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Posted on Apr 15, 2026

Boeing has provided details on its future plans for the venerable H-47 Chinook, including adding launched effects and creating a path toward an uncrewed version of the helicopter.

CH-47 Chinook Air-Launching Swarms Of Drones Touted As Future Feature

Posted on Apr 15, 2026

A new Ukrainian surface-to-air missile appears to have made its first public appearance. The weapon is apparently an example of the Koral (also sometimes spelled Coral), the development of which has been known about for some time, as part of an effort to field homegrown ground-based air defense systems, something that the head of Ukraine’s Brave1 defense tech incubator discussed with TWZ in the past.

This May Be Our Best Look At Ukraine’s Secretive New Surface-To-Air Missile

Posted on Apr 13, 2026

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Here Is What Trump’s Gargantuan $1.5T Defense Budget Has In It

Posted on Apr 8, 2026

Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD)

THAAD Kill Vehicle’s Infrared Seeker Appears To Have Been Found In Syria Intact

Posted on Apr 7, 2026

What we are seeing with Iran's attacks on Israel with ballistic missiles with cluster warheads could have significant implications for future conflicts elsewhere, including in the Pacific region.

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Iran Is Piercing Israel’s Ballistic Missile Defenses With High Altitude Cluster Warhead Releases

Posted on Apr 4, 2026

A front view of an SR-71 aircraft assigned to Detachment 4, 9th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing, as it prepares for takeoff.

Small Arms

SR-71 Blackbird Crews Had These Custom Smith & Wesson Pistols Built For Them

Posted on Apr 3, 2026

Ukraine is experimenting with private sector air defense.

Ukraine Using Private Air Defense Teams To Protect Industry Against Russian Drones

Posted on Mar 30, 2026

Iran says the US is dropping mines from the air on its missile facilities.

Tactical Ballistic Missiles

Is The U.S. Dropping Mines To Stop Iranian Missile Launchers?

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 27, 2026

Army Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group conducted two weeks of hands-on experimentation with Project Origin unmanned systems at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Including Special Operations Forces into technology assessments provides more in-depth understanding of what is needed to mature unmanned systems for the Army’s Operating Force. (U.S. Army photo by VIDS Corp)

Army Scales Back Barriers To Access Its Top Testing Ranges

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Mar 26, 2026

Epic Fury Already Stress Testing More Agile Army Acquisition System, General Says

By Hope Hodge Seck

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

Kamikaze drones operated by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq appear to have struck a U.S. military Black Hawk helicopter and an air defense radar at an American base in Iraq.

Drone Attack On Parked U.S. Army Black Hawk In Iraq A Harbinger Of What’s To Come

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

The U.S. Army says it hopes to see production of a finalized version of the next-generation M1E3 Abrams tank begin next year.

M1 Abrams

M1E3 Next-Gen Abrams Tank Production Could Begin Next Year

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

Barksdale Air Force Base in Lousiana, home to B-52 bombers, was the site of a wave of recent drone incursions.

U.S. Battled Drone Incursions Over Key Bases At Home After Launch Of Epic Fury

Posted on Mar 25, 2026

The former head of the Army Air Defense Artillery School at Fort Sill offers unique insights into the challenges of defeating Iranian missiles and drones.

Retired Patriot Battalion Commander On The Challenges Of Defeating Iran’s Barrages

Posted on Mar 24, 2026

A slightly shorter and lighter-weight carbine version of the U.S. Army's new 6.8x51mm M7 service rifle has now gotten its own designation: XM8.

Assault Rifles

New Army 6.8mm Carbine Recycles XM8 Designation From Failed “Starship Troopers” Rifle Program

Posted on Mar 23, 2026

A submarine is among the Iranian naval vessels that U.S. forces have struck with Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missiles.

Iranian Submarine Sunk By ATACMS Short Range Ballistic Missile

Posted on Mar 13, 2026

B-1B bomber used to strike Iran from RAF Fairford.

Epic Fury Day 11: U.S. Promises “Most Intense Day Of Strikes” On Iran

Updated on Mar 10, 2026

The U.S. military has been using M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) to strike Iranian ships as part of Operation Epic Fury.

U.S. Striking Iranian Navy Ships With Ballistic Missiles

Posted on Mar 10, 2026

Special Operations

Commando Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity

Posted on Mar 9, 2026

The irony that lower-end long-range kamikaze drones are perhaps the biggest threat to extremely advanced radars capable of providing telemetry for intercepting targets traveling at hypersonic speeds, sometimes in space, is glaring. The losses of the radars should finally serve as a stark wake-up call regarding the vulnerability of these critical but largely static assets.

Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Iranian Attacks On Prized Missile Defense Radars Are A Wake-Up Call

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Mar 7, 2026

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17, deployed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), flies over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility during a mission in support of Operation Inherent Resolve Sept. 28, 2020. The F/A-18 is a highly versatile aircraft due to its avionics, cockpit displays, aerodynamic characteristics, and its ability to carry a wide variety of weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Duncan C. Bevan)

Friendly-Fire Incidents Are Nothing New In Modern Air Warfare

Posted on Mar 2, 2026

The U.S. military has employed new Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) short-range ballistic missiles as part of ongoing operations against Iran.

America’s New PrSM Ballistic Missile Just Made Its Combat Debut

Updated on Mar 1, 2026

B-2s were used to strike for the first time during operation Epic Fury.

Tactical Ballistic Missiles

B-2 Spirits Join Iran Air War, Pummel Underground Missile Caves (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 1, 2026

An Aerovironment Locust directed energy laser weapons took down a small Customs and Border Protection Drone.

Drone That LOCUST Laser Shot Down On Border Was Small And Belonged To Customs and Border Protection

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 27, 2026

Last year, the U.S. government was able to reverse engineer a critical subcomponent for the 30,000-pound GBU-57/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP) bunker buster bomb by leveraging technology from the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missile.

New GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator Parts Reverse Engineered From ATACMS Ballistic Missile Tech

Updated on Feb 16, 2026

The recent use of a laser directed energy weapon to take down an aerial object in Texas highlights policy challenges in protecting U.S. skies.

Airspace Closure Over Laser Weapon Use A Glaring Example Of Drone Defense Policy Struggles

Posted on Feb 13, 2026

This Is The LOCUST Laser That Reportedly Prompted Closing El Paso’s Airspace

Posted on Feb 12, 2026

DOW making naughty or nice list of defense contractors.

Pentagon Is Making A Naughty Or Nice List Of Defense Contractors

Posted on Feb 11, 2026

New footage has emerged showing how Ukraine is using adapted Antonov An-28 Cash twin-turboprop utility aircraft as part of its anti-drone inventory. While images of the aircraft, replete with multiple drone kill marks, had previously been published, we now get to see the aircraft’s armament — a six-barrel M134 Minigun — in action, too.

Machine Guns

Watch Ukraine’s Minigun-Firing, Drone-Hunting Turboprop In Action

Posted on Feb 5, 2026

The U.S. Marine Corps says it is planning to award a sole-source contract for a new AGM-114 Hellfire missile-armed mobile counter-drone system to defense contractor V2X.

Company Behind Drone-Killing Hellfire Missile-Armed Buggy Set To Get Marine Corps Contract

Posted on Feb 3, 2026

KestrelX KX-2s flew to simulate drone threats at Sentry Savannah exercise.

These Planes Are Mimicking Enemy Shahed-136 Drones In U.S. Military War Games

By James Deboer

Posted on Feb 2, 2026

Finland is pushing back on claims that its forces went soft on U.S. troops during an Arctic training exercise.

Finland Denies Being Asked To “Go Easy” On U.S. Troops In Arctic Exercise

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

The Israeli Iron Fist active protection system has demonstrated its ability to down incoming drones.

Armored Vehicles

Iron Fist Active Protection System For Armor Can Shoot Down Drones

Posted on Jan 30, 2026

F/A-XX is critical as the Navy's "ability to fly with impunity" using non-stealthy types like the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, even against smaller nation-state adversaries like Iran and non-state actors, is now "fleeting."

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

F/A-XX Naval Fighter Needed For Adversaries Like Iran, Not Just China and Russia: Navy Boss

Posted on Jan 28, 2026

The Leopard 2 Family of Vehicles (FOV) are the main battle tanks (MBT) of the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as several NATO countries. This FOV includes the Armoured Engineer Vehicles (AEV) and Armoured Recovery Vehicles (ARV), and are capable of supporting a wide range of operations.

M113

Canada Accelerates Armor Plans To Contend With Growing Threats

Posted on Jan 27, 2026

India hypersonic missile unveiled during a parade.

Land-Based Conventional Hypersonic Weapons

India’s New Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile Shown Off During Military Parade

Posted on Jan 26, 2026

A deal to allow SDF fighters to leave a prison in Syria where they are holed up will help protect U.S. forces, an official tells us.

Safe Passage Deal For Kurds In Syria Will Help Protect U.S. Forces There: Official

Posted on Jan 23, 2026

MQ-1C Drones The Army Has Called “Obsolete” Added In New Budget Plan By Congress

Posted on Jan 22, 2026

A rocket launches from a S-400 missile system at the Ashuluk military base in Southern Russia on September 22, 2020 during the "Caucasus-2020" military drills gathering China, Iran, Pakistan and Myanmar troops, along with ex-Soviet Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus. - Up to 250 tanks and around 450 infantry combat vehicles and armoured personnel carriers will take part in the September 21 to 26 land and naval exercises that will involve 80,000 people including support staff.

9K720 Iskander-M

Claims Swirl Around Use Of New Russian Missiles To Strike Ukraine

Posted on Jan 21, 2026

The British Army’s next main battle tank, the Challenger 3, has successfully fired its main gun for the first time. The new tank is planned to enter service in 2027 and is further evidence of the pivot back toward armored warfare — in Europe, specially — in response to the growing threat from Russia, after many years of stagnation.

Tanks

Britain’s Challenger 3 Advanced Main Battle Tank Starts Firing Trials

Posted on Jan 20, 2026

A Transporter erector launcher carrying the Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missiles, capable of carrying an 8-9 ton warhead and destroying underground bunkers, are featured during a ceremony marking the 76th Armed Forces Day held at Seoul Air Base. South Korea showcased its largest ballistic missile for the first time as it marked Armed Forces Day in an apparent warning against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. The ground-to-ground missile, dubbed a monster for its size, had been shrouded in secrecy due to its strategic importance. It is known to be able to carry a warhead weighing about 8 tons and capable of destroying underground bunkers. The transporter erector launchers crawled across the air base, each of them carrying a massive canister, apparently housing the "high-power" and "high-precision" missile known to be able to target anywhere in North Korea.

MRBMs/IRBMs

Ballistic Missile With Absolutely Massive Bunker-Buster Warhead Fielded By South Korea: Report

Posted on Jan 19, 2026

Army Punches Its MV-75 Tiltrotor Program Into Overdrive

Posted on Jan 16, 2026

The U.S. military is looking at replacing all of the different versions of the famous Minigun in service today with a new standardized type that would be designated the GAU-24/A.

Machine Guns

New Common Minigun Variant To Replace All Existing Versions Eyed By U.S.

Posted on Jan 15, 2026

U.S. forces were prepared to destroy three airfields if it appeared that fighters belonging to the Venezuelan Air Force were attempting to scramble and intercept the force sent to capture Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro earlier this month.

Special Operations

U.S. Was Primed To Destroy Three Venezuelan Airfields If Fighters Attempted To Launch

Updated on Jan 15, 2026

German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall has confirmed that a batch of KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicles will arrive in Ukraine “in the coming weeks.” While a single example has already been provided for evaluation, the next five vehicles are expected to make the type’s combat debut. The KF41 variant was unveiled in 2018 and is otherwise only used by Hungary. Its future success could depend on how it fares on the battlefield with the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Lynx KF41 Fighting Vehicles’ Arrival In Ukraine Imminent

Posted on Jan 13, 2026

The Ukrainian Armed Forces using the U.S.-made V2X Tempest, a high-mobility vehicle with a launcher for AGM-114 Hellfire missiles that is optimized for the counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) role. Mounting Hellfires on a high-mobility vehicle provides a valuable new means of employing these weapons, not only against drone threats, but potentially also other targets, too.

Hellfire-Armed Drone-Killing Buggy Appears In Ukrainian Service

Posted on Jan 12, 2026

Developed during the Cold War, the Hind-G1 was a dedicated NBC reconnaissance version of the Mi-24, first flown in prototype form in 1978.

The Story Of Ukraine’s Rare Mi-24 Hind Radiation Detection Helicopters

Posted on Jan 10, 2026

Another example of Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) has been fired against Ukraine. Moscow said the strike was retaliation for a supposed attempted Ukrainian drone attack on President Vladimir Putin’s residence late last month — an allegation Kyiv and Washington have said is false. Authorities in Kyiv described Moscow’s justification for the Oreshnik strike, part of a massive overnight missile and drone barrage, as “absurd.”

MRBMs/IRBMs

Russia’s Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile Used In Large-Scale Attack On Ukraine

Posted on Jan 9, 2026

The U.S. Army has released the first images showing parts of the design of a very early prototype of the next-generation iteration of the Abrams tank, or M1E3.

M1 Abrams

Our First Glimpse At The M1E3 Abrams Next-Gen Tank Demonstrator

Posted on Jan 7, 2026

Royal Canadian Air Force Maj. Gen. Chris McKenna tells us how NORAD is helping defend the high north.

Ground-Based Midcourse Defense

Canadian NORAD Commander On What It Will Take To Defend The High North

Posted on Jan 6, 2026

Shahed-136 crashed with a shoulder-fired heat seeking missile attached.

Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)

Russian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones Now Carrying MANPADS Missiles

Posted on Jan 6, 2026

This Is What The Night Stalkers’ MH-60M Direct Action Penetrator Brought To The Venezuelan Op

Posted on Jan 5, 2026

A screen grab from a video shows installation of the Oreshnik missile system on December 30, 2025 in Belarus. Belarus has placed a military unit equipped with the Russian-made Oreshnik mobile ground-based missile system on combat duty, according to official information. The unitâs launch, communications, security, and technical crews completed additional training before becoming operational. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has previously said that up to 10 Oreshnik ballistic missile systems could be deployed in the country.

Russian Army

Russia Claims Oreshnik Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missile Now “On Combat Duty” In Belarus

Posted on Dec 30, 2025

Army’s New Sentinel A4 Radar’s First Full Deployment Will Be Defending Nation’s Capital

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

S-300

Ukraine To Get More S-300 Interceptors With Norway’s Help

Posted on Dec 17, 2025

The latest Chinese military aircraft to appear in flight test is a tactical transport aircraft, known, unofficially for now, as the Y-30. Not perhaps as headline-grabbing as China’s string of new crewed and uncrewed combat aircraft designs, the transport is nonetheless highly significant, reflecting the People’s Liberation Army’s growing ambitions to be able to conduct out-of-area operations.

People's Liberation Army (China)

China’s ‘Y-30’ Turboprop Airlifter Spotted For The First Time

Posted on Dec 16, 2025

A combination of new interceptors and launchers is set to give the Patriot surface-to-air missile system an "over-the-shoulder" engagement capability, the U.S. Army has disclosed.

New Patriot Interceptors To Allow For “Over-The-Shoulder” Shots At Passing Targets

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

We are getting some new information about America's long-range Dark Eagle hypersonic boost-glide vehicle weapon system from Secretary Hegseth's recent tour of Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.

Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW)

New Dark Eagle Hypersonic Weapon Details Emerge

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 15, 2025

LUCAS drone being tested at Yuma Proving Ground.

American-Made Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drone Clones Being Tested By Marines

Howard Howard Altman, By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Dec 10, 2025

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that his country has begun using homegrown Sapsan (which means peregrine falcon) ballistic missiles in combat against Russia. Such a weapon would give Ukraine a highly valuable new standoff strike option unlike any other in its inventory. It would also not be subject to any foreign restrictions on its use, as it continues to be the case with many longer-ranged weapons supplied by the United States and other Western partners.

If Zelensky’s Claim Of Using Homegrown Ballistic Missile For First Time Is True, It’s A Big Deal

Posted on Dec 10, 2025

M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Tank Armed With Switchblade Drones Tested By Army

Posted on Dec 9, 2025

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 touches down during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015.

Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

Thai F-16s Bomb Targets Along Disputed Cambodian Border