Armed Forces Videos and Pictures

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India's new Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya

 

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Indian LCH fighter heli >

 

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Bugs in the sky: Boeing showcases hard-to-detect drones that behave like a 'swarm of insects'

Drone development could lead to lower costs and less risk in military warfare

Research suggests that the mechanics of insects can be reverse-engineered to design smaller machines to scout battlefields

By Daily Mail Reporter
12 August 2012

Swarm: Boeing engineers and researchers from Johns Hopkins University successfully tested their swarm technology on two ScanEagle drones in Oregon. Seen here is a ScanEagle


Boeing revealed the 'swarm' technology at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International trade show, where robot makers gather to show off their wares.

The University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab have also tested drone 'swarm' technology recently, showing off a network of 20 nano quadrotors flying in synchronized formations.

The SWARMS goal is to combine swarm technology with bio-inspired drones to operate 'with little or no direct human supervision' in 'dynamic, resource-constrained, adversarial environments,' the university said.

Drone developments: The 'swarm' development has the potential to offer more military missions at less risk and lower operating costs; seen here is a ShadowHawk drone with SWAT team members


Indeed, it is most likely the future of hard-to-detect drone surveillance will mimic nature.

Research suggests that the mechanics of insects can be reverse-engineered to design midget machines to scout battlefields and search for victims trapped in rubble.

Scientists have taken their inspiration from animals which have evolved over millennia to the perfect conditions for flight.

Nano-biomimicry MAV design has long been studied by the Department of Defence, and in 2008 the U.S. government's military research agency - DARPA - conducted a symposium discussing 'bugs, bots, borgs and bio-weapons.'

The same year, the US Air Force unveiled insect-sized spies 'as tiny as bumblebees' that could not be detected and would be able to fly into buildings to 'photograph, record, and even attack insurgents and terrorists.'

Around the same time the Air Force also unveiled what it called 'lethal mini-drones' based on Leonardo da Vinci's blueprints for his Ornithopter flying machine, and claimed they would be ready for roll out by 2015.

 

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indeeed, impressive explosions at the Miramar Air Show. They do it I believe twice a day every day, and also at night (much more spectacular of course). The heat is something that really strikes you...
I have posted a pic on pinterest web site (under o2pak) that I took while attending an even there

 

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Crowds gather at a runaway at the Karachi Airport to witness a ‘flying parade’ and joint military exercises of American and Pakistani armed forces (1953).

Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment gather before a patrol atop the 8000-foot mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border on.

 

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The Phantom Soldiers of the Pakistan Army--Commandos of the Special Services Group (SSG)

 

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Pakistan SSG commandos and Chinese soldiers took part in a anti-terrorism exercise in Jehlum, Pakistan.

Pakistan's army chief General Ashfaq Kayani (centre R) and General Hou Shusen (centre L), Deputy Chief of Staff of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), walk as they attend the Pakistan-China anti-terrorist drill in Jhelum on November 24, 2011. PHOTO: AFP

Soldiers from Pakistan and China shout: "Long live China, long live Pakistan" after joint military exercises in Jhelum, in Pakistan's Punjab province, November 24, 2011. PHOTO: REUTERS

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers take part in the Pakistan-China anti-terrorist drill as they wrap up their two-week military exercise in Jhelum on November 24, 2011. PHOTO: AFP

Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers and commandos from Pakistan's Special Service Group (SSG).

 

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Legged Squad Support System Takes Advance in Reducing Load of Warfighters. ​

LEGGED SQUAD SUPPORT SYSTEM (LS3)

Today’s dismounted warfighter can be saddled with more than 100 pounds of gear, resulting in physical strain, fatigue and degraded performance. Reducing the load on dismounted warfighters has become a major point of emphasis for defense research and development, because the increasing weight of individual equipment has a negative impact on warfighter readiness. The Army has identified physical overburden as one of its top five science and technology challenges. To help alleviate physical weight on troops, DARPA is developing a four-legged robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), to integrate with a squad of Marines or Soldiers.

LS3 seeks to demonstrate that a highly mobile, semi-autonomous legged robot can carry 400 lbs of a squad’s load, follow squad members through rugged terrain and interact with troops in a natural way, similar to a trained animal and its handler.

The LS3 program goal is to develop a robot that will go through the same terrain the squad goes through without hindering the squad’s mission. The robot could also serve as a mobile auxiliary power source to the squad, so troops can recharge batteries for radios and handheld devices while on patrol.

In January 2012, the LS3 prototype completed its first outdoor assessment, demonstrating mobility by climbing and descending a hill and exercising its perception capabilities.

A two-year, platform-refinement test cycle began in July 2012, with Marine and Army involvement, culminating in a planned capstone exercise where LS3 should embed with Marines conducting field exercises. During this period, DARPA seeks to finish the development of and refine LS3’s technologies to provide a suite of autonomy settings, including leader-follower tight, leader-follower corridor and go-to-waypoint, described below:

Leader-follower tight: LS3 attempts to follow as close as possible to the path its leader takes Leader-follower corridor: LS3 sticks to the leader but has freedom to make local path decisions, so the leader doesn’t need to think about LS3’s mobility capabilities Go-to-waypoint: LS3 uses its local perception to avoid obstacles on its way to a designated GPS coordinate. Additionally, technologies to allow squad members to speak commands to LS3 are anticipated to be added during this period.

LS3 represents the culmination of a decade of research in perception and autonomy with programs like DARPA’s Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicle-Perception for Off-Road Robotics Integration (UPI) program, mobility work with DARPA’s “Big Dog” and significant advances in natural human-robot interface such as voice recognition.

 

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Pakistan Army

Pakistan Army

This is a fooking cool photograph. PA Army. The best soldiers.

 

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TCG Gökova guided missile frigate during NATO Counter-piracy mission (Operation Ocean Shield)

 

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In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, shout 'long live Pakistan' before returning to their outpost. Kalpani is on the front line in the 10-year war against militant Islamists, a war which allies Pakistan with the U.S. and NATO in an uneasy, distrustful partnership. Pakistan feels scapegoated for the coalition's failures in Afghanistan

In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 photo, a Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, patrols near his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

In this Sunday, Feb. 19, 2012 photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, carry supplies up the 8000-foot mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, pray before starting a patrol from their outpost Kalpani Base.

In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 photo, Pakistani Army radio operator Asef Imran, with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment, maintains the radio station at the Kalpani Base atop an 8000-foot mountain in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

In this Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 photo, Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment melt snow for drinking water at the Kalpani Base atop an 8000-foot mountain in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border. Kalpani is on the front line in the 10-year war against militant Islamists, a war which allies Pakistan with the U.S. and NATO in an uneasy, distrustful partnership.

In this Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 photo, a Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment stands atop the 8000-foot mountain during a patrol near his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

In this Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012 photo, a Pakistani Army soldier with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment stands guard atop the 8000-foot mountain at his outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

Pakistani Army soldiers with the 20th Lancers Armored Regiment carry supplies up the 8000-foot mountain near their outpost, Kalpani Base, in Pakistan's Dir province on the Pakistan-Afghan border.

 

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Chinese Muslim Generals

Chinese Muslim Hui General Ma Bufang (1903–1975) Governor of Qinghai and member of the Kuomintang Chinese nationalist party of the Republic of China National Revolutionary Army.

Fought against Tibet in the Sino Tibetan War, against the communists in the Chinese civil war, against the Japanese in the second Sino Japanese war, and against the Russians and Uyghur’s in the Ili rebellion

Chinese Muslim Generals Ma Fuxiang (1876 – August 19, 1932) . Ma, a Hui Muslim leader, had a military and political career which spanned the Qing dynasty through the early Republic of China and illustrated the power of family, the role of religious affiliations, and the interaction of Inner Asian China and the national government of China. Ma was born in Linxia, Gansu, China.

He was named the military governor of Xining, and then of Altay, in Qing times.

 

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Dogs have been fighting alongside U.S. soldiers for more than 100 years, seeing combat in the Civil War and World War I. But their service was informal; only in 1942 were canines officially inducted into the U.S. Army. Today, they're a central part of U.S. efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan -- as of early 2010 the U.S. Army had 2,800 active-duty dogs deployed (the largest canine contingent in the world). And these numbers will continue to grow as these dogs become an ever-more-vital military asset.

Spetsnaz soldier doing a back-flip and simultaneously throwing a hatchet at a target.

 

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im lovin it bring it on more

 

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X-47B UCAS structural proof tests of the jet's airframe. The hydraulic jacks that push and pull on the airframe surfaces to simulate static and dynamic load.