The radar at the heart of US Army’s Patriot missile system is getting a bit long in the tooth, so Lockheed Martin has announced the debut of its next-generation air and missile defense radar demonstrator. The 360⁰ capable Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar for Engagement and Surveillance (ARES) will be unveiled to the public at the 2017 Space & Missile Defense Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. read more
by: the Common Constitutionalist
Rex Tillerson’s State Department doesn’t appear to be acting much differently than his predecessor, John F. Kerry. Like Kerry, he at least appears to also have an anti-Israel bias and worse, appears to be accepting the Muslim Brotherhood as a legitimate organization.
President Trump says he has not ruled military intervention regarding what is effectively a Venezuelan civil war. If not a civil war, certainly an internal conflict with which we have no business involving ourselves. read more
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You May be a Conservative American if:
You are wealthy, unapologetic and not racked with guilt.
You don’t believe you gained your wealth on the backs of the poor.
You are not wealthy, but want to be and don’t wish to rob or scam anyone to get that way.
You don’t feel guilty about wanting to keep more of what you’ve earned.
You don’t hate or wish to punish the people who have more than you, simply because they have more.
You are not a racist, but the left says you are.
You are not a homophobe, but the left says you are.
You are not a bigot, but the left says you are.
You are not a sexist, but the left says you are.
You are not transphobic, but the left says you are.
You don’t believe that because men should use the men’s room and women should use the lady’s room makes you transphobic. read more
The USS Gerald R Ford scored a double first less than a week after commissioning, as the nuclear-powered supercarrier launched and recovered a fighter plane for the first time using an electromagnetic catapult. On July 28, an F/A-18F Super Hornet piloted by Commander Jamie Struck was launched from the flight deck by the ElectroMAgnetic Launch System (EMALS) shortly after arrival, when it made the first arrested landing with the Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) system. read more
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One of the federal government’s only constitutionally mandated functions – the military – has paid the price of the Obama reign
of terror. As the Trump administration attempts to repair the damage, rocks are still being overturned, only to discover further devastation and deterioration.
Did Obama do anything to actually advance this country? Did he or his minions do anything to improve the country – make it more prosperous, more secure, stronger, more respected, among nations? I really want to know.
Actually these are rhetorical questions. We who have paid attention – even scant attention, know full well that Obama didn’t set out to improve the nation, but rather tear it down and rebuild it in his own Marxist image.
Most of us (I hope) remember the speech Michelle Obama made where she exclaimed that, “Barack knows we’re gonna have to change our conversation – we’re gonna have to change our traditions, our history – we’re gonna have to move into a different place…”
More prescient and depressing words have rarely been spoken. And years after that prediction, we’re still paying the price. read more
In a comment under my recent article about the USAS-12 automatic shotgun, a reader mentioned the Atchisson Assault Shotgun. He wanted to know if TTAG could fill him in on that gun as well. So, ask and ye shall receive! read more
Top-tier Danish architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has completed a subterranean museum amid the sand dunes in western Denmark’s Blåvand shoreline, next to a World War II-era bunker. Named Tirpitz, the museum depicts the history of the Second World War. read more
Previously unseen footage of the F-35 in flight testing lays bare an important fact: the work of test pilots is dangerous. A video of a F-35 Joint Strike Fighter flight safety seminar shows two incidents in which pilots risked their lives while attempting what will eventually be commonplace tasks—midair refueling and a night landing on a warship.
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What would you do to achieve a goal? Many have gone to extraordinary lengths to get where they want to go. But for a dream to
become realty, motivation is the key. And not just motivation, but self-motivation.
Most understand that being motivated by others in easier by far. This is the reason many do not achieve their goals. Self-motivation is hard. There is no one standing behind you telling you to push through the pain, get up at the crack of dawn, or work another hour or two. It’s all on you.
But if somebody wants something bad enough, very little can stand in they way of that end. A shining example of this is one William Guinn, Jr. of Abilene, Texas. No – his dream wasn’t to cure cancer or become rich and famous. His dream was simply to join the Army.
You might ask – how difficult can that be? People join the military all the time. It can’t be that hard. It’s not, unless you weigh almost 460 lbs., as did Mr. Guinn. read more
The Air Force’s new C-17 Globemaster III tries it hand flying the famous Mach Loop – a low altitude training area in the Welsh country-side of the U.K.. The Mach in Mach Loop is for the nearby town, Machynlleth. It is unusual to see an aircraft this large doing the Loop, as it it reserved for smaller aircraft, like fighter jets. read more
