Malcolm Chalmers, deputy director-general of the Royal United Services Institute military think tank, told CBS News in March ...

Demand for Patriot air defense systems and their interceptor missiles is "growing significantly," a RUSI research fellow said ...

“The M9 — to me — is a very reliable weapon compared to the 1911s rack grade, and even if you modify,” Lamb said. The M9 does not have the same trigger squeeze as a double-action pistol.

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 ...

The United States is giving satellite-guided bombs to Kyiv for the first time as part of a new $1.85 billion military aid package. By John Ismay An American weapon first dropped by stealth bombers ...

After decades of relying on buttons, switches, and toggles to power weapons and war machines, the Pentagon has settled on a more familiar device: a video game controller.

Some weapons used by the U.S. military are so powerful they can pose a threat to the people who fire them. Today, we meet two Marines, William Wilcox and Michael Lozano, who spent years firing ...

Computer generated rendering of the GBU-53 StormBreaker SDB-II. (Image credit: RTX) The L3Harris BRU-55/A Smart Rack used by the F/A-18 Super Hornet can accommodate two StormBreakers per weapon pylon.

Type of weapon: Assault rifle The M4A1 assault rifle comes standard issue in the U.S. military and there is a big reason behind that – it is one of the most formidable small arms in the world.

The Pentagon’s traditional approach is to incrementally improve existing weapons, bring the latest technology to battle-tested platforms and build a better version of the same U.S. military.

To carry out these high-profile raids, the military began more frequently using belt-fed, Gatling miniguns – which can fire more than 4,000 rounds a minute – from helicopter gunships.