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The Army's souped-up new M3 recoilless rifle is headed downrange sooner than...
After more than a year testing a handful of major upgrades to the shoulder-fired M3 recoilless rifle, the Army is racing to dole out more than 1,000 of the brutal anti-tank bazooka system to lucky...
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The Army is revving up production of its ISIS-attacking HIMARS rocket weapons
The Army and industry are improving lethality and revving up production of an ISIS-attacking, long-range precision guided mobile rocket weapon able to precisely hit enemy targets in all weather...
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The Army's Stinger missile just got this lethal update
The Army’s well-known Stinger missile can now destroy small, moving drones using a newer proximity fuze to detonate near a target, service developers said.Firing from a vehicle-mounted Avenger System,...
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Why Green Berets are the smartest, most lethal fighters in the world
The US Army celebrates its birthday as June 14, 1775, but it didn't have the special operators with their distinctive green beret until much later.Army Special Forces got its start on June 19, 1952 —...
View ArticleThe world's first stealth fighter jet is being permanently retired — here's a...
The world's first stealth combat jet, the F-117A Nighthawk was officially retired in 2008, but remained in "flyable storage" condition. The 2017 defense budget will retire the fleet permanently, as...
View ArticleWatch Lockheed Martin's laser beam system burn drones out of the sky
In this video of an August test, Lockheed Martin's ATHENA laser weapon system burns down five drones. Laser weapons have huge advantages for the US military since they are silent, invisible, and much...
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The Army's advanced laser weapon just took a major step forward
The Army’s Advanced Test High Energy Asset (ATHENA, a nod to the Greek goddess of Wisdom) laser weapon underwent substantial prototype testing at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico in August, and...
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US troop deployments to Afghanistan have been delayed by hurricane-relief...
U.S. military assistance for hurricane relief efforts has delayed the deployment of additional forces to Afghanistan, the Pentagon said on Thursday."Forces are flowing to Afghanistan, they have been...
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US officials: 4th Green Beret missing after Niger ambush has been found dead
US officials say an American soldier missing for nearly two days in Niger has been found dead. He was one of four US troops killed in a deadly ambush.His body was found and identified Friday after an...
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This is how you can get your hands on the Army's new combat video game
A brand new Army-designed multiplayer combat simulator will be opening up Beta testing on Oct. 10, 2017. The new game, Operation Overmatch, will focus on tank versus tank combat.The player can operate...
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North Korean special forces are training to invade South Korea with paragliders
North Korean special forces have been training to invade South Korea with paragliders, according to South Korea's Yonhap news agency.The drills were conducted in mid-September at a training site with a...
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The Army's next body armor may get stronger the harder it's hit
The Army has been racing to equip soldiers with lighter, more durable body armor and helmets for years, a requirement that Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley reiterated during the Association of the U.S....
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US troops are preparing Afghan soldiers for an aggressive offensive against...
US military troops in Afghanistan have begun working with smaller Afghan units to prepare them for a more aggressive offensive against the Taliban next year in a push to break the stalemate in the...
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Up close and personal with the Army's lethal new sniper rifle
Despite a brief period of ambiguity wrought by budget-jousting among lawmakers in Congress, the Army’s new and improved sniper rifle is alive and well.Heckler & Koch showed off its M110A1 7.62 mm...
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Say hello to America's newest 40 mm grenade machine gun
The 40mm grenade has become a very valuable asset for a small infantry unit.Each fire team of four grunts usually has at least one 40mm grenade launcher. These grenades can pack a punch, too.According...
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Congresswoman calls Trump 'a sick man' after he accused her of lying about...
Rep. Frederica Wilson called President Donald Trump "a sick man" after he said that the congresswoman "totally fabricated" comments he made to the widow of a US soldier killed earlier this month.Wilson...
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John Kelly defends Trump's controversial call to a Gold Star family and...
The White House chief of staff, John Kelly, defended President Donald Trump's call to the widow of a slain soldier, saying the president intended to praise the soldier's bravery.Kelly said he advised...
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Trump may have thrown a monkey wrench into Bowe Bergdahl’s sentencing
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was set for sentencing on Oct. 23 after pleading guilty last week to abandoning his combat post in Afghanistan in 2009. But the punishment of the much-despised soldier has been...
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Senators were shocked to learn the US has 1,000 troops in Africa — but the...
The Pentagon has confirmed that there are 6,000 US troops stationed throughout Africa.The four US soldiers killed in Niger were on a counterterrorism mission against ISIS-affiliated militants.The...
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A judge will set punishment for US Army deserter Bergdahl who Trump said...
FORT BRAGG, N.C. (Reuters) - The military judge hearing U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl's desertion case was expected to announce a sentence on Friday for the soldier who endangered fellow troops by...
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