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KC Campbell Pilot A-10 Iraq missile landing
Iraq

A-10 Pilot’s Diary Entry From The Day She Was Nearly Shot Down

By Kim “KC” Campbell, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

F-15EX
Procurement

Buying Just 80 F-15EXs Makes No Sense

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 9, 2023

UKRAINE-RUSSIA-CONFLICT-WAR
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Major Russian Territorial Gains Unlikely This Year, U.S. Claims

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition
Russia

Arming Ukrainian Fighters With AIM-120 Missiles Is A Complex Proposition

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

Ukraine wants old U.S. Mk 20 Rockeye II cluster bomb submunitions to arm its drones
Russia

Ukraine Wants U.S. Cluster Bombs But Not For What You Think

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 8, 2023

A-50 Belarus drone attack
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: Belarus Admits Russian A-50 Radar Jet Damaged In Drone Attack

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

NGAD
Drones

200 NGAD Fighters, 1,000 Advanced Drones In USAF’s Future Plans

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

MQ-9 Special Operations Sky Guardian
Drones

USAF Special Ops Buys MQ-9B SkyGuardians To Test Air-Launched Drone Concepts

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

JDAM-ER Trial
Russia

Winged JDAM Smart Bombs Are Now Operational In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

AC-130 Ghostrider
South Korea

AC-130J Gunship Unleashes Hell On South Korean Island

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

Ukraine L118 105mm Howitzer
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Bakhmut On The Brink

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 7, 2023

Ukraine’s Defense Chief Pleas For Western Jets, Just Not A-10s
Russia

Ukraine’s Defense Chief Pleas For Western Jets, Just Not A-10s

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 6, 2023

Hypersonic Space Force Cape Canaveral LRHW
U.S. Homeland

Mysterious Launch Out Of Cape Canaveral Appears Imminent (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 5, 2023

RFA officers shelter in an improvised bunker
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

Su-34 Fullback shot down over Donetsk
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Su-34 Fullback Goes Down In Flames Over Donetsk

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 4, 2023

Former M60 Tanks Fitted With Folding Bridges Are Headed For Ukraine
Ukraine

Former M60 Tanks Fitted With Folding Bridges Are Headed For Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 3, 2023

Belarus Drone A-50 attack
Eastern Europe

Video Shows Drone Landing On Russian A-50 Radar Jet That Was Supposedly Attacked (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 3, 2023

A-50 MAINSTAY IN BELARUS
Eastern Europe

Video Of Another Drone Landing On Russian A-50 Radar Jet In Belarus Emerges

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 3, 2023

Russian Volunteer Corps claims it entered Bryansk, Russia
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Conflicting Claims Over ‘Raid’ Inside Russia

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 3, 2023

Long-range improvised commercial kamikaze drone seen in Ukraine
Russia

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s Shadowy ‘Alibaba Drone’ Used For Long-Range Strikes

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Mar 3, 2023

Odd High-Altitude Flight Tracking Readings Pop Up Around U.S. Capital (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Odd High-Altitude Flight Tracking Readings Pop Up Around U.S. Capital (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 3, 2023

Chinese balloon-launched drones
China

China Sees Balloon-Launched Drone Swarms In Its Future

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Incredible Video Of Soldier In Ukrainian Trench Totally Unfazed By Withering Fire
Russia

Incredible Video Of Soldier In Ukrainian Trench Totally Unfazed By Withering Fire

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Meet the Vilkha-M rocket
Ukraine

Ukraine Is Using Guided Rockets With More Range Than HIMARS-Launched Ones

By Howard Altman

Posted on Mar 2, 2023

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal
U.S. Homeland

Cruise Missiles Could Get Added To MQ-9’s Arsenal

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

Torpedo Launcher German Ship
Cold War

This German Cruiser With A Crazy Past Had These Even Wackier Torpedo Launchers

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

E-7 WEDGETAIL
Procurement

Air Force Orders First E-7 Jets To Replace Aging E-3 Sentry

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

BAE Systems Australia unveils STRIX multi-role VTOL drone
Australia

Meet Australia’s Home-Grown ‘STRIX’ VTOL Combat Drone Concept (Updated)

By Emma Helfrich, Roy Choo

Posted on Mar 1, 2023

Ukraine NATO
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: NATO Says Ukraine Will Become A Member In The “Long Term”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

Ukrainian Drone Gets Within 70 Miles Of Moscow
Russia

Ukrainian Drone Gets Within 70 Miles Of Moscow

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

Belarus A50 mainstay
Eastern Europe

Russian A-50 Radar Jet Intact After Claimed Drone Attack In Belarus

By Tyler Rogoway

Updated on Feb 28, 2023

New Type Of Kamikaze Drone Appears In Russian City Near Ukraine Border
Russia

New Type Of Kamikaze Drone Appears In Russian City Near Ukraine Border

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 28, 2023

Moldova Russia Ukraine
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: Tensions Build In Moldova

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 27, 2023

MQ-9 Reaper Ukraine
Russia

The Case For Ukraine Acquiring MQ-9 Reapers

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 27, 2023

A-50 Belarus
Eastern Europe

Claims Swirl Around Supposed Strike On Russian A-50 Radar Jet In Belarus (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 27, 2023

T-62M Russia New Optical Sight
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Tanks Reverting To Cold War Thermal Sights

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 26, 2023

Taiwan experts tell us what the next Trump presidency could mean for U.S. relations with the Island nation.
Taiwan

U.S. And Taiwan Set To Exchange Hundreds Of Troops For Training

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 25, 2023

Russia and Iran are working together against Ukraine.
Iran

Ukraine Situation Report: Iran’s Barter Of Military Assistance To Russia Grows Deeper

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 25, 2023

Astronauts Henry W Hartsfield and Ellen S Baker monitoring data
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 25, 2023

New Drones Ukraine Jump 20 Altius 600
Russia

Ukraine Gets Huge Boost In Deadly Drone Capabilities From U.S.

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Leopards in Ukraine
Eastern Europe

First Leopard 2 Tanks Arrive In Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

F-35B Singapore
Indo-Pacific

Singapore Commits To F-35B Stealth Jets With Follow-On Order

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years
U.S. Homeland

Boeing To End F/A-18 Super Hornet Production In Two Years

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Ukraine says it is pushing back against Russia's new offensive.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Details Russia’s Scaled-Back Goals A Year Later

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 24, 2023

Strikes on Mariupol
Russia

Mariupol Strikes Raise Questions About Possible New Ukrainian Long-Range Weapons

By Howard Altman

Updated on Feb 23, 2023

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload
China

Our Best Look Yet At The Chinese Spy Balloon’s Massive Payload

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

JDAM-ER Trial
Russia

Wing Kits For Ukraine’s JDAM Bombs Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov leaves drydock
Russia

Russia’s Disaster-Plagued Aircraft Carrier Finally Left Its Drydock

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

Sarmat missile failure kyiv biden
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian ICBM Test Failed During Biden’s Visit To Kyiv

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 22, 2023

Syria Automatic Mortar Fire
Syria

Futuristic Mortar Turret Seen In Action At U.S. Special Ops Base In Syria

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

U-2 Pilot’s Selfie Flying Alongside Chinese Spy Balloon Leaks (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Feb 21, 2023

UKRAINE UH-60 BLACK HAWK
Russia

UH-60 Black Hawk Unexpectedly Appears In Ukrainian Military Service

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Airpower Russian Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Isn’t Building Up Airpower Near Border Kyiv Says

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

The Historic High-Stakes Operation That Brought Biden To Kyiv
Presidential Transport

The Historic High-Stakes Operation That Brought Biden To Kyiv

By Joseph Trevithick, Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 21, 2023

Bradley m7
Ukraine

Ukraine To Get Bradley M7 Vehicles To Act As Artillery Quarterbacks

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 20, 2023

Pilots Advised Of Large White High-Altitude Balloon East Of Hawaii (Updated)
U.S. Homeland

Pilots Advised Of Large White High-Altitude Balloon East Of Hawaii (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 20, 2023

Long Range Weapons for Ukraine from U.k.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. To Give Kyiv “Longer-Range Weapons”

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Feb 18, 2023

Korean War bunker
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 18, 2023

Munich Security Conference Zelensky
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Gives Dire Warning To Munich Security Conference

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 17, 2023

Another Ukrainian drone attack on Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Though War Rages In East, Kyiv Keeps Eye On Crimea

By Howard Altman

Posted on Feb 17, 2023

‘Sharper Rules’ Coming To Tackle Airspace Incursions: Biden
China

‘Sharper Rules’ Coming To Tackle Airspace Incursions: Biden

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

QINETIQ DRONE UKRAINE
Russia

Clandestine U.K. Program Developed 3D-Printed ‘Suicide’ Drone For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

Balloon Shot Down Search
Canada

Why Wreckage Of The Three Shot Down Objects Is So Hard To Find

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Feb 16, 2023

Broken AARO? Pentagon UAP Office’s Role Questioned Following Shootdowns
U.S. Homeland

Broken AARO? Pentagon UAP Office’s Role Questioned Following Shootdowns

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Feb 16, 2023