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The Russian Navy’s first new Project 23550 combat icebreaker has made an important step toward service entry. The Unusually for an icebreaker, the Ivan Papanin is armed, with the option to further increase its firepower in the future, a reflection of Russia’s preparations for a potential future confrontations in the increasingly strategic Arctic region.
Russia

Russian’s New Combat Icebreaker Starts Sea Trials

Armed with a gun and the capacity to carry cruise missiles, the Ivan Papanin is designed to break ice and launch kinetic attacks.

The US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment has been testing Arctic and desert camouflage options on top of a now well-known multi-tone blue scheme.
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

160th SOAR Night Stalkers Testing Arctic, Desert Vinyl Camo Wraps As Global Missions Evolve

In addition to a blue scheme, the 160th SOAR has been looking at other new camouflage options to support missions old and new.

A video has emerged showing a Ukrainian MiG-29 toss-bombing a munition, a critical tactic that helps limit the exposure of the launching platform to enemy defenses.
MiG-29

Watch A Ukrainian MiG-29 Toss A Bomb Across The Front Lines

Toss bombing offers a key way to conduct precise strikes behind the front lines while also increasing chances of survival.

North Korea says it has successfully tested a ballistic missile fitted with a multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) payload — one that contains several warheads, each capable of hitting a different target. Meanwhile, South Korea claims that the test was a failure. Whether successful or not, the emergence of MIRV technologies is another indicator of North Korea’s rapidly developing strategic arsenal, which is growing in size and capabilities despite sanctions.
North Korea

Conflicting Claims Surround North Korea’s Test Of Multiple Independently Targetable Reentry Vehicle

MIRV capability doesn’t just mean more targets struck by one missile, paired with decoys, it would be harder for some interceptors to defend against it.

M10 Booker's story and its intended use.
Video

The Army’s New M10 Booker: Deploy Fast And Carry A Big Gun

The M10 Booker isn't a smaller M1 Abrams, it's meant to be used in a fundamentally different role than that of a main battle tank, which we breakdown in detail in our latest feature video.

Ukraine has used a crowd-funded satellite to attack more than 1,500 targets in Ukraine and Russia.
Russia

“People’s Satellite” Helped Ukraine Hit Over 1,000 Targets Spy Agency Says

A crowd-funded satellite has enabled Ukraine to have a much better independent view of the battlefield, as well as targets in Russia.

AI reading side numbers on carrier jets.
Artificial Intelligence

Using AI To Read Aircraft Identification Numbers On Navy Carrier Decks In Testing

The Navy’s NOCTRNAL project connects artificial intelligence to cameras around the carrier's flight deck to automate aircraft identification and tracking.

Pacific Defender 24 will see European AirPower head to the Pacific.
Air Combat Exercises

European Air Power Teams Up For Pacific Mega Deployment

Covering some 36,000 miles, Pacific Skies 24 will see German, French, and Spanish aircraft hopscotch all over the Asia-Pacific theater.

North Korea may send troops to Ukraine
North Korea

Ukraine Situation Report: North Korea May Send Forces To Occupied Territories

Even sending hordes of laborers, let alone troops, to Ukraine would mark a new phase in North Korea's mutual aid relationship with Russia.

A conventionally powered Portuguese attack submarine has completed a rare voyage under the Arctic ice. As well as being a first-of-its-kind mission for the Portuguese Navy, the deployment underlines the importance of the Arctic theater to NATO’s submarine fleet, although it’s nuclear-powered boats that traditionally dominate in this challenging area of operations.
Arctic

Portuguese Diesel-Electric AIP Submarine Just Patrolled Under The Arctic Ice

The Arpão is the first Portuguese sub to operate below the ice and could herald patrols by other advanced conventionally powered NATO boats.

Leonardo's AW609 tiltrotor has completed a series of shipboard trials aboard the Italian carrier ITS Cavour, a major milestone in the aircraft's development.
Future Vertical Lift

AW609 Tiltrotor Has Flown From Italy’s Aircraft Carrier Cavour

Successful ship trials look to have put the AW609 closer to entering military service after more than 20 years in development.

Congress is pressing ahead with legislation that would compel the Air Force to restore nuclear capability to its entire fleet of B-52 bombers after the likely sunset of an armed control deal with Russia.
B-52

What It Will Take To Make The Entire B-52 Fleet Nuclear-Capable

Congress looks set to compel the Air Force to restore nuclear weapons capability on dozens of B-52s after the New START treaty with Russia expires.

smoke billows following an Israeli air strike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam near the Lebanese-Israeli border on June 21, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border clashes between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on June 21, that fighting between Israel and Hezbollah must not turn Lebanon into "another Gaza." (Photo by Rabih DAHER / AFP) (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images)
Iran

War Drums Grow Louder Along The Israel-Lebanon Border

America's top uniformed officer says the U.S. military may not be able to support Israel like in the past if an all-out war with Hezbollah were to erupt.

80-passenger Soviet Mil Mi-6P helicopter
Russia

The Story Of The Soviet Union’s Monster Mi-6 Helicopter Airliner

The airline variant of the Mi-6 could seat up to 80 passengers and was intended to usher-in a new era of Soviet rotary-wing commercial air travel.

A USAF F-15EX Eagle II armed with 12 AIM-120 AMRAAMs.

F-15EX Testers Are Now Preparing The Eagle II For Rapidly Adapting To New Missions

Long-range kill chains, outsized weapons, and drone teaming are all possibilities, with tablet interfaces keeping new software from accessing the jet's computer.

The Ohio class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Tennessee, the Ticonderoga class cruiser USS Normandy, an E-6B Mercury 'doomsday plane,' and a P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft recently took part in an unusual show of force in the Norwegian Sea.
P-8

U.S. Ballistic Missile Submarine, ‘Doomsday Plane’ Take Part In Rare Show Of Force Off Norway

USS Tennessee and the E-6B Mercury were joined in the Norwegian Sea by a Ticonderoga class cruiser and P-8 patrol plane.

A propeller-driven Yak-52 primary training aircraft has appeared with an impressive collection of kill marks displayed on its fuselage; seemingly confirmation of its success having been impressed into service as a drone-killer. While we reported on a series of previous videos showing the use of Soviet-era Yak-52s to attack Russian drones, the latest evidence suggests that the unorthodox solution could be becoming a more important part of Ukraine’s multilayered air defenses.
Ukrainian Air Force

Yak-52 Kill Marks Hint At Success In Ukraine’s Drone War

For the first time, a Ukrainian Yak-52 propeller-driven trainer has appeared with markings that could indicate a string of aerial victories against Russian drones.

Ukraine attacked a Russian space communications facility in Crimea.
MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Ukraine Used Prized ATACMS Missiles To Strike Unique Cold War-Era Space Communications Station

The NIP-16 space communications and tracking facility is an intriguing target for a Ukrainian ATACMS strike that may point to its new purpose.

A secretive stealthy drone being developed under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Series Hybrid Electric Propulsion AiRcraft (SHEPARD) Demonstration program has now been designated the XRQ-73.
Stealth

Shadowy XRQ-73 Hybrid-Electric Stealthy Flying Wing Drone Emerges

The XRQ-73 is a direct evolution of a ultra-quiet, high-efficiency recon drone the U.S. Intelligence Community developed with the Air Force.

On June 16, 2024 3d Multi-Domain Task Force and 1-181 Field Artillery Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard employed the U.S. Army Autonomous Multi-Domain Launcher (AML) and the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) as part of the Valiant Shield 24 Combined Joint SINKEX. The AML and PrSm engaged a maritime target alongside other joint assets during the SINKEX. The VS24 SINKEX is the first employment of both the AML and the PrSM outside of the U.S and is a significant milestone in the Army’s continuing development of long-range fires capabilities.
Precision Strike Missile (PrSM)

Army’s New PRsM Ballistic Missile Hits Moving Ship For The First Time In Pacific Test

During the Valiant Shield exercise, the missile was fired from an unmanned launcher against a ship with the help of a high-endurance balloon and drone.