Russia, which is fielding several new howitzers. But...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Arguably, the largest battleships ever built actually hampered Japan’s war efforts more than they helped by sucking up resources better used elsewhere. The same could...