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15th September 1947: The 'ops' room at the secret operational headquarters at Uxbridge RAF station, from where the Battle of Britain was conducted, is now the control centre for the fly past for Battle of Britain week. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
News & Features

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

Concrete and conversation.

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin has confirmed that U-2 Dragon Lady spy planes have been flying missions around the border with Mexico.
Air

U-2 Spy Planes Are Flying Border Security Missions Air Force Confirms

Border surveillance flights show the wide array of applications for the U-2s as their retirement still looms on the horizon.

New imagery shows the progress made on North Korea’s shadowy airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, based on an Ilyushin Il-76 Candid airlifter, and which you can read more about in our analysis of when it first broke cover. Since the start of this year the aircraft now had its rotodome fitted, putting paid to any suggestion that it’s intended for a role other than AEW&C.
Air

Our Best Look At North Korea’s New Early-Warning Radar Plane

North Korea’s mysterious airborne early warning and control aircraft continues to take shape and has now received its radome.

A-4 being loaded with bombs during the Falklands War.
Air

Argentine Air Force Went To War With Chaff Made By Pasta Machine

The assault on the Falklands surprised even the Argentine Air Force, which soon embarked on a sometimes-bizarre program to bolster its self-protection capabilities.

Two Ukrainian firms, both partnered with American companies, are among those now set to demonstrate long-range one-way drones to the U.S. military as part of a project called Artemis.
Air

Ukrainian Long-Range Attack Drones To Be Tested By U.S. Military

Project Artemis will also evaluate American designs that could evolve into long-range kamikaze drones for the U.S. military.

Improved versions of the Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) are reportedly among the weapons that will be sent to Ukraine after the United States after Washington decided to resume military aid and intelligence sharing with Kyiv. The GLSDB had made its combat debut in Ukraine, but had reportedly performed poorly there, especially due to the effects of Russian electronic warfare, and was last used “months ago.”
Land

Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb Headed To Ukraine For Its Second Try At Combat: Report

Ukraine is set to receive an enhanced version of the GLSDB that should be more resilient against the effects of Russian jamming.

Videos have emerged showing an out of control commercial oil tanker hitting a row of three Brazilian Navy patrol boats, as well as a pier, in the Port of Santos along the country's southeastern coast last night.
Sea

Out Of Control Tanker Plows Into Docked Brazilian Navy Vessels

The tanker Olavo Bilac was seen hitting a pier and then striking a row of Brazilian patrol boats at the Port of Santos near São Paulo.

F-15EX deliveries accelerating.
Air

F-15EX Production Heats Up

The latest on the F-15EX from Boeing's Rob Novotny, including takeaways from early operations and what may be coming for the Eagle II.

T-45 Goshawks rest aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort as part of the advanced course of the Student Naval Aviator strike pilot training program Sept. 15. The Goshawk is a fully carrier-capable version of the British Aerospace Hawk Mk-60. It was developed as a jet flight trainer for the Navy and Marine Corps. The T-45s are with Training Air Wing 1 from Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. and TRAWING-2 from NAS Kingsville, Texas. The TRAWINGs chose MCAS Beaufort as an alternate training site due to its accommodations and facilities for jet aircraft.
Air

T-45 Navy Jet Trainer Fleet Grounded After Engine Incident

The T-45 fleet was grounded multiple times last year, as well, and a replacement has been pushed off farther into the future.

More imagery has appeared of China’s new ‘invasion barge,’ which involves a temporary pier that can be connected to other vessels via a barge, or series of barges, with jack-up supports. The development of jack-up barges is widely seen as part of preparations for a possible invasion of Taiwan. On the other hand, they also reflect the growing use of ostensibly non-military maritime assets to support amphibious operations by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN).
Sea

Our Best Look Yet At China’s New ‘Invasion Barges’

The interconnected jack-up barges form a temporary pier that could be highly useful in an invasion of Taiwan.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has come out ostensibly in favor of a U.S.-brokered proposal for a total 30-day pause in his country's war on Ukraine, but with significant "nuances."
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Putin Open To Ceasefire Deal But Says “Nuances” Must Be Addressed First

Putin raised questions about Ukraine's ability to receive Western weapons and mobilize and train soldiers during any ceasefire.

B-52 Re-Engining Plan Comes Into Sharper Focus
Air

B-52 Re-Engining Plan Comes Into Sharper Focus

Re-engining all 76 B-52 bombers is now planned for by 2036, 15 years after contract award.

Pictures have appeared on social media showing work in Ukraine to turn a tethered aerostat – what is more colloquially called a balloon – into an elevated platform for launching kamikaze drones at incoming long-range one-way attack drones.
Air

Balloon-Launched Drone To Intercept Long Range Kamikaze Drones Emerges In Ukraine

The aerostat-mounted drone interceptor system is another example of the resurgence of interest in using balloons in modern conflicts.

Dutch frigate fires Tomahawk
Air

Tomahawk Cruise Missile Fired By Dutch Navy Frigate For First Time

The first launch from a De Zeven Provinciën class frigate puts the Netherlands in the elite Tomahawk users club.

The U.S. Army is looking at acquiring a new machine gun chambered to fire the .338 Norma Magnum cartridge, but that can also be converted to use the same 6.8x51mm ammunition as its next-generation M7 rifles and M250 light machine guns.
Land

Machine Gun With Longer Reach Sought By U.S. Army

A machine gun in .338 Norma Magnum caliber would give Army units significantly greater range than they have now with their 7.62x51mm M240s.

The Kursk city of Sudzha is on the verge of being recaptured by Russia.
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Ukraine On Verge Of Losing Key City In Russia’s Kursk Region

The fall of Sudzha would represent a huge blow to Ukraine's efforts to hold onto its Kursk salient.

SOCOM wants Green Berets to have FPV drones to operate in caves.
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Green Berets Looking For FPV Drones To Help Them Clear Hostile Cave Complexes

SOCOM says these drones would be safer and more effective in some ways than relying soley on military working dogs.

In response to recent European media reports, Lockheed Martin and several governments have pushed back on the idea that F-35 Joint Strike Fighters have any kind of a discreet 'kill switch' that U.S. authorities could use to remotely disable the jets.
Air

You Don’t Need A Kill Switch To Hobble Exported F-35s

The U.S. doesn't have to rely on a kill switch to rapidly degrade and soon end a foreign country's ability to use its F-35s.

Solar flare hitting satellite, computer artwork.
Space

Space Force Chief “Enamored By Systems That Deny, Disrupt, And Degrade” Satellites

Chief of Space Operations Gen. Chance Saltzman alluded to the kinds of counter-space capabilities that the U.S. Space Force is now prioritizing.

The U.S. and Ukraine have reached an agreement to institute a ceasefire to pause the fighting.
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U.S.-Ukraine Reach Agreement On Terms For Total Ceasefire With Russia

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will now present this plan to the Russians for their approval.