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Glock 19 Shooting Underwater

Heath — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 09:36:27 PDT

These glocks are chosen by many military and police for a good reason, they work well! Even underwater.

Insanely Low Jet Fly By

Heath — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 23:36:13 PDT

Now this pilot has some serious skills. This jet is maybe 10ft off the ground if not less. The guy standing there seems a little shook himself. As you can see the camera even shook from the force of the jet passing by, highly impressive. Very talented pilot.

World War 2 HD 5 Videos from the History Channel

Heath — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:31:08 PDT

Great collection of World War II videos in high definition brought to you by the History Channel. Amazing color footage from the waters near and landing on Okinawa. Footage from the battle of Iwo Jima. Footage from the Battle of the Bulge US Forces invade with heavy arms and 42,000 men on January 31, 1944. Kwajalein December 7, 1941 saw [...]

Israel Unveils Iron Dome Multi-Missile Defense System

Heath — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:16:09 PDT

An Israeli system that can shoot down incoming rockets has passed its last tests and will be ready for deployment in a few months. Click the Images to see the full scale version….

U.S. Navy Laser Weapon Shoots Down Drone in Test

Heath — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 12:33:26 PDT

This new unclassified silent video shows during a recent test, a Navy laser using a tracking system from Raytheon to shoot down the unmanned aerial vehicles with lasers. US weapons manufacturer Raytheon showcased footage of its Laser Weapons System (LaWS) at the Farnborough Air Show in the UK. The 50 kilowatt solid state laser downed four [...]

Great View of a C5 Galaxy Performing a Short Takeoff

Heath — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:34:24 PDT

FACTSHEET from Af.mil : The Galaxy has 12 internal wing tanks with a total capacity of 51,150 gallons (194,370 liters) of fuel — enough to fill 6 1/2 regular size railroad tank cars. A full fuel load weighs 332,500 pounds (150,820 kilograms). A C-5 with a cargo load of 270,000 pounds (122,472 kilograms) can fly [...]

US Military’s New Kinetic Energy Missile Defense System

Heath — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:14:00 PDT

The Missile Defense Agency and Lockheed Martin conducted a successful flight test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Kauai, HI. This flight test was THAAD’s seventh intercept to date and proved the system’s ability to intercept a unitary target in the low endo-atmosphere. Documentary on [...]

1962 video of the USA Testing a Hydrogen Bomb in Space

Heath — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 23:27:37 PDT

NPR : Back in the summer of 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in outer space, some 250 miles above the Pacific Ocean. It was a weapons test, but one that created a man-made light show that has never been equaled — and hopefully never will. Here it is….

Nuclear Bomb Tests from 1945-1998 = 2043

Heath — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:30:09 PDT

This is a great video showing the amount of nuclear weapons tested from the following nations from 1945-1998. United States – 1032 Soviet Union – 715 France – 210 China – 45 United Kingdom – 45 India – 4 Pakistan – 2 USSR and United States Nuclear Weapons Stockpiles 1945-2005

Rare Aerial WWII Bomber Run Footage

Heath — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 19:49:49 PDT

Digging in the unclassified WWII archives reveals a large amount of rare footage. This is a collection of some of that footage of aerial raids over various different targets. Location : Unknown US Aircraft Dive Bombing Japanese targets in the Pacific US Fighter Plans Strafing Various Targets in Germany