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Posts tagged Military
F-35 Stealth Fighter Vertical Landing
61 year ago
by Luis Carlos Ordoñez
in Military
After years of hype, the Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning II stealth fighter performed a vertical landing. This effectively confirms that it is capable of landing in confined areas, one of the requirements when it was commisioned. (more…)
Redefining ‘Silent Killers’
01 year ago
Imagine an Apache or a Cobra equipped with one of these rotor blades. Silent and Deadly comes to mind. blade-vortex interaction is the physical phenomenon that causes the ear piercing noise you hear when a helicopter is near. Eurocopter engineers have developed a new kind of rotor blade called Blue Edge that reduces the noise. The blades are beautiful one of those things where function follows form and not the other way around as it usually does. (more…)
Personal Jet Pack Anybody?
01 year ago
by Luis Carlos Ordoñez
in New Tech
Martin Aircraft Company, a New Zealand based business is looking to produce 500 packs per annum (giggity) and will sell them for £50,000 approximately.
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Caliber 50 Gatling Gun
02 years ago
by Luis Carlos Ordoñez
in Military
Awesomeness
The “Gecal 50″ (GAU-19/A) .50 (12.7 mm) three-barrel Gatling Gun, is a relatively light-weight weapon which can be mounted on small vehicles, APCs, high-speed patrol boats and helicopters. (more…)
“Auto Kill Zone” in Israeli Border
02 years ago
by Luis Carlos Ordoñez
in Military
This seems like something from a science fiction movie, but along the Gaza border there are some Sentry towers that create a 1500 meter “automated kill zones”. (more…)