At SEMA the specialty manufacturer Hennessey debuted the 2018 Ford Raptor 6×6. You know, when four wheel just aren’t enough. The $349,000 price tag includes the donor 2018 Raptor four-door truck and adds a twin-turbo engine spitting out 605 horsepower and 622 pound-feet of torque. That’s enough to hustle this […]
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HONOLULU — While much of the world is focused on the ballistic missile and nuclear threat from North Korea, the U.S. military in the Pacific region is also concentrating on another potential foe: China. “PRC is the most pressing threat in the Pacific,” one U.S. military official in the region […]
Protection amounts to littleBill Baston/FLPA By Fred Pearce The British authorities stand accused of turning a blind eye to “blatant” killings of endangered birds of prey. A new study found 81 confirmed attacks on protected raptors during 2016, but not one prosecution. “In most other countries, they would never have […]
Dave Majumdar Security, Extending the E-2D mission radius and time of station just helps the Advanced Hawkeye become an even more effective weapon. Extending the Range of the U.S. Navy’s E-2D Advanced Hawkeye The Northrop Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye completed its first aerial refueling earlier this summer. The new capability, which will […]
Kim Jong-un has regularly responded to US military operations in the region with missile launches as the two nations trade threats of conflict. Now North Korea has blasted Donald Trump’s soldiers, accusing them of “imperialist aggression” after US forces joined South Korean troops to carry out military drills on the […]
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has provided SpaceX with an additional $40.7 million to support continued development of the company’s Raptor engine. A Defense Department contract announcement Oct. 19 stated that the Air Force was modifying an existing agreement with SpaceX, originally awarded in January 2016, by providing the […]