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News & Features

Russia’s Shahed-136 Drones Now Feature Tungsten Shrapnel

Russia has recently been using its Shahed-136 drones in larger numbers and the latest ones are upgraded with new features.

The Air Force routinely highlights the impressive mix of capabilities the F-15EX Eagle II fighter will offer, but is only planning to buy just over 100 of them.
News & Features

F-15EX Fleet Too Small For What Commanders Want Out Of It

Air Force leadership touts the F-15EX's unique abilities and mission sets, but most of the 104 jet fleet will have to focus on one thing.

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Taiwan

Taiwan Launches First Domestically Built Submarine

Faced with an ever larger and more capable Chinese Navy, Taiwan is responding by building a class of its own diesel-electric submarines.

Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video
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Il-76 Cargo Jet’s Disastrous Landing In Mali Captured On Video

Video footage of the incident, which took place last week, shows the aircraft careering off the runway before exploding in a ball of fire.

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Russia

Ukraine Getting ATACMS Cluster Variant Would Be A Big Problem For Russia

Cluster munition-laden ATACMSs would be able to take out aprons full of aircraft and key air defense batteries from nearly 200 miles away.

Ukrainian pilots are spending their down time training on F-16 virtual reality simulators.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Pilots Train On Commercial F-16 Simulators At Home Bases

Between combat missions, Ukrainian pilots are spending down time training on F-16 virtual reality simulators to speed up the learning curve.

A group of airmen at Aviano Air Base in Italy are pitching an idea for a folding boarding ladder that F-16 pilots can stow in the map case in the jet's cockpit.
F-16

Airmen Design F-16 Boarding Ladder That Fits Inside Cockpit

F-16s do not have built-in boarding ladders, which could be an issue during future operations at sites where there is limited ground support.

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U.S. Navy

Navy Looking To Operate Air Combat Drones From Wide Range Of Ships

The Navy is looking for ways to launch and recover advanced drones from aboard everything from expeditionary sea bases to destroyers.

The National Museum of the U.S. AIr Force's latest acquisition, an Su-27UB Flanker-C, has a curious history.
Su-27

Su-27 That Mysteriously Vanished After Private Sale Resurfaces

The Air Force top museum's latest acquisition is widely believed to have spent more than a decade in the shadows of deep classification.

Stealthy flying wing drones were a notable feature at a huge military parade in South Korea's capital Seoul on September 26, 2023.
South Korea

Little Stealthy Flying Wing Drone Displayed By South Korea

A small flying wing drone with stealthy features would give South Korea new options for surveilling and possibly striking the North.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.