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A day after being declared dead by Ukraine's special operations command, Russian Administration. Viktor Sokolov, commander of the Black Sea Fleet, appeared via video at a conference in Moscow.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Black Sea Fleet Commander Reappears After Kyiv Declared Him Dead

A day after Ukraine said he was dead, Adm. Viktor Sokolov appeared to attend a Russian Defense Ministry meeting via teleconference.

JSTARS E-8 retirement
E-8

E-8 JSTARS Has Flown Its Last Operational Mission

From Desert Storm to the war in Ukraine, the E-8C JSTARS’ intelligence-gathering and battle management capabilities were always in demand.

The iconic, abandoned Odesa Hotel was severely damaged in a Russian barrage.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Landmark Odesa Hotel Pummeled By Missile Barrage

The large seaside hotel was supposedly vacant for some time when it was targeted in a mass Russian aerial barrage.

An organization called AMMO Ukraine has given a new look at an uncrewed underwater vehicle called Marichka that it says could be used to launch kamikaze attacks on Russian targets.
Russia

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘Marichka’ Submarine Drone

Marichka is envisioned as being able to attack naval targets over great distance and even run clandestine resupply missions.

Line abreast loop blue angels formation cockpit footage
U.S. Navy

Gorgeous Cockpit Video Of Blue Angels Flying Synchronized Loop

It takes impressive skills to make five F/A-18 Super Hornets flying a tight loop in a straight row look easy.

Drone net
Russia

Russia Hanging Nets Between Lamp Posts To Counter FPV Drones

Recent videos highlight the threat posed by FPV 'suicide drones' and one Russian countermeasure that is attempting to deal with them.

M1 Abrams tank
M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Tanks Have Arrived In Ukraine

Some of the 31 promised M1A1 Abrams tanks have been delivered to Ukraine and will soon join the counteroffensive.

Stretch Suburban command vehicle for NORTHCOM
U.S. Homeland

Unique Chevy Suburban Command Vehicle Delivered To Military

A new custom command SUV looks set to aid a U.S. task force that responds to domestic nuclear, chemical, and biological incidents.

BAD NEUENAHR-AHRWEILER, GERMANY - MAY 03: The command central of the Cold War-era former West German government bunker pictured on May 03, 2023 near Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Germany. The bunker, built at the site of a railway tunnel inside hills, had the capacity to sleep 936 people, had over 800 office rooms and would have served as a shelter to keep the West German government functioning in the event of war. Russia's current war in Ukraine and its recent stationing of nuclear missiles in Belarus has revived memories of the Cold War. Both West and East Germany had extensive bunker systems that Germany's post-reunification government chose to abandon in 2007, citing the post-Cold War era peace dividend and claiming that bunkers would be largely useless in the event of a nuclear war anyway. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)
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It looks like Ukraine will get ATACMS.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Small Number Of ATACMS May Soon Be On Way

ATACMS would give Ukraine a tactical ballistic missile capable of hitting even highly fortified targets over long distances.

The addition of the new AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block III to the USS Pinckney has changed the external shape of the ship significantly, as well as given it impressive additional electronic warfare capabilities.
U.S. Navy

Navy Destroyer Looks Significantly Different After Major Upgrade

The SEWIP Block III alters the Arleigh Burke destroyer's appearance fairly dramatically via huge new extensions onto its superstructure.

Apache Taiwan
China

Taiwan’s AH-64s Are The World’s Most Sinister-Looking Apaches

At least two of Taiwan’s fleet of AH-64E Apache Guardians have appeared wearing a starting tiger shark-inspired paint scheme.

Ukrainian Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, commander of the Defense Intelligence Directorate, sat down for an exclusive interview with The War Zone.
Russia

Exclusive Interview With Ukraine’s Spy Boss From His D.C. Hotel Room

Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov opens up about the ongoing counteroffensive, attacks inside Russia, warnings about Abrams tank usage and much more.

BSF HQ attack
Russian Navy

Black Sea Fleet Headquarters Takes Direct Hit From Cruise Missile

Ukrainian attacks on occupied Crimea have continued, with the historic headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet the latest target.

Norwegian F-35As have become the first aircraft of this type to operate from a road during an exercise in Finland.
NATO

F-35A Has Flown From A Highway For The First Time

Norway's F-35As have shown the type can use roads as runways to reduce their vulnerability to enemy strikes during a Finnish exercise.

Ukrainian Strykers and Marders have broken through the main Russian line of defense.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Main Defensive Line Breached

Though so far small and hotly contested, the breach by Ukrainian Stryker and Marders is a significant advance in the counteroffensive.

Newly released pictures give a great look at just how loaded down with sensors and other specialized system the MH-60M Black Hawks assigned to the US Army's elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment really are.
160th SOAR "Nightstalkers"

Special Ops MH-60 Seen Absolutely Crammed With Modifications

The Army's Night Stalker Black Hawks are loaded with sensors, defensive systems, and communications gear to take on the hardest of missions.

Saki Airbase Attack Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Strikes At Russian Airbase In Crimea

As Ukraine attempted a complex aerial attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea, Moscow resumed its bombardment of energy infrastructure.

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was shown an unusual surface-to-air missile known only as the 358 during a recent visit to Iran.
Iran

Bizarre Iranian ‘Loitering SAM’ Shown To Russian Defense Minister

Iran has supplied what is only known as the 358 missile to proxies in Yemen and Iraq, but has never before acknowledged its existence.

Crimea Cruise missile attack
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Unleashes New Wave Of Cruise Missiles On Crimea

Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG cruise missiles were reportedly at the forefront of the latest wave of Ukrainian strikes against Crimea.