Air-To-Ground

Posted on May 14, 2024

We now have our first look at a mini-cruise missile U.S. Special Operations Command is developing that could arm AC-130J gunships and other aircraft.

Air-To-Ground

Our First Look At The Tiny Cruise Missile That Aims To Arm AC-130 Gunships

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 9, 2024

The Air Force new 5,000-pound-class GBU-72/B bunker buster bomb could be a future addition to the B-2 bomber's arsenal.

Bunker Busters

B-2 Spirits Could Get New 5,000-Pound Bunker Busters

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 7, 2024

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

JDAM-ER Winged Bombs With Seekers That Home In On GPS Jammers Headed To Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 4, 2024

The Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons — something that TWZ predicted back in 2022. This has been confirmed by Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante. While many questions remain about the tablet and how it works, there’s now more footage showing it fitted in cockpits.

AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Ukrainian Fighter Jets “Using iPads” To Control Western Weapons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

A senior U.S. official has strongly implied that Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs sent to Ukraine have performed so poorly for a variety of reasons that they have been removed from service.

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

Have Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs Been ‘Thrown Aside’ By Ukraine?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

Ukraine will receive Paveway IV precision-guided bombs as part of the latest package of weapons being supplied by the United Kingdom to assist in the war with Russia. At this stage it’s unclear which aircraft will be armed with the dual-mode Paveway bombs, but the move ensures the United Kingdom remains very much at the forefront of delivering advanced and novel military equipment to Ukraine.

Air-To-Ground

Dual-Mode Paveway IV Guided Bombs Headed To Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 24, 2024

South Korean F-4E launches an AGM-142 'Pop-eye' missile

Air-To-Ground

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

By Oliver Parken

Updated on Apr 23, 2024

Recently released pictures of a Bahraini Block 70 F-16D Viper undergoing testing in the United States show what one of these jets might look like one an actual combat mission.

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Our First Look At An Armed-Up Block 70 F-16 Viper

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Armed With Stealthy Anti-Ship Missiles Makes Perfect Sense

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 10, 2024

The Navy and Lockheed Martin recently conducted a "historic" test in which four AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles were in flight simultaneously.

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Four Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles Flew Together In “Historic” Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Russian SDB-like glide bomb appears in Ukraine.

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Russian Small Diameter Bomb-Like Glide Weapon Appears In Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

Air-To-Ground

Russia Now Using Kh-69 Cruise Missiles In Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 16, 2024

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Makes Combat Debut In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 14, 2024

The Ukrainian Navy has released what looks to the be the first look at a U.S.-supplied VAMPIRE counter-drone system in action and shooting down a Russian Shahed-type kamikaze drone.

Laser Guided Rockets

First Look At Laser-Guided Rocket Counter Drone System Blasting A Russian Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 12, 2024

A top Iranian-backed militia leader was killed in a US. drone strike, likely using an RX9 "Flying Ginsu" missile.

AGM-114 Hellfire

Bladed Hellfire Missile Likely Killed Top Iran-Backed Militia Leader In Baghdad

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 8, 2024

F-16 for Ukraine will be getting a long-range cruise missile, according to the country's Air Force chief.

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Ukraine Says It’s Getting Long-Range Strike Missiles With Its F-16s

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 5, 2024

The Navy no longer plans to acquire a version of the AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missile with additional land-attack capability.

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Land Attack Capability Axed On AGM-158C LRASM Anti-Ship Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 2, 2024

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

ADM-160 Miniature Air Launched Decoy Wreck Appears In Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Dec 2, 2023

Drone capture shows the detonation of a purported standoff guided version of the RBK-500 cluster bomb in Ukraine.

Cluster Bombs

Russian Glide Bomb Kits Now Adapted For Cluster Munitions: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 20, 2023

Official rendering of F-35 carrying two external LRASM missiles.

AGM-114 Hellfire

Navy Looks To Arm F-35 With Four New Missiles, Including Hellfire

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Nov 14, 2023

New pictures show A-10s that recently deployed to the Middle East with interesting ordnance loads.

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

A-10s Brandish Intriguing Mix Of Weapons In Middle East

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 9, 2023

An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache with unusual Hellfire missile marking attached.

AGM-114 Hellfire

Israeli AH-64 Apache Appears With Mysterious Hellfire Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 6, 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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Oct 24, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Takes Direct Hit From Cruise Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 22, 2023

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

Cluster Bombs

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

French SCALP-EG Cruise Missiles Officially In Use In Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 6, 2023

Cluster Bombs

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Cluster Munitions Hit The Battlefield

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 21, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

The Truth About Russia’s Mysterious Winged Glide Bombs

By Piotr Butowski

Posted on Jul 19, 2023

Cluster Bombs

Ukraine Has Already Received American Cluster Munitions (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 13, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Ukraine Situation Report: France Officially Sending SCALP Cruise Missiles

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 12, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jul 8, 2023

Cluster Bombs

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Sending ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Cluster Munitions

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 7, 2023

The US government is considering sending controversial Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) cluster munitions to Ukraine.

Cluster Bombs

What DPICM Cluster Munitions Are And Why Ukraine Wants Them So Bad

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 7, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Crashed Storm Shadow Missile Falls Into Russian Hands (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 5, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian SAMs Can’t Stop This Storm Shadow

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jul 1, 2023

Ukraine will soon field Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs. (GLSDM)

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Won’t Make Ukraine Combat Debut Till Fall

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 23, 2023

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

B-1B Fires JASSM Missile During Long-Range Training Sortie From U.K.

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jun 9, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Ukraine Situation Report: Su-24 Spotted Carrying Two Storm Shadows

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Jun 3, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Su-24 Fencer Is Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missile Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 24, 2023

Bunker Busters

Iranian Underground Nuclear Facility May Be A Hard Target For America’s Biggest Bunker Busters

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 24, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. Confirms Combat Use Of Storm Shadow Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 18, 2023

France to provide Ukraine with SCALP-EG air-launched cruise missiles

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

Ukraine Situation Report: France Sending SCALP-EG Cruise Missiles

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 17, 2023

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

Evidence Of ADM-160 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy Use By Ukraine Emerges

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 12, 2023

Storm Shadow/SCALP

Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missiles Are A Big Problem For Russia

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 11, 2023

Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

Our Best Look Yet At The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Bomb

By Oliver Parken

Posted on May 4, 2023

Air-To-Ground

Evidence Of American Zuni Rockets Arming Ukrainian Su-25s Emerges

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 1, 2023

Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD)

A-10 Warthog To Soon Carry 16 Small Diameter Bombs In Combat

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 25, 2023

Vladimir Putin claimed Russia will beef up its air defenses to meet the threat from Tomhawk Land Attack cruise missiles provided to Ukraine should that happen.

AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

The Netherlands Is Going To Bet Big On Long-Range Weapons

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 4, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Ukraine Confirms JDAM Precision Bombs Are Now Being Used In Combat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 31, 2023

Air-To-Ground

Evidence Of Russia Using Grom Standoff Weapons In Ukraine Emerges

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

Cluster Bombs

Ukraine Wants U.S. Cluster Bombs But Not For What You Think

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

Air-To-Ground

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Navy To Test Ground-Launched Version Of New Radar-Busting Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 17, 2023

Air-To-Ground

Intriguing Features Seen On Largely Intact Russia Cruise Missile Wreck

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 31, 2023

Air-To-Ground

How Lockheed Doubled The Range Of Its Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 13, 2023

Air-To-Ground

The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 5, 2023

Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

What Joint Direct Attack Munitions Could Do For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 15, 2022

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

Raytheon’s Weapon Triad Targets A Future Of Air Dominance

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Nov 28, 2022

Small Diameter Bomb (SDB)/Stormbreaker

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Would Double Ukraine’s Precision Strike Range

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Nov 28, 2022

Air-To-Ground

Navy P-8 Poseidon Can Now Drop Winged Torpedoes In Combat (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Nov 22, 2022

Air-To-Ground (Page 4)

Latest in Air-To-Ground

Our Best Look At Russia’s Kh-38 Missile Now Being Used In Ukraine

Our First Look At The Tiny Cruise Missile That Aims To Arm AC-130 Gunships

B-2 Spirits Could Get New 5,000-Pound Bunker Busters

JDAM-ER Winged Bombs With Seekers That Home In On GPS Jammers Headed To Ukraine

Ukrainian Fighter Jets “Using iPads” To Control Western Weapons

Have Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs Been ‘Thrown Aside’ By Ukraine?

Dual-Mode Paveway IV Guided Bombs Headed To Ukraine

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

Our First Look At An Armed-Up Block 70 F-16 Viper

MQ-25 Stingray Tanker Drone Armed With Stealthy Anti-Ship Missiles Makes Perfect Sense

Four Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles Flew Together In “Historic” Test

Russian Small Diameter Bomb-Like Glide Weapon Appears In Ukraine

Russia Now Using Kh-69 Cruise Missiles In Ukraine: Reports

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Makes Combat Debut In Ukraine

First Look At Laser-Guided Rocket Counter Drone System Blasting A Russian Drone

Bladed Hellfire Missile Likely Killed Top Iran-Backed Militia Leader In Baghdad

Ukraine Says It’s Getting Long-Range Strike Missiles With Its F-16s

Land Attack Capability Axed On AGM-158C LRASM Anti-Ship Missile

ADM-160 Miniature Air Launched Decoy Wreck Appears In Ukraine

Russian Glide Bomb Kits Now Adapted For Cluster Munitions: Reports

Navy Looks To Arm F-35 With Four New Missiles, Including Hellfire

A-10s Brandish Intriguing Mix Of Weapons In Middle East

Israeli AH-64 Apache Appears With Mysterious Hellfire Missile

Jet-Powered JDAM Aims To Turn Bombs Into Cruise Missiles

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Takes Direct Hit From Cruise Missile

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

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

French SCALP-EG Cruise Missiles Officially In Use In Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Cluster Munitions Hit The Battlefield

The Truth About Russia’s Mysterious Winged Glide Bombs

Ukraine Has Already Received American Cluster Munitions (Updated)

Ukraine Situation Report: France Officially Sending SCALP Cruise Missiles

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Sending ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Cluster Munitions

What DPICM Cluster Munitions Are And Why Ukraine Wants Them So Bad

Crashed Storm Shadow Missile Falls Into Russian Hands (Updated)

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian SAMs Can’t Stop This Storm Shadow

Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Won’t Make Ukraine Combat Debut Till Fall

B-1B Fires JASSM Missile During Long-Range Training Sortie From U.K.

Ukraine Situation Report: Su-24 Spotted Carrying Two Storm Shadows

Su-24 Fencer Is Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missile Carrier

Iranian Underground Nuclear Facility May Be A Hard Target For America’s Biggest Bunker Busters

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. Confirms Combat Use Of Storm Shadow Missiles

Ukraine Situation Report: France Sending SCALP-EG Cruise Missiles

Evidence Of ADM-160 Miniature Air-Launched Decoy Use By Ukraine Emerges

Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missiles Are A Big Problem For Russia

Our Best Look Yet At The Massive Ordnance Penetrator Bunker Buster Bomb

Evidence Of American Zuni Rockets Arming Ukrainian Su-25s Emerges

A-10 Warthog To Soon Carry 16 Small Diameter Bombs In Combat

The Netherlands Is Going To Bet Big On Long-Range Weapons

Ukraine Confirms JDAM Precision Bombs Are Now Being Used In Combat

Evidence Of Russia Using Grom Standoff Weapons In Ukraine Emerges

Ukraine Wants U.S. Cluster Bombs But Not For What You Think

Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

Navy To Test Ground-Launched Version Of New Radar-Busting Missile

Intriguing Features Seen On Largely Intact Russia Cruise Missile Wreck

How Lockheed Doubled The Range Of Its Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

The B-2’s Little-Known GAM Weapon Was The First Satellite-Guided Bomb

What Joint Direct Attack Munitions Could Do For Ukraine

Raytheon’s Weapon Triad Targets A Future Of Air Dominance

Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb Would Double Ukraine’s Precision Strike Range

Navy P-8 Poseidon Can Now Drop Winged Torpedoes In Combat (Updated)

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