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U.S. President Donald Trump acknowledged a phone call with Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro, but offered few details.
South America

Trump Confirms Phone Call With Maduro

Now the White House has also confirmed that a second strike on a suspected drug boat did occur, but insists it does not constitute a war crime.

Russia has fielded a new version of the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone armed with a single R-60 air-to-air missile.
Air-To-Air

Russian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones Now Armed With Air-To-Air Missiles

The appearance of a Shahed-136 carrying an air-to-air missile creates a new threat, and a deterrent, for aircrews trying to intercept them.

Turkish industry and media alike have heralded the recent live-fire test in which a Kizilelma uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) used a Turkish-made air-to-air missile to destroy a target drone. Turkey claims the test marks the first occasion a UCAV has launched a radar-guided air-to-air missile. But, while undoubtedly impressive, there are unanswered questions about how the engagement actually played out, especially to what degree the UCAV was being controlled by crewed fighter jets.
Turkish Air Force

Turkey’s Fighter-Like Kizilelma Drone Shot Down Aerial Target With Radar-Guided Missile

The Kizilelma appears to be the first advanced drone to launch a radar-guided air-to-air missile, but details of how the engagement took place are scarce.

U.S. M1A2 Abrams assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Task Force Iron, maneuver to get on line with the Apache helicopters assigned to 1st Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, Combat Aviation Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Task Force Iron, during Iron Defender-25 at Orzysz Training Area in Orzysz, Poland, Sept. 17, 2025. The Apache helicopters provided cover fire while the Abrams advanced. The purpose of large scale training events like Iron Defender-25 is to prove the Polish Armed Forces and their NATO allies’ ability to deter and effectively defend the territory of Poland. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Pfc. Andre Gremillion Jr.)
AH-64

U.S. Army AH-64E Apache’s Counter-Drone Capability Rapidly Matures

Apaches scored 13 drone kills out of 14 engagements during Operation Flyswatter, reflecting the AH-64’s evolving counter-UAS capabilities.

NANTWICH, ENGLAND - MAY 24: A general view inside the former RAF Hack Green secret nuclear bunker on May 24, 2023 in Nantwich, England. Hack Green played a central role in the defence of Britain for almost sixty years. It was chosen during WW2 to protect the land between Birmingham and Liverpool from hostile attack and as a location for the new RADAR equipment. The bunker went on to be used for shelter and protection during the Cold War. As relations between East and West thawed many of the UK's nuclear bunkers were sold off. The Secret Bunker is now privately owned by the Siebert family and is run as a museum trust. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

Second Bunker Talk in one week. It's like Thanksgiving leftovers that taste even better the next day!

Celebrate The Air Force’s Newest ‘Flying Dorito’ With This T-Shirt
News & Features

Celebrate The Air Force’s Newest ‘Flying Dorito’ With This T-Shirt

The B-21 Raider and America's most popular heavily-seasoned tortilla chip collide to make this "Waritos" tribute t-shirt.

SBX has no radome in Pearl Harbor.
Naval Radars

The Massive SBX-1 Looks Straight Out Of Star Wars Without Its Dome

The already imposing Sea-Based X-Band Radar looks even more like one of The Empire's super weapons without its trademark 'golf ball' radome.

An aerial starboard bow view of the Soviet Krivak I Class guided missile frigate 959 at anchor.
Russian Navy

The Real-Life Hunt For Red October Happened 50 Years Ago

The mutiny aboard a Soviet warship in November 1975 led to a chase across the Baltic Sea, involving everything the Soviets had available. 

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

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

Pass the stuffing.

War Secretary Pete Hegseth has arrived in the Caribbean as Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro rattles his sabre.
South America

Maduro Literally Rattles His Saber As Hegseth Arrives In Caribbean

As many of the puzzle pieces have fallen into place for the U.S. to strike Venezuela, Trump's intentions remain unclear.

Poland’s next submarines will be provided by Sweden, in the shape of the advanced A26 class. Under the Orka acquisition program, Warsaw will buy three of the boats, which use an air-independent propulsion system, to replace the Polish Navy’s single Soviet-era Kilo class submarine.
Diesel-Electric Submarines

Sweden’s A26 Diesel-Electric Submarine Scores Big Win With Polish Order

Three A26 boats, with an air-independent propulsion system, have been chosen to replace the Polish Navy’s single Soviet-era Kilo class submarine.

Ajax making soldiers sick
Armies

Bad Vibrations: UK’s Ajax Fighting Vehicles Put On Pause After Troops Get Sick

Recurring problems with noise and vibration mean that Ajax operations have been suspended days after initial operating capability was declared.

Japan's plans to place SAMS on an island near Taiwan has China outraged.
Japan Air Self Defense Force

Japan’s Plan To Put SAMs On Strategic Island 70 Miles From Taiwan Could Be Just The Beginning

Yonaguni Island recently hosted U.S. Marines and now Japan is looking to deploy air defenses there, which could expand to other kinetic capabilities.

Navy Secretary John Phelan announced he was ending the Constellation class frigate program.
U.S. Navy

Constellation Class Frigate Program Cancelled By Navy Secretary (Updated)

The original plan to build at least 10 of the delayed Constellation class frigates has been axed by Navy Secretary Phelan.

A Ukrainian attack on the aircraft manufacturer Beriev’s facility in Taganrog in southwestern Russia overnight appears to have struck a unique laser testbed, the A-60.
A-50/A-100

Unique Russian A-60 Laser Testbed Jet Destroyed In Ukrainian Attack

Ukraine’s latest long-range attack on a Russian airbase claimed the one-off laser-armed aircraft and an important radar testbed.

There is a new twist in ongoing peace talks, one reportedly favoring Ukraine.
Russia

New Twist In Effort To End The War In Ukraine

After outright rejecting a previous draft of highly controversial deal points, Zelensky appears more amenable to a new one.

J-36 shows its new thrust vector nozzles
J-36

China’s J-36 Tailless Stealth Jet’s New Thrust Vectoring Nozzles Seen From Behind

The second iteration of the J-36 includes a number of external changes, with arguably the biggest being two-dimensional thrust vectoring exhaust nozzles.

FDI Frigate may end up in Sweden's Naval inventory.
Frigates

Swedish Navy To Acquire Frigates, Its Biggest Surface Combatants In Nearly 50 Years

France is promoting its FDI warship design for the Swedish Navy’s new frigates, its largest surface combatants since the Cold War.

F-35B UK issues
F-35A

United Kingdom’s F-35 Program Slammed For Cost-Saving Blunders

A glaring lack of standoff air-to-ground munitions is just one of the issues identified in a critical U.K. government report.

A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing, receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 6th Air Refueling Wing, in the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility, Oct. 15, 2025. B-52s are world-wide deployable and deter foreign terrorist and transnational criminal organizations, which threaten the safety, security and stability of the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Zachary Foster)
South America

U.S. Pressure Campaign Against Venezuela Has Entered A New Phase

With the cartel allegedly associated with Maduro being classified as a terrorist organization, the possibility of kinetic action has increased significantly.