https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/78899be8-ec28-444f-b528-505eb77b6305 The AC-130J Ghostrider is a contradiction with wings and it got a massive upgrade: Head over to REC Watches to check out the limited-edition HABU Series, and use the code BEYONDFACT for 10% off at checkout: https://www.recwatches.com/timepieces/habu/ Lockheed Martin cargo plane the US Air Force cut holes into its got a 30 millimeter cannon and a 105 millimeter howitzer artillery, that isn’t fired from like any normal artillery weapon from the ground, but instead it’s fired from the sky oh and it’s loaded by hand one 43 pound shell at a time. For 60 years, every gunship has fought the same way: bank left, hold a slow circle over the target, and rain destruction until everything stops moving. So the Air Force just decided to just do that again but better and rebuilt the gunship. And in 2026, the pieces finally came together. A new cruise missile, the AGM-190A Havoc Spear, launches off the open rear cargo ramp and flies farther than Washington to Boston. A fighter's radar, the AN/APG-83, is headed for the nose of a plane that has never carried anything like it. At RIMPAC 2026, a Ghostrider poured fire into a decommissioned US Navy warship north of Kauai — a truck hunter rehearsing a new job at sea. In this documentary: how a gunship actually works, the 60-year lineage from Puff the Magic Dragon to the Ghostrider, the missile, the radar, the laser that died, and the Vietnam-era howitzer that outlived it. laser that had not worked and the Vietnam-era howitzer was older than the gunner! If you like the video be sure to check out our channel for more. Join this 'Paper Pilot Club' to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzgWZmqmKpmsr4oPWITusKA/join SUBSCRIBE: https://www.bit.ly/beyondFactsSUB #military #aviation #beyondfacts Credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ouwk4eAj_G0ayS1IU_wvpbTpiDcz0mNrNcYTybTumq0/preview Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:53:19 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://tube.blueben.net https://tube.blueben.net/client/assets/images/icons/icon-96x96.png https://tube.blueben.net/videos/watch/78899be8-ec28-444f-b528-505eb77b6305 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://tube.blueben.net/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.