Read the latest articles from The War Zone (Page 146)

Replicator attritable drones
China

Replicator Is DoD’s Big Play To Build Thousands Of Autonomous Weapons In Just Two Years

Replicator could significantly change how the U.S. military fights and is aimed squarely at overcoming China's quantitative advantage.

Ukraine says the southern front is the main axis for the counteroffensive
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Pushing South From Robotyne

Ukraine officially announced the capture of Robotyne in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and is continuing its push southward.

Type 054B
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

This Is China’s New Type 054B Frigate, Could Become Backbone Of Navy

China’s long-awaited new Type 054B frigate is nearing completion and it’s larger and more capable than its predecessor.

CF-18 False canopy
F/A-18

False Canopies On Fighters Work, One Almost Killed Me

Painting false canopies on jet fighters is a simple tactic that one Canadian Hornet pilot in training learned works all too well.

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea

Kyiv says a new weapon destroyed the Russian SAM system, others state it was a land-attack version of the Neptune missile.

Andrii Pilshchykov Juice RIP
Russia

Ukraine’s Outspoken MiG-29 Pilot “Juice” Killed During Mission

Major Andrii Pilshchykov was an informal ambassador of sorts for the Ukrainian Air Force, giving some of the best accounts of the air war.

World War II London air raid shelter
Bunker Talk

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

Pull up a chair and chat amongst friends.

Ukrainian forces appear to be moving closer toward Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Major Push Toward Tokmak Gaining Steam

Ukraine appears to have taken another small step in its counteroffensive, pushing further south toward Crimea.

The Marine Corps plans to buy three batteries worth of Iron Dome systems and 1,840 Tamir interceptors to go with them.
U.S. Marine Corps

USMC Buying Nearly 2,000 Tamir Interceptors For Its Iron Dome Systems

The Marines are purchasing Iron Dome systems to help defend against ever increasing threats posed by cruise missiles and drones.

MARINE F/A-18 HORNET
F/A-18A-D

F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar

The F/A-18D Hornet crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California late last night.

A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.
F-16

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

After language proficiency training in Texas next month, several pilots and dozens of maintainers will head to Tucson to work with F-16s.

Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.
Russia

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

Cluster shells offers a source of ideal ammunition for Ukrainian drones, but they are also badly needed for their traditional application.

Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin
Russia

Putin Confirms Prigozhin’s Death, Circumstances Remain Murky

A surface-to-air missile or an explosive device are the leading theories behind what brought Prigozhin’s plane down yesterday.

JDAM-ER Su-27
Su-27

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

After the JDAM-ER's earlier appearance on one of Ukraine's MiG-29, it is now confirmed that its Su-27 Flanker fighters are carrying them.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.
Russia

Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence said it carried out a raid on Crimea a day after it destroyed a key SAM system at same location.

Mi-8AMTSh
Mi8/Mi-17

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

Claims swirl around a Mi-8 combat transport helicopter and its crew that ended up in Ukrainian hands.

IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper
Taiwan

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

Infrared search and track sensors would greatly help Taiwan's F-16s detect and track threats, especially stealthy ones like China's J-20.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said it destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense system in Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims Strike On Key S-400 SAM System In Crimea

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate today released video it says shows a Russian S-400 air defense system being obliterated in Crimea.

A plane with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed among its passengers has crashed in Russia.
Russia

Bizjet With Prigozhin On Manifest Crashes In Russia (Updated)

The crash of a business jet linked to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin comes some two months after he led a failed putsch aimed at Moscow.

Navy callsigns pilots
U.S. Navy

How U.S. Navy Pilots Really Get Their Callsigns

A Super Hornet pilot gives us an inside look at how Naval Aviators get their often colorful but unflattering callsigns.