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The USS Seawolf (SSN-575), one of three Navy "hunter killer" submarines.
Procurement

The Navy Wants Money To Get Started On Its Future SSN(X) Attack Submarine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2020

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money
Procurement

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 11, 2020

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations
China

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 10, 2020

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps
Iran

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 10, 2020

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs
U.S. Homeland

No, The United States Doesn’t Have An Automatic “Dead Hand” Trigger For Its ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 10, 2020

Gutsy Guatemalan Air Force Pilot Deserves A Raise For Flying Out This Stranded Narco Jet
South America

Gutsy Guatemalan Air Force Pilot Deserves A Raise For Flying Out This Stranded Narco Jet

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 9, 2020

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 8, 2020

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit
Iran

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 7, 2020

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 6, 2020

The Crew Of This Army National Guard M1 Abrams Tank Flies An Anarchist Flag In Kuwait (Updated)
Persian Gulf

The Crew Of This Army National Guard M1 Abrams Tank Flies An Anarchist Flag In Kuwait (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 6, 2020

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder
People

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace’s Founder

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Feb 6, 2020

Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat
Ukraine

Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 6, 2020

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”
Saudi Arabia

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard “Critical Energy Infrastructure”

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 5, 2020

Admiral Warns America’s East Coast Is No Longer A “Safe Haven” Thanks To Russian Subs
Russia

Admiral Warns America’s East Coast Is No Longer A “Safe Haven” Thanks To Russian Subs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 5, 2020

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another
U.S. Homeland

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 5, 2020

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen
Drones

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 4, 2020

A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite
Russia

A Russian “Inspector” Spacecraft Now Appears To Be Shadowing An American Spy Satellite

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 4, 2020

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon’s Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 4, 2020

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space
U.S. Homeland

This Is What Nellis Air Force Base’s Ongoing Red Flag Exercise Looks Like From Space

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 3, 2020

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 1, 2020

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings
Procurement

Here’s Our Analysis Of The Air Force’s New B-21 Stealth Bomber Renderings

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 31, 2020

American Bradley Armored Vehicles Were Pulled Out of Syria After Less Than Two Months
Syria

American Bradley Armored Vehicles Were Pulled Out of Syria After Less Than Two Months

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 31, 2020

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t
Iraq

Here’s Why Patriot Missiles Weren’t Protecting US Troops In Iraq And Why They Still Aren’t

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 30, 2020

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training
Afghanistan

E-11A Pilots Died Flying An Aircraft From A Fleet So Small None Are In The U.S. For Training

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)
Afghanistan

Highly Specialized Air Force E-11A Communications Aircraft Crashes And Burns In Afghanistan (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 30, 2020

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible
Cold War

This Presentation On America’s Secret MiG Squadron By The Man Who Built It Is Incredible

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 30, 2020

Flying The First Night Of War In Iraq Without A Wingman And Two Polish Snipers In Back
Iraq

Flying The First Night Of War In Iraq Without A Wingman And Two Polish Snipers In Back

By Chris Harmer

Posted on Jan 29, 2020

U.S. Ballistic Missile Sub Fired An Impressive Four Trident II Missiles In Just Three Days
U.S. Homeland

U.S. Ballistic Missile Sub Fired An Impressive Four Trident II Missiles In Just Three Days

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 29, 2020

Two Turkish Frigates Appear Off Libya Amid Reports Of Troops And Armor Landing Ashore
Turkey

Two Turkish Frigates Appear Off Libya Amid Reports Of Troops And Armor Landing Ashore

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 29, 2020

President Erdogan Says Intel Operatives Are In Libya Ahead Of Turkish Troop Deployment
Turkey

President Erdogan Says Intel Operatives Are In Libya Ahead Of Turkish Troop Deployment

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 29, 2020

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea
South Korea

Details Emerge About The Secretive RQ-170 Stealth Drone’s First Trip To Korea

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 29, 2020

Multiple Rockets Strike The American Embassy Compound In Iraq (Updated)
Iraq

Multiple Rockets Strike The American Embassy Compound In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 27, 2020

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 25, 2020

New Zealand A-4s Flew Crazy Formation Rolls While “Plugged-In” To A Buddy Tanker
Indo-Pacific

New Zealand A-4s Flew Crazy Formation Rolls While “Plugged-In” To A Buddy Tanker

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 23, 2020

Star Trek: Picard Is The Long Overdue Show We Desperately Need Right Now
Hollywood

Star Trek: Picard Is The Long Overdue Show We Desperately Need Right Now

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 22, 2020

British Streetfighter II Tank Has X-Ray Vision And Is All About The Urban Fight
United Kingdom

British Streetfighter II Tank Has X-Ray Vision And Is All About The Urban Fight

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 22, 2020

Russian Navy’s Top Officer Says Shadowy Zircon Hypersonic Missile Has “Childhood Diseases”
Russia

Russian Navy’s Top Officer Says Shadowy Zircon Hypersonic Missile Has “Childhood Diseases”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 21, 2020

Did The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130 Just Buzz San Francisco Bay? (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Did The Blue Angels’ New Fat Albert C-130 Just Buzz San Francisco Bay? (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 21, 2020

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile
U.S. Homeland

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

White House Asks Navy To Include New Unmanned Vessels In Its Ambitious 355 Ship Fleet Plan
U.S. Homeland

White House Asks Navy To Include New Unmanned Vessels In Its Ambitious 355 Ship Fleet Plan

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Navy Confirms Boat Swarm Seen Alongside Carrier Group In This Satellite Image Was Iranian
Iran

Navy Confirms Boat Swarm Seen Alongside Carrier Group In This Satellite Image Was Iranian

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)
Iraq

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis
Iran

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests
Israel

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs
U.S. Homeland

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs
U.S. Homeland

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs

By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 19, 2020

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight
Drones

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 18, 2020

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 18, 2020

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets
Israel

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 17, 2020

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos
India

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 16, 2020

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems
Procurement

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base
China

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 15, 2020

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon System
Lasers

Navy Littoral Combat Ship Will Soon Be Armed With A Laser Weapon System

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 15, 2020

Here’s The Story Behind That Mysterious Navy “Cube” Croatian Fishermen Pulled From The Sea
Europe

Here’s The Story Behind That Mysterious Navy “Cube” Croatian Fishermen Pulled From The Sea

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 14, 2020

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield
Afghanistan

America’s Shadowy Sword Wielding Hellfire Missile Has Migrated To The Afghan Battlefield

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 12, 2020

Bunker Talk: What A Crazy Week It’s Been Edition
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: What A Crazy Week It’s Been Edition

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 11, 2020

American Destroyer Sounds Collision Alarm As Russian Ship Gets Aggressive In The Middle East (Updated)
Russia

American Destroyer Sounds Collision Alarm As Russian Ship Gets Aggressive In The Middle East (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 10, 2020

American Officials Say Intelligence Points To Iran Shooting Down Ukrainian Airliner (Updated)
Iran

American Officials Say Intelligence Points To Iran Shooting Down Ukrainian Airliner (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 10, 2020

Let’s Talk About How Iran Could Have Shot Down A 737 Full Of Innocent People
Iran

Let’s Talk About How Iran Could Have Shot Down A 737 Full Of Innocent People

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 10, 2020

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Surveillance Plane Joins Intensifying Hunt For Mystery Drones Over Colorado And Nebraska (Updated)

By Brett Tingley

Updated on Jan 9, 2020

Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)
Iran

Satellite Images Show The Aftermath Of Iran’s Missile Strikes On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 8, 2020

Iran Strikes Back: Missiles Rain Down On American Forces In Iraq (Updated)
Iran

Iran Strikes Back: Missiles Rain Down On American Forces In Iraq (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jan 8, 2020

Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles
Iran

Pentagon Deploys Six B-52s To Diego Garcia Beyond The Reach Of Iran’s Ballistic Missiles

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jan 7, 2020

Russia Re-ups Offer To Arm Iraq With S-400 Air Defenses As Relations With The U.S. Sour
Iraq

Russia Re-ups Offer To Arm Iraq With S-400 Air Defenses As Relations With The U.S. Sour

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 7, 2020