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First North Korean Airborne Early Warning Jet Flies, Kim Shows Off Interior
North Korea’s radar plane, based on an Il-76 cargo jet, has been taking shape for more than a year.
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Micro Missile-Slinging Drone-Killing Drone Concept Revealed By Airbus
The Airbus Low-Cost Air Defense or LOAD concept takes an existing target drone and adds small air-to-air missiles to bring down enemy UAVs.

B-52 Radar Upgrade Alternatives Info Sought By Air Force
The USAF says that an existing B-52 radar modernization plan remains unchanged despite delays, but it is clearly also looking at other options.

SM-6 Missile Closer To Proving Hypersonic Weapon Intercept Capability After Aegis Destroyer Test
The SM-6 is the U.S. military’s most immediate option for tackling growing threats posed by advanced maneuvering hypersonic weapons.

Iran Shows Off Underground ‘Missile City’
The facility holds some of Iran’s most advanced weapons, but there appears to be a glaring vulnerability in how it is constructed.

Signs U.S. Massing B-2 Spirit Bombers In Diego Garcia (Updated)
The U.S. is flowing in airpower to the Indian Ocean outpost as threats to Iran escalate and the bombing campaign against the Houthis grinds on.

Taiwan’s Endeavor Manta Drone Boat Breaks Cover
Taiwan has not moved as fast as some may have expected to build an uncrewed surface vessel force, but that appears to be changing.

Navy F/A-XX Stealth Fighter Selection This Week: Report
The Navy is reportedly set to follow the Air Force’s lead and name the company chosen to develop and build its carrier-based sixth-generation fighter.

F-47 Fighter Reveal Draws New Attention To USAF Stealth Tanker Plans
Proceeding with the F-47 will impact tanker needs and there have been questions about whether the USAF can even afford to buy both aircraft.

What The F-47’s Canards Say About The Rest Of Its Design
The most surprising feature on the F-47 Next Generation fighter are canard foreplanes that aren’t conducive to extreme degrees of stealth.

Ukraine Launched HIMARS Attack On Russian Helicopters In Belgorod
Ukrainian special operations forces state they called in the rocket artillery strike after spotting the helicopters at a forward arming and refueling point.

Ukraine Launches FPV Drone Attack On Russia’s Air Defenses In Crimea
The FPV drones, presumably launched by sea drones, also hit two ships and a helicopter.

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