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The Navy and Lockheed Martin recently conducted a "historic" test in which four AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles were in flight simultaneously.
F/A-18E/F

Four Stealthy AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles Flew Together In “Historic” Test

Two F/A-18E/F Super Hornets fired the quartet of AGM-158C missiles, a reflection of how these weapons would be employed in actual combat.

F-16s from Eielson AFB now 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron.
F-16

F-16 Aggressor Squadron In Alaska Becomes Unique Air Defense Unit

The 18th Aggressor Squadron is now the 18th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, a designation not used since shortly after the end of the Cold War.

The long-running question of whether Israel will finally buy a new batch of F-15 Eagle multirole fighters looks like it might be answered sooner rather than later. The latest reports out of Washington indicate that the Biden administration is now considering whether or not to move ahead with a deal, which would likely involve as many as 50 examples of the F-15IA — an Israel-specific variant of the F-15EX.
F-15

F-15 Sale To Israel Reportedly Ready To Close, Will Gaza Change That?

A version of the F-15EX could finally provide Israel with the new Eagles it wants, but the deal comes at a politically perilous time.

A US-made F-16 fighter lands on the run way at the eastern Hualien air force base on January 23, 2013. The Taiwan air force demonstrated their combat skills at the Hualien air base during an annual training before the coming lunar new year.
F-16

Multiple Taiwanese F-16s Damaged In Powerful Earthquake

The earthquake brought destruction to eastern Taiwan, including impacting some of the upgraded F-16Vs at Hualien Air Base.

Drone maker Kratos has disclosed the existence of work on an MQ-58B variant of its Valkyrie drone with electronic attack capabilities for the US Marine Corps.
XQ-58

MQ-58B Electronic Attack-Enabled Version Of Valkyrie Drone For USMC Revealed

Pairing Valkyrie drones with F-35B makes perfect sense for future Marine Corps operations, especially in the Pacific.

North Korea has tested what it claims is a new intermediate-range hypersonic missile tipped with a unpowered boost-glide vehicle.
Land-Based Conventional Hypersonic Weapons

North Korea’s Latest Hypersonic Missile System Is One Sinister-Looking Weapon

North Korea just tested a solid-fuel intermediate-range ballistic missile with a wedge-shaped hypersonic boost-glide vehicle on top.

The Danish Armed Forces say one of the country's frigates shot down four Houthi drones during a recent Red Sea deployment. However, other reports say that the ship also suffered serious problems while in the region.
Frigates

Danish Frigate Suffered Radar, Combat System, Gun Problems During Red Sea Ops: Reports

A Danish frigate downed four Houthi drones during a recent Red Sea deployment, but suffered major issues with its weapons and other systems.

Spain selling off its M60s
Europe

Spain Is Selling Off Its M60 Tanks To The Highest Bidder

The Spanish tanks are the M60A3 Tank Thermal Sight models that have been fully retired from service in recent years.

The U.S. military is gearing up for the forthcoming retirement of another iconic aircraft type, with the last pilots now having graduated onto the AV-8B Harrier II attack jet. As we have explained in the past, the U.S. Marine Corps is pressing ahead with plans to remove the vertical/short takeoff and landing (VSTOL) aircraft from its inventory before the end of 2026, with this latest development a highly symbolic one within this process.
Harrier

Last Marine Harrier Pilots Complete Training As AV-8B’s End Draws Near

With the Marine Corps planning to retire its last Harriers in 2026, the final two pilots have been trained to fly the ‘jump jet.’

The new radar for Japan's future cruiser-sized Aegis System Equipped Vessels has successfully tracked targets in space for the first time.
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force

Radar For Japan’s New Missile Defense Ships Passes Critical Space Object Tracking Test

Japan's Aegis Combat System-equipped warships are also getting Tomahawk cruise missiles, which crews have begun training on.

Less than a month after we got our first glimpse inside the Russian factory where license production of the Iranian Shahed-series one-way attack drone is taking place, a Ukrainian drone attack appears to have targeted the facility.
Russia

Russia’s Shahed-136 Factory Attacked By Light Plane Converted Into A Drone

One of Ukraine’s longest-range drone attack ever targeted the plant in Russia that makes Shahed kamikaze drones.

A video has emerged showing a disastrous Russian assault on the Avdiivka front, which took place at the weekend, reportedly leaving 20 of the Kremlin’s armored vehicles destroyed. While we have seen other large-scale Russian armored assaults, various accounts suggest this might be the biggest of its kind of the conflict so far, spearheaded by a column of 48 Russian armored vehicles.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Armor Massacre At Avdiivka

Reports suggest 20 Russian vehicles were destroyed in what may have been one of the biggest single assaults of its kind in the war so far.

Eliat Sa'ar 6 drone attack.
Iraq

Israel’s Most Advanced Warship Nearly Struck By Long-Range Attack Drone (Updated)

The attack in Eilat could be a preview of what's to come as it happened prior to an Israeli strike that killed top Iranian commanders.

The Navy has established a new forward-deployed MQ-4C detachment at NAS Sigonella in Italy.
MQ-4C

MQ-4C Triton Has Arrived In Europe, Could Impact Black Sea, Red Sea Operations

Navy MQ-4C drones will give U.S. commanders unique capabilities to surveil maritime areas in and around Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.

Patrick Mueller opens a bunker door of the Deltalis Swiss Mountain Data Center, a former Swiss Army bunker built in the Alps during the Cold War, on November 18, 2013, near Attinghausen, Central Switzerland.
Bunker Talk

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

It's Bunker time!

Sig's M7 and M250 guns
M16/AR15/M4 Pattern

First U.S. Army Unit Just Received Long Awaited M4 And M249 Replacements

Delivery of the first next-generation rifles and light machine guns to soldiers represents a huge moment for the Army.

SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow strikes Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: UK MoD Says Two More Russian Ships Were Hit In Missile Raid

If the UK Ministry of Defense assessment is correct, at least three ships were damaged in the March 24th cruise missile raid on Sevastopol.

Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Rush To Test Microwave Weapons Tied To Anti-Ship Ballistic Missile Fears

The Navy wants high-power microwave systems to help ships conserve other weapons, specially ones capable of downing ballistic missiles.

Four US Army AH-64 Apaches have crashed in the past two months, with the most recent pair of incidents coming within days of each just this week.
AH-64

Four Army AH-64 Apaches Have Now Crashed In Just Two Months

The two most recent Army AH-64 crashes happened within days of each other this week and the Army National Guard has grounded its Apaches.

The USAF wants $1.5B in spare parts it doesn't have in its budget.
KC-135

Hundreds Of Air Force Aircraft Risk Grounding Without Extra $1.5B Spare Parts Infusion

The USAF has $1.5B in critical parts on its unfunded priority list, choosing to invest in future capabilities it wants over the ones it has.