Many of the tactics used by modern militaries were forged long before today’s conflicts ever began. During the Cold War, ...

Facing evolving threats, the U.S. military introduced the XM7 rifle and XM250 machine gun under the Next Generation Squad ...

Militaries spent decades trying to turn light into a weapon. In 2025, introduction of several lasers show how fast technology ...

The rise of sniper weapons marked a turning point in warfare. No longer could commanders move freely or assume safety behind ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: While everyone oohs and aahs over nuclear weapons, submarines and stealth fighters, modern wars usually involve infantries on the ground—and they need guns. Yet there ...

A Russian strategist has argued that infantry weapons such as mortars and machine guns are obsolete. He said he believed drones would replace them, making infantry units smaller and lighter. Light ...

As military spending skyrockets and the push is on for new weapons to go quickly from the lab to the fleet, military leaders, defense contractors, innovators and investors will gather Dec. 16 in ...

When military personnel fire certain powerful weapons, they are exposed to a blast wave that sends blood surging from the body to the brain. This “tsunami in the body” is one way a blast can injure ...

KNDS, a European defense contractor, has unveiled a new tank with a bewildering number of guns. EMBT ADT 140 mounts not one, but three guns—each optimized to handle a different kind of threat. The ...