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 166 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/osprey-video http://www.futurefirepower.com/osprey-video#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:15:57 +0000 Capt. http://www.futurefirepower.com/?p=209 [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] ]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/osprey-video/feed 9 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 121 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 109 http://www.futurefirepower.com/m4-m4a1-carbine-modern-weapons http://www.futurefirepower.com/m4-m4a1-carbine-modern-weapons#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 18:17:57 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/m4-m4a1-carbine-modern-weapons If I hark back to the days of the Wild Wild West, during the heydays of American machismo otherwise known as Manifest Destiny, I can only think of the ever popular shoot out.  The quick and dead, the fast draws, the lawlessness, and the cowboys.  Don’t be misled about the speed of the ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/m4-m4a1-carbine-modern-weapons/feed 30 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 http://www.futurefirepower.com/carbon-15-pistol http://www.futurefirepower.com/carbon-15-pistol#comments Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:44:38 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/carbon-15-pistol The Carbon 15 pistol is a firearm similar in design to an ArmaLite AR-15 or the Colt M4 Carbine. The main differences between the Carbon 15 “pistol” and actual M4 is the absence of the shoulder stock and the fully automatic option. You don’t really want or need ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/carbon-15-pistol/feed 5 http://www.futurefirepower.com/jassm-cruise-missile-of-the-future http://www.futurefirepower.com/jassm-cruise-missile-of-the-future#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:58:10 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/jassm-cruise-missile-of-the-future “We need some options on the table!” Yells a military commander sitting in the Pentagon. “How about the option to hit them with stealth cruise missiles, sir?” Says a lowly defense analyst in the back. “What did you say!?” Screams the general. “Well sir, we can just have our jets launch these ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/jassm-cruise-missile-of-the-future/feed 12 http://www.futurefirepower.com/v22-osprey-future-air-force-transport http://www.futurefirepower.com/v22-osprey-future-air-force-transport#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:32:40 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/v22-osprey-future-air-force-transport V22 Osprey Manufacturer: Boeing [NYSE: BA] Obviously, getting troops to the battlefield as quickly as possible is a paramount concern for military planners. Choppers can carry many troops, but really can’t fly very far or fast. Planes can get troops there quickly, but where can you launch transport ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/v22-osprey-future-air-force-transport/feed 6 http://www.futurefirepower.com/military-hovercraft-lcac http://www.futurefirepower.com/military-hovercraft-lcac#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:43:16 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/military-hovercraft-lcac The LCAC, short for Landing Craft Air-Cushioned, is the beastly hovercraft used by the United States Marine Corps. This ship is designed to transport supplies, vehicles, and troops to the shore from a Wasp class assault ship or other dock-landing/amphibious cargo ships participating in an amphibious assault. These ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/military-hovercraft-lcac/feed 10 http://www.futurefirepower.com/touch-screen-battlefield-technology-in-hd http://www.futurefirepower.com/touch-screen-battlefield-technology-in-hd#comments Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:35:47 +0000 Capt. http://www.futurefirepower.com/touch-screen-battlefield-technology-in-hd Northrop Grumman’s integrated collaboration environment featuring TouchTable technology, creates a high-definition interactive display to facilitate viewing and manipulation of complex geo-spatial data for a wide range of applications including national security. TouchTable responds to intuitive gestures made by the user, sensing the location of points that are touched. Moving ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/touch-screen-battlefield-technology-in-hd/feed 3 http://www.futurefirepower.com/expeditionary-fighting-vehicle-future-invasion-weapon http://www.futurefirepower.com/expeditionary-fighting-vehicle-future-invasion-weapon#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:26:56 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/expeditionary-fighting-vehicle-future-invasion-weapon Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Manufacturer: Boeing [NYSE: BA] In support of the Marine Corps’ beyond the horizon approach for amphibious assaults of the future, many different assets must come together to get the job done. First up was the Wasp Class Amphibious Assualt Ship, which is the launch-platform for many ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/expeditionary-fighting-vehicle-future-invasion-weapon/feed 2 http://www.futurefirepower.com/if-looks-could-kill-the-sukhoi-su-47-berkut http://www.futurefirepower.com/if-looks-could-kill-the-sukhoi-su-47-berkut#comments Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:13:04 +0000 Capt. http://www.futurefirepower.com/if-looks-could-kill-the-sukhoi-su-47-berkut The SU-47 is an amazing looking aircraft, especially while in flight. Nicknamed the Golden Eagle, the SU-47 has a reduced radar signature, thrust vectoring, advanced fly-by-wire technology, and most notably a very unique forward swept wing design. The Sukhoi SU-47 is extremely maneuverable at subsonic speeds ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/if-looks-could-kill-the-sukhoi-su-47-berkut/feed 59 http://www.futurefirepower.com/father-of-all-bombs http://www.futurefirepower.com/father-of-all-bombs#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:08:47 +0000 Capt. http://www.futurefirepower.com/father-of-all-bombs If you are a regular here at Future Firepower then I am sure you have heard of the MOAB or Massive Ordnance Air Blast Bomb, coined the Mother of All Bombs. The MOAB is an eight ton non-nuclear weapon with a 450 foot blast radius. What you ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/father-of-all-bombs/feed 5 http://www.futurefirepower.com/wasp-class-amphibious-attack-ship http://www.futurefirepower.com/wasp-class-amphibious-attack-ship#comments Thu, 31 Jan 2008 17:54:36 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/wasp-class-amphibious-attack-ship One thing is for sure, there is only 1 thing worse than having a US Navy aircraft carrier show up on your coast, and that is having a US Navy Wasp class amphibious attack ship show up instead.  Of course, we would also send an aircraft carrier, but sometimes aircraft carriers ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/wasp-class-amphibious-attack-ship/feed 2 http://www.futurefirepower.com/thermobaric-weapon-explosive-fuel-air-bombs http://www.futurefirepower.com/thermobaric-weapon-explosive-fuel-air-bombs#comments Tue, 18 Dec 2007 19:21:24 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/thermobaric-fuel-air-weapon-vacuum-bomb Click on the Thumbnail to view the animation. There are many different types of Thermobaric weapons, it is the destructive concept that renders Thermobarics different than conventional high explosives.  Rather than a simple bomb with high explosives in the warhead, thermobaric weapons, or fuel-air bombs, are predominantly filled with either an ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/thermobaric-weapon-explosive-fuel-air-bombs/feed 0 http://www.futurefirepower.com/chinese-type-99-tank-newest-armor-of-china http://www.futurefirepower.com/chinese-type-99-tank-newest-armor-of-china#comments Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:31:03 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/chinese-type-99-tank-newest-armor-of-china Western forces beware, the Chinese have fielded the most advanced tank yet! Well, only the most advanced in China that is. Following in the ancient Chinese tradition of quantity over quality and cheap products, the Chinese have developed their own 3rd generation battle tank that they believe is the answer ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/chinese-type-99-tank-newest-armor-of-china/feed 146 http://www.futurefirepower.com/the-military-channel-army-navy-airforce-tv http://www.futurefirepower.com/the-military-channel-army-navy-airforce-tv#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:37:27 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/the-military-channel-army-navy-airforce-tv For all those military buffs out there, wink wink, I would like to take a moment to commend one of the greatest programming achievements in the history of television. The Discovery Communications company, the parent of the Military Channel, converted the older Discovery Wings channel into the Military Channel ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/the-military-channel-army-navy-airforce-tv/feed 1 http://www.futurefirepower.com/swords-military-future-weapon-robot http://www.futurefirepower.com/swords-military-future-weapon-robot#comments Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:18:42 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/swords-military-future-weapon-robot SWORDS Manufacturer: Foster-Miller The SWORDS military robot is basically the first evolution of robotic weapons. What used to be mere science fiction in the 80′s has now become a reality, and 10 years from now, the SWORDS robot will be in the scrap pile. That’s because this tiny guy ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/swords-military-future-weapon-robot/feed 3 http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-artillery-weapons-the-army-tactical-missile-system-atacms http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-artillery-weapons-the-army-tactical-missile-system-atacms#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 03:06:50 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-artillery-weapons-the-army-tactical-missile-system-atacms While launching seemingly endless volleys streaking up into the sky, the M270 MLRS mobile rocket launchers unload firepower unto the enemy. Many different types of missiles could be chosen to be launched by the MLRS, from rockets that rain shrapnel on areas the size of several football fields to GPS-guided ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-artillery-weapons-the-army-tactical-missile-system-atacms/feed 2 http://www.futurefirepower.com/iran-nuclear-weapon-iranian-nukes http://www.futurefirepower.com/iran-nuclear-weapon-iranian-nukes#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 14:49:47 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/iran-nuclear-weapon-iranian-nukes The Bush administration has been increasingly on the look out for nuclear proliferation in so called “rogue states”, such as Iran and North Korea. The current president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, has declared that he wishes for Israel to be “wiped off the map”. This undoubtedly refers to an Iranian ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/iran-nuclear-weapon-iranian-nukes/feed 3 http://www.futurefirepower.com/fa-22-raptor-best-fighter-jet http://www.futurefirepower.com/fa-22-raptor-best-fighter-jet#comments Sat, 03 Nov 2007 04:34:56 +0000 Capt. http://www.futurefirepower.com/fa-22-raptor-best-fighter-jet We frequently cover the F22 Raptor at Future Firepower.  The F22 fighter jet has been voted the best fighter jet in the world in the Future Firepower polls with over 2500 votes.  Thank you for participating in our polls. For some of our most recent articles on the F22 Raptor ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/fa-22-raptor-best-fighter-jet/feed 14 http://www.futurefirepower.com/dominator-uav-new-boeing-jitsa-technology http://www.futurefirepower.com/dominator-uav-new-boeing-jitsa-technology#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:14:16 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/dominator-uav-new-boeing-jitsa-technology Concepts abound on this website; ideas like:  How can I use technology, a little imagination, and the hardware on the shelf to create a system to kill as many things as possible?  How can I completely dominate an area?  How can I completely dominate an area without using any human ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/dominator-uav-new-boeing-jitsa-technology/feed 1 http://www.futurefirepower.com/eurofighter-typhoon-fighter-bomber http://www.futurefirepower.com/eurofighter-typhoon-fighter-bomber#comments Fri, 19 Oct 2007 13:52:19 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/eurofighter-typhoon-fighter-bomber   Apparently the nations of Europe aren’t planning on going to war with each other anytime soon. If they did, they would be fighting against each other with the exact same aircraft, I guess it comes down to the pilot’s skill at that point. The Eurofighter Typhoon, or Europe’s ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/eurofighter-typhoon-fighter-bomber/feed 26 http://www.futurefirepower.com/german-leopard-2-main-battle-tank http://www.futurefirepower.com/german-leopard-2-main-battle-tank#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:51:17 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/german-leopard-2-main-battle-tank German Leopard 2 Main Battle Tank Manufacturer:  Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) So the Germans have a tank that is comparable to the American Abrams line of tanks.  Big deal right?  Of course not!  The Leopard is fighting side by side with the American Abrams in Afghanistan and Iraq right now!  The Canadians in particular ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/german-leopard-2-main-battle-tank/feed 12 http://www.futurefirepower.com/shooter-movie-cheytac-intervention-m200-sniper-rifle http://www.futurefirepower.com/shooter-movie-cheytac-intervention-m200-sniper-rifle#comments Fri, 12 Oct 2007 14:54:55 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/shooter-movie-cheytac-intervention-m200-sniper-rifle If you haven’t seen the movie Shooter yet, then you probably aren’t really familiar with the longest range sniper rifle in the world. That’s right, this rifle, the CheyTac M200 Intervention has beaten out the Barrett M107 and Accuracy International AS50 (whose longest ranges were negligably similar at approximately ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/shooter-movie-cheytac-intervention-m200-sniper-rifle/feed 188 http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-robot-army-technology http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-robot-army-technology#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:35:45 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-robot-army-technology Today’s battlefield little resembles those that your grandpa could tell you about from either WWII or Vietnam.  Lasers, satellites, encrypted channels, infrared radar, and myriad other advanced technology permeates the battlespace.  Bascically, we have finished weaponizing the electromagnetic spectrum.  Next must come the weaponization of the combination of this electro-optic ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/future-robot-army-technology/feed 18 http://www.futurefirepower.com/missile-defense-agency-star-wars http://www.futurefirepower.com/missile-defense-agency-star-wars#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:29:49 +0000 Andrew http://www.futurefirepower.com/missile-defence-agency-star-wars Everyone has heard in the news about how Russia is furious over the US decision to go ahead with implementing a missile defence shield. A major point not emphasized in popular media relevant to these press releases is the shadowy US agency responsible for devising the missile defence plan. Named ...]]> http://www.futurefirepower.com/missile-defense-agency-star-wars/feed 4