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Air

Top Air Force Officer Doubles Down On Aerial Combat Drones With Short Life Spans

It is becoming critical for the USAF to overcome familiar procurement practices in order to realize its collaborative combat aircraft ambitions.

Air

Belarus Touts Su-25 Loaded With Simulated Nuclear Bombs But Won’t Show Them

Russia and Belarus are now nuclear partners and making sure the world knows it, but we still haven’t even seen a practice bomb.

Navies

U.S. And Russian Nuclear Submarines Visit Cuba At The Same Time

USS Helena’s port call to Guantanamo Bay comes as a Russian flotilla is moored in Havana.

Around The Globe

Medieval Flame Throwing Trebuchet Is Israel’s Latest Weapon

Israeli troops are using ancient weapons to set fires across the border with Lebanon in order to give Hezbollah fewer places to hide.

Leopard

New Leopard 2 Tank Packs A Big Cannon, Uncrewed Turret, Anti-Drone Defenses

The Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0, which also has a pop-up missile launcher, is a step toward a next-gen Franco-German tank.

Russia

S-500 Prometheus Air Defense System Now Protecting Russia’s Kerch Bridge: Ukraine’s Spy Boss

Russia’s most advanced air defense system would add a major anti-ballistic missile defense bubble around the Crimean Peninsula.

China

Does The U.S. Need To Be Building Hardened Aircraft Shelters For Its Combat Aircraft?

The US military and Congress are increasingly butting heads over aircraft shelters even as threats, especially from drones, grow.

Yasen Class

Russia’s Kazan Advanced Nuclear Guided-Missile Submarine Has Arrived In Cuba

The four-ship flotilla represents the most significant Russian naval deployment to the Caribbean island for many years.

Americas

Argentinian Super Etendard Strike Jets Planned For Transfer To Ukraine: Report

After F-16s and Mirage 2000s, will the French-made Super Etendard strike jet be the next Western combat aircraft for Ukraine?

Red Sea

Houthi Drone Boat Strikes Ship For First Time Since Red Sea Crisis Erupted

A Liberian-flagged bulk carrier is taking on water and not under the command of its crew after being hit by a Houthi drone boat.

Air

Showdown Brewing Over Ballistic Missile Interceptor Site On East Coast

Congress wants a new interceptor site at Fort Drum, but the Biden Administrations says Alaska and California sites are enough.

Russian Army

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Resumes Tactical Nuke Drills

Russia says its forces have begun the second stage of drills to practice the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons alongside Belarusian troops.

What It’s Like To Fly The F-15EX According To A Boeing Test Pilot

Branded Content: Matt “Phat” Giese explains how new digital fly-by-wire flight controls, and other key features, have revolutionized the F-15.

Russia

Russian Naval Group Shadowed Off Florida By U.S., Allies (Updated)

Three Russian Navy warships and a nuclear submarine vessels appear to have sailed within 30 miles of the Florida coast on their way to Cuba.

Russia

Russia Is Testing A First Person View Remote Controlled Tank Conversion In Ukraine

Russia converted a captured Ukrainian tank into a remote controlled vehicle that uses a similar FPV control concept as many kamikaze drones.

MIM-104 Patriot

U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile

The U.S. Army colonel described how Ukrainian Patriot operators staged a “SAMbush” to bring down the A-50 in January of this year.

U.S. Navy

Flattop Amphibious Assault Ship Looks Set To Be Pummeled With Weapons In RIMPAC Wargames

Sinking the ex-USS Tarawa will give the U.S. and its allies experience attacking a carrier-like ship and data on the punishment it can take.

Air-Launched Ballistic Missiles

Army’s New PrSM Ballistic Missile Should Be Adapted Into An Air Launched Weapon

Precision Strike Missiles offer a path to a US air-launched ballistic missile, a weapon increasingly fielded abroad and missing from America's arsenal.

F-16

Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoots Now Using French Hammer Guided Bombs After Exhausting Rocket Stocks

A senior Ukrainian Air Force official has also provided details of how the long-awaited F-16 fighters will likely be employed in combat.

Su-57

Su-57 Felon Targeted In Ukraine Strike Seen In New Higher-Resolution Satellite Images

Satellite images taken before and after the June 8th Ukrainian drone attack on a parked Su-57 in Russia offer new insights.