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A photograph of a family in an Anderson air raid shelter
Bunker Talk

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

You know the drill.

IDF Gaza south
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Ground Offensive Could Shift South

The IDF said it is "close to dismantling" Hamas in northern Gaza and there are indications its gaze could turn to the south.

MBDA will supply CAMM for the Swedish Navy’s five Visby class corvettes, which will deploy them from MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system.
Europe

Sweden’s Stealth Visby Corvettes To Get New Air Defense Missiles

A gap in the otherwise capable armory of the Visby class corvettes will be filled by the Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM).

US Special Operations Command is interested in acquiring loitering munitions with seekers optimized for finding and homing in on enemy electronic warfare systems.
U.S. Homeland

Electronic Warfare System Hunting Drones Wanted By SOCOM

Specialized seekers would help loitering munitions find and destroy electronic warfare systems, but could have other applications.

MOgami Frigate
Japan

Japan’s Futuristic Mogami Frigates: Everything You Need To Know

Japan's Mogami class frigates are an intriguing mix of extreme automation paired with a small crew size, relevant capabilities, and low cost.

Mojave Drone lands on aircraft carrier
Unmanned

Mojave Drone Flies From British Aircraft Carrier

General Atomics' Mojave short take off and landing drone has gone to sea aboard the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales.

Turkey wants Eurofighter typhoons, but Germany objects to the deal.
News & Features

Turkey Is Trying To Buy Used Eurofighter Typhoons

Faced with continued delays in acquiring more F-16s, Turkey is now said to be in talks to buy secondhand Eurofighter Typhoons.

A first-person view drone races to destroy a Russian Bukhanka van in Ukraine.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: First Person Video Drone Relentlessly Hunts Down A Russian Van

First-person view drones are making a big impact on the battlefield, with a Russian Bukhanka van being one of their latest victims.

Aurora Flight Sciences is developing a fan-in-wing blended wing body aircraft concept as part of a U.S. military program exploring ideas for a fast-flying vertical takeoff and landing cargo aircraft.
U.S. Homeland

VTOL Lift Fan Tactical Transport Design Emerges Under DARPA Program

The U.S. has had a curious relationship with tactical transport concepts that use lift fans for vertical takeoff and landing for decades.

The USS Hudner came under attack by a Houthi drone and shot it down, a U.S. official told The War Zone.
U.S. Navy

U.S. Warship Shoot Down Of Drone Over Red Sea Leads To Conflicting Assessments

USS Thomas Hudner shot down a drone over the Red Sea but exactly what the drone's intent was remains disputed.

Qatar's F-15QA has been showing off like no variant of the F-15 before it at the Dubai Airshow this week.
F-15

F-15QA Flies Demo Unlike Any We’ve Seen From An Eagle Before

The F-15QA's advanced fly-by-wire technology and the power offered by its F110-GE-129 engines have been on full display at the Dubai Airshow.

Israel says it found proof that Hamas has been using the Al-Shifa Hospital as a military command center, a claim Hamas disputes.
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Claims Swirl Over Gaza Hospital Raid

Under intense global pressure to protect patients, staff and those sheltering, Israel says it doesn't plan to stay at the Al-Shifa Hospital.

The US Army has demonstrated a containerized counter-drone system armed with 70mm laser-guided rockets.
U.S. Army

Army Counter Drone System Pops Out Of A Shipping Container

Containerized counter-drone systems could provide valuable added defenses, even at remote and austere forward locations.

Concept artwork of the NATO E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft in flight.
E-3

E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Chosen By NATO To Replace Aging E-3

NATO has followed the U.S. Air Force in opting for the E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft as a partial replacement for its aging E-3 AWACS fleet.

Israel's long-anticipated raid on Al Shifa hospital is underway.
Israel

Israeli Raid On Gaza’s Largest Hospital Underway

The IDF says a "precise and targeted" operation is taking place out of "operational necessity" at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.

A commercial KDC‐10 tanker aircraft refuels a U.S. Air Force F‐16 Fighting Falcon from the 51st Fighter Wing, enroute Commando Sling 23 at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore, November 6, 2023.
F-16

Private Aerial Refueling Tankers Are Now Gassing Up USAF Fighters

The first aerial refueling of USAF fighters by a privately-owned tanker could be a glimpse of what's to come.

Official rendering of F-35 carrying two external LRASM missiles.
U.S. Navy

Navy Looks To Arm F-35 With Four New Missiles, Including Hellfire

The Navy is launching an effort to integrate JASSM, LRASM, JAGM, and Hellfire missiles on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.

Ukraine continues to build out its bridgehead across the Dnipro River.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Advance Across Dnipro River Deepens

Ukraine is advancing from its bridgehead across the Dnipro River which is proving to be a growing problem for Russia.

Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall says the Sentinel ICBM program is "struggling" and keeping it on track will "cost money."
ICBMs

Sentinel ICBM “Struggling,” Keeping On Track Will Come At A Cost

The head of the Air Force has concerns about the LGM-35A Sentinel IBCM program, but says it is too important to let fail.

Russian air launched cruise missile
Russia

Takeaways From Russia’s Missile War On Ukraine

Russia has subjected Ukraine to a relentless missile bombardment since the full-scale war began, but its effectiveness has been mixed.