The AK-47 became the global standard for insurgency due to extreme reliability and low cost. IEDs emerged as the most lethal insurgent weapon of the 21st century in Iraq and Afghanistan. Armed Toyota ...

The United States military is the most powerful fighting force on the planet. Its spending outpaces every other nation by a wide margin, and the tools that American servicemembers have at their ...

For better or worse, the future of warfare involves new and more powerful weapons to tackle adversaries on a global scale. Weapons technology is a billion-dollar business, so there is plenty of ...

The U.K. Ministry of Defence recently tested the DragonFire laser weapon at a facility in Scotland, destroying high-speed drones with its targeted energy technology. Why it matters: Militaries have ...

Many military weapons failed not due to poor design but because they required ideal conditions war rarely provides. Systems dependent on clear weather, secure logistics, uncontested access and ...