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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 has been named Ukraine's new presidential chief of staff.
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.

Russian Airbase Moscow infiltrated
Russia

Claims Swirl Around ‘Sabotage Raid’ On Airbase Near Moscow

Chkalovsky Air Base, just outside Moscow, is home to various strategic air assets as well as the high-profile presidential transport fleet.

A-10 Warthog F/A-18E/F Super Hornet
F/A-18

A-10 Pilot’s Compelling Case For Replacing Warthogs With Super Hornets

An A-10 Weapons Instructor lays out how buying F/A-18E/Fs fits the Air Force's imperatives and keeps the A-10's unique braintrust intact.

ATACMS PRZM
Russia

Decision To Give ATACMS To Ukraine Is About To Become Easier

With ATACMS' replacement arriving very soon, one major argument against sending the ballistic missiles to Ukraine would lose its potency.

Tu-160 Engels
Russia

Let’s Talk About Russia’s New Long-Range Kh-BD Cruise Missile

The chief of Russia’s Long-Range Aviation says that the Tu-160 Blackjack is now carrying the advanced new long-range weapon.

New details about the crash of a Marine Corps F-35B on September 17, 2023, have emerged.
F-35

“He Just Lost It In The Weather” – Audio From F-35 Crash Response Emerges

Video of the crash site and radio calls made shortly after the F-35 pilot ejected add new color to this developing story.

Azerbaijan launches anti-terror operation in Karabakh
Middle East

Azerbaijan Reignites Shooting War In Disputed Nagorno-Karabakh Region

Azerbaijan has launched a military campaign in the volatile Nagorno-Karabakh region, with fears that a new full-scale war could break out.

William Tell
Air Combat Exercises

William Tell Air Combat Competition Crowns Its Winners

"This competition was the best thing I have done so far in my career,” an F-15 ground crewman told The War Zone as the contest wrapped up.

Air Force Special Operations Command is looking at expanding its ability to land on beaches around the world as part of a shift toward "runway agnostic" operations.
C-130

Special Ops C-130s Using Beaches As Runways Eyed For Pacific Fight

MC-130s operating from beaches could provide critical logistics in the Pacific where runways are few in number and under threat.

Paladin Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: M109 Paladins Are Proving Too Wily For Russian Gunners

With its ability to 'shoot-and-scoot,' Paladin self-propelled Howitzers are keeping enemies pinned down and surviving to fight another day.

Retired Marine Col. Charles Del Pizzo offered his version of the 2023 mishap that saw his F-35B fly for nearly 12 minutes after he ejected.
F-35

F-35 Debris Found In Field After Frantic Search For Missing Jet

The 'zombie' F-35B has been missing since yesterday after its pilot ejected after experiencing a mishap and the jet flew on.