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People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

Alarming Navy Intel Slide Warns Of China’s 200 Times Greater Shipbuilding Capacity

The Office of Naval Intelligence is sounding the alarm about the huge gap in U.S. and Chinese shipbuilding capacity and its implications.

A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail airborne early warning and control aircraft will be heading to Germany to support the flow of aid to Ukraine.
Australia

Australian E-7 Radar Jet Will Watch Over Ukraine Aid Shipments

Australia will deploy an E-7A Wedgetail aircraft to Germany later this year where it will support airspace surveillance efforts over Ukraine.

Ukrainian forces reportedly pushed into Roboytne.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Push Deeper South Near Robotyne

The small but potentially significant push deeper south in Zaporizhzhia Oblast puts Ukrainian troops a step closer to Crimea.

A Top Aces F-16A takes off from Eglin AFB.
F-16

Top Aces’ Viper The “Most Maneuverable F-16 I Have Ever Flown”

Adversary air contractor Top Aces says it's focusing on future technologies and experience to differentiate itself from the competition.

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Russia

Is Ukraine Using Old S-200 SAMs In The Land-Attack Role?

Russia claims Ukrainian S-200 SAMs were launched against ground targets as video emerged supposedly showing one of the strikes.

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks
MiG-29

MiG-29 Fulcrums Are Ukraine’s JDAM-ER Bomb Trucks

Ukraine's smart bomb carrier has finally broken cover in the latest Western addition to the Fulcrums' growing arsenal.

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Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Marks 500 Days Of War At Snake Island

Zelensky visited the remote Black Sea outpost to pay respects a year after its liberation and 500 days since Russia's all out invasion began.

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: A general view inside the former RAF Hack Green secret nuclear bunker
Bunker Talk

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

Get out of the fallout!

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Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Sending ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Cluster Munitions

The DPICM cluster shells will help break Russia's stubborn trench networks and keep Ukraine's supply of critical artillery up.

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Military Aviation History

Aircraft Carriers With Rubber Decks Were A Bad Idea

The British and Americans toyed with the idea of flexible aircraft carrier decks from which to operate wheelless jet aircraft.

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French Navy

French ‘Franken-Submarine’ Returns To Service Years After Fire

France's nuclear attack submarine Perle received an entire bow section from a retired submarine after suffering a major fire in 2020.

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Assault Rifles

Watch Six AK-74s Strapped Together As A Ukrainian Anti-Drone Gun In Action

It looks like something out of a post-apocalyptic Hollywood action movie and its usefulness is questionable, but it sure looks intimidating.

The US government is considering sending controversial Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Russia

What DPICM Cluster Munitions Are And Why Ukraine Wants Them So Bad

Cluster munitions are highly controversial, but Ukraine has its reasons why they can be crucial to unseating deeply entrenched Russian forces.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blasted his Bulgarian counterpart today over a lack of arms for Ukraine.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Blasts Bulgarian President Over Opposition To Arming Kyiv

Irked over Bulgarian President Rumen Radev's refusal to arm Ukraine, Zelensky lashed out with a sarcasm-laced diatribe.

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Skunk Works

X-59 Supersonic Test Jet Looks Positively Sci-Fi Head-On

A frontal view of the X-59 reveals details of its pilot vision system, provided in lieu of any forward-facing windows for its pilot.

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Air Combat Exercises

Guam Hosts Air Force’s Biggest Mobility Exercise As Fears Of Pacific Fight Grow

Exercise Mobility Guardian 23 sees 70 airlifters from seven nations, including the U.S., train to fight in the Pacific theater.

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Syria

Russia Now Using Parachute Flares In Attempts To Down U.S. MQ-9 Reapers

The use of parachute flares launched from Su-35 fighters against MQ-9s signals a change in Russian drone harassment tactics.

Ukraine Situation Report: A Peek Into Prigozhin’s Bizarre Pad
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: A Peek Into Prigozhin’s Bizarre Pad

Among the findings were millions in cash and gold bars, a disguise collection, a giant sledgehammer, and a cache of guns and ammo.

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Storm Shadow/SCALP

Crashed Storm Shadow Missile Falls Into Russian Hands (Updated)

The Storm Shadow missile isn't cutting edge, but it could still be of significant intelligence value to an adversary.

A new Air Force video provides details about the service's growing testing ecosystem for advanced drones and artificial intelligence-driven autonomy.
Artificial Intelligence

Future Of Artificial Intelligence Dominated Air Combat Showcased In New Air Force Video

The Air Force details its growing efforts to bring artificial intelligence-driven air combat drones from a laboratory experiment to reality.