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Cold War

The Bizarre Backstory Of Croatia’s Yellow Submarine Nightclub

An unlikely survivor of the war in the Mediterranean, the former Italian Navy submarine had an unexpected career in communist Yugoslavia.

Russia

Russia’s Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Successfully Tested, Putin Says

Testing of the missile, which would possess extreme endurance and poses a radiological hazard, had been put on hiatus until recently.

KC-10

KC-10 Extender Has Flown Its Last Combat Mission

U.S. Air Force plans to retire the last of the KC-10 Extender tankers by September 2024 are picking up pace.

F-16

U.S. F-16 Shoots Down Turkish Drone Over Syria (Updated)

The incident comes as Turkey has stepped up its drone campaign against Kurdish targets following a bombing in Ankara on Sunday.

News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Over 1M Seized Iranian Rounds Given To Kyiv

The ammunition was confiscated by U.S. forces during an interdiction of a stateless dhow in the Gulf of Oman last year.

News & Features

British Air-To-Air Missiles Turned SAMs Seen Scoring Kill In Ukraine

The improvised mobile SAM systems give Ukraine a highly agile interceptor for swatting kamikaze drones and cruise missiles at short range.

M1 Abrams

M1 Abrams Ineffective By 2040 In Fight Against China: Army Study

A report from the Army Science Board recommends moving beyond the M1 Abrams to new, smaller tanks and uncrewed vehicles.

Russia

Jet Ski-Borne Ukrainian Special Ops Raid Shown In New Video

The newly released video claims to show teams of Ukrainian frogmen, riding jet skis, landing on the shore of Crimea.

U.S. Navy

Navy F-16 Recovered After Running Off Runway

The Fallon-based jet came off the runway during a training mission at Naval Air Station Lemoore in California.

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Prigozhin’s Son Has Eye On Wagner Reboot

Ukraine says it sees no threat from the few hundred Wagner troops that have already returned to fight, but Russia could send more.

U.S. Air Force

Flight Testing Of Air Force’s New Nuclear-Armed Cruise Missile Well Underway

There have been at least nine flight tests of stealthy Long Range Stand Off missile prototypes, including one with a mock nuclear warhead.

F-35

Moment Flare Released From F-35 Captured In Remarkable Photo

Among its many defensive aids, the stealthy F-35 features traditional expendable infrared countermeasures housed behind doors.

Helicopters

Australia’s NH90 Helicopter Nightmare Is Finally Ending

Australia has dumped its NH90s after years of budget blow-outs, low availability, defects, mission failures and the tragic loss of aircrew.

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Drones Now Targeting Sochi

For the second time in less than two weeks, the Russian Black Sea resort town of Sochi was targeted by Ukrainian drones.

Eastern Europe

Serbian Troops On Kosovo Border Stoke Fears Of New Balkan War

Serbian forces are still gathered on the border with Kosovo, amid ongoing tensions and a spike of violence in the troubled country.

U.S. Air Force

Future Air Combat Drone Performance Focus Areas Emerge

The USAF revealed areas of greatest performance interest for its Collaborative Combat Aircraft as it starts looking for engines to power them.

Syria

Su-33 Carrier Landing Crash Aftermath Seen In New Video

The leaked footage shows the Su-33 in the sea after an incident involving the Russian carrier Admiral Kuznetsov off Syria in 2016.

Eastern Europe

First Ukrainian Leopard 2s Overhauled In Poland Back In The Fight

The center in Poland was set up specifically to work on Leopard 2 tanks operated by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. Considers Returning To Training Troops In Ukraine

Sending British forces to train troops in Ukraine and escort grain ships would be a massive shift in strategy for the U.K. and NATO.

Tu-95

Tu-95 Decoys Are Being Painted On Russian Air Base’s Apron

Moscow’s efforts to disrupt Ukraine's ability to target and strike its bomber force while on the ground now includes painted silhouettes.