Army engineers to integrate unmanned DARPA vehicle to clear mines
Soldiers are slated to use the 12-ton unmanned vehicle in a mine-clearing demonstration later this month.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
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New program aims to put nuclear generators on Army bases
U.S. officials Tuesday announced a program to locate small nuclear power generation reactors on U.S. Army bases around the world.
By Maxwell Hauptman
Best pics of the week: Aug. 15 2021
Navy Growlers over the Arabian Sea, soldiers with "The Old Guard" in action, Marine officer candidates challenged and more in this week's Frontline Photos.
Biden’s Pentagon nominees: More diverse and more of them
Eight months into President Joe Biden’s first year as commander-in-chief, he’s making good on a campaign pledge to form an administration that would “look like America,” selecting for the Defense Department top officials meant to reflect the country’s diversity.
By Joe Gould
N Korea vows stronger attack capabilities over US-S Korea military drills
Kim Yo Jong said continuing the drills exposed the hypocrisy of the Biden administration’s offers to resume dialogue over the North’s nuclear weapons program.
Soldiers might never have another flat tire with these ‘Tweels’
Testers took the new design to the jungles of South America for a spin.
By Todd South
Skipper: Docs show no coverup in submarine sinking
The loss of the nuclear-powered submarine and all 129 sailors and civilians aboard during a test dive in the Atlantic Ocean was both a tragedy for the families and a blow to national pride during the Cold War.
US military warns China is building more nuclear missile silos
The underground missile silo field in the Xinjiang region is the second one reported this summer.
By Huizhong Wu and Jon Gambrell, The Associated Press
Air exercise with tight turnaround, no sleeping pills prompts investigation at Tinker
Airmen clash with 552nd Operations Group commander Col. Gary Donovan.
The Army tried portable nuclear power at remote bases 60 years ago — it didn’t go well
The Army called the reactor portable, even at 330 tons, because it was built from pieces that each fit in a C-130 cargo plane.
By Paul Bierman, University of Vermont
Pentagon inspector general exploring how to better secure the ‘nuclear football’
The Presidential Emergency Satchel may need some new security procedures.
These Marines are having a ‘blast’ with the latest shoulder-fired rocket
The new system shoots farther than three current shoulder-fired rockets.
By Todd South