Russian Soyuz carrying the Olympic torch to space
A Soyuz spacecraft has blasts off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, carrying the Olympic torch for the first time in history. In just a few minutes, the spacecraft will reach space on a shortcut trip to...
View ArticleTaliban detonate large truck bomb
[yt] The Taliban detonate a large truck bomb near a U.S. military base in Kunduz, Afghanistan. It is unknown how many people were injured or killed as a result of this. A number of weeks ago a similar...
View ArticleApocalyptic tunnel explosion in Syria
this is insane http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-syria-crisis-blast-idUSBREA4505X20140506 A massive underground bomb destroyed a important Syrian government building yesterday. The bomb was...
View ArticleBrimstone missile shot from an MQ-9 Reaper drone
This missile never misses its target. No matter how fast you're driving, no matter the weather conditions, if someone fires a Brimstone missile from a MQ-9 Reaper drone and you're the target, you're...
View ArticleThe only scene in Skyline worth watching - nuking the aliens
*** spoilers *** United States Air Force launches an attack against the alien spaceships and flying alien drones using stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicles and conventional drone aircraft armed with...
View ArticleIsraeli military levels Gaza's Shijaiyah neighborhood
The Israeli military recently struck Gaza's Shijaiyah neighborhood, leveling a building complex, shortly before the beginning of a 12-hour ceasefire between the two warring sides.
View ArticlePlastic bottle hydrogen rocket experiment fail
aluminum foil + hydrochloric acid = hydrogen aka shit that goes kaboom (with or without fire)
View ArticleShockwave hits building after rocket explodes on takeoff
I estimated the explosion took place around 3 km away. probably not a very safe distance if you happen to live near a rocket launch pad
View ArticleFlying over an active volcano in Iceland
4th -5th September 2014. Me, my father, my cousin and Lára Ómarsdóttir news reporter flew to the highlands of Iceland with a tent to see the volcano eruption in twilight. The trip was amazing as we...
View ArticleAwesome HQ footage of A-10 Warthog during live fire exercise
A-10s from the 422 TES firing guns and rockets on the Nevada Test and Training Range. Video Credits - William Lewis & SrA Rachel Maxwell
View ArticleTrebuchets made for the TV series "Marco Polo" being tested
[yt] These are the trebuchets we built for the Netflix/Weinstein production of 'Marco Polo', they are 6m to the pivot point and could throw a 25kg sand bag almost 300m!
View ArticleEngineering students use sound waves to put out fires
Two engineering students at George Mason University have found a way to use sound waves to quash fires and have built a type of extinguisher using what they have learned that they hope will...
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