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Posted on Jul 9, 2025

The Pentagon is brushing off concerns that it is running low on Patriot interceptors.

Patriot Missile Stockpile Concerns Grow, Pentagon Claims It Has Enough

Updated on Jul 8, 2025

An unknown containerized launcher able to fire the same suite of artillery rockets and ballistic missiles as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) seen at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg earlier this year has been identified.

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Mysterious Guided Rocket Launcher Disguised In A Shipping Container At Fort Bragg Identified

Posted on Jul 8, 2025

The U.S. Marine Corps' plans to sling Tomahawk cruise missiles from remotely operated 4x4 launcher vehicles have come to an end.

Marines Axe Adoption Of Ground-Launched Tomahawk Cruise Missile

Posted on Jul 3, 2025

US is halting some deliveries of weapons to ukraine

Fears Of Disaster Brewing For Ukraine As U.S. Halts Weapons Shipments Over Stockpile Concerns

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 2, 2025

The U.S. Army wants its armored vehicles to begin sporting top attack armor protection by 2027.

M1 Abrams

Army Wants Cope Cage-Like Armor To Protect From Drone Attacks On Its Tanks

Updated on Jul 1, 2025

The U.S. Army wants to see if a startup founded three years ago by former SpaceX employees can deliver a lower-cost ground-launched missile, dubbed Blackbeard, capable of engaging targets hundreds of miles away at hypersonic speeds.

Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

Blackbeard ‘Cheap’ Hypersonic Strike Missile Being Developed For U.S. Army (Updated)

Posted on Jul 1, 2025

An intriguing photo has emerged of an M2 Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) captured by Russia and fitted with a Russian-made 30mm cannon in place of the vehicle’s original Bushmaster M242 25mm automatic cannon. Whether the installation is intended for operational use, or for trials, or for some other purpose, is unclear, but it is the latest in a long line of unorthodox modifications to armored vehicles that have appeared since the start of the war in Ukraine.

M2/3 Bradley

M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Appears In Russia With Locally Made 30mm Cannon

Posted on Jun 28, 2025

The defense of Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar against Iranian ballistic missiles included the largest volley of Patriot air defense interceptors in U.S. military history, the Pentagon's top general told reporters.

Largest Patriot Missile Salvo In U.S. Military History Launched Defending Al Udeid Air Base Against Iranian Attack

Updated on Jun 26, 2025

US base in qatar attacked by iranian ballistic missiles

Iran Launches Ballistic Missile Revenge Strike On Al Udeid Air Base In Qatar (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 23, 2025

Iran fired at least one ballistic missile with a warhead containing multiple submunitions as part of a particularly destructive barrage on Israel earlier today.

Iran Just Used Ballistic Missiles With Cluster Warheads To Strike Israel

Posted on Jun 19, 2025

As Israel's campaign of strikes on Iran continues, a question emerges about whether some level of additional action may be required on the ground to meet the stated goal of preventing the regime in Tehran from being able to acquire nuclear weapons.

Green Berets

Loose Nukes In Iran Is A Scenario U.S. Special Operators Have Been Training For

Posted on Jun 18, 2025

The aircraf carrier USS Nimitz has recently seen its service life extended, a sign of stress on the fleet.

Major U.S. Middle East-Focused Buildup Confirmed (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 16, 2025

Israel is now attacking Iranian energy facilities after warning it would if Iran didn't stop hitting Israeli urban areas.

Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv (Updated)

Updated on Jun 15, 2025

Dramatic footage is emerging online as Iran has begun launching a huge ballistic missile barrage against Israel as part of its retaliatory strikes.

Iran Strikes Back (Updated)

Updated on Jun 13, 2025

A containerized launcher designed to fire the same suite of artillery rockets and ballistic missiles as the M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) has appeared at the U.S. Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina.

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Mysterious Shipping Container Rocket Launcher Spotted At Trump’s Visit To Fort Bragg

Posted on Jun 11, 2025

Claims Swirl Around Russian Su-35S Flanker Shootdown

Posted on Jun 9, 2025

Open feuding between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, until recently close friends and political allies, has shone a particular light on how heavily reliant the U.S. government, and America's armed forces especially, has become on SpaceX.

This Is How U.S. National Security Has Become Dependent On SpaceX

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jun 6, 2025

Hardened aircraft shelters are up for debate as Russia experienced a major attack from Ukrainian drones.

Mass Drone Attack On Exposed Russian Bombers Puts Spotlight On Hardened Aircraft Shelter Debate

Updated on Jun 3, 2025

Army To Retire All Of Its Turboprop Surveillance Planes By The End Of The Year

Posted on May 29, 2025

Lockheed Martin has shared new details about its QuadStar surface-to-air missile, which is taking part in the U.S. Army competition to replace the venerable Stinger.

FIM-92 Stinger

Everything We Learned About Lockheed’s QuadStar Missile Aimed At Replacing FIM-92 Stingers

Posted on May 28, 2025

In January, the U.S. military moved to halt work on the new AN/TPY-6 radar, one of seven key elements of the huge new air and missile defense architecture taking shape on Guam, and its current status is now unclear.

Uncertainty Over AN/TPY-6 Guam Missile Defense Radar Emerges

Posted on May 27, 2025

These Heavily Armored Helicopters Were Pitched To The Army During The Cold War

Posted on May 24, 2025

The Army has signed off on the XM7 as the official replacement for the M4A1 Carbine.

M16/AR15/M4 Pattern

Sig Sauer’s XM7 Rifle Gets Army’s Seal Of Approval Despite Controversy (Updated)

Updated on May 22, 2025

WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Trump announced his plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Land Based Hypersonic Missile Defense

Trump’s Golden Dome Missile Shield: What We Just Learned And Its Implications

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on May 21, 2025

Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

Long-Range ‘Deep Precision Strike’ Missile To Be Developed By UK And Germany

Posted on May 16, 2025

Northrop Grumman has released a brief video clip showing an individual shooting a new futuristic 25mm precision grenade launcher it has been working on together with gunmaker Colt.

Rocket And Grenade Launchers

Futuristic Grenade Launcher From Colt And Northrop Grumman Seen Being Fired For First Time

Posted on May 16, 2025

MV-75 Official Designation Given To Future U.S. Army Tiltrotor Assault Aircraft (Updated)

Posted on May 14, 2025

Ukraine has, apparently for the first time, released a video showing its use of the Soviet-era S-200 (SA-5 Gammon) long-range surface-to-air missile, a weapon that was apparently reinstated to service only after the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.

Land Warfare History

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s Reactivated S-200 Long-Range Surface-To-Air Missiles In Action

Updated on May 13, 2025

TOPSHOT - An employee handles 155 mm caliber shells after the manufacturing process at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) in Scranton, Pennsylvania on April 16, 2024. In brick buildings that are more than a century old, nearly in the heart of Joe Biden's Rust Belt hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, dated machinery churns artillery for modern conflicts, especially the war in Ukraine. The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant (SCAAP) is making steel tubes for 155 mm caliber shells, which are crucial to Kyiv's efforts to face down Moscow's invasion. (Photo by Charly TRIBALLEAU / AFP) (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Cannons

Shell Game: Inside The Worldwide TNT Shortage

Updated on May 12, 2025

Army’s Future Tiltrotor Gets Heavier So It Can Rapidly Convert Into Special Ops Variant

Posted on May 9, 2025

We Talk About The U.S. Army’s New Black Widow Short-Range Recon Drone With Red Cat

By Jamie Hunter, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 8, 2025

The Black Arrow, which is intended to carry a range of different payloads and not just a kinetic warhead, arrives at a time when the Pentagon is looking at harnessing the potential of lower-cost weapons that can be readily produced at scale to meet the likely demands of future conflicts.

Special Operations

AC-130 Gunship-Launched Black Arrow Small Cruise Missile Has A 400-Mile Range

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 6, 2025

Assault Rifles

Army Captain Slams New XM7 Rifle As “Unfit,” Sig Sauer Says Otherwise (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on May 2, 2025

Stop Buying MQ-1C Gray Eagle Drones Army’s Top Leadership Decrees

Posted on May 2, 2025

PrSM Ballistic Missiles Loaded With Coyote Drones, Hatchet Mini Smart Bombs Eyed By Army

Posted on May 1, 2025

The U.S. Marine Corps has received an Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) weapon in order to facilitate experimentation with the use of high-power microwave (HPM) technology in the increasingly volatile low altitude air defense (LAAD) role. This kind of counter-drone system is increasingly seen as a critical layer in force protection and urgently needed to enhance current and future ground-based air defense (GBAD) capabilities.

Marines Get Their First High Power Microwave Weapon For Taking On Drone Swarms

Posted on Apr 29, 2025

Bringing Back Medium Range Ballistic Missiles Fast Tracked Under Proposed $150B Defense Boost

Posted on Apr 28, 2025

What actually are the Houthis' air defense capabilities? That's a clear question with at best a murky answer, but here is what we know.

Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS)

What Air Defenses Do The Houthis In Yemen Actually Have?

Posted on Apr 23, 2025

An example of the Ukrainian BMP-55 heavy infantry fighting vehicle, a radically reworked T-55 tank converted to transport soldiers across the battlefield, has appeared somewhere in Ukraine. While it’s unclear when or where the imagery was taken, this seems to be the first time a BMP-55 has been sighted in an apparently operational context, with suggestions that only one example of these vehicles was ever completed making its appearance all the more remarkable.

Ukrainian Army

Extremely Rare Ukrainian Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle Appears On Battlefield

Posted on Apr 22, 2025

The MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) addresses the need for a long-endurance, armed (up to four HELLFIRE missiles), UAS that offers greater range, altitude, and payload flexibility.

MQ-1C Gray Eagle Is Shooting Down Drones With Hellfire Missiles In Tests

Posted on Apr 18, 2025

The British Army has, for the first time, used a directed-energy weapon to bring down a swarm of drones during trials. The Radiofrequency Directed Energy Weapon demonstrator, or RF DEW, reflects a fast-growing trend to harness news ways of neutralizing the drone threat, both on the battlefield and for homeland defense.

British High-Power Microwave Weapon Successfully Tested Against Drone Swarms

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

Lockheed Pitches Containerized Launchers To Help Close Australia’s Air And Missile Defense Gaps

Posted on Apr 17, 2025

The U.S. will reduce by half its 2,000-troop presence in Syria.

U.S. Cutting Forces In Syria By Half, Possible Ripple Effects In Region

Posted on Apr 16, 2025

FAA Testing Drone Detection Systems In New Jersey

Updated on Apr 16, 2025

USMC’s Tomahawk Cruise Missile Launching Drone Truck Eyed By Army

Posted on Apr 15, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump derided Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's offer to buy 10 Patriot air defense systems.

Trump Derides Zelensky’s Request To Buy $15B Worth Of Patriot Air Defense Systems

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

An unknown weapon seen being fired from a U.S. Bradley Fighting Vehicle's BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile launcher at a major test event earlier this year has now been identified.

M2/3 Bradley

Mysterious Weapon Fired From M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Identified

Posted on Apr 14, 2025

The first two American F-35A Lightning II fighter jets land in Leeuwarden, The Netherlands, on May 23, 2016. The F-35 program is an international effort where the United States works with eight other partner nations, including the Netherlands, to design and develop the F-35.

Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS)

Dutch F-35s Provide Targeting For Rocket Artillery

Posted on Apr 11, 2025

When the U.S. wanted to shift a Patriot battery from the Pacific to the Middle East, it took 73 C-17 flights to do so, highlighting sustainment concerns.

It Took 73 C-17 Loads To Move Patriot Battalion From Pacific To Middle East

Posted on Apr 10, 2025

For Lockheed Martin, combining PAC-3 MSE with the Mk 41 presents a potential way to break Raytheon’s long-standing lock on naval missile sales.

Patriot PAC-3 Missile Puts Crosshairs On Replacing Navy’s Long-Serving SM-2

Posted on Apr 9, 2025

Navy MH-60 Seahawk Replacement Will Leverage Army’s Future Vertical Lift Tiltrotor Plans

Posted on Apr 8, 2025

Four different European defense companies will come together in a joint venture to build a next-generation main battle tank, under the Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) initiative.

Leopard

New Franco-German Tank Project Takes Shape With Industry Team Confirmed

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

Ukraine is testing uncrewed ground vehicles (UGV) with fiber optic cables.

Ukrainian Army

Unmanned Ground Vehicles Controlled Via Fiber Optic Cables Being Tested By Ukraine

Posted on Apr 4, 2025

Inflatable Decoys Paired With Faked Radio Signals Used To Bait Artillery In Recent Army Exercise

Posted on Apr 3, 2025

The Army wants to increase the magazine depth of its existing Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) and High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher vehicles, which can currently fire various 227mm rockets and short-range ballistic missiles.

M142 HIMARS

Smaller Rockets To Provide Key Artillery Firepower Boost Sought By Army

Posted on Apr 2, 2025

Roadrunner and coyote deployed on US Destroyer

Coyote, Roadrunner Loitering Drone Interceptors To Arm U.S. Navy Destroyers

Posted on Mar 28, 2025

ME-11B Official Designation Of Army’s New Intelligence Gathering Business Jets

Posted on Mar 27, 2025

Airbus has unveiled LOAD, a new anti-drone drone concept — an adapted target drone that will be armed with air-to-air guided missiles, expressly designed to shoot down other uncrewed aerial vehicles. In recent years we’ve seen a proliferation of single-use drones with explosive warheads that are designed to bring down other uncrewed aerial vehicles. However, a reusable anti-drone drone, armed with its own missiles, appears to be something of a novelty.

Micro Missile-Slinging Drone-Killing Drone Concept Revealed By Airbus

Updated on Mar 26, 2025

Ukraine claims it destroyed two Ka-52 Hockum attack helicopters and two Mi-8 Hip transport helicopters in a missile attack in Belgorod.

M142 HIMARS

Ukraine Launched HIMARS Attack On Russian Helicopters In Belgorod

Posted on Mar 24, 2025

The U.S. Secret Service is looking at replacing its 7.62x51mm M110 designated marksman rifles with a new gun chambered to fire the 6.5mm Creedmoor round.

Sniper Rifles

Secret Service Eyes New 6.5mm Semi-Automatic Sniper Rifle

Posted on Mar 21, 2025

Ukrainian Army

Ukraine Has Another New SAM System That Fires Soviet R-73 Air-To-Air Missiles

Posted on Mar 20, 2025

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help