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An unassuming buoy is a key tool for ensuring that US Navy Ohio class ballistic missile submarines can receive nuclear strike orders.
Ohio Class

This Buoy Helps Ballistic Missile Submarines Get Nuclear Strike Orders

Ohio class ballistic missile submarines have tethered buoys allowing them to stay deeper and stealthier while receiving key transmissions.

Rocket Artillery Russia
North Korea

Ukraine Situation Report: 1M North Korean Artillery Rounds Sent To Russia, Seoul Says

There is growing evidence that Russia is providing North Korea with vital space technologies in exchange for ammunition for use in Ukraine.

Israel has deployed missile corvettes to the Red Sea as a protection against Houthi missile and drone launches.
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Sa’ar 5 Corvettes Moved To Red Sea

Facing barrages of aerial weaponry from Houthi rebels in Yemen, Israel is beefing up its air defenses in the Red Sea

A heavily redacted copy of the final report on a controversial flyoff between the A-10 Warthog and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter has finally been released.
F-35C

A-10 Vs F-35 Close Air Support Flyoff Report Finally Emerges

The report was buried until now, more than four years after secretive comparative testing between the A-10 and F-35 concluded.

There are plenty of satellite images of balloons says the head of the Pentagon office tasked with finding UFOs.
U.S. Homeland

Balloons, No UFOs, Found By Satellites, Shoot Down Video Coming Says AARO Chief

In a rare press briefing, the head of the Pentagon office charged with investigating UFOs said satellites have not found any.

B-1B Bone
B-1

B-1B Bombers Just Made Historic Visit To Turkey

As relations between Turkey and Israel reach a new low, a pair of B-1B Lancer bombers touched down in Turkey.

AH-64 Israel pod
Israel

Why Some Israeli AH-64 Apaches Have A Big Belly Bulge

The hard-worked Israeli Air Force AH-64 fleet is unlike any other, with major alterations and enhancements unique to the IAF.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (Updated)
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Arrow Interceptor Downs Ballistic Missile Over Red Sea (Updated)

The Houthis claimed a missile and drone attack on Israel Tuesday and that there would be more such attacks if the war continues.

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 tail number 58-0109 with the nickname “Phantom 109” assigned to the Iowa Air National Guard is in front of the main hangar in Sioux City, Iowa on October 16, 2021. Crew Chiefs recently added nose art to the aircraft depicting a phantom riding along on the aircraft boom.
KC-135

“The Phantom” Is The Air Force’s Haunted KC-135 Tanker… Almost

Crew chiefs insist something spooky happened with one of their KC-135 Stratotankers, though it seems it was a case of mistaken identity.

Range Rover, previously used by the Ministry of Defense's Special Operations Group, sold at auction
Light Vehicles

Armored Range Rovers With Nuclear Past Just Auctioned Off

The armored SUVs which recently sold at auction played a unique role in the U.K.'s nuclear weapons program during the 1990s.

Patriot missile demand
MIM-104 Patriot

Inadequate U.S. Patriot Missile Force Size Highlighted By Middle East Crisis

There are not enough Patriot batteries to go around, especially if a crisis in the Pacific were to break out.

Ukraine attacked another air defense system in Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Air Defense System Struck In Crimea

As Ukraine destroyed an air defense system on Crimea, it is holding on to a Kherson bridgehead and fighting off a Russian advance in Donetsk.

Israeli tank moves into Gaza at night.
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: IDF Moving To Cut Off Gaza City From South

Israeli tanks have begun to be sighted in Gaza City, with reports that they closing in on the city from two directions.

Merkava tanks roll on the Gaza beach
Israel

Israel-Gaza Update: Merkava Tanks Roll Down Gaza Beach (Updated)

Israel’s armor has pushed deeper into Gaza as the IDF’s ground operation, which officials say will take a long time, gains momentum.

The Bayraktar TB3 performs its first flight on October 27
Turkey

Turkey’s Bayraktar TB3 Drone Has Taken Its First Flight

The drone will serve as the primary fixed-wing capability of the Turkish Navy's amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu from 2024 on.

A missile strikes behind a minaret in Gaza on October 28, 2023 seen from Sderot, Israel.
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Israel Officially Begins “Second Stage” Of The War

Airstrikes continue to pound Gaza, while the latest Israeli incursions into the Strip have, for the first time, seen some forces remain there.

Thomas Otto (non-party), mayor of the municipality of Saterland, pries open a heavy door to the deconsecrated shelters in the basement of the town hall
Bunker Talk

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

The Bunker is open!

There are indications that Ukraine may be in line to receive variants of the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) short-range ballistic missile with greater reach than the versions it has gotten so far.
Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Longer-Range ATACMS Will Be Sent Grow

ATACMS variants with greater reach would give Ukraine a weapon capable of putting nearly any Russian target in Ukrainian territory at risk.

The Pentagon has announced its new intention to pursue a higher-yield version of the B61-12 nuclear bomb.
B61-12

Plans For More Destructive B61 Nuclear Bomb Unveiled

The Pentagon says it needs the B61-13 bomb to help hold certain underground hardened targets and large area ones at risk.

Israel tanks entered gaza last night and it could just be the start of an expanded ground invasion
Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Major Expansion Of Ground Operation Into Gaza Underway

Israel says its ground operation in Gaza will expand dramatically, the timing of which lines up with other regional developments.