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CHALLENGER 2
Russia

Ukraine Has Lost Its First Challenger 2 Tank In Combat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 5, 2023

Russian Engels Bombers Tires
Russia

Russia Is Using Tires To Protect Its Bombers From Aerial Attack

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 4, 2023

The Beach Bum Has Flown West: Jimmy Buffett’s Legacy In The Sky
People

The Beach Bum Has Flown West: Jimmy Buffett’s Legacy In The Sky

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Sep 3, 2023

Russia Yak-130 Iran Su-35
Iran

Iran Receives Russian Yak-130 Advanced Trainer Jets

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Sep 3, 2023

There was almost a case of fratricide when one Ukrainian Bradley fired on another.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Wild Video Shows Bradley Blasting Another In Training

By Howard Altman

Posted on Sep 2, 2023

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Weekend Edition
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Weekend Edition

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 2, 2023

Drone attack Russian Base
Russia

Russia Sets Up Civilian Patrols To Protect Base After Drone Attack Destroyed Jets

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

F-35 low departure
U.S. Homeland

F-35 Nearly Trims The Trees In Incredible Boeing Field Departure

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Hohenfels US Army M1 Abrams
Russia

First Ukrainian M1 Abrams Tank Crews Complete Training

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Sep 1, 2023

Drone strike IL-76 drestroyed
Russia

Moment Of Drone Strike That Destroyed Russian Il-76s Seen In Infrared Image

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

AIM-9M
Russia

Ukraine’s AIM-9M Sidewinders Can Be Used In Multiple Ways

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

JAPANESE BMD DESTROYER
Japan

Japan’s Missile Defense Ships Will Now Be Multi-Role, Cruiser-Like

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

MI-8 Crash Ukraine
Russia

Two Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopters Crash, Killing Six: Reports

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 31, 2023

Russia and North Korea are advancing on a deal to supply Moscow with ammunition.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Advancing North Korean Artillery Deal

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

Su-22 flares poland
Eastern Europe

Polish Su-22 Drops Photo Flash Flares In Rare Nighttime Display

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

USS Missouri Sailors brace for impact
Desert Storm

Battleship Missouri’s Sailors Brace For Incoming Missiles In Intense Desert Storm Video

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

DRONE ATTACK PSKOV
Russia

Il-76 Cargo Jet Left Burning From Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

Satellite images provided by Planet Labs shows Russia has sunk vessels to protect the Kerch Bridge from Ukrainian uncrewed surface vessel attacks.
Russia

Russia Sinks Line Of Ships To Protect Kerch Bridge

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 30, 2023

China Navy
China

Blind, See, Kill: The Grand Networking Plan To Take On China

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

ERCS ICBM
Cold War

This ICBM-Launched Satellite Could Transmit Nuclear Codes When Nothing Else Was Left To

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Neptune Missile crimea ukraine russia
Russia

Ukraine Using Land Attack Variant Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

MIG-29 HUD DRONE KILL
Russia

Ukrainian MiG-29 Blasts Russian Drone In New Cockpit Video

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 29, 2023

Replicator attritable drones
China

Replicator Is DoD’s Big Play To Build Thousands Of Autonomous Weapons In Just Two Years

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Ukraine says the southern front is the main axis for the counteroffensive
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Pushing South From Robotyne

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Type 054B
China

This Is China’s New Type 054B Frigate, Could Become Backbone Of Navy

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 28, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Aug 26, 2023

Andrii Pilshchykov Juice RIP
Russia

Ukraine’s Outspoken MiG-29 Pilot “Juice” Killed During Mission

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 26, 2023

World War II London air raid shelter
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 26, 2023

Ukrainian forces appear to be moving closer toward Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Major Push Toward Tokmak Gaining Steam

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

The Marine Corps plans to buy three batteries worth of Iron Dome systems and 1,840 Tamir interceptors to go with them.
Israel

USMC Buying Nearly 2,000 Tamir Interceptors For Its Iron Dome Systems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

MARINE F/A-18 HORNET
U.S. Homeland

F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.
U.S. Homeland

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 25, 2023

Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.
Russia

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin
Russia

Putin Confirms Prigozhin’s Death, Circumstances Remain Murky

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

JDAM-ER Su-27
Russia

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.
Russia

Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 24, 2023

Mi-8AMTSh
Ukraine

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper
Taiwan

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said it destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense system in Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims Strike On Key S-400 SAM System In Crimea

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

A plane with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed among its passengers has crashed in Russia.
Russia

Bizjet With Prigozhin On Manifest Crashes In Russia (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

Personnel from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Stalkers, recently took part in an exercise focused in part on the defense of strategic Shemya Island.
U.S. Homeland

Night Stalker Helicopters Train To Defend Strategic Alaskan Island

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 23, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Royal Navy 'Franken-ship' HMS Zubian
WWI

Royal Navy Once Created A ‘Franken-Ship’ From Two Destroyers

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer
Indo-Pacific

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Satellite images show a Russian Tu-23M Backfire bomber was destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia
Russia

Destroyed Tu-22M Seen At Now Empty Russian Airbase

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

The Air Force has conducted another live-fire test of the AGM-183 hypersonic missile, but has offered few details about it.
U.S. Homeland

Air Force Tight-Lipped On Canceled Hypersonic Missile’s Latest Test

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Iranian forces threatened to open fire on US military helicopters covering American warships during a recent transit through the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran

Navy Shoots Down Iran’s Claims It Forced U.S. Helicopters To Land

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 22, 2023

Tu-22 Russia airbase drone strike Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Spy Agency Takes Credit For Strikes On Russian Airbases

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 21, 2023

Commercial space tracking data shows Chinese satellites have been surveilling major exercises in and around Australia, but this should come as no surprise.
Australia

China’s Constant Spying On Australian Drills From Space A Sign Of Shifting Orbital Balance

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Aug 21, 2023

North Korea corvette nuclear armed
North Korea

“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 21, 2023

The Netherlands and Denmark have agreed to provide F-16s to Ukraine.
NATO

Dozens Of F-16s Were Just Officially Pledged To Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 20, 2023

Tu-22 Russia drone strike
Russia

Tu-22 Backfire Destroyed In Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Aug 20, 2023

B-2 Spirit bomber pictured over the JPARC
Northern Europe

B-2 Flies Mock Strike Mission From Iceland To Alaska

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 19, 2023

Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during Apollo 11's re-entry on July 24, 1969. NASA
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 19, 2023

Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action
China

Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

Air War Ukraine
Russia

Top Ukraine War Lessons From USAF’s Commander In Europe

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

CSAR USAF Serbia
Eastern Europe

U.S. Combat Rescue Helicopters Train With Old Foe Serbia For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

F-16 Pilot Training Ukraine
Russia

Ukrainian F-16 Combat Proficiency At Scale Not Likely Before 2027, Air Force General Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow, Black Sea Fleet
Russia

Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow, Black Sea Fleet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

The US government has reportedly assured its Danish and Dutch counterparts that it will expedite approval of transfers of F-16s to Ukraine.
NATO

U.S. Now Promising To Fast-Track F-16 Fighters For Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 18, 2023

Russia is building a factory to construct domestically produced Shahed-136 drones
Iran

Ukraine Situation Report: New Details On Russia’s Plans To Build Iranian Drones

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD
U.S. Homeland

Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

Maj. Sandy Marquardt, Capt. Joe Hodges sit in the escape module of their F-111A
Vietnam War

F-111 Aardvark’s Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Aug 17, 2023

ARROW WEAPON SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGES BALLISTIC MISSILE TARGET
Israel

Germany Buying Arrow 3 Missile Defense System Is Israel’s Biggest Weapons Deal Ever

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 17, 2023