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Iran Strikes Back (Updated)
Iran has executed a large ballistic missile attack on Israel, with multiple missiles impacting amidst a barrage of interceptors.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
It’s a good time to hide.
Israel’s Operation To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program Enters New Phase (Updated)
A better sense of the scale and intensity of Israeli strikes on Iran is beginning to emerge as the crisis continues to evolve.
Israel Launches Operation Rising Lion To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program (Updated)
With tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program at an all-time high, Israel has executed a kinetic operation that included strikes in Tehran.
Israeli Commandos Attacked Iranian Air Defenses With Drones From Inside The Country: Report
Mossad operatives went as far as setting up drone and missile bases near major air defense sites and other key targets.
North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched
How North Korea managed to get the ship looking like it does now, even superficially, so quickly after it sat in the water for days isn’t clear.
Damning IAEA Report Has Given Israel Additional Pretext To Strike Iran
The IAEA states Iran has hid its true nuclear ambitions and Tehran says it is going to build a new uranium facility as war drums grow louder.
Choice Of C-130 For New Navy ‘Doomsday Plane’ Questioned In Watchdog Report
The Navy is acquiring E-130Js to replace critical, but aging 707-based E-6B Mercury nuclear command and control aircraft.
Rafale Reemerges With Conformal Fuel Tanks
More than two decades after they were first trialled, a Rafale has reappeared with range- and payload-enhancing conformal fuel tanks.
Department Of Homeland Security Predator B Drones Are Orbiting Over Los Angeles
Department of Homeland Security is using its most powerful and persistent eyes in the sky as part of its response to the unrest in Los Angeles.
New Details On F/A-18 Super Hornet’s Troubled IRST Pod
The badly needed Block II IRST pod is breaking every 14 hours, on average, during testing.
Troubled Constellation Frigate Is Now At Least 759 Metric Tons Overweight
Major changes to the Constellation’s base design have already caused delays and cost growth, and have prompted questions about its future.
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F-22s Fly Alongside MiGs To Commemorate Founder Of America’s Secret Soviet Fighter Squadron
Col. Gail Peck gave birth to the Red Eagles who flew Soviet fighters against American ones in training in the late 1970s and 1980s.
Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability: Budanov
Ukraine’s intelligence chief says Moscow is giving Pyongyang advanced military technologies that could shift the balance of power on the peninsula.
Growing Drone Threats Lead To Army Modular Shelter Kit Improvements
Upgrades to the Modular Protective System-Overhead Cover could offer important lower-cost layers of defense against drones at bases anywhere.
This Could Be Our Best View Yet Of China’s J-36 Very Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet
The latest image taken of the jet while on the ground appears to show new details, including two smaller weapons bays straddling a large main bay.
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Oh my lord, are we out of coffee?
Russia Executes Revenge Strikes Against Ukraine For Blowing Up Its Bombers
Ukraine also launched a flurry of drone attacks it said were preemptive against long-range Russian aviation bases.
German F-35s Will Be Armed With Stealthy Joint Strike Missiles
The cruise missiles will give German F-35As a potent land-attack and anti-ship capability that doesn’t sacrifice the jet’s stealth advantage.
North Korean Frigate Now Floating Upright After Partially Capsizing During Disastrous Launch
The vessel is now moored in the middle of the harbor as recovery efforts are ongoing, though the extent of the damage remains unknown.
Pentagon Wants To Shift Funds From Navy F/A-XX To USAF F-47: Report
Amid the uncertainty surrounding F/A-XX, the Navy continues to stress its need for the sixth-generation stealth fighter.
Smaller Version Of Quicksink Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Tested By USAF
A 500-pound-class Quicksink bomb offers a lower-cost anti-ship weapon that bombers and fighters could carry in significant numbers.
Ukrainian Commander’s Exclusive Insights On Brutal Drone Warfare On The Frontline
The commander of Azov’s Unmanned Systems Battalion shares the latest details about how tactics are evolving in the bloody Donbas region.
Confirmed Losses Of Russian Aircraft Mount After Ukrainian Drone Assault
Some of the bombers were armed with cruise missiles when Ukraine’s drones rained down on them.
Partially Submerged North Korean Frigate Appears Upright Again In Satellite Image
The frigate looks to be upright again, but the full extent of the damage remains unclear, as is how they will move it somewhere to get fixed.
Otto Aviation’s Phantom 3500 Aims To Massively Disrupt Private Jet Market
The Phantom 3500 follows Otto Aviation’s exotic, tear-drop-shaped Celera 500L with a targeted first flight in 2027.
Latest On Russian Aircraft Loss Assessments From Ukrainian Drone Strikes
The full extent of Russia’s losses of bombers and other prized aircraft to Ukraine’s unprecedented covert drone operation is still emerging.
Ukraine Strikes At The Heart Of Russia’s Highly Defended Kerch Bridge
This is the third time Russia’s prized span connecting its mainland with Crimea has been successfully struck, although the extent of the damage is unclear.
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