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Bunker
Americas

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

You know the drill.

Tic Tac UAP Incident Included In Newly Released Range Incursion Reports
U.S. Navy

Tic Tac UAP Incident Included In Newly Released Range Incursion Reports

The recently released Navy 'range fouler' reports are heavily redacted, but still contain new details and insights.

People's Army of Vietnam trains with RC planed during military exercise
Indo-Pacific

Vietnamese Soldiers Train With Radio-Controlled ‘Adversary’ Planes

The planes are supposedly being used as a low-cost and convenient way to emulate actual aircraft during small-scale local exercises.

JAGM-MR
Air-To-Ground

How Lockheed Doubled The Range Of Its Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

The new JAGM-MR can not only hit targets at much greater standoff range, but it also adds an additional infrared guidance option.

Stryker patrol
Russia

This Is What Stryker Armored Vehicles Could Bring To The Fight In Ukraine

Strykers, even with their known limitations, could provide Ukraine with a host of desperately needed capabilities, especially when combined with other forces.

ODNI report
U.S. Homeland

Highly Anticipated Government Report On UFOs Very Thin On New Details

The new report, which has been delayed for months now, offers little substantive detail on the government's cataloged UAP reports.

Ukraine Situation Report: Tank Deals Should Be Approved Says Germany’s Vice Chancellor
Germany

Ukraine Situation Report: Tank Deals Should Be Approved Says Germany’s Vice Chancellor

The second most senior official in Berlin says other countries should be allowed to send German-made tanks to Ukraine if they want.

NAVCENT's unmanned AI Task Force 59
U.S. Navy

Navy’s Task Force 59 To Keep Tabs On Iran With Armada Of Drones

TF59 and its regional allies hope to deploy a fleet of 100 unmanned vessels by this summer as it works toward building a 'Digital Ocean.'

SOUTH KOREAN MISSILE
South Korea

South Korea Now Openly Discussing Arming Itself With Nuclear Weapons

With confidence in the U.S. nuclear umbrella shaken, Seoul is increasingly eyeing a direct counter to the North’s nuclear weapons program.

Swiftsure
Royal Navy

How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier

A Cold War British nuclear sub sneaked into a Soviet naval exercise and took closeup underwater pictures of Russia’s new aircraft carrier.

B21 Raider vs B2
NGAD

The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’

The B-21 is a 'B-2 2.0' in some ways, and that is a major feature, not a bug, but in other ways it is truly revolutionary.

Leopard_2PL
Eastern Europe

Poland Is Ready To Send Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine

Poland has declared it wants to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, part of a growing initiative to put modern heavy armor into Kyiv’s hands.

F-35 Technology Refresh 3
F-35

F-35 Has Flown With Its New Computer Backbone For The First Time

Known as Technology Refresh 3, the upgrade is critical to the F-35's future and the larger Block 4 modernization effort on the horizon.

Patriot Missiles Paired With Naval Vertical Launchers Pitched By Lockheed
MIM-104 Patriot

Patriot Missiles Paired With Naval Vertical Launchers Pitched By Lockheed

Firing PAC-3 MSE missiles from the Mk 41 Vertical Launch system opens up new opportunities at sea and on land.

Unique Sensor Setup Emerges On Turkey’s Stealthy New Fighter
Turkey

Unique Sensor Setup Emerges On Turkey’s Stealthy New Fighter

Photos of the initial TF-X stealth fighter prototype show separate built-in infrared search and track and electro-optical targeting systems.

Challenger tank Ukraine
Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Strykers, Modern European Tanks On The Table For Kyiv

Discussions are underway in Britain and Poland to provide Ukraine with modern tanks, while the U.S. is mulling sending Kyiv Strykers.

F-35 Canada
Canada

Canada Closes Deal For 88 F-35s To Finally Replace Its Aging CF-18s

The country expects its first F-35s to be delivered in 2026, with full operational capability between 2032-2034.

CENTCOM's Air Force innovation Task Force 99
U.S. Air Force

Task Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard

The Air Force's new innovation unit aims to solve tactical problems in the Middle East and buck negative development and procurement trends.

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade
F-117

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade

The Air Force is looking at extending its growing F-117 operations to 2034, 26 years after the type was officially retired.

Su57 Ukraine Russia
Su-57

Su-57 Felon Fighters Are Flying Ukraine Combat Missions: U.K. Intel

The U.K. Ministry of Defense claims Russia’s Su-57 Felon fighter is being used against Ukraine, but it’s keeping its distance while doing so.