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New image of a Russian Tu-22M Backfire with cruise missile emerges

Not many images showing the KH-22, a large, long-range cruise missile developed by the Soviet Union to target U.S. Navy aircraft carriers with a conventional or nuclear warhead, can be…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 16, 2013
Drones

Hacker Releases kit to make Aerial Drone capable to Hijack other flying Drones

Few days ago, famous hacker Samy Kamkar (the author of a Javascript exploit that forced MySpace.com offline in 2005) released on his website the software and the hardware specifications needed…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 16, 2013
Military Aviation

Hawaii’s F-22 Raptors denied request to perform traditional Pearl Harbor flyover

Even though they have been part of the Pearl Harbor ceremonies since decades, this year's traditional flyover was not performed because of the restrictions "on all kinds of flyovers across…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 15, 2013
Military Aviation

The impressive sight of the Blue Angels flyover at the NCAA Army-Navy game

On Dec. 14, 2013, the kickoff of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football game between the U.S. Naval Academy (Navy) and the U.S. Military Academy (Army) at Lincoln Financial…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 14, 2013
Military Aviation

Here’s another stunning selfie taken from the backseat of an F-16

This selfie was taken during an air-to-air refueling sortie involving F-16 and F-22 Raptor aircraft back in 2009 but it was recently uploaded on the New Jersey ANG Facebook page.…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 14, 2013
Military Aviation

Mirage 2000N nuclear strike aircraft cockpit footage

The following video will bring you aboard French Air Force Mirage 2000Ns on missions conducted over France and UK, during a recent Exercise Joint Warrior when the French aircraft flew…

David Cenciotti David Cenciotti
December 14, 2013
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