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MAC MC-130
C-130

Amphibious C-130 Won’t Fly For Two To Three More Years

Despite the new delay, U.S. Special Operations Command still has a clear interest in testing an amphibious C-130.

Global Hawk RQ-4
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: RQ-4 Global Hawk Flies Off Sochi

High-flying RQ-4 surveillance drones are a staple over the Black Sea, but their operations have recently shifted east near Russia's coast.

Chinese Spaceplane Docked With Another Object Multiple Times Data Indicates
China

Chinese Spaceplane Docked With Another Object Multiple Times Data Indicates

A Chinese reusable spacecraft may have demonstrated capabilities that could be used to attack other satellites on a recent months-long flight.

Engraving of Hermann Arminius
Ancient Warfare

One Of Rome’s Most Devastating Military Defeats Was Masterminded From Within

Having served in the Roman army under a risky conscription scheme, Arminius's ambush in Teutoburg Forest inflicted massive damage to the Empire.

F-22 fixed belly
F-22

F-22 Raptor Badly Damaged After Belly Landing Flies Again

F-22A Raptor 07-4146 is finally back in the air again after a five-year restoration period that followed a mishap belly landing.

Victory Day Parade T-34
Russia

Lone Antique T-34 Was Only Tank In Moscow’s Victory Day Parade

Emotionally charged but massively scaled back, the 2023 Victory Day parade in Moscow was ominously overshadowed by the war in Ukraine.

Laser Rocket Firing Humvees Spotted In Service With Ukraine
Lasers

Laser Rocket Firing Humvees Spotted In Service With Ukraine

Armored Humvees with four-shot laser-guided rocket pods offer Ukraine a quick moving precision attack capability against a wide variety of targets.

New Era Of Deception Tactics Key To Air Force Surviving Pacific Fight
U.S. Air Force

New Era Of Deception Tactics Key To Air Force Surviving Pacific Fight

A new inflatable hangar is one example of the Air Force's shift to deception in order not just to win, but to survive in the Pacific.

Chinese space plane X-37b
China

Chinese Spaceplane Returns To Earth After Longest Flight So Far

The shadowy Chinese spaceplane, which was launched in August last year, returned to Earth after 276 days in orbit.

Kyiv drone attack intercept
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: 35 Shahed-136s Attacked Kyiv Overnight

One man died in Odesa while several people were injured in Kyiv during the latest volley of Russian missile and drone strikes.

Need T-Shirt Design Idea for Fundraiser
News & Features

We Need Your Help Coming Up With Our Next Big Fundraiser T-Shirt!

The War Zone is doing another T-shirt fundraiser drive, this time for the Gary Sinise Foundation, and we need a great design idea!

Cope Cage ERA
Russia

Russian Tank With ‘Cope Cage’ Covered In Explosive Reactive Armor Emerges

The latest evolution of improvised Russian armor kit appears to include explosive reactive armor bricks placed atop a 'cope cage.'

Patriot Missile shot down Kinzhal
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Claims Patriot Intercepted Kinzhal Air-Launched Ballistic Missile

After a denial, Ukraine revealed that its newly arrived Patriot missile battery intercepted a Russian Kinzhal missile during recent strikes.

NASA launch technicians pictures in 1969
Bunker Talk

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

It's bunker time!

Incendiary attack Ukraine
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Rains Incendiaries On Bakhmut

Horrific video is coming out of Bakhmut showing blocks of the devastated city covered in brightly glowing incendiaries dropped from above.

Wagner boss says he will pull out of Bakmut over the lack of ammunition.
Russia

Ukraine Isn’t Buying Wagner Boss’s Tirade About Pulling Out Of Bakhmut

Wagner boss Vevgeny Prigozhin said his troops will leave Bakhmut on May 10 over a lack of ammo, but Ukraine isn't buying that threat.

Auxiliary minelayer HMS Menestheus
WWII

This Minelayer Was Converted Into A Floating Brewery During World War II

In 1944, the British converted HMS Menestheus into an amenities ship for Allied forces in the Pacific, complete with a brewery.

Collins Class submarines
Australia

Australia Getting U.S. Containerized Submarine-Tracking Sonar System

The passive submarine detection system should help overhaul Australia’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities to face a growing Chinese threat.

Ukrainian TB2 Shot Down Over Kyiv By Friendly Forces
Ukraine

Ukrainian TB2 Shot Down Over Kyiv By Friendly Forces

Dramatic imagery of a familiar-looking drone downed by a surface-to-air missile over the Ukrainian capital left many wondering what happened.

Ukraine rocket storage site destroyed
Russia

Incredible Destruction Seen At Ukrainian Rocket Storage Site That Detonated After Russian Strike (Updated)

The image shows the epicenter of a huge explosion in Ukraine, which may have been a building full of Soviet-era ICBM rockets motors.