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An upgraded derivative of Japan's Mogami class frigate has won a competition to become the Royal Australian Navy's next major surface warship.
Australia

Japan’s Futuristic Mogami Frigate Will Be Australia’s Next Warship

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 5, 2025

GMARS
Russia

Wheeled Launcher With Double The Weapons Of HIMARS Completes First Successful Test Firing

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 4, 2025

Tracking Moving Aircraft Via Radar Satellites Instead Of Surveillance Jets Still Far From Reality
Artificial Intelligence

Tracking Moving Aircraft Via Radar Satellites Instead Of Surveillance Jets Still Far From Reality

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 4, 2025

PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, CO - DECEMBER 9: Around-the-clock crews monitor U.S. skies from the command center of the Northern Command December 9, 2002 located deep within Cheyenne Mountain at the foot of the Rocky Mountains near Colorado Springs, Colorado. The Cold War-era station now monitors homeland security as well as foreign nuclear threats. Every commercial plane in U.S. air space is monitored from the center. Crews reporting unruly passengers or planes that drop from radio contact are given special attention since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (Photo by Kevin Moloney/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 1, 2025

Signs are growing that China's People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is close to demonstrating its ability to launch and recover aircraft from its first catapult-equipped aircraft carrier, the Fujian, if it has not done so already.
China

China Teases First Catapult Launches From Its New Carrier Fujian

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 1, 2025

Ukraine rescued a stranded soldier via drone and electric bike
Russia

Drone-Dropped Electric Bikes Save Ukrainian Soldier Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Aug 1, 2025

The Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced a draft defense spending bill that would reverse the Pentagon's plan to freeze the U.S. Navy's F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program.
News & Features

Congress Moves To Save Gutted F/A-XX 6th Generation Naval Fighter Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 31, 2025

Russia's use of jet-powered Shahed drones adds another layer of pressure on Ukraine's air defenses.
Russia

Russia’s Jet Powered Shahed Kamikaze Drone Is A Big Problem For Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 31, 2025

The Navy's new plans for a family of uncrewed surface vessels (USV), focused more on modular, containerized payloads than specific hull designs, are coming into sharper focus.
Drones

Navy Unmasks Its Vision For Fleet Of Uncrewed Modular Surface Attack Craft

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 31, 2025

Mexican cartel members reportedly fought Russians in Ukraine to learn how to use FPV drones against domestic rivals.
U.S. Homeland

Cartel Members Fought In Ukraine To Learn FPV Drone Skills: Report

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

The epicenter of a huge 8.8-magnitude earthquake that occurred early this morning off the coast of Russia's far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering tsunami waves across the Pacific, was only around 75 miles away from a cluster of key Russian naval bases.
Russia

Questions Swirl Around Status Of Russian Nuclear Submarine Base After Historic Earthquake

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

An American who invests in defense technology for Ukraine opens up about why the country has become a global powerhouse and why you should care.
Russia

Critical Weapons Development Lessons From Ukraine Are Not Being Learned By The West

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 30, 2025

A U.S. Army armored unit recently tested an M1 Abrams tank armed with a 7.62x51mm M134 Minigun in place of one of its secondary machine guns.
News & Features

Minigun-Equipped M1 Abrams Tank Being Tested By Army

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

Ukraine has hit a key Russian rail line for the third time in as many days.
Russia

Ukraine Repeatedly Targets Key Rail Line Deep Inside Russia With Drone Strikes

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

Ground testing has begun on the production representative MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone for the U.S. Navy, which comes ahead of an expected first flight before the end of this year.
Drones

MQ-25 Stingray Carrier-Based Uncrewed Tanker Ground Testing Now Underway

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 29, 2025

Turkey’s New Super-Sized Ballistic Missile Reflects Global Trends
Turkey

Turkey’s New Super-Sized Ballistic Missile Reflects Global Trends

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 28, 2025

An armored Polaris Ranger X Utility Task Vehicle was seen guarding U.S. President Donald Trump at his golf course in Scotland.
POTUS

Secret Service Debut Armored Polaris Ranger “Golf Force One” To Help Protect Trump

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

Some units within the U.S. Air Force's Air Combat Command (ACC) have now restricted the use of Sig Sauer M18 in the wake of a recent fatal incident.
News & Features

Sig M18 Pistol Restrictions Expand To USAF Air Combat Command Units

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 28, 2025

(Original Caption) Writer's cramp is only a small part of the occupational hazard for Gerald Rein (left), Glidden Wis., and Robert Wolf, Slinger, Wis., in their duties at Truax Field. They have to write backwards too! They write on the transparent plastic blotting board in the combat operations center so that officers sitting in front of the board can keep track of aircraft movements. They claim it's easy, once you get used to it.
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

The U.S. Army reportedly fired over 150 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) anti-missile interceptors to help defend Israel during its 12-day war with Iran earlier this year.
Iran

150 THAAD Ballistic Missile Interceptors Fired By U.S. During Iran’s Barrages On Israel: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

AIM-120 being launched from NASAMS
Egypt

Egypt Finally Cleared To Buy AIM-120 AMRAAMs

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 25, 2025

Russia appears to be using a new type of air-to-air missile in its war in Ukraine. Evidence is mounting that the R-77M — a significantly upgraded version of the R-77 beyond-visual-range missile known to NATO as the AA-12 Adder — is not only operational but being employed in combat. The arrival of the new weapon presents another major challenge for the Ukrainian Air Force, as well as other potential adversaries.
Russia

Signs Russia’s Using New R-77M Air-To-Air Missile In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 25, 2025

F-16I has taken part in all aspects of Israeli operations since the October 7th attacks.
Syria

Israeli F-16I Navigator Opens Up About Striking Iran

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 25, 2025

With the U.S. Air Force's Global Strike Command (AFGSC) having instituted an indefinite “pause” on the use of Sig Sauer M18 pistols in the wake of a deadly incident at F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming, a question has emerged: what will the command's aircrews carry for self-defense in the meantime?
News & Features

What Gun Will Bomber Crews Fly With Now That The Sig M18 Is Pulled From Use?

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 24, 2025

A Royal Thai Air Force F-16 takes off from the Korat Air Base runway during Exercise Thai Boomerang 2015.
Indo-Pacific

Thai F-16 Strikes As Border Dispute With Cambodia Erupts

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 24, 2025

A high-security vault concealed inside a standard 20-foot shipping container is in development to give U.S. military commanders a new way to safely store nuclear weapons and other extremely sensitive assets, even at far-flung locations.
News & Features

U.S. Building Container Vaults To Deploy U.S. Nuclear Bombs To Remote Bases

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 23, 2025

The first Druze Israeli Air Force aviator opens up about breaking barriers.
Israel

This F-16I Navigator Is The First Druze Aviator In Israeli Air Force History

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

Official roll out for first Oman Eurofighter Typhoon combat jet.
Turkey

Turkey Lines Up Eurofighter Typhoon As Its Next Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

Ukrainian F-16s Get Specialized Vehicles For Operating Constantly On The Move
Ukraine

Ukrainian F-16s Get Specialized Vehicles For Operating Constantly On The Move

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 23, 2025

An official familiar with operations confirmed to us that U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered 10 F-35 Joint Strike fighters to head to Puerto Rico to take part in ongoing counter-narcotics opertions(
Skunk Works

Reworked F-35 Pitched As ‘Bridging Fighter’ Ahead Of F-47

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Russia is now using decoy drones made up entirely of Chinese components according to Ukrainian intelligence.
China

New Russian Drone Made Completely Of Chinese Components: Ukrainian Intelligence

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Northrop Grumman is conducting ground-based testing related to space-based interceptors as part of a competition for that segment of the Trump administration's Golden Dome missile defense initiative.
News & Features

Space-Based Missile Interceptors For Golden Dome Being Tested By Northrop

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 22, 2025

Army promotes grenade dropping drone
Ukraine

Army Touting Grenade Dropping Drone Shows Just How Alarmingly Behind The Curve It Still Is

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Ukraine is recruiting additional troops to fight the increasing Shahed drone threat.
Russia

Ukraine Scrambling To Fight Against Growing Russian Shahed-136 Threat

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

Satellite imagery of preparations for a major upcoming military parade in China points to the possibility that one or more 'loyal wingman' type drones, or at least mockups thereof, are set to be revealed.
China

China’s New Drone Wingmen Look Set For Military Parade Unveiling

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 21, 2025

Image of HMS TIRELESS at sea. HMS Tireless is over 25 years old but still playing a vital role in the front-line Fleet. HMS Tireless is the third of the seven Trafalgar-class submarines built at Barrow by Vickers. She was launched on 17 March 1984, so she has been plying her trade in the Royal Navy for more than a quarter of a century, but a lengthy overhaul of her propulsion, weapons systems and sensors put her in good shape for the gruelling programme of training and trials which followed.
United Kingdom

Royal Navy’s Last Nuclear Attack Submarine Of The Cold War-Era Heads Into Retirement

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Thomas Clewell, 495th Fighter Generation Squadron crew chief, marshals an F-35A Lightning II aircraft at RAF Lakenheath, England, Nov. 19, 2024. The 495th FGS is essential to generating daily sorties, enabling pilots to train and maintain readiness to respond quickly and effectively when called upon.
NATO

Major Indications Nuclear Bombs Are Back At USAF Air Base In England

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 21, 2025

A new photo suggests that China’s Shenyang J-35, its next-generation carrier-based fighter, has now entered limited series production and is also in service with the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN). The photo joins a succession of imagery showing some of China’s latest military aircraft in great detail, including previous views of the same type of jet, although still in prototype form, as you can see in our previous coverage here.
China

China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter Looks Set For Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 19, 2025

The operations room at Northern Radar, the joint civil and military air traffic control centre at RAF Lindholme, Doncaster, 28th August 1968. The station provides 11,000 radar services a month to civil and military aircraft over an area of 12,000 square miles. (Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

XQ-58 is being offered to Europe via a partnership with Airbus.
Germany

XQ-58 Valkyrie Heading To European Market With Kratos-Airbus Team-Up

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

Spanish photographer Javier Alonso de Medina Salguero captured some amazing images of a Eurofighter striking a bird.
Europe

Eurofighter Typhoon Canopy-Shattering Bird Strike Captured In Amazing Images

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

L3Harris has formally rolled out its modular Wolf family of "launched effects vehicles," which includes the Red Wolf, configured for long-range precision strikes against targets on land or at sea, and the Green Wolf fitted with an electronic warfare payload.
Drones

‘Wolf Pack’ Of Modular Mini Cruise Missiles Unveiled By L3Harris

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 18, 2025

Leonidas HPM systems are now in there second generation.
High Powered Microwaves

Army Puts $43M Bet On Next Gen Leonidas High Power Microwave Counter Drone Tech

By Eric Tegler

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

The Argentine Navy has brought back to service an example of the classic Cold War-era Grumman S-2 Tracker anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Returning to duty a remarkable 73 years after the type first took to the air, the S-2T in question is currently the only example of the Tracker in active military service anywhere in the world. At the same time, the fact that the aircraft has been reactivated points to the very limited resources available to modernize the Argentine Navy’s aging air component.
South America

This S-2 Tracker Is The Last Of Its Kind In Military Use

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 17, 2025

While the U.S. and allies are ramping up deliveries of Patriot air defense batteries to Ukraine, Switzerland will have to wait for theirs.
NATO

Patriot Deliveries To Ukraine Ramping Up, Others Being Delayed

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

A first rendering has been released showing the new fighter demonstrator being built in the United Kingdom as part of the Tempest next-generation air combat program. The crewed flight test vehicle, which is planned to take to the air in 2027, will feed into the design of the Tempest, which is being developed as a stealthy fighter for the U.K.’s Royal Air Force, as well as for Italy and Japan, and is expected to be in service by 2035.
United Kingdom

This Is What The UK’s New Stealth Fighter Demonstrator Will Look Like

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 17, 2025

Israeli just bombed the Syrian Defense Ministry and presidential palace in Damascus claiming support for the Druze community in southern Syria.
Israel

Israel Strikes At The Heart Of Syria’s Military Command In Dramatic Escalation (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 16, 2025

New details emerge about the mysterious flight of the Condor over Kyiv
Russia

Details Emerge About An-124 Condor’s Mystery Flight Through Kyiv’s Restricted Airspace

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

KC-707 refueling F15 Baz.
Iran

USAF Denies It Refueled Israel’s Fighters During War With Iran

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Jul 16, 2025

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation.
Australia

SM-6 Fired At Target Ship Down Under By U.S. Army’s Typhon Launcher

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 16, 2025

A Pentagon budget document states that the U.S. military has been firing AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) in the course of recent operations in or around the Middle East.
News & Features

Has The U.S. Been Firing AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles In The Middle East?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

No JASSM missiles for Ukraine according to Trump.
Russia

No Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine: Trump

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

The USS Connecticut, one of the U.S. Navy's prized Seawolf class nuclear attack submarines, is set to finally return to service late next year.
News & Features

Submarine USS Connecticut Severely Damaged In Pacific Crash To Return To Service In 2026

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II, assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., taxis on the runway after landing to participate in exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Andersen AFB, Guam, July 11, 2025. REFORPAC is a large-scale contingency response exercise, which prepares service members to maintain readiness and execute missions under stress.
Japan

F-15EX Arrives In Japan For The First Time As Part Of Massive Pacific Exercise

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 15, 2025

Taiwanese forces, including personnel armed with Stinger shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, have used the subway to maneuver around the capital city of Taipei as part of a major annual exercise for what looks to be the first time.
China

Taiwanese Troops Train To Use Subway To Their Advantage During Chinese Invasion Of Taipei

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 15, 2025

Ukraine will receive additional Patriot batteries, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday.
Russia

Trump Announces Deal To Send More Patriot Air Defense Batteries To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

Footage from a recent Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi provides us with what is likely our best look so far at a Kh-101 cruise missile fitted with a cluster warhead. While Russian forces have made extensive use of a variety of cluster munitions in the conflict, resulting in many civilian deaths and serious injuries, it’s notable that the relatively high-end Kh-101 is also now being used in this capacity, suggesting it is finding favor as a terror weapon as Moscow steps up its campaign against cities across Ukraine.
Ukraine

Cluster Warhead Version Of Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Caught On Camera

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 14, 2025

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress
News & Features

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

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

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

Russian Navy's lone aircraft carrier, the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, is towed to the 35th squadron shipyard for maintenance and repair works in Murmansk, Russia on May 20, 2022. It is aimed to be completed the maintenance and repair works by the end of 2023.
Russia

Russia May Finally Abandon Its Cursed Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

An Antonov-124 Ruslan was spotted over Kyiv on Friday, the first such sighting since the all-out war began.
Russia

Lumbering An-124 Condor Cargo Jet Appears In Kyiv’s Highly-Restricted Airspace

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

U.S. special operations Long Endurance Aircraft (LEA) surveillance drones, which are based on a popular civilian powered glider design, are set to gain the ability to launch smaller uncrewed aerial systems.
Drones

Super Quiet Special Operations Drones Being Modified To Launch Smaller Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 11, 2025

The Pentagon has announced sweeping new changes intended to surge the fielding of small drones, including weaponized types, across the entire U.S. military.
Drones

Pentagon Just Made A Massive, Long Overdue Shift To Arm Its Troops With Thousands Of Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 11, 2025

The Pentagon is waiting for comprehensive battle damage assessment to see how well the MOP worked against Iranian nuclear facilities and how it can be improved.
Iran

GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator’s Results From Iran Strike Will Inform Its Future: Defense Officials

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jul 10, 2025