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The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) sunk the Russian missile cruiser Ivanovets with sea drones.
Russia

Ukraine Sinks Russian Navy Missile Corvette In Drone Boat Attack

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

STANDARD MISSILE-6, SM-6 LAUNCH
Red Sea

Navy’s SM-6 Missile Used In Combat: Report

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

NEW LADA CLASS
Russia

First Of Russia’s New Diesel-Electric Submarines Enters Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

The Phalanx Close-In Weapons System (CIWS). (U.S. Navy)
Red Sea

Phalanx CIWS Downs Houthi Missile Dangerously Close To Destroyer: Report

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 1, 2024

Armed rebels of the Iran-backed Houthi militia take part in a demonstration against the USA and Israel in January 2024 in Sanaa, Yemen.
Red Sea

U.S. Carries Out First Preemptive Strike On Houthi SAM

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 31, 2024

World war two aircraft: B-17G Fortresses of the 381st Bomb Group in flight, Summer 1944.
WWII

This Is What It Took To Defend A B-17 Bomber

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 31, 2024

Recent events in the Red Sea had prompted new qusetions about whether a 32 cell vertical launch system array for various types of missiles is sufficient as part of the overall armament package for the US Navy's future Constellation class frigates.
News & Features

Does The Navy’s New Constellation Class Frigate Have Enough Vertical Launch Cells?

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 31, 2024

Ground Launched SDB scale model
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb’s Arrival Finally Imminent

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 31, 2024

MQ-20 Avenger Tests Previously Unseen Air-Launched Effects Drone
Drones

MQ-20 Avenger Tests Previously Unseen Air-Launched Effects Drone

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

Khataib Hezbollah says it is pausing attacks on U.S. troops in the region.
Iran

Iranian-Backed Militia Group Wants A Timeout As U.S. Retaliation Looms

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

F-22
U.S. Homeland

Massive New Air Combat Exercise Underway Along The California Coast

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

F-35 Turkey
Turkey

F-35s Back On The Table For Turkey

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

Soldiers will soon start testing the M10 Booker Combat Vehicle.
U.S. Homeland

How The Army’s New M10 Booker Light Tank Will Actually Be Used

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

F-14 Tomcat landing on a carrier.
News & Features

Letter From The Editor: Welcome To TWZ

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 30, 2024

Video has emerged that looks to show the large intact remains of a Ukrainian R-360 Neptune cruise missile that is said to have washed ashore in Russia.
Russia

Ukrainian Neptune Cruise Missile Lands In Russia Largely Intact

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35 Heritage Flight Team pilot and commander performs a vertical climb in an F-35A Lightning II during the Bell Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 14, 2018, in Fort Worth, Texas. The F-35A Lightning II’s F-135 single-engine contains 43,000 pounds of thrust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Alexander Cook)
NATO

Czech Republic Officially Joins The F-35 Fighter Program

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

An S-300PMU-1 anti-aircraft missile launches during a Greek army military exercise near Chania on the island of Crete on December 13, 2013. Greece is the first NATO country to try the Russian long-range missile system.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Greek S-300 SAMs May Be Headed To Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

The al-Shaddadi base in Syria was attacked by rockets Monday.
Iran

Another U.S. Outpost Attacked, Biden Admin Mulls Strike Options

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

Iranian proxy groups are already preparing for looming U.S. retaliatory attacks.
Iran

What Comes Next After Three Americans Were Killed In A Drone Attack In Jordan?

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 29, 2024

Three U.S. troops were killed and more than two dozen injured by an Iranian-backed militia drone strike on Tower 22.
Iran

Drone Attack In Jordan Kills Three American Troops (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 28, 2024

Masters Of The Air aerial sequences are amazing
WWII

Masters Of The Air’s Aerial Sequences Are Terrifying, Game Changing

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 27, 2024

The vehicular entrance to the massive underground Marieberget bomb shelter in Vasteras, Sweden
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 27, 2024

USS Carney Defends Itself From Missile Attack, Tanker Reportedly Hit
Yemen

USS Carney Defends Itself From Missile Attack, Tanker Reportedly Hit

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 26, 2024

Watchdog says national security may be imperiled by the Pentagon's approach to UFOs.
News & Features

Watchdog Says Pentagon’s UAP Response May Pose Threat To National Security

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 26, 2024

SpaceX's new 737NG aircraft.
News & Features

SpaceX Appears To Be Flying This Slick Looking 737

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 26, 2024

Iranian Almas missile used in an attack on an Israel outpost.
News & Features

Iranian Knock-Off Of Israel’s Spike Missile Used In Hezbollah Attack

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 26, 2024

Northrop Grumman has disclosed a loss of nearly $1.2 billion on the B-21 program, which it blames on inflation and other broader economic factors.
News & Features

Northrop Grumman Loses A Billion Dollars On The B-21 Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 25, 2024

Ukraine is facing a major shortage of artillery ammunition.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Artillery Ammo Crisis Giving Russia Major Advantage

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 25, 2024

F-16 sale to turkey
Turkey

Turkish F-16 Deal Now Being Fast-Tracked By Biden Admin

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 25, 2024

Defense contractor Anduril has formally announced that it is one of five companies working on the US Air Force's Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) advanced drone program.
U.S. Homeland

Anduril Is Helping The Air Force To Develop Its Loyal Wingman Drone

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 25, 2024

F-15 retirement Kingsley Field
U.S. Homeland

The Last USAF F-15C/D Eagle Instructor Pilots Are Now In Training

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 24, 2024

IL-76 crashes in Russia
Russia

Claims Swirl Around Russian Il-76 Jet Crash Near Ukraine Border

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 24, 2024

Turkish Navy frigate TCG Istanbul at sea
Turkey

Turkey’s First Domestically-Produced Frigate Has Entered Service

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 24, 2024

Satellite imagery The War Zone has obtained from Planet Labs shows the aftermath of U.S. and U.K. strikes on Houthi targets at Sanaa International Airport in Yemen's capital.
Yemen

Damage Analysis From Yesterday’s Strikes On Airport In Yemen’s Capital

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

California Air National Guard MQ-9 Reaper drones were prepared to sink a rocket booster with Hellfire missiles after a test in December, but it slipped beneath the waves on its own.
U.S. Homeland

MQ-9 Reapers Were Ready To Blow Up A Rocket Booster Off California

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

B-21's first flight
U.S. Homeland

B-21 Raider Now In Production Just Two Months After First Flight

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Challenger 3 prototype breaks cover.
United Kingdom

This Is The Challenger 3 Advanced Main Battle Tank

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Image of HMS Defender firing it's Sea Viper missile, seen here off Scotland’s Outer Hebrides and Norway’s Arctic coast.
News & Features

Royal Navy Destroyers To Get Ballistic Missile Defense Upgrade

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Reported long-range Ukrainian drone strikes against St. Petersburg, Russia, raise questions about Moscow's ability to provide air defenses for its cities.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia May Have To Move Air Defenses To Cover Cities

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 23, 2024

Houthi Strikes by Typhoon fighters.
Yemen

New Airstrikes Target Houthi Forces In Yemen (Updated)

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 22, 2024

Israeli Merkava Mk 3 tanks have recently begun emerging with improved defensive features against drones and improvised explosive devices that use magnets to stick the hulls of armored vehicles.
Israel

Israeli Merkava Tanks Get Improved Anti-Drone, Magnet Bomb Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 22, 2024

F-35 SPEAR METEOR
United Kingdom

F-35 To Get Meteor, SPEAR 3 Missiles “By End Of Decade”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 22, 2024

The Bradley's gunner talks about learning lessons from video games to take out a Russian tank.
Ukraine

Video Games Helped Ukrainian Bradley Gunner Win Duel With Russian T-90M Tank

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 21, 2024

Al Assad airbase was struck many militia projectiles on Jan 20, 2024
Iran

Massive Attack On Al Assad Air Base In Iraq, Airstrikes Hit Houthi Missiles (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 20, 2024

A small group of shelterers knit and read the evening newspaper in this small section of an air raid shelter under the railway arches, somewhere in South East London. Makeshift beds have been constructed from crates and planks of wood. This photograph was probably taken in November 1940
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 20, 2024

Houthi Anti-ship ballistic missile attack in Red Sea video capture.
Red Sea

Video Of Anti-Ship Missile Striking Ship During Red Sea Attack Surfaces

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 20, 2024

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have agreed to create joint defensive fortifications along the borders with Russia and Belarus.
Eastern Europe

Baltics To Build Joint Fortifications Along Russian, Belarus Borders

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 19, 2024

Russian soviet-era anti-ship missile wreckage in Ukraine.
Russia

Russia Now Using Giant Soviet-Era Ground-Launched Anti-Ship Missile To Attack Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 19, 2024

Composite image of the exterior and interior of a nuclear communications bunker
Cold War

Cold War Bunker Turned Mansion In Missouri Can Be Yours

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 19, 2024

Super Hornets from the aircraft carrier Dwight David Eisenhower struck Houthi missile installations today.
Yemen

Red Sea Ship Attacks Continue After Super Hornets Strike Missiles

By Howard Altman

Updated on Jan 19, 2024

Ukraine's drone attacks expand to St. Petersburg
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Drone Strikes Expand To St. Petersburg

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 19, 2024

France says it will provide Ukraine with an additional 600 Hammer bombs by the end of the year.
Russia

These Are France’s ‘Hammer’ Rocket-Assisted Bombs Ukraine’s Getting

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

New video shows a Ukrainian Bradley Fighting Vehicle mauling a Russian T-90M Breakout tank.
Ukraine

Armor Experts Breakdown Video Of Ukrainian M2 Bradley Mauling Russian T-90M Tank

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

Pakistani army soldiers travel on vehicles carrying ballistic missiles and a drone during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2016. Pakistan National Day commemorates the passing of the Lahore Resolution, when a separate nation for the Muslims of The British Indian Empire was demanded on March 23, 1940.
Iran

Pakistan Strikes Back At Iran, Targeting Militants Near Border

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

Germany's Bundestag voted down a proposal to send Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine.
Germany

Germany Votes Down Taurus Cruise Missiles For Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

Red Sea
Red Sea

New Strike On Houthi Missiles In Yemen Launched By U.S.

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 18, 2024

Flight testing of the B-21 Raider at Edwards Air Force Base in California is now underway.
U.S. Homeland

B-21 Raider Flight Testing Now Underway

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

WWII U-boats pictured amid the ruins of the Elbe II U-boat shelter
WWII

How Entombed U-boats Were Re-discovered Decades After WWII

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

The Biden administration announced its last Presidential Drawdown Authority package for Ukraine, which included Sea Sparrow RIM-7 missiles.
Russia

‘FrankenSAM’ Systems Are Now Shooting Down Drones In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

Arleigh Burke firing SM-2 missile.
Red Sea

Red Sea Shoot-Downs Offer Hugely Valuable Lessons, Also Pose Big Intel Risk

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Jan 17, 2024

Iran used its new Kheiber Shekan medium range ballistic missile for the first time during a strike in Syria on Monday.
Iran

Iran Executed Its Farthest Ballistic Missile Strike Ever With New Weapon

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 16, 2024

US Central Command has released pictures and information about missile parts and other materiel bound for Iranian-backed Houthi militants that it recently seized.
Red Sea

Yemen-Bound Missile Parts, Sensor Systems Seized In SEAL Raid

By Joseph Trevithick, Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 16, 2024

The Russian city of Voronezh was placed under a state of emergency on Tuesday morning after what officials said was a Ukraine-launched drone attack.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Drones Strike Russian City Of Voronezh

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jan 16, 2024

The U.S. struck four Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles being prepared for launch Tuesday.
Red Sea

First Preemptive Strikes Against Houthi Missiles Preparing To Fire Launched By U.S.

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jan 16, 2024