More from Joseph Trevithick (Page 15)

Posted on Oct 27, 2023

Israel

Does Israel Really Have ‘Sponge Bombs’ For Sealing Tunnels?

Posted on Oct 27, 2023

Syria

U.S. Strikes Back At Iranian-Linked Bases In Syria (Updated)

Posted on Oct 27, 2023

The Space Force's Space Operations Command's first official painting depicts a reusable spaceplane intercepting a hostile 'killer satellite.'

X-37B

Spaceplane Vs Satellite Duel In First Space Force Painting Is Telling

Posted on Oct 26, 2023

SM-6 Missile Fired From Littoral Combat Ship

Posted on Oct 25, 2023

The US Air Force has confirmed that its first pre-production B-21 Raider stealth bomber is undergoing taxi testing ahead of its first flight.

B-21

B-21 Raider Has Begun Taxi Tests

Posted on Oct 25, 2023

A US Air Force B-52 bomber was seen flying in East Asia recently sporting white-colored wing tips and we now know the reason why.

B-52

Here’s Why Some B-52s Have White Wing Tips

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

Boeing is continuing to develop a powered derivative of the Joint Direct Attack Munition, which turns standard 500-pound-class bombs into cruise missiles.

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Jet-Powered JDAM Aims To Turn Bombs Into Cruise Missiles

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

KC-135

Lockheed Bails On KC-135 Tanker Replacement Competition

Posted on Oct 23, 2023

The Ukrainian Air Force has released a video showing U.S.-made Hawk surface-to-air missile systems in use.

Russia

First Look At Hawk SAMs Now In Action In Ukraine

Posted on Oct 23, 2023

Iron Dome

U.S. Army To Give Its Only Two Iron Dome Batteries To Israel: Reports

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Oct 20, 2023

Russia

Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric Rocket Launcher Absolutely Detonates When Hit By Drone

Posted on Oct 20, 2023

China

China May Acquire Conventionally Armed ICBMs: Pentagon Report

Posted on Oct 20, 2023

A dozen nations have issued a warning to the Houthis to stop attacking Red Sea shipping.

USS Carney Shoots Down Missiles, Drones Fired From Yemen

Posted on Oct 19, 2023

Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of Ukraine's first strikes using ATACMS missiles on Berdyansk airport.

Russia

Destruction From Ukraine’s First ATACMS Strike Now Apparent

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Oct 18, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Test Fire Robot Dog Armed With Rocket Launcher

Posted on Oct 18, 2023

U.S. Army

Army Faces Fight Just To Survive In the Arctic

Posted on Oct 17, 2023

Israel

Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear With ‘Cope Cage’ Armor

Posted on Oct 16, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: ‘FrankenSAM’ To Speed Delivery Of Air Defenses

Posted on Oct 13, 2023

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Russia’s Attempt To Encircle Avdiivka Is Stalling

Posted on Oct 12, 2023

The Pentagon has confirmed it is sending "new" air defense systems that fire AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to Ukraine.

Russia

Mysterious Sidewinder Air Defense Systems Headed For Ukraine (Updated)

Posted on Oct 11, 2023

Gun maker Sig Sauer is experimenting with pistol-armed quadcopter drones.

Unmanned

P365 Pistol-Armed Aerial Drone Put On Display By Sig Sauer

Posted on Oct 11, 2023

American Rheinmetall is showing off a version of the Ripsaw mini-tank with its Skyranger 30 air defense turret.

U.S. Army

Ripsaw Mini Tank Emerges In New Air Defense Configuration

Posted on Oct 10, 2023

U.S. Army

This Is A Ramjet Artillery Shell Right As It’s Fired Out Of A Howitzer

Posted on Oct 9, 2023

F/A-18

Blue Angels Maneuver Filmed From Alcatraz Looks Straight Out Of ‘The Rock’

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

Assault Rifles

Little Radar-Toting Robotic Gun Vehicle Aims To Protect Squads From Drones

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

U.S. Marine Corps

XQ-58 Valkyrie Is Now Flying With The Marine Corps

Posted on Oct 6, 2023

Russia

Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Successfully Tested, Putin Says

Posted on Oct 5, 2023

Video that appears to show a British-supplied surface-to-air missile system centered on the AIM-132 ASRAAM air-to-air missile in use in Ukraine has emerged.

British Air-To-Air Missiles Turned SAMs Seen Scoring Kill In Ukraine

Posted on Oct 4, 2023

M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Ineffective By 2040 In Fight Against China: Army Study

Posted on Oct 4, 2023

Flight testing of the Air Force's future nuclear-tipped AGM-181A Long Range Stand Off cruise missile is well under way.

U.S. Air Force

Flight Testing Of Air Force’s New Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile Well Underway

Posted on Oct 3, 2023

U.S. Air Force

Future Air Combat Drone Performance Focus Areas Emerge

Posted on Oct 2, 2023

The U.S. Air Force has provided the first real look at a future hypersonic air-breathing cruise missile, a type weapon it hopes to start fielding in 2027.

HAWC

Our First Glimpse Of The Air Force’s Hypersonic Cruise Missile

Posted on Sep 30, 2023

An MH-60M Black Hawk helicopter in the latest configuration utilized by the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and with a unusual paint job recently visited a civilian airport in Alabama.

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Night Stalker MH-60 Black Hawk Spotted In Blue Camouflage

Posted on Sep 29, 2023

There is now a patented pop-out modular passenger system design that could be used on Bell's 360 Invictus armed scout helicopter.

Pop Out Seating Kit For Bell 360 Invictus Helicopter Patented

Posted on Sep 28, 2023

The Air Force routinely highlights the impressive mix of capabilities the F-15EX Eagle II fighter will offer, but is only planning to buy just over 100 of them.

F-15EX Fleet Too Small For What Commanders Want Out Of It

Posted on Sep 28, 2023

Russia

Ukraine Getting ATACMS Cluster Variant Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

A group of airmen at Aviano Air Base in Italy are pitching an idea for a folding boarding ladder that F-16 pilots can stow in the map case in the jet's cockpit.

F-16

Airmen Design F-16 Boarding Ladder That Fits Inside Cockpit

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

Su-27

Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

Posted on Sep 27, 2023

South Korea

Little Stealthy Flying Wing Drone Displayed By South Korea

Posted on Sep 26, 2023

An organization called AMMO Ukraine has given a new look at an uncrewed underwater vehicle called Marichka that it says could be used to launch kamikaze attacks on Russian targets.

Russia

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘Marichka’ Submarine Drone

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

Line abreast loop blue angels formation cockpit footage

Gorgeous Cockpit Video Of Blue Angels Flying Synchronized Loop

Posted on Sep 25, 2023

Stretch Suburban command vehicle for NORTHCOM

U.S. Homeland

Unique Chevy Suburban Command Vehicle Delivered To Military

Posted on Sep 23, 2023

The addition of the new AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block III to the USS Pinckney has changed the external shape of the ship significantly, as well as given it impressive additional electronic warfare capabilities.

Navy Destroyer Looks Significantly Different After Major Upgrade

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

Norwegian F-35As have become the first aircraft of this type to operate from a road during an exercise in Finland.

NATO

F-35A Has Flown From A Highway For The First Time

Posted on Sep 21, 2023

Newly released pictures give a great look at just how loaded down with sensors and other specialized system the MH-60M Black Hawks assigned to the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment really are.

160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Special Ops MH-60 Seen Absolutely Crammed With Modifications

Updated on Sep 21, 2023

Iran

Bizarre Iranian ‘Loitering SAM’ Shown To Russian Defense Minister

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

Russia

Decision To Give ATACMS To Ukraine Is About To Become Easier

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 20, 2023

New details about the crash of a Marine Corps F-35B on September 17, 2023, have emerged.

F-35

“He Just Lost It In The Weather” – Audio From F-35 Crash Response Emerges

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at expanding its ability to land on beaches around the world as part of a shift toward "runway agnostic" operations.

C-130

Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

Posted on Sep 19, 2023

Retired Marine Col. Charles Del Pizzo offered his version of the 2023 mishap that saw his F-35B fly for nearly 12 minutes after he ejected.

F-35

F-35 Debris Found In Field After Frantic Search For Missing Jet

Posted on Sep 18, 2023

For the very beginning, the B-21 Raider stealth bomber program has been about much more than only the bomber itself.

NGAD

B-21 ‘Family Of Systems’ Details Emerge, Engine Test Runs Start

Posted on Sep 12, 2023

KC-135

KC-135 Tankers Being Eyed For Drone Launcher Role

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

Anduril's acquisition of Blue Force Technologies and its Fury drone is a latest development is an important story that could have broad ramifications for the US defense industry.

U.S. Homeland

The Rise Of Fury

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 11, 2023

U.S. Air Force

LongShot Air-To-Air Combat Drone Bid Won By General Atomics

Posted on Sep 8, 2023

Boeing says Poland has expressed an interest in buying F-15EX Eagle II fighters.

Eastern Europe

Poland Eyeing F-15EX Buy Amid Weapons Buying Spree

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

A new planned test of the Army's Dark Eagle hypersonic missile has been cancelled.

Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

Test Of Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile At Cape Canaveral Aborted (Updated)

Posted on Sep 7, 2023

The Air Force says it is still considering employing its future Collaborative Combat Aircraft drones alongside B-21 bombers, and that the uncrewed aircraft might also serve as tankers and airlifters.

NGAD

B-21 Raider Could Use Collaborative Drones Meant For Fighters

Posted on Sep 6, 2023

At the direction of the Pentagon, the US Air Force has kicked off a new initiative to explore ways to better protect the United States against incoming cruise missiles.

SAM Sites Could Return To Critical Locales Across U.S.

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

ICBMs

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

The Marine Corps plans to buy three batteries worth of Iron Dome systems and 1,840 Tamir interceptors to go with them.

U.S. Marine Corps

USMC Buying Nearly 2,000 Tamir Interceptors For Its Iron Dome Systems

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.

Russia

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Taiwan

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems