More from Oliver Parken (Page 2)

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Stealth

Stealthy Fighter-Like Wingman Drone Concept Unveiled By Airbus (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Testing at the Upside-Down Air Force, RADC

The Fascinating Story Of The USAF’s “Upside-Down Air Force”

Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Posted on May 31, 2024

Experimental Alpha Draco hypersonic boost-glide vehicle preparing for launch, 1959.

Alpha Draco Paved The Way In The Late 1950s For Future Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles

Posted on May 29, 2024

An uncrewed ground vehicle launching quadcopter

Army Tests Quadcopter Swarm-Launching Uncrewed Ground Vehicle For Clearing Mines

Posted on May 22, 2024

China

Chinese Soldiers Train To Fend Off FPV Drones

Updated on May 20, 2024

Private jet registration can be hidden by FAA based on new bill.

Congress Has Made Fully Obscuring Aircraft Ownership Information A Reality

Posted on May 18, 2024

People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

China’s Mysterious Stealthy Warship Has Headed Out To Sea (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on May 15, 2024

T-6 Pilot Dies In Ejection Seat Accident

Posted on May 14, 2024

STRAIT OF SAN JUAN DE FUCA, Wash. (May 6, 2024) The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nebraska (SSBN 739) transits the Strait of San Juan de Fuca escorted by U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft and U.S. Coast Guard screening escort vessels. Joint operations, such as this one which involved the Air Force, Coast Guard, and Navy, ensure the U.S. military is ready to meet its security commitments at home and abroad including commitments to our allies and partners. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gwendelyn Ohrazda/Released)

China

A-10 Warthogs Escorting A Ballistic Missile Submarine Is Certainly Different

Posted on May 9, 2024

Drones

Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated)

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman

Posted on May 8, 2024

Russia

New Russian Turtle Tank With Cage-Like Armor Emerges On Ukrainian Battlefield

Posted on May 6, 2024

Anti-Satellite Capabilities

Russia’s Anti-Satellite Nuke Could Leave Lower Orbit Unusable, Test Vehicle May Already Be Deployed

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 3, 2024

Manta Ray Underwater Drone Even More Enormous Than We Thought

Posted on May 1, 2024

A 49th Wing F-16 Viper takes off Jan. 19, 2022, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Holloman is the Air Force’s premiere training base for F-16 Viper and MQ-9 Reaper aircrew. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Adrian Salazar)

F-16 Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico (Updated)

Posted on Apr 30, 2024

Eastern Europe

Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz”

Updated on Apr 30, 2024

WWII

Canadian Military’s WWII-Era Browning Hi-Power Pistols Are Finally Being Replaced

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

South Korea

F-4 Phantoms Conduct Final Popeye Missile Firing Before South Korea Bids Them Farewell

Updated on Apr 23, 2024

B-2 Spirit stealth bombers assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing taxi on the runway at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 15, 2024. Team Whiteman executed a mass fly-off of 12 B-2s to cap off the annual Spirit Vigilance exercise. Routine training ensures that Airmen are always ready to execute global strike operations… anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell)

B-2

Majority Of The B-2 Spirit Fleet Took To The Skies In A Mass Launch

Posted on Apr 18, 2024

Mockups seen on the deck of the Chinese carrier Fujian

People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

Deck Of China’s Nearly Complete Carrier Now Hosting Multiple Aircraft Mockups

Posted on Apr 17, 2024

Newly-painted Kazakhstan Air Force A400M pre-delivery

Air Forces

Paint Job On Kazakhstan’s New A400M Looks Like A ‘Soviet’ Plane In A Bond Film

Posted on Apr 15, 2024

Concept art for DARPA's medium USV "NOMARS"

DARPA’s Defiant Fully Uncrewed Demonstrator Ship Will Hit The Seas Later This Year

Posted on Apr 11, 2024

Full-scale prototype of Northrop Grumman's Manta Ray

Manta Ray High-Endurance Underwater Drone Unveiled

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

Naha Air Base temporarily moves its F-15s in light of a tsunami warning

F-15

Japan’s Tsunami-Fleeing F-15s Took To The Road

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

World War II deception unit the "Ghost Army"

WWII

The Work Of This Clandestine Army Unit That Used Guile To Fight The Nazis Is Highly Relevant Again

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Europe

Spain Is Selling Off Its M60 Tanks To The Highest Bidder

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

M16/AR15/M4 Pattern

First U.S. Army Unit Just Received Long Awaited M4 And M249 Replacements

Posted on Mar 29, 2024

Cold War-era Ladoga APV pictured by a FPV drone

Ukraine

Ultra-Rare Russian Armored VIP Escape Vehicle Spotted In Ukraine

Posted on Mar 28, 2024

The steel frame of the Francis Scott Key Bridge sits on top of the container ship Dali after the bridge collapsed, Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Leading Rescue Effort Following Baltimore Bridge Collapse (Updated)

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

U.S. Air Force TU-2s Dragon Lady 1078 flies to U.S. Air Force Plant 42, Palmdale, California, where it will undergo normal Program Depot-level Maintenance (PDM) and be painted black, after almost three years of maintenance at Beale Air Force Base, California, Feb. 29, 2024. Aircraft 1078 was involved in an accident in 2021 that left it unable to move to Plant 42, and after passing low flight and high flight tests, was able to fly to Palmdale where Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Detachment 4 will oversee Lockheed Martin’s PDM of aircraft 1078. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexis Pentzer

U-2

TU-2S Dragon Lady Resurrected For The Twilight Of The Spy Plane’s Service

Posted on Mar 25, 2024

Supersonic testbed XB-1 on its first flight, March 22, 2024

U.S. Air Force

Boom’s XB-1 Supersonic Test Jet Takes To The Skies

Posted on Mar 23, 2024

WWII-era battleship USS New Jersey pictured on the Delaware River for scheduled maintenance

Battleship New Jersey Leaves Her Pier For First Time In Over 30 Years

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

A Houthi drone pictured by a French naval helicopter shortly before being shot down

Red Sea

French Navy Helicopter Intercepting Houthi Drone Seen In New Video

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

Satellite image of the air base at Mihail Kogălniceanu, pictured on December 18, 2023

Eastern Europe

Romanian Airfield’s Transformation Into A Giant NATO Base Is Underway

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

Kim Jong Un takes his new Russian limo out for a spin

North Korea

Limo Gifted From Putin Is Now Carting Kim Around North Korea

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

Russia

GPS Jamming Of U.K. Defense Secretary’s Jet Highlights Russia’s Regional EW Activities

Posted on Mar 17, 2024

A prototype J-35 stealth flghter in flight

Air Forces

New Images Of China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter, Could Depict Third Example

Posted on Mar 14, 2024

Stratolaunch's Roc supporting the first powered flight of the company's TA-1 hypersonic vehicle.

Hypersonics Aircraft

Stratolaunch’s Hypersonic Talon-A Makes First Powered Flight

Posted on Mar 11, 2024

A close-up shot of part of a T-72 tank track, produced by Cook Defence Systems

Cold War

Tank Museum In U.K. Playing Big Role In Keeping Ukraine’s Armor On Track

Posted on Mar 8, 2024

XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Completes Second Flight With The Marine Corps

Posted on Mar 2, 2024

Damage sustained by inclement weather at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base tornado damage

U.S. Air Force

Tornado Ravages Air Force Museum Restoration Hangar At Wright Patterson AFB

Posted on Feb 29, 2024

Frigates

German Frigate Mistakenly Fires On MQ-9, Downs Two Houthi Drones

Posted on Feb 28, 2024

A Ukrainian Bradley on display for propaganda

Russia

Captured Ukrainian M2 Bradley Paraded On Russian Propaganda Train

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 27, 2024

Drone attack inside warehouse in ukraine

Russia

Ukrainian FPV Drones Hunt, Kill Russian Armor Inside Building

Posted on Feb 22, 2024

North Korea

Kim Jong Un Gifted Russian-Made Luxury Car From Pal Putin

Posted on Feb 21, 2024

Iran ballistic missile fired from a container at sea.

Sea

Iran Fires Ballistic Missile From A Shipping Container At Sea

Posted on Feb 14, 2024

Queen Elizabeth class carrier HMS Prince of Wales departing Portsmouth, February 12, 2024

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Carrier Sails For NATO Exercise Amid Readiness Concerns

Posted on Feb 13, 2024

Spanish submarine Isaac Peral conducts inert torpedo tests at Cartagena Naval Base

Diesel-Electric Submarines

Submarine Torpedo Test Firing Seen From Rare Bird’s-Eye View

Posted on Feb 8, 2024

Concept 2 sub-scale model on display at the World Defense Show

Royal Air Force

This Is BAE Systems’ Reworked, Stealthier Uncrewed Combat Aircraft Concept

Posted on Feb 7, 2024

Starship pictured during static-fire testing

Launch Vehicles

Military May Get Its Own SpaceX Starship Rockets For Dangerous Missions

Posted on Feb 2, 2024

F-35A

Czech Republic Officially Joins The F-35 Fighter Program

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

Turkish Navy frigate TCG Istanbul at sea

Turkey

Turkey’s First Domestically-Produced Frigate Has Entered Service

Posted on Jan 24, 2024

Composite image of the exterior and interior of a nuclear communications bunker

Cold War

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

Posted on Jan 19, 2024

WWII

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

M1 Abrams

Ukrainian M1 Abrams Tank Seen With Explosive Reactive Armor

Posted on Jan 15, 2024

Pictured is HMS Westminster 30NM off the British coast.

Royal Navy

Royal Navy Forced To Retire Frigates Due To Personnel Shortages: Report

Posted on Jan 6, 2024

The Pentagon is brushing off concerns about the number of Patriot interceptors in U.S. stocks.

News & Features

Patriot Missile Production Is Headed To Europe

Posted on Jan 4, 2024

People's Liberation Army Navy Type 003, Fujian, pictured during a CCTV news segment

China

Our Best Look At China’s Nearly Completed New Aircraft Carrier

Posted on Jan 3, 2024

Orca Drone Submarine Delivered To Navy

Posted on Dec 21, 2023

Russia

Ukraine’s Scythe Drone Is All About Striking Far Away As Cheaply As Possible

Posted on Dec 19, 2023

Iron Age carnyx used to intimidate enemies on the battlefield

Ancient Warfare

The Carnyx’s Eerie Cry Struck Fear Into Soldiers On Antiquity’s Battlefields

Posted on Dec 15, 2023

A local government member in Ukraine conducts a grenade attack during a financial meeting

Russia

Man Throws Grenades Into Ukrainian Town Council Meeting

Posted on Dec 15, 2023

Integrator uncrewed aerial vehicle performing precision munition launch

News & Features

RQ-21 Blackjack Can Now Strike With Miniature Precision Munitions