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Inside a Top Secret Soviet Nuclear Submarine Underground Base

The name of this forgotten place is Object 825 GTS, a top secret Cold War nuclear submarine underground base located in the Balaklava Bay, Crimea, Ukraine.

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Mexican Army Shuts Down Zeta Drug Cartel’s Encrypted Mobile Phone Network

After Anonymous had its little on-again, off-again dealings with the Zeta drug cartel, the Mexican army has stepped in to cut the drug lords off-the-air. The Zetas were apparently running their own...

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The Military’s Shipwrecking Railgun Just Got Really Real

It fires a 18kg metal slug up to 5,600 miles per hour from New York to Philadelphia, slamming into its target with 32 times the force of a "1-ton car being thrust at 100 mph." Railguns aren't sci-fi...

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The Titanic’s First Explorer

After sinking, the RMS Titanic lay undisturbed beneath 12,000 feet of freezing North Atlantic water for years, but in 1985 its watery tomb was finally breached by another marquee vessel—the crown...

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Here’s How Robots Will Save Our Lives in the Future

At the Navy’s brand, new multi-million dollar LASR complex, researchers are creating problem-solving Siri times a million. It’ll understand us! It’ll be friendly! And it’ll put out our fires by being...

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For Almost a Year, a Photo of a Random Ensign Hung in the Pentagon Alongside...

In the hallowed halls of the Pentagon, next to photos of military greats like Patton, Eisenhower, and Nimitz, once hung a portrait of a Ensign Chuck Hord, a man who, as the plaque on the gilded frame...

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This F-35 Formation Is So Impossibly Perfect That It Looks Computer Generated

You know, the F-35 may have had a lot of problems and it may be overpriced and late and whatever. I don’t care. It still looks amazing. This photo of two F-35s flying in formation is so awesome that it...

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This Ship Flips to Rise Five Stories Above the Sea Surface

In the early 1960s, the US Department of Naval Research needed a new way to study the acoustic targeting for submarine rockets. The ship had to be silent and stable—more buoy than boat. The design that...

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The SeaFox Mine Sweeper Will Destroy Iran’s Explosives in the Strait of Hormuz

With tensions between Iran and the West rapidly rising over the nation’s secretive nuclear technology developments, both sides are rattling their sabers. The UN has increased banking and energy...

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Sadly, You Will Not Be Able to Visit Neil Armstrong’s Grave

Neil Armstrong, America’s greatest and most reluctant hero, is not going to have a grave. He’s going to be buried at sea. Armstrong was a Lieutenant in the US Navy reserve. He originally joined the...

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Britain’s Brand New £1 Billion Battleship Is a 152-Metre Mobile Missile Shield

With all the iPhone 5 hoopla lately, you might not have heard the news—Israel and Iran are fixing for a fight that could wipe both countries off the map. Twenty-six Western allies have already...

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This Air Force Officer Looks Like He’s Serving on Another Planet

Look at this badass soldier. In this beautiful picture, 1st. Lt. Drew Parks helps guide a Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet through the gorgeous, star-speckled night sky of Kuwait as a part of...

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Scary New Malware Uses Your Smartphone To Map Your House for Robbers

If you aren’t careful, much of the tech you hold near and dear can be used against you. An app called PlaceRaider, for instance, can use your phone to build a full 3D map of your house, all without you...

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US Warships Could Soon Run on Detonated Waves

Every one of the modern US Navy’s 129 ships, and its entire fleet of aircraft, relies on gas turbines for either basic propulsion or to generate electricity for their critical systems—typically both....

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What Is Happening to This Aircraft Carrier?

The U.S. Navy has released this stunning photo of sailors participating in a flight deck scrubbing exercise aboard the USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), a Nimitz-class supercarrier that is currently undergoing...

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This Is How the US Navy Cuts a Birthday Cake

If you’ve been using a knife to cut birthday cake this whole time, you’ve been doing it all wrong. When the US Navy cuts a cake, it does it properly — using a digger. This shot shows Equipment Operator...

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Watch a US Navy Laser Gun Blast a Drone Right Out of the Sky

It may sound like sci-fi, but lasers are definitely the future of warfare. As are drones. So what could be better than to see them go up against each other in a blaze of explosive glory? Looks like in...

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Through a Submarine Periscope Is the Best Way to View San Francisco

San Francisco is possibly one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but there’s one unique perspective you probably haven’t seen its vistas from—the periscope of a 1950′s World War II-era...

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The US Navy’s Advanced Guns System Fires Rocket-Powered Artillery Shells

The 54-cal, 5-inch naval artillery shells fired by Arleigh Burke-class destroyers are brutally efficient at destroying surface ships, aircraft, and land targets. But they’re little more than pea...

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The US X-47B Drone Has Landed on a Carrier, and War May Never Be the Same

It’s not often that we get to witness aviation history being made, but when we do, it’s often awesome. Such is the case with the U.S. Navy’s X-47B, which just became the first unmanned aircraft to land...

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