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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.
9M730 Burevestnik: Russia's Cruise Missile with "Unlimited Range"
Explore Russia's 9M730 Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, its troubled development history, technical challenges, and strategic implications for global missile defense.
The Bohdana: Ukraine's Secret Weapon of War
How Ukraine's domestically produced 155mm self-propelled howitzer evolved from a single prototype to a mass-produced artillery system capable of changing the course of battles.
Cluster Bombs: Ukraine's Controversial New Weapon
Cluster munitions are banned by over 120 countries, yet the US is sending them to Ukraine. Explore their deadly history, high dud rates, and whether they can change the war's tide.
The Shocking Plan to Nuke the Moon (Project A119)
In the late 1950s, the US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear warhead on the Moon. Discover the bizarre story of Project A119, Carl Sagan's involvement, and why it was ultimately abandoned.
The T-34: The Greatest Tank of WW2?
Was the T-34 a mechanical marvel or a hunk of junk? Explore the design, production, and battlefield performance of WWII's most iconic Soviet tank.
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MAKO: Lockheed's Small Hypersonic Missile for Stealth Fighters
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Talon-A2: The Pentagon's Reusable Hypersonic Test Vehicle
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LOCUST X3: The Laser Built to Make Drone Defense Affordable
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Project Babylon: Saddam Hussein’s Supergun
The true story of Gerald Bull, the Canadian artillery genius who helped Saddam Hussein build a gun capable of firing satellites into space.
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.