by Robert Beckhusen | Nov 19, 2012 | Monitor
Most bullets make small sonic booms after being fired, which for the special forces, can make it hard to be sneaky about what they’re shooting. Now the commandos want to be sneakier with subsonic bullets.
by Amir Mizroch | Nov 17, 2012 | Monitor
Hamas is firing off hundreds of rockets at Israel. Meet the guy who’s shooting the rockets down.
by Spencer Ackerman | Oct 17, 2012 | Monitor
A cache of weapons used to construct homemade bombs in Afghanistan, November 2010. Photo: ISAF/Flickr The signature insurgent weapon of Iraq and Afghanistan is proving more durable than either war. Every month, outside either the U.S. former warzone or its remaining...
by Robert Beckhusen and Noah Shachtman | Aug 15, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force’s X-51A Waverider hypersonic missile attached to the wing of a B-52 Stratofortress. Photo: USAF Updated 2:39 p.m. ET A crucial test for the Air Force’s experimental Mach 5 missile has ended in failure, according to the Air Force....
by Noah Shachtman | Aug 13, 2012 | Monitor
The Air Force’s X-51A Waverider. Photo: USAF On Tuesday, an Air Force B-52 bomber is scheduled to take off from Edwards Air Force Base in California. Under its wing will be the closest thing in the world to a hypersonic missile. The plane will soar over the...
