Personally, I’ve always loved the Yamaha XSR lineup. I think the 700 and 900 are brilliant-looking motorcycles that most people can hop on, ride practically anywhere, and have a ball while doing so.

A Pentagon watchdog report found that in the roughly two years since it was built, an ammunition plant in Mesquite, Texas, has not produced any parts for 155mm artillery rounds, hindering the Army's ...

A steel worker moves a 155mm artillery shell at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Matt Rourke/AP) Manufacturing problems are dashing the U.S. Army’s plans to boost ...

Alfa Romeo’s boxy 155 sedan is barely remembered these days, bar motorsport fans who recall how it scooped up touring car championships in Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany. Now its wildest DTM ...

The Archer Artillery System is a self-propelled artillery mechanism armed with a powerful 155-millimeter howitzer capable of a range of 50 kilometers. Conceived in the last years of the Cold War, the ...

While the Chinese were the first to experiment with explosive powders in 300 AD, it was not until 1252 that the age of gunpowder began. The cannon as we know it first blasted into the scene around ...

In wartime, targets focus minds. In 1940, Congress committed to build 1,325,000 tons of new warships. In 2023, with the Ukraine war consuming ammunition, the U.S. set a goal to produce 100,000 ...

A new laser range-finding technique, inspired by quantum physics, that can measure distances under strong solar background has been demonstrated by researchers at the University of Bristol. The team ...

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael R. Nakonieczny, the deputy commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, shakes hands with Vice President JD Vance, after Vance arrived at Camp Pendleton on ...

An artillery shell that exploded over Interstate 5 near Camp Pendleton during an October live-fire demonstration, scattering shrapnel onto the closed freeway, was caused by a rare malfunction, ...

The United States Navy developed the Zumwalt-class destroyer, which is the largest destroyer ever built, planning for a fleet of 32 vessels. The first of these, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), was ...

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