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Little Radar-Toting Robotic Gun Vehicle Aims To Protect Squads From Drones
Assault Rifles

Little Radar-Toting Robotic Gun Vehicle Aims To Protect Squads From Drones

With a smart gunsight, rifle, radar aboard a small uncrewed ground vehicle, a new counter-drone system can follow troops where they go.

The US Marine Corps has flown one of its XQ-58A Valkyrie drones for the first time, making it the second known operator of the type in addition to the US Air Force.
U.S. Marine Corps

XQ-58 Valkyrie Is Now Flying With The Marine Corps

Marine tests of XQ-58s as reconnaissance, electronic warfare and loyal wingmen platforms, will inform the service's future drone ambitions.

Yellow Submarine discotech
Cold War

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

An unlikely survivor of the war in the Mediterranean, the former Italian Navy submarine had an unexpected career in communist Yugoslavia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a test of his country's nuclear-powered Burevestnik cruise missile, which he said was successful.
Russia

Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Successfully Tested, Putin Says

Testing of the missile, which would possess extreme endurance and poses a radiological hazard, had been put on hiatus until recently.

KC-10 departs PSAB
KC-10

KC-10 Extender Has Flown Its Last Combat Mission

U.S. Air Force plans to retire the last of the KC-10 Extender tankers by September 2024 are picking up pace.

F-16 Syria Turkey
F-16

U.S. F-16 Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria (Updated)

The incident comes as Turkey has stepped up its drone campaign against Kurdish targets following a bombing in Ankara on Sunday.

The U.S. government has turned over more than one million rounds of Iranian ammunition seized last year to Ukraine.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Over 1M Seized Iranian Rounds Given To Kyiv

The ammunition was confiscated by U.S. forces during an interdiction of a stateless dhow in the Gulf of Oman last year.

Video that appears to show a British-supplied surface-to-air missile system centered on the AIM-132 ASRAAM air-to-air missile in use in Ukraine has emerged.
News & Features

British Air-To-Air Missiles Turned SAMs Seen Scoring Kill In Ukraine

The improvised mobile SAM systems give Ukraine a highly agile interceptor for swatting kamikaze drones and cruise missiles at short range.

A new report from the Army Science Board says the M1 Abrams tank will not be effective or be able to dominate on the battlefield in the 2040s, especially in a potential high-end fight against China.
M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Ineffective By 2040 In Fight Against China: Army Study

A report from the Army Science Board recommends moving beyond the M1 Abrams to new, smaller tanks and uncrewed vehicles.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate released a new video of a raid on Crimea
Russia

Jet Ski-Borne Ukrainian Special Ops Raid Shown In New Video

The newly released video claims to show teams of Ukrainian frogmen, riding jet skis, landing on the shore of Crimea.

F-16 Lemoore
U.S. Navy

Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway

The Fallon-based jet came off the runway during a training mission at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.

Ukraine says it sees no threat from the few hundred Wagner troops that have returned to fight.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Prigozhin’s Son Has Eye On Wagner Reboot

Ukraine says it sees no threat from the few hundred Wagner troops that have already returned to fight, but Russia could send more.

Flight testing of the Air Force's future nuclear-tipped AGM-181A Long Range Stand Off cruise missile is well under way.
U.S. Air Force

Flight Testing Of Air Force’s New Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile Well Underway

There have been at least nine flight tests of stealthy Long Range Stand Off missile prototypes, including one with a mock nuclear warhead.

F35 flare release
F-35

Moment Flare Released From F-35 Captured In Remarkable Photo

Among its many defensive aids, the stealthy F-35 features traditional expendable infrared countermeasures housed behind doors.

Australian Army MRH90
Helicopters

Australia’s NH90 Helicopter Nightmare Is Finally Ending

Australia has dumped its NH90s after years of budget blow-outs, low availability, defects, mission failures and the tragic loss of aircrew.

PD-1 drone
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Drones Now Targeting Sochi

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi was targeted by Ukrainian drones.

SERBIA-HUNGARY-DIPLOMACY-HISTORY-MILITARY
Eastern Europe

Serbian Troops On Kosovo Border Stoke Fears Of New Balkan War

Serbian forces are still gathered on the border with Kosovo, amid ongoing tensions and a spike of violence in the troubled country.

Future Air Combat Drone Performance Focus Areas Emerge
U.S. Air Force

Future Air Combat Drone Performance Focus Areas Emerge

The USAF revealed areas of greatest performance interest for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft as it starts looking for engines to power them.

Russia Su-33 from the air wing of Admiral Kuznetsov, post crash
Syria

Su-33 Carrier Landing Crash Aftermath Seen In New Video

The leaked footage shows the Su-33 in the sea after an incident involving the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov off Syria in 2016.

LEOPARD 2 UKRAINE
Eastern Europe

First Ukrainian Leopard 2s Overhauled In Poland Back In The Fight

The center in Poland was set up specifically to work on Leopard 2 tanks operated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.