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North Korea
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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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Plenty of board games and hot cocoa in the ole bunker.
F-35s From Hill AFB Arrive In England
The fifth-generation fighters arrived in England amid reports that the U.S. will send additional aircraft to the Middle East.
New European Union Plan To Boost Local Arms Production Would Freeze U.S. Out Of Billions
Canada, angered by Trump’s tariffs and rhetoric, may also join this new initiative as concerns over reliance on U.S. weapons grow.
Massive Explosion Rocks Key Bomber Base Deep Inside Russia
The strategic bomber base, 300 miles from the Ukrainian border, is a high-priority target for Kyiv as it struggles to curtail Russian aerial bombardment.
Russia Confirms Ongoing Ukrainian Assault On Belgorod Region
Russian officials say they face a “difficult” situation in the Belgorod region, with multiple reports of an incursion into the border area by Ukrainian forces.
Laser-Guided Rockets Shown Shooting Down Houthi Drones For First Time
A dedicated air-to-air counter-drone version of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket has also now been disclosed.
Mysterious Weapon Fired From Bradley Fighting Vehicle During Exercise
An M2 Bradley recently fired a new projectile from its TOW anti-tank missile launcher during a major U.S. Army test event.
Putin-Trump Limited Ceasefire Deal Reached, Ukraine Now Has To Agree
Ukraine Situation Report: The first-step agreement is narrow in scope and calls for a 30-day pause on power infrastructure attacks.
Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘FrankenBuk’ Air Defense System
The best-known of Ukraine’s so-called ‘FrankenSAMs’ puts RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles on a Soviet-era Buk-M1 ground-based air defense system.
BlueHalo’s FE-1 Low-Cost Surface-To-Air Missile Fired For First Time
The Freedom Eagle-1 missile is intended as a low-cost effector to tackle larger drones as part of the U.S. Army’s Next-Gen Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) program.
China’s J-36 Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen Flying For Second Time
The largest of China’s two tailless tactical jet prototypes is in the air again, nearly three months since its first flight.
Israeli F-35s First To Use ‘Beast Mode’ In Combat
The “thousands of sorties” flown by Israeli F-35Is in the latest Middle East conflicts have included the first combat use of external offensive stores.
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Concrete and conversation.
Our Best Look At North Korea’s New Early-Warning Radar Plane
North Korea’s mysterious airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to take shape and has now received its radome.
Argentine Air Force Went To War With Chaff Made By Pasta Machine
The assault on the Falklands surprised even the Argentine Air Force, which soon embarked on a sometimes-bizarre program to bolster its self-protection capabilities.
Ukrainian Long-Range Attack Drones To Be Tested By U.S. Military
Project Artemis will also evaluate American designs that could evolve into long-range kamikaze drones for the U.S. military.
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