Daily Archives: Dec 17, 2025

Can a drone turn the tide of a tank battle? The answer is increasingly yes-most especially in Ukraine's grinding war with Russia, when that drone breathes fire. In late 2024, footage from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense revealed a startling innovation: small unmanned aerial vehicles dispensing molten thermite directly...

Why would the U.S. Air Force entrust its most ambitious fighter jet program in decades to a company still shaking off high-profile mishaps? That's what many in defense circles thought when Boeing, rather than Lockheed Martin, landed the contract to build the F‑47 America's first sixth-generation stealth fighter. The move...

Any caliber can be lethal with ideal shot placement. The truism is echoed in gun stores, on shooting ranges, and throughout the internet forums. However, as hundreds of thousands of ballistic tests and actual shootings illustrate, there are boundaries to that advice. A bullet that cannot penetrate as deeply...