United States Air Force’s Boeing YAL-1 Airborne laser platform takes off. The now scrapped YAL-1 was based on the Boeing 747 and was designed to test the use of high powered lasers to destroy ballistic missiles before they reached their terminal phase.
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F-14 Tomcat loaded with Phoenix missiles
US Navy’s F-14 Tomcat air superiority fighter jet. This Tomcat has a full payload of six AIM-54 Phoneix long range air-to-air missiles (AAM). The Tomcat was designed to intercept long range Soviet bombers and was the primary carrier based interceptor jet for the US Navy from the late 1970s till the early 2000s.
M198 155mm howitzer firing
US Army infantrymen fire a M198 155mm howitzer during the Iraq war. This towed howitzer used to form the backbone of American military’s artillery with the capability to fire multiple types of rounds and a maximum range of 30 km. This picture captures the very moment of the high velocity propellant gasesĀ coming out of the howitzer’s muzzle brake.