Explore the weapons and combat systems used by the armed services. A broad range of topics in the Military Channel includes tanks, aircraft, biological warfare and stealth technologies.
Hypersonic missiles, which could reach distant targets in a matter of minutes and wreak destruction with their own kinetic energy, are a potentially destabilizing threat to world peace.
U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmers routinely jump out of helicopters into dangerous waters, risking their lives to save others.
Tank Town USA is just one of a few places in the country where you don't have to be in the military to pay to drive a tank.
The Manhattan Project built the city of Oak Ridge in rural Tennessee, where secret facilities produced uranium-235 for the atomic bomb.
The U.S. Air Force showed its might during this unprecedented exercise. But why?
Without question, they save lives — but they aren't 100 percent failsafe.
All six countries are in the Americas.
The search team used a radar-equipped drone to locate a P-38 from the so-called "Lost Squadron" that crash-landed in Greenland in 1942. But the story doesn't end there.
The debate over the legality of 3D-printable guns rages on, but how big an issue will they turn out to be?
The ArmaLite AR-15 rifle has become a hot-button issue in the American landscape. Where did the rifle originate and how did it become so controversial?
The Trump administration wants to develop a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons that could be used without launching an all-out nuclear war.
Exposure to this nerve agent in minuscule amounts is enough to kill several human beings.
Torture was formally abolished in Europe in the 19th century, but reared its ugly head again in the 20th century. Why did it reappear and what is its future?
The increasing interest in autonomous weapons around the world is alarming scientists, and there's a growing movement to halt the development of these weapons before the technology has a chance to proliferate.
Sand turned to glass at White Sands Missile Range. What do we know today about the remnants of the world's first nuclear blast?
Could a tiny creature called a tardigrade hold the key to slowing biological time, giving soldiers more opportunity to recover from life-threatening injuries?
Bombs are complicated to build so they aren't a common go-to method of madness for criminals. But would you know one if you saw one?
Underwater military bases sound super-cool, but what are the odds they truly exist?
Self-defense is a hallmark of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. But could self-defense insurance policies embolden a gun owner to shoot?
HowStuffWorks explains two ways that gun owners are modifying their semi-automatic weapons to fire like automatic ones.
Puerto Rico is finally getting much-needed aid after Hurricane Maria, and much of that is coming from USNS Comfort.
Bump fire stocks enable a shooter like Las Vegas killer Steven Paddock to fire a semi-automatic rifle at nearly the rate of an automatic. How do they work?
New evidence shows that Big Tobacco specifically targeted U.S soldiers, because they were "less educated" among other reasons.
In late July 2017, North Korea upped its threats the United States and its allies with nuclear strikes — and the U.N. responded with strict and overwhelming sanctions.
Sheltering in place could give you the best chance of surviving a nuclear attack.
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