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A satellite image of Ukraine's Zmiinyi Island, or Snake Island, taken on May 12, 2022, with an inset highlighting the presence of what is likely the Russian Navy's self-propelled crane barge SPK-46150.

Russian Crane Barge Appears At Hotly Contested Snake Island

By Joseph Trevithick
May 12 6:19 PM EDT
Brimstone launcher

Truck-Mounted Brimstone Missile Launcher Emerges In Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
May 12 5:09 PM EDT
FINNISH_ARMY

Russia Lashes Out After Finland Officially Announces Plans To Join NATO

By Thomas Newdick
May 12 1:18 PM EDT
Watch This Russian T-72 Tank Turret Get Absolutely Catapulted Into The Sky

Watch This Russian T-72 Tank Turret Get Absolutely Catapulted Into The Sky

By Emma Helfrich
May 11 8:51 PM EDT
Commander In Ukraine Wants Quiet Electric Bikes For His Sniper Teams

Commander In Ukraine Wants Quiet Electric Bikes For His Sniper Teams

By Howard Altman
May 11 7:38 PM EDT
Smoke rises after a Russian attack on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol on May 11, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Operation To Break Azovstal Siege Still On The Table

By Joseph Trevithick
May 11 7:20 PM EDT
Russia claims Ukraine plotted to steal one of its Tu-22M3 Backfire bombers.

We May Have Our First Sight Of A Russian Bomber Launching Missiles At Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
May 11 3:29 PM EDT
MC55A Peregrine

Australia’s New MC-55 Peregrine Electronic Warfare Jet Breaks Cover (Updated)

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
May 11 3:20 PM EDT
New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops

New Kit Will Allow MQ-9 Reaper To Fly From Navy Flattops

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
May 10 8:51 PM EDT
Changhe_Z-10

Chinese Z-10 Attack Helicopter Flew Into Taiwan’s Air Defense Zone For First Time (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
May 10 6:31 PM EDT
Eight US Air Force C-17A Globemaster III airlifters at Bardufoss Air Station in Norway on May 10, 2022. The inset is a screen shot from an online flight tracking website showing the aircraft leaving Norway.

Conga Line Of C-17s Spotted Heading South Over Europe From Norway (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
May 10 5:12 PM EDT
Tank-Busting Switchblade 600 Drones Have Not Arrived In Ukraine

Tank-Busting Switchblade 600 Drones Have Not Arrived In Ukraine

By Dan Parsons
May 10 4:50 PM EDT
DoD UFO Hearing Congress Intel Committee

First Public UFO Hearing In Over 50 Years To Be Held By Congress Next Week

By Howard Altman
May 10 3:51 PM EDT
Qatari Typhoon fighter

This Is Our First Look At A Typhoon Fighter Jet In Qatari Colors

By Thomas Newdick
May 10 12:59 PM EDT
KC-46 longest flight

KC-46 Crew Flies Air Mobility Command’s Longest Flight Ever

By Oliver Parken
May 10 12:44 PM EDT
David Attenborough tank

Fake David Attenborough Voice Narrates The ‘Natural’ Death Of A Russian Tank

By Emma Helfrich
May 9 7:43 PM EDT
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks to reporters before signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 in the Oval Office of the White House May 9, 2022 in Washington, DC. The Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act of 2022 was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate on April 7 and will expedite military aide and other resources to Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: “We’re Staying In This” Biden Says As He Signs Lend-Lease Bill

By Joseph Trevithick
May 9 5:10 PM EDT
F-35 Readiness

Blistering Highlights From The Latest F-35 Sustainment Hearing

By Dan Parsons
May 9 4:27 PM EDT
U. S. Marines conduct training near At-Tanf Garrison

Production Of In-Demand Javelin Missiles Set To Almost Double

By Thomas Newdick
May 9 2:56 PM EDT
No Surrender To Russians Says Besieged Azovstal Plant Defender

No Surrender To Russians Says Besieged Azovstal Plant Defender

By Howard Altman
May 9 3:09 AM EDT
Su-27 Strike on Snake Island

Ukraine Strikes Back: Su-27s Bomb Occupied Snake Island In Daring Raid

By Stetson Payne
May 7 5:47 PM EDT
Doc Schultz Su-27 Red Hats Area 51 Crash

Area 51 Test Pilot Died During Heroic Su-27 Flight: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
May 7 4:11 PM EDT
A Serna-class LCU in a Bayraktar TB2's viewfinder.

Ukraine Situation Report: TB2s Strike Russian SAM-Carrying Landing Craft At Snake Island

By Stetson Payne
May 7 3:04 PM EDT
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

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

By Tyler Rogoway
May 7 12:15 AM EDT
Destruction in Mariupol as Russia continues to attack Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Sees Victory Day Prize In Conquest Of Mariupol

By Dan Parsons
May 6 9:32 PM EDT
laser guided rocket

What Will Fire The Laser-Guided Rockets Donated To Ukraine Is Still A Mystery

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway
May 6 8:43 PM EDT
Russian Armor Losses Validate Marines’ Decision To Dump Their Tanks Says General

Russian Armor Losses Validate Marines’ Decision To Dump Their Tanks Says General

By Howard Altman
May 6 5:39 PM EDT
A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.

Skunk Works Helped Create The Darkstar Jet For Top Gun: Maverick

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
May 6 4:39 PM EDT
Russian warship Admiral Makarov

Ukraine Says It Destroyed Another Ship As Rumors Swirl Of Russian Warship On Fire

By Thomas Newdick
May 6 12:49 PM EDT
The Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City sails in the Atlantic ahead of its arrival European waters.

A Littoral Combat Ship Has Finally Deployed To Europe

By Joseph Trevithick
May 5 9:09 PM EDT
Azovstal under siege

Russia Pummels Besieged Azovstal Steel Plant

By Howard Altman
May 5 8:39 PM EDT
Ukraine Is Turning Fiat Trucks Into Mobile Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

Ukraine Is Turning Fiat Trucks Into Mobile Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

By Emma Helfrich
May 5 7:49 PM EDT
Marines Forward Deployed Japan China

Marines Based Inside China’s Striking Distance Key To Deterrence General Says

By Howard Altman
May 5 4:40 PM EDT
A picture of Ukrainian forces in vehicles armed with Javelin anti-tank missiles overlaid on top of a photograph from a recent visit by US President Joe Biden to a Lockheed Martin facility which manufactures these weapons in Troy, Alabama.

New Ukraine Military Aid Bill Isn’t Your Grandfather’s Lend-Lease Act

By Ryan Faith
May 5 2:38 PM EDT
UH-60 ukraine Mi-17

Ukraine Invasion Opens Eastern European Door For U.S. Helicopters

By Dan Parsons
May 5 1:58 PM EDT
Russian T90M Tank DESTROYED UKRAINE

Russia Just Lost Its Most Advanced Operational Tank In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
May 4 9:24 PM EDT
An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

An-225 Mriya’s First Pilot On The Tragic Destruction Of The World’s Biggest Plane

By Howard Altman
May 4 3:24 PM EDT
386 squadrons USAF

The Air Force Has Abandoned Its 386 Squadron Goal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
May 4 1:49 PM EDT
A picture that Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted on Twitter following Russian missile strikes on May 3, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Cruise Missiles Strike Targets Across The Country

By Joseph Trevithick
May 3 6:18 PM EDT
Ukraine Worried It Can’t Train Enough Troops On Javelins

Ukraine Worried It Can’t Train Enough Troops On Javelins

By Howard Altman
May 3 6:11 PM EDT
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov during the annual meeting of the Defence Ministry board in Moscow on December 21, 2021.

Ukraine Situation Report: Top Russian General Did Visit Ukraine, Pentagon Says

By Joseph Trevithick
May 2 5:26 PM EDT
VH-92 Closer To Being ‘Marine One’ But Comms System Could Still Cause Delays

VH-92 Closer To Being ‘Marine One’ But Comms System Could Still Cause Delays

By Dan Parsons
May 2 3:15 PM EDT
BAYRAKTAR_TB2_BOAT_STRIKE

Ukraine Claims TB2 Drones Sunk Russian Patrol Boats Off Snake Island (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
May 2 1:05 PM EDT
A rendering of a notional self-propelled large-caliber gun capable of firing hypervelocity projectiles at incoming missiles.

Railgun Ammo-Firing Cannon Being Eyed By Air Force For Cruise Missile Defense (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
May 1 6:02 PM EDT
Mariupol In Ruins

Mariupol Is An Urban Hellscape Now

By Stetson Payne
Apr 30 9:48 PM EDT
US Training Ukrainians In germany

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Is Training Ukrainians In Germany

By Stetson Payne
Apr 30 4:24 PM EDT
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Apr 30 3:34 AM EDT
Azovstal steel plant

Ukrainian Officer’s Defiant Dispatch From Inside Mariupol’s Besieged Steel Plant

By Howard Altman
Apr 29 8:15 PM EDT
E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

E-4B ‘Doomsday Plane’ Dwarfs A KC-46 In These Stunning Refueling Shots

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway
Apr 29 7:14 PM EDT
USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich
Apr 29 5:58 PM EDT
Destroyed tank in Kolychivka village, Chernihiv area, April 27, 2022.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s New Offensive Is Already Behind Schedule U.S. Says

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 29 4:20 PM EDT
Submarines from France and US in Faslane

U.S., French, U.K. Nuclear Submarines Rendezvous In Scotland

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 28 9:37 PM EDT
Ukraine Battle Buggies

Ukrainian Battle Buggies Are Out To Kill Russian Tanks

By Dan Parsons
Apr 28 8:21 PM EDT
BRIMSTONE Ukraine

Brimstone Precision-Guided Missiles Are Headed To Ukraine Within Weeks

By Thomas Newdick
Apr 28 6:07 PM EDT
Ex-US Marine Corps M777 howitzers now bound for Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: Biden Pushes For Massive New $33B Aid Package

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 28 3:36 PM EDT
T-7A Red Hawk Jet

Boeing Unveils First T-7A Red Hawk Training Jet For The Air Force

By Thomas Newdick
Apr 28 2:05 PM EDT
Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

Father Flew First F-15 Eagles Into Europe, Son Just Flew Them Out

By Jamie Hunter
Apr 27 5:46 PM EDT
Drones

Biden Is Getting Serious About Drone Threat To Homeland

By Brett Tingley
Apr 27 4:25 PM EDT
AMMUNITION_DEPOT_BELGOROD

Mystery Explosions Rock Locations In Russia’s Border Areas With Ukraine (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Apr 27 12:42 PM EDT
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.

Air Force To Buy E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jets To Replace Aging E-3s

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 26 9:45 PM EDT
V-22 Submarine

This Photo of a V-22 Osprey Hovering Over a Nuclear Submarine Is Nuts

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway
Apr 26 9:13 PM EDT
A German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

Ukraine Situation Report: Swiss Veto Threatens Delivery of German Anti-Aircraft Vehicles

By Joseph Trevithick
Apr 26 6:25 PM EDT
F-15EX missile shot

The F-15EX Program Is In Trouble

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Apr 26 4:33 PM EDT
Raytheon Is Unable To Make Stinger Anti-Aircraft Missiles Quickly Enough

Raytheon Is Unable To Make Stinger Anti-Aircraft Missiles Quickly Enough

By Howard Altman
Apr 26 12:14 PM EDT