Born in 1695, just 75 years after the first Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, the stone-cold hardass, known for his unbreakable determination to violently kill British people at all costs, would be made a state hero of Massachusetts. At the ripe old age of 80, Samuel Whittemore, by himself, with no backup, positioned himself behind
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The Eagle Couldn’t have picked a better Person
A photograph taken by “chance” or a grace note added to a good man’s life? Whatever the case may be this amazing photo captured at Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota captures the true essence of American patriotism. Amateur photographer, Frank Glick captured this stunning picture of a bald eagle, and wondered whether a relative
Behemoth Gustav Gun – Largest Gun ever Built
For sheer firepower, it’s hard to imagine anything outgunning the planet-killing Death Star. Named after the head of the Krupp family, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, the Gustav Gun weighed in at a massive 1344 tons, so heavy that even though it was attached to a rail car, it still had to be disassembled
Raining down Hell on the Taliban – ATK’s GPS-Guided Mortars
It’s definitely not going to be a very good year for our Taliban friends in Afghanistan. First with the Smart Bullet, then the military’s deadliest drone (X-47B) and soon it will be raining hell upon them with ATK’s GPS guided mortars. The US Army is pushing to get precision mortars developed and deployed to the
Nowhere to hide – U.S. Army begins using radio controlled Smart Bullets
Although development started over a year ago, the U.S. Army revealed today, that they will begin handing out the XM25 rifle later this month in Afghanistan. The XM25 uses smart bullets, which are laser-guided, radio-controlled and carry an onboard CPU. According to the bullet’s maker, Alliant Techsystems, each bullet has a small magnetic transducer that
