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Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Southern Counterattack Against Russian Forces Underway

Amongst the combat on multiple fronts, Ukraine claims that one of its MiG-29s shot down a Russian Su-35.

LCS Sold To South America
U.S. Navy

Navy Chief Wants To Sell-Off Doomed Littoral Combat Ships To Allies

The Freedom class's limited combat utility, high running costs, and design problems could deter potential buyers of the second-hand ships.

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

'Where everyone knows your screen name... and they're always glad you came...'

Ukrainian servicemen wave as they move with an armored vehicle toward the frontline at a checkpoint near the city of Lysychansk in the eastern Ukranian region of Donbas, on May 23, 2022, amid Russian invasion of Ukraine.
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Advance In Key Eastern Cities

Ukrainian forces are fighting against encirclement to prevent invading units from seizing half of the eastern Donbas region.

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers
China

Taiwan’s Coast Guard Tests Its Ability To Turn Cutters Into Ship Killers

In what could be a very useful capability if an invasion kicked-off, the Taiwanese Coast Guard conducted live-fire drills with anti-ship missiles.

Christening of the first Orca test asset at Huntington Beach, California, on April 28, 2022. The vehicle was christened by Dorothy Engelhardt, Director, Unmanned Systems, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Ships).
U.S. Navy

Navy’s 85-Foot Orca Unmanned Submarine Will Be A Minelayer First

The first Boeing-built Orca unmanned submarine will begin testing this summer and its first mission will be laying sea mines.

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Russia

Captured Russian Weapons Are Packed With U.S. Microchips

Ukraine intelligence showed us lists of mostly U.S.-made microchips it says were found on captured or destroyed Russian military equipment.

Chinese drone ship, Zhu Hai Yun
China

China Launches Drone Ship That Acts As A Mothership For More Drones

China's new drone ship is officially designed for ocean research, but has obvious value for the country's military.

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U.S. Navy

Remembering The Navy’s Doomed Aircraft-Carrying Airships

Parasite fighters operating from airships sounds like science fiction, but it was reality for the U.S. Navy in the 1930s.

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Russia

Terrifying TOS-1A Thermobaric Artillery Strike Recorded In Ukraine

Video of a Russian strike in Ukraine provides a horrifying look at the TOS-1A thermobaric artillery system in action.

U.S. Soldiers launch rockets from an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), at Daecheon, South Korea, Sept. 21, 2017.
NATO

The Reality Of What HIMARS Rocket Artillery Systems Can And Can’t Do For Ukraine (Updated)

American rocket launchers are not a ‘silver bullet’ and they come with different levels of capabilities depending on the ammo provided.

Clips from a video that is said to show an apparent missile launch, possibly from a submarine, in the South China Sea, as seen from a Cathay Pacific Boeing 777 airliner.
China

Mysterious South China Sea Missile Launch Claimed To Be Caught By Airliner (Updated)

Video taken from an airliner appears to show the launch of a missile from a ship or a submarine in the South China Sea.

T-62 Tank being shipped into Ukraine
Russia

Russia Deploys 50-Year-Old T-62 Tanks To Ukraine

With rumors of operable modern tanks shortages swirling, Russia has dipped into its stockpile of antiquated T-62s and sent them to Ukraine.

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol
Russia

Inside Ukraine’s Daring Helicopter Missions Into Russian-Occupied Mariupol

With Ukrainian troops besieged in a massive steel plant and under constant fire from Russian forces, helicopter crews sprung into action.

New Wings For A-10s Arrive As Air Force Wants Warthogs Retired In Five Years
A-10

New Wings For A-10s Arrive As Air Force Wants Warthogs Retired In Five Years

The re-winging program is happening as the USAF strangles the A-10 force in other ways in hopes of finally grounding the type by 2028.

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Eastern Europe

Romania Orders Its Grounded MiG-21 Lancers Back Into The Air

After grounding its MiG-21 LanceR fleet indefinitely, Romania has reactivated it to provide air policing capacity while its Air Force converts to F-16s.

Switchblade Drone attack tank Ukraine
Switchblade

Watch This Switchblade Suicide Drone Attack A Russian Tank In Ukraine

The drone camera footage is among the first recorded instances of an AeroVironment Switchblade loitering munition being employed by Ukrainian forces.

Ukrainian servicemen are seen in the trenches as fighting against Russian troops continues near to the Cherkaske City, on eastern Ukraine, May 3, 2022.
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Break Through In Parts Of Donbas

Three months into the invasion, Russian forces look set to secure roughly half of the Donbas region, but continue to face stiff resistance.

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Swarms

28-Drone Swarm Just Led The Way For A Simulated Air Assault Mission

Army proves large numbers of highly networked drones can be controlled by one operator aboard a helicopter or from the ground.

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People

63-Year-Old Retired Russian Fighter Pilot Shot Down In Su-25 Over Ukraine

Like Top Gun's Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, retired Russian Maj. Gen. Kanamat Botashev was a hot dog who broke the rules.