In the history of Soviet small arms, the AO-46 usually appears somewhere in the margins of the much larger Kalashnikov story. It was a small experimental ...

Imagine a small French village in the twelfth century. A few dozen peasant households, a church, fields, pastures, woodland, a mill, and somewhere nearby, a ...

In 1916, Italy found itself in a rather strange position. The country had already been at war with Austria-Hungary for more than a year, British tanks were ...

In August 2026, a rather unusual first flight took place over the Baltic Sea. A small jet-powered uncrewed aircraft took off, flew just over 20 kilometers, and ...

The U.S. inventory of air-to-air weapons is becoming increasingly crowded. The AIM-120 AMRAAM remains the primary medium- and long-range air-to-air missile. ...

Just a few years ago, the term “loyal wingman” painted a fairly straightforward picture of the future of combat aviation. A crewed fighter would fly at the ...

Sometimes an aircraft project is abandoned because nobody needs the aircraft anymore. With the Il-214, almost the opposite happened. The transport aircraft ...

Just a year ago, there was barely any dry land here. Antelope Reef in the Paracel Islands was largely a submerged reef, with little visible above the surface. ...

In 1977, Harley-Davidson put a motorcycle into dealerships that was almost impossible to mistake for any other Harley. Gone was the familiar shine of an ...

One modern warship, one manufacturer, and almost a twofold difference in price. That is how the story of Italy’s FREMM EVO frigates currently appears. In 2024, ...