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Smash 2000L: How a Smart Rifle Scope Helps Marines Fight Battlefield Drones
How SMARTSHOOTER's Smash 2000L fire-control optic helps infantry engage small drones, and why smart rifle scopes still face hard battlefield limits.
LOCUST X3: The Laser Built to Make Drone Defense Affordable
How AeroVironment's LOCUST X3 uses a 20-35+ kW laser to attack the cost problem behind modern drone defense.
SLAM: The US' Most Insane Missile Project
Project Pluto's SLAM missile paired a Mach 3 low-altitude cruise missile with an unshielded nuclear ramjet and a string of thermonuclear warheads.
Altay Tank: Is Turkey's First Modern Main Battle Tank Any Good?
Turkey's Altay tank has modern firepower, protection, and mobility on paper. Its real test is production scale, powerpack maturity, and battlefield proof.
Talon-A2: The Pentagon's Reusable Hypersonic Test Vehicle
Talon-A2 is not a fielded missile yet. It is a reusable Mach 5-plus test vehicle that could change how fast the Pentagon learns hypersonics.
AGM-183A ARRW: Why the Air Force Revived a Troubled Hypersonic Missile
The AGM-183A ARRW survived failed tests and a procurement pause. Air Force budgets now put the hypersonic weapon back into production planning.
Project Pulse
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Explore Russia's 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, its troubled development history, technical challenges, and strategic implications for global missile defense.
MAKO: Lockheed's Small Hypersonic Missile for Stealth Fighters
Lockheed's MAKO missile is a compact hypersonic weapon built for fighter carriage. Its real pitch is affordable mass, not biggest-range bragging.
The Punisher Drone: Ukraine's Stealthy Weapon Russia Hates
How Ukraine's Punisher drone from UA Dynamics uses size, silence and stealth to slip past Russian radar and strike supply lines from 30 miles away
FP-5 Flamingo: Ukraine's New Missile
Ukraine's FP-5 Flamingo missile packs a 1.15-ton warhead and 3,000km range using recycled aircraft engines and ordnance. Learn about this budget-built terror weapon's design, capabilities, and strategic implications.
Ukraine's Robot Attack Dogs: When Science Fiction Met the Mud
Ukraine sent four-legged combat robots to the front. Then mud, batteries, and Russian jamming pushed back. What the robo-dogs really revealed