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These Are The U.S. Weapons Most At Risk In The Looming Rare Earths Supply Crisis
Rare earths are critical in thousands of weapon systems, many of which are essential to national security, and China is the source for most of them.
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New CB90 CX Is Bigger, Optionally Crewed Evolution Of Saab’s Proven Combat Boat
The CX version brings expanded payload capacity and a new suite of combat capabilities to the familiar combat boat.
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New X-Plane To Be Announced At Max Power Airshow: NASA Administrator Isaacman
NASA’s boss also deflected a new question about the space agency’s ‘missing’ SR-71 Blackbird.
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Surface-To-Air Missiles Deployed To Protect Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Estate
AN/TWQ-1 Avengers fire FIM-92 Stinger missiles and have been joined by counter-drone fly-away sensor and jammer kits from U.S. Northern Command.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
I wonder if there are any birds left outside?
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Stealthy GJ-21 Drone Has Launched And Recovered From Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship, China Claims
Signs that the PLAN has been building up to this significant milestone in naval airpower have been growing for more than a year.
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Highlights From North Korea’s Drone-A-Palooza
Here’s what Pyongyang put on display as it showcased a growing arsenal of recon and attack drones, including a very aspirational stealthy UCAV concept.
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Japan To Assemble AMRAAM Missiles As U.S. Moves To Dramatically Boost AIM-120 Production
As part of a multibillion-dollar missile-production expansion, Washington and Tokyo also seek to accelerate production of the SM-3 Block IIA interceptor.
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British Type 31 Frigate Variant Offered To The U.S. Navy
Babcock is looking to pitch its Arrowhead 140 design for an American frigate requirement, potentially in partnership with a major U.S. shipbuilder.
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Ground-Launched Rusty Dagger Low-Cost Cruise Missile Seen For The First Time
The first public look at the missile in a surface-launched configuration comes as its manufacturer expands production.
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USAF F-16s Back On Alert Duty In Aleutian Islands For First Time In Decades
NORAD’s return to fighter alert ops on remote Shemya Island is yet another reminder of the eroding security environment in the Pacific and the Arctic.
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General Atomics Developing Strike-Recon Flying Wing Called NextGen That Uses Hybrid-Electric Propulsion
The company is also aiming to trial an air-to-ground derivative of their FQ-42 Vengeance CCA in live-fire tests next year.
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Polish MiG-29s, F-16 Cannon Ammo Reportedly Headed To Ukraine As Bitter Warsaw-Kyiv Rift Heals
Relations between Ukraine and Poland soured in the Spring, leading to Warsaw calling off the MiG-29 deal in June.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: October 27, 2026
The Makin Island amphibious ready group pulls into Yokosuka a week behind the Theodore Roosevelt carrier strike group, as the carrier’s jets conduct a simulated strike during exercise Keen Sword 27.
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Britain’s Final Plan To Kill Argentina’s Super Étendard Attack Jets
Britain’s last bid to destroy Argentina’s fleet threatening Exocet anti-ship missile-armed combat jets during the Falklands War.
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How The U.S. Army’s ‘Navy’ Aims To Go More Autonomous With Its Vessels In The Pacific
The Army wants to buy up to 100 new USVs and add autonomous capabilities into existing crewed vessels.
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Iran Used Limpet Mine Placed On Ship’s Hull In Latest Strait Of Hormuz Attack: Report
More air defenses, ships, troops, ammo and supplies are flowing into the Middle East as the clock ticks down to the potential start of a new air campaign against Iran.
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China’s CE-25A Electric Commuter Airliner Demonstrator Emerges
The 19-seat aircraft features an unusual array of ducted fans, and the technology behind it could have implications beyond civilian aviation.
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Hardened Shelters Critical To Survival Of USAF’s Tanker Fleet: Study
An independent assessment calls for new action to prevent critical aerial refueling assets from being neutralized before they even get in the air.
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Ukraine’s StarGate Drone Now Evacuating Wounded Soldiers
The purpose-built aerial CASEVAC platform is claimed to have completed two battlefield evacuations in a week, including a mission under electronic attack.
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USAF Orders ARRW Hypersonic Missile Into Production, The Same Weapon It Nearly Cancelled
The fortunes of the AGM-183A, which is now set to arm B-52 and B-1 bombers, have now been fully reversed.
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Last-Ditch Meeting In Iran Seeks To Stave-Off A Restart Of All-Out Fighting In The Region
The meeting between Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Iran took place as the U.S. and Israel are spinning-up for a new round of strikes.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
How long are we going to be locked in here?
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On The Brink Of Epic Fury Round Two?
Israeli Air Force operations, ship movements, ominous messaging and more point to the possibility that the war with Iran is about to erupt again.
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Denmark To Buy Anthem Munitions, Joint Strike Missiles In Dual Long-Range Strike Push
The ground- and air-launched weapons will give Denmark all-new options for striking deep behind enemy lines as NATO reinforces its Baltic flank.
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USAF Confirms Bombers Could Have A Major Air-To-Air Combat Role
Bombers are now being viewed as another potential air-to-air asset on top of growing the fighter fleet and establishing a CCA force.
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Four KJ-3000 Radar Jets At Chinese Factory Point To Serial Production
The KJ-3000 is the most capable of China’s rapidly expanding airborne early warning and control aircraft fleet.
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A-4 ‘Super’ Skyhawks Playing The Bad Guys In European Skies
The A-4 Skyhawk, first flown seven decades ago, is famed for its role as a Cold War ‘red air’ aggressor, and it lives on doing that mission to this day in Europe.
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Construction Of Iran’s “Eagle 44” Underground Airbase Hasn’t Stopped Despite War
Satellite imagery depicts new construction and cleared wreckage after strikes at an Iranian airbase with underground hangars and taxiway tunnels.
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Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Spotted Carrying New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles Together
The image of the VX-31 Super Hornet gives us a glimpse of what’s soon to appear in the fleet, and the two missiles will also be joined by the AIM-424 Malice.
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Any Decision To Buy New-Build F-16s Not An “Urgent” Priority: USAF
A top USAF general said new F-16s are “maybe the lazy” route, but are an option as the service strives for 1,509 combat-coded fighters by 2035.
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Ghost Shark Uncrewed Submarine Shown Launching Aerial Drones For The First Time
New video shows a 12-tube drone launcher and two deployable masts in action, offering new insights to what Ghost Shark can do and how it could be used.
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