http://www.futurefirepower.com The Newest Military Weapon Systems Tue, 20 Sep 2011 06:23:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.futurefirepower.com/myths-about-the-nato-556-cartridge http://www.futurefirepower.com/myths-about-the-nato-556-cartridge#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 22:25:41 +0000 Al Asad http://www.futurefirepower.com/?p=1211 There are a lot of myths and misconceptions surrounding the current M16A1, M16A2, M4, M16A4NATO 5.56 round and its effectiveness on the battlefield. Now before you make a judgment as a soldier or as a firearm enthusiast (a more euphemistic way of saying “gun nut”), consider your sources. Who is ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/myths-about-the-nato-556-cartridge/feed 152 http://www.futurefirepower.com/small-diameter-bomb-gbu-39 http://www.futurefirepower.com/small-diameter-bomb-gbu-39#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:24:23 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/?p=418   The GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb – the future of ultra-surgical air strikes. Since the days of the first Gulf War, when it became clear to the world that precision air strikes would be the “go to” option for the opening rounds of nearly any theater scale military operations, the technology of ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/small-diameter-bomb-gbu-39/feed 2 http://www.futurefirepower.com/russian-tank-forces-t90-technology http://www.futurefirepower.com/russian-tank-forces-t90-technology#comments Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:01:45 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/?p=186 The Russians desperately needed to mount a response after the 1991 Gulf War, when the Americans stormed through the deserts of Kuwait and Iraq.   The Russian economy’s defense sector was reeling, after the American military’s Abrams M1A1 Main Battle Tanks and Bradley Fighting Vehicles left the battlefield littered with literally hundreds of burnt-out ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/russian-tank-forces-t90-technology/feed 118 http://www.futurefirepower.com/us-air-force-airlift-global-us-military-aircraft http://www.futurefirepower.com/us-air-force-airlift-global-us-military-aircraft#comments Tue, 27 May 2008 15:52:06 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/us-air-force-airlift-global-us-military-aircraft US Air Force Airlift What does it take to be who we are in the world? To be able to strike deals massively lopsided in our favor? To make demands, threats, and/or promises of peace? Who knows, we could be your best friend, or your worst enemy. What does it take ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/us-air-force-airlift-global-us-military-aircraft/feed 18 http://www.futurefirepower.com/barrett-rec7-m468-future-assault-rifle http://www.futurefirepower.com/barrett-rec7-m468-future-assault-rifle#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 18:37:49 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/barrett-rec7-m468-future-assault-rifle Apparently, the M4 Carbine or the M16 aren’t good enough for the grunts on the field.  This isn’t really a new revelation either.  Let’s face it, since day 1 of the adoption of the M16 during Vietnam, the M16 hasn’t exactly been everyone’s favorite assualt rifle.  In fact, it has ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/barrett-rec7-m468-future-assault-rifle/feed 105 http://www.futurefirepower.com/m230-chain-gun-apache-attack-weapon http://www.futurefirepower.com/m230-chain-gun-apache-attack-weapon#comments Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:24:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/m230-chain-gun-apache-attack-weapon The omnipresent adjudicator hovering over the skies of Iraq can deliver heinous death at any waking instant.  You are taking a stroll down the street, plotting some terrorist attacks in your imagination, and suddenly, without ever feeling a thing, you are reduced to a full sized human splatter pattern.  The reality is, ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/m230-chain-gun-apache-attack-weapon/feed 24