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Hostomel Airport Ukraine
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Told Kyiv Russia Planned To Seize Hostomel Airport

A new report details the lengths the U.S. went through to convince Ukraine's president and the world that Russia would attack.

Plan To Massively Upgrade Guam’s Missile Defenses Takes Shape
Indo-Pacific

Plan To Massively Upgrade Guam’s Missile Defenses Takes Shape

The U.S. military has a sense of what new missile defenses it wants on Guam but now it has to figure out where to put it all.

Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field
U.S. Navy

Navy T-45C Jet Trainer Crashes Into Texas Field

The instructor pilot flying the plane at the time was conducting a routine training flight and was able to safely eject.

Crimea Attack Ammo Dump
Russia

Russian Military Installations In Crimea Explode

The latest incidents come exactly a week after mysterious explosions destroyed several aircraft at the Saki Air Base on Crimea.

Ukraine Situation Report: Bridge Busting Campaign Persists In Kherson
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Bridge Busting Campaign Persists In Kherson

Ukraine is putting the pressure on Russian forces north of the Dnieper River by keeping bridges out of action and strangling supply lines.

U.S. And India To Hold Military Drills Close To Tense Border With China
China

U.S. And India To Hold Military Drills Close To Tense Border With China

The joint exercises will be conducted exactly 60 years after China and India waged a war over the territories surrounding the shared border.

Russia’s Rocket-Toting Robot Dog Is Chinese, For Sale On Alibaba
China

Russia’s Rocket-Toting Robot Dog Is Chinese, For Sale On Alibaba

Russia's oddly cloth-wrapped rocket-armed robot dog appears to be a consumer-grade type that you can buy from Chinese marketplace websites.

Future Ballistic Missile Submarine Concept Unveiled At Russian Arms Expo
Russia

Future Ballistic Missile Submarine Concept Unveiled At Russian Arms Expo

Russia's Arktur design features a number of interesting elements, including a new drive concept and what appear to be unmanned guard submarines.

Top Gun Maverick
Hollywood

What Top Gun 2 Got Right And Wrong About Navy Fighter Culture

With a career that put him in the cockpits of Tomcats and Super Hornets, Joe “Smokin” Ruzicka is well placed to assess the blockbuster.

Su-25_S-350 copy
Russia

Russia’s New S-350 Air Defense System Appears At Base Near Ukraine Border

Russia’s new S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile system is now protecting an airbase less than 40 miles from Ukraine.

China AEW taiwan
China

China Promises ‘Taiwan Encirclement’ Drills Will Continue

China responded to the latest visit to Taiwan by U.S. lawmakers with military drills it says will be ongoing.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett
U.S. Coast Guard

Navy Embarked MH-60R Helicopter Aboard Coast Guard Cutter

The experiment of embarking a top-end Navy MH-60R Seahawk aboard a Legend-class cutter is likely a glimpse of the future.

MLRS Ukraine troops
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Kherson Bridges Out, Russians Face Supply Nightmare

Reports are circulating that Kherson's occupation leadership fled south over the Dnieper River as Ukrainians strangle fragile supply lines.

Nuclear Technician Reviews Book
Bunker Talk

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

What's on your mind?

Ziabrovka Explosion
Eastern Europe

Large Scorch Mark At Belarus Base After Mysterious Explosions (Updated)

The mysterious late-night blasts at Ziabrovka Airbase in Belarus came just hours after a major attack on a Russian airbase in Crimea.

A picture of the US Navy's future Flight III Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Jack H. Lucas being fitted out, now with the fixed-face arrays for its new AN/SPY-6(V)1 installed.
U.S. Navy

First Images Of SPY-6 Radar Installed On New Flight III Arleigh Burke Destroyer

The AN/SPY-6(V)1 radar is a key feature of the new Flight III Arleigh Burkes that makes them far more capable than their predecessors.

HTMS CHAKRI NARUEBET
Indo-Pacific

The Harriers Are Gone But Thailand’s Unlikely Aircraft Carrier Sails On

For a while, Thailand had a carrier-borne Harrier jump-jet capability that was totally unique in Southeast Asia.

65th AGRS F-35
F-35

F-35 Stealth Fighters Are Revolutionizing The USAF’s Aggressor Force

We spoke to the boss of the 65th Aggressor Squadron, flying the F-35 — the Air Force’s latest red air incarnation.

Zaphorizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Demands To Demilitarize Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Plant Grow

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency renewed his call for access to Europe's largest nuclear power facility.

AFSOC_A-29-scaled
Light Air Support

Air Force Wants To Liquidate Its Tiny Light Attack Plane Fleet

With just five aircraft procured under its Light Attack Experiment, the Air Force is already looking to dispose of its A-29s and AT-6Es.