The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committe says he was told by Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. will give Ukraine the green light to use ATACMS in Russia. News & Features

Ukraine Using ATACMS Missiles To Strike Inside Russia Now On The Table

Allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS inside Russia would put even hardened targets at risk within nearly 200 miles of the border, but escalation fears loom over the decision.

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It’s the turn of the Royal Australian Navy to provide us with a spectacular view of airborne infrared countermeasures in action, with a recent video showing a demonstration by one of its MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission maritime helicopters. In the past, TWZ has taken examined some remarkable air-launched countermeasures action, including extreme close-ups, mass drops, airshow routines, and flare ‘dumps’ from heavyweight transports. This may be the first time we’ve seen a helicopter perform this kind of pyrotechnical feat so close to a warship.

Australian MH-60R Helicopter Executes Stunning Flare Dump Off Stern Of Destroyer

The embarked MH-60R provided a dramatic display of pyrotechnics while hovering behind the Royal Australian Navy destroyer.

Captain of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower tells us what really went on during the ship's Red Sea combat cruise.

Carrier Captain In Combat: Our Video Interview With Christopher “Chowdah” Hill

Check out our video interview with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's commanding officer about what really happened around the Red Sea during the Houthis' onslaught.

Ukraine has unleashed the heaviest drone attack so far against Moscow. The overnight raid on the Russian capital killed at least one person and caused widespread damage and disruption. The long-range strikes come as Ukrainian officials are increasingly frustrated by Western restrictions on using weapons that they have supplied to hit targets deep within Russia.

Moscow Hit By Unprecedented Ukrainian Drone Barrage

Ukraine launched a mass drone attack against the Russian capital with impacts occurring across the region.

The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration Vehicle (ARES-DV), a vertical takeoff and landing capable tilt-rotor drone designed to carry interchangeable payload modules, has left the ground for the first time.

Tilt-Ducted Fan ARES Drone Designed To Carry Modular Payloads Has Finally Lifted Off

ARES, which has been in development for over a decade, could resupply and provide other support for far-flung US forces in future conflicts.

We have just gotten our clearest view so far of a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter powered by the definitive WS-15 domestically produced engines. While the appearance of the photo at this point raises a number of questions, it’s meanwhile clear that the significant shortcoming of the J-20 — its powerplant — appears to have now been addressed.

Our Best Look Yet At China’s J-20A Fighter With WS-15 Engines 

The domestically developed turbofans are expected to confer ‘supercruise’ performance on the stealthy Chinese fighter.

JAS39C Gripen Ukraine

Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen Fighters Still On The Table For Ukraine

There are no immediate plans to transfer the jets to Ukraine but a new aid package gives Sweden that option.

The U.S. Army has renewed interest in new longer-range artillery shells, such as ramjet-powered types, following its axing of plans to buy a next-generation tracked self-propelled 155mm howitzer.

Focus Grows On Longer-Range Artillery Shells After Army Axes Next-Gen Howitzer

Ramjet rounds and other new shells could help the Army squeeze more range out of its existing howitzers as it reassesses its artillery future.

Iranian-made Shahed-136 'Kamikaze' drone flies over the sky of Kermanshah, Iran on March 7, 2024. Iran fired over 100 drones and ballistic missiles on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in retaliation to an attack on a building attached to the country's consular annex in Damascus that killed the guards, and two generals of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on April 01, 2024. Iran has blamed Israel for the attack on April 5, 2024 in Tehran.

Russian Shahed Kamikaze Drone Crashes In Latvia

Russian drones came down in two NATO countries, while mysterious drone incursions continue to fuel fears of espionage.

Iranian ground-to-ground Sajil missile launches at an undisclosed location in Iran on November 12, 2008.

Iranian Ballistic Missiles Have Arrived In Russia: Reports

The long-feared development comes as Western allies pledge more weapons to Ukraine but with no movement on the issue of using some of them to strike targets deep in Russia.

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The Control Room at the York Bunker which was used at the height of the Cold War following its construction in 1961. (Photo by John Giles - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)

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Adversary air company Top Aces' F-16 Vips, the only ones currently in the hands of a private operator, are now flying with podded infrared search and track (IRST) systems.

World’s Only Privately Owned F-16 Aggressors Get Infrared Search And Track Pods

IRST sensors present particular challenges for stealthy aircraft and there is growing demand to include them in training and testing.

The use of thermite-dispersing drones by Ukraine has proliferated.

Thermite-Spewing ‘Dragon’ Drones Are Ukraine’s Newest Battlefield Innovation

Multiple videos have emerged showing Ukrainian drones pouring streams of the incendiary thermite over Russian positions over the last three days.

Kursk incursion a bargainin chip says Zelensky

Kursk Invasion A Bargaining Chip Zelensky Says

Ukraine has no immediate plans to leave Russia's Kursk Oblast where it holds hundreds of square miles of territory.

Above All Else JASSM Would Give Ukraine A Steady Supply Of Cruise Missiles

Above All Else JASSM Would Give Ukraine A Steady Supply Of Cruise Missiles

JASSM can penetrate Russian air defenses unlike anything Ukraine has now, but the numbers that could be provided is its biggest advantage.

Ukraine has developed a balloon-carried electronic warfare system designed to detect enemy drone operators, which can then be targeted, offering a more comprehensive solution than tackling individual drones. While the status of the system, known as Aero Azimuth, is unclear, its unveiling points to a resurgence in interest in elevated sensors, especially mounted of aerostats.

Balloon-Based Sensor That Pinpoints Location Of Drone Operators Emerges In Ukraine

The Aero Azimuth is designed to detect and assist in engaging the drone controller, rather than the drone itself.

Families walk down the driveway while touring a model site home with a concrete basement fallout shelter, Texas, 1961. Photo by Shel Hershorn/Getty Images.

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Weekend Edition

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Alternatively known as the Y-9LG, the Y-8GX-12 is another ECM version based on the Y-8 Category III Platform. It was first identified in satellite imagery in late 2017. Surprisingly, considering its assumed role, the Y-8GX-12 has a ‘balance beam’ radar antenna above its fuselage, as found on the KJ-200 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. It is believed, however, that the radar aboard the Y-8GX-12 is instead used for long-range jamming, using its powerful electronically scanned radar beams to suppress enemy radar signals.

Our Best Look Yet At China’s New Standoff Electronic Warfare Plane

The Y-9LG is the latest in a line of Chinese airborne standoff jammers, part of a huge investment in electronic warfare platforms.

Russian troops are now eight miles from the key Ukrainian logistics hub of Pokrovsk.

Fall Of Key Ukrainian City To Russia Could Be An “Operational Catastrophe”

Russian forces are only about eight miles away from Pokrovsk which is a key logistics hub for Ukraine.

The first known prototype of the Model 437 from Northrop Grumman subsidiary Scaled Composites has flown.

Stealthy High-Tech Model 437 Vanguard Jet Has Flown For The First Time (Updated)

The first publicly known example of the Model 437 drone emerged earlier this month with a notable design change, a cockpit.

Reports from the United States suggest that Ukraine has lost its first F-16 fighter, and one of its pilots, in a crash during a combat mission earlier this week. If true, and there are some questions about the accuracy of the reports, it would be a significant blow for the Ukrainian Air Force, which has so far only received a small number of the jets and has only a handful of combat-qualified pilots.

Ukrainian Pilot Killed In First F-16 Loss

Only six F-16s and a similar number of pilots were available to Ukraine as the type just entered service weeks ago.

Ukraine is targeting the Key E38 highway with drones to slow down Russian logistics.

Ukraine Bracketing Key Kursk Highway With Drones To Slow Russian Logistics

Ukraine has been targeting the key E38 Highway from miles away with drones to impede Russia's ability to reinforce Kursk Oblast.

Ukraine struck Russia's Kirov Oblast, 700 miles from the border, for the first time as part of its ongoing campaign against Moscow's fuel infrastructure.

Russian Region 700 Miles From The Border Struck For First Time By Ukrainian Drones

The Zenit oil depot in Kirov Oblast was attacked as part of Ukraine's expanding campaign against Russia's energy infrastructure.

The U.S. Army has awarded a massive contract valued at close to $1 billion to AeroVironment for Switchblade-series loitering munitions, also known as kamikaze drones, over the next five years.

Army Just Signed $1B Deal For Massive Order Of Switchblade Kamikaze Drones

The Army is moving to drastically expand its stocks of one-way attack munitions so infantry can hunt and kill tanks and other targets from the air on a grander scale.

Poland’s first F-35A stealth fighter — locally named Husarz, or hussar — was officially rolled out today in a glitzy ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas plant.

Poland’s First F-35A “Hussar” Stealth Fighter Rolled Out

With growing fears of Russian aggression, the Polish Air Force is modernizing, with the F-35 set to be its cutting edge.

Saab Gets Big XM919 Shoulder-Fired Anti-Armor Launcher Order From The U.S. Army (Updated)

Saab Gets Big XM919 Shoulder-Fired Anti-Armor Launcher Order From The U.S. Army (Updated)

The XM919s, also called Individual Assault Munitions, are set to give soldiers a new way to attack light armored vehicles and other targets.

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