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laser guided rocket
Russia

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

By Dan Parsons, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 7, 2022

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

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 6, 2022

A screen shot of a clip from the 2022 film Top Gun: Maverick showing a fictional hypersonic aircraft that Lockheed Martin helped craft.
Hollywood

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

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 6, 2022

Russian warship Admiral Makarov
Russia

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 6, 2022

The Freedom class Littoral Combat Ship USS Sioux City sails in the Atlantic ahead of its arrival European waters.
U.S. Homeland

A Littoral Combat Ship Has Finally Deployed To Europe

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 6, 2022

Azovstal under siege
NATO

Russia Pummels Besieged Azovstal Steel Plant

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 6, 2022

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

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

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on May 5, 2022

Marines Forward Deployed Japan China
China

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 5, 2022

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.
Russia

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

By Ryan Faith

Posted on May 5, 2022

UH-60 ukraine Mi-17
Eastern Europe

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

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 5, 2022

Russian T90M Tank DESTROYED UKRAINE
Russia

Russia Just Lost Its Most Advanced Operational Tank In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 5, 2022

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

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 4, 2022

386 squadrons USAF
Procurement

The Air Force Has Abandoned Its 386 Squadron Goal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on May 4, 2022

A picture that Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi posted on Twitter following Russian missile strikes on May 3, 2022.
NATO

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 3, 2022

Ukraine Worried It Can’t Train Enough Troops On Javelins
Russia

Ukraine Worried It Can’t Train Enough Troops On Javelins

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 3, 2022

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.
Russia

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on May 2, 2022

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

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

By Dan Parsons

Posted on May 2, 2022

BAYRAKTAR_TB2_BOAT_STRIKE
Russia

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 2, 2022

A rendering of a notional self-propelled large-caliber gun capable of firing hypervelocity projectiles at incoming missiles.
Procurement

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 1, 2022

Mariupol In Ruins
Russia

Mariupol Is An Urban Hellscape Now

By Stetson Payne

Posted on May 1, 2022

US Training Ukrainians In germany
Germany

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

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Apr 30, 2022

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 Apr 30, 2022

Azovstal steel plant
People

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 30, 2022

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

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

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 29, 2022

USAF Simulator Train B52 KC135 Fairchild2
Cold War

The B-52 Flight Simulator Trains Of The Cold War

By Emma Helfrich

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Destroyed tank in Kolychivka village, Chernihiv area, April 27, 2022.
NATO

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Apr 29, 2022

Submarines from France and US in Faslane
United Kingdom

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 29, 2022

Ukraine Battle Buggies
Russia

Ukrainian Battle Buggies Are Out To Kill Russian Tanks

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 29, 2022

BRIMSTONE Ukraine
Russia

Brimstone Precision-Guided Missiles Are Headed To Ukraine Within Weeks

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 28, 2022

Ex-US Marine Corps M777 howitzers now bound for Ukraine.
NATO

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 28, 2022

T-7A Red Hawk Jet
Procurement

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 28, 2022

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

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

By Jamie Hunter

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

Drones
U.S. Homeland

Biden Is Getting Serious About Drone Threat To Homeland

By Brett Tingley

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

AMMUNITION_DEPOT_BELGOROD
Russia

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

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft.
Procurement

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

V-22 Submarine
Mediterranean

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

By Oliver Parken, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

A German Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
NATO

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

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

F-15EX missile shot
U.S. Homeland

The F-15EX Program Is In Trouble

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

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

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

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

F22 NGAD Budget
U.S. Homeland

F-22 Being Used To Test Next Generation Air Dominance ‘Fighter’ Tech

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

Secretary of Defense Austin Remained in Nuclear Chain of Command During Kyiv Trip
Ukraine

Secretary of Defense Austin Remained in Nuclear Chain of Command During Kyiv Trip

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 26, 2022

A close-up of a flag flying at Chabelley Airfield in Djibouti in April 2022.
U.S. Homeland

‘Pirate Medic’ Version Of Infamous Blackbeard Flag Spotted At U.S. Outpost In Africa (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 25, 2022

Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State visit Ukrainian President
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Top U.S. Officials Pledge ‘Advanced Weapons’ During Kyiv Visit

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 25, 2022

Zelensky Blinken Austin Kyiv
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky To Meet With Blinken, Austin In Kyiv

By Stetson Payne

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

An artist's conception of a very-high-speed air-launched cruise missile.
China

Hypersonic Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Has To Be Ready By 2028 Navy Says

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

Bomb shelters in Building basement
Bunker Talk

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

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

Kommuna Moskva wreck
Russia

Russia’s 110-Year-Old Salvage Ship Deploying To Moskva Wreck: Report

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

Ticonderoga class retirement
U.S. Homeland

Navy Plans To Rid Itself Of Cruisers In Just Five Years

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 23, 2022

Uss Oklahoma City Vietnam
Vietnam War

The One Time North Vietnam’s MiGs Attacked U.S. Navy Warships

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

French soldiers, assigned to Task Force Wagram, conduct a fire mission in support of Operation Roundup, during the night in Al Qaim, Iraq May 16, 2018.
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: France Sends Howitzers, Polish Tanks Could Follow

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

ALE SWARM ARMY
U.S. Homeland

Army To Test Its Biggest Interactive Drone Swarm Ever Over Utah

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

A-12 Blackbird canards
Skunk Works

SR-71 Blackbird’s Predecessor Looked Even Cooler With Canards

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

Norway Has Sent Its Mistral Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Ukraine
Northern Europe

Norway Has Sent Its Mistral Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Ukraine

By Emma Helfrich

Posted on Apr 22, 2022

Russia Counter-Stealth Lab Fire
Russia

Deadly Blaze Ripped Through Russia’s Top Air Defense Research Lab

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

Nimitz class life extended under new shipbuilding plan
U.S. Homeland

Nimitz Class Carriers Could Serve Longer Under New Shipbuilding Plan

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

Mysterious ‘Phoenix Ghost’ Suicide Drones Headed To Ukraine
Ukraine

Mysterious ‘Phoenix Ghost’ Suicide Drones Headed To Ukraine

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

B1 fire dyess
U.S. Homeland

B-1 Bomber’s Engine Burst Into Flames At Dyess Air Force Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

Anti-ship ballistic missile launch Type 055
China

Mysterious New Missile Launched By China’s Giant Type 055 Destroyer

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

Members of the US Army's Golden Knights parachute demonstration team jump from a UV-18 Twin Otter aircraft.
U.S. Homeland

Air Scare In The Capital Was Caused By The Golden Knights Parachute Team (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 21, 2022

The U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In Tests
U.S. Homeland

The U.S. Is Done Blowing Up Satellites With Missiles In Tests

By Emma Helfrich, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

Here’s Everything We Now Know About The Army’s New Squad Rifles
Procurement

Here’s Everything We Now Know About The Army’s New Squad Rifles

By Dan Parsons

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

RC-135S Satan Missile Formation
Russia

RC-135 Jets Flew Unprecedented Mission To Spy On Russia’s New ICBM

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

MiG29 parts Ukraine
Ukraine

No, Additional Fighter Jets Haven’t Been Delivered To Ukraine

By Howard Altman, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

YJ-21 H6 anti-ship ballistic missile
China

This Is Our Best Look Yet At China’s Air-Launched ‘Carrier Killer’ Missile

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 20, 2022