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U.S. Navy

This Is The Navy Weaponry That Top Gun 2’s Box Office Haul Could Buy

Top Gun: Maverick has made a carrier-load of money. Here's what Navy aircraft, ships, and munitions it could buy.

Ukraine Situation Report: 3,000 155mm NATO Artillery Rounds Being Fired A Day
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: 3,000 155mm NATO Artillery Rounds Being Fired A Day

The artillery duel in Ukraine's east shows no signs of slowing as troops gobble through thousands of 155mm rounds every single day.

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

What a time to be alive!

U.S. Says Russia’s Prized Kerch Bridge Is A Fair Target For Ukrainian Forces
Russia

U.S. Says Russia’s Prized Kerch Bridge Is A Fair Target For Ukrainian Forces

The $3.5B bridge Russia built to connect with Crimea is a major strategic and economic asset that Moscow seems very concerned with protecting.

S300 ground targets ukraine
Russia

Russia Now Firing S-300 Surface-To-Air Missiles At Land Targets In Ukraine: Official

The Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system does have a little-known latent ability to strike land targets.

Four More HIMARS Launchers Heading To Ukraine Bringing Total To 12
M142 HIMARS

Four More HIMARS Launchers Heading To Ukraine Bringing Total To 12

This latest round of weapons deliveries from the U.S. to Ukraine will also include 1,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery shells.

Belgorod Submarine
Russia

Russia’s Giant Nuclear Torpedo-Carrying Submarine Declared Operational

Belgorod is one of Russia's most versatile and feared weapons, built with espionage and launching nuclear powered, nuclear-armed torpedoes in mind.

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China

First Flight For China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber Could Be Imminent: Report

Evidence is mounting that China’s highly anticipated next-generation stealth bomber is being readied to fly.

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Ukraine

Ukrainian Missile Teams Are Using Old School Motorcycles With Sidecars

Mobile strike teams have emerged in Ukraine equipped with Soviet-era motorcycles with anti-tank missile launchers in their sidecars.

Bomber Task Force B-1B
B-1

These Photos From The B-1B’s Latest Guam Deployment Are Just Ridiculous

The Air Force has been pumping out stunning imagery of the B-1B swing-wing bomber during its Bomber Task Force mission in the Pacific.

Lithuania To Deliver Turkish-Made Bayraktar TB2 Drone To Ukraine
Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: Lithuania’s Crowdfunded TB2 Drone Heads To The Fight

Turkish manufacturer Baykar decided to donate the drone after Lithuanians raised $6 million to purchase it.

Watchdog says national security may be imperiled by the Pentagon's approach to UFOs.
U.S. Homeland

UFO Whistleblowers Would Get Immunity Under New Amendment

The language would give government employees and contractors immunity from reprisal for coming forward about UFO encounters and programs.

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch
U.S. Homeland

Reentry Vehicle Test For America’s New ICBM Failed Just After Launch

The launch was intended to test the Mk21A reentry vehicle that will carry the Mk87-1 nuclear warhead on the Minuteman III ICBM's replacement.

Ukraine raises the flag
Russia

Ukraine Plants Flag On Snake Island, Russians Claim Deadly Response

Flying the Ukraine flag over the battered Black Sea outpost is a major victory for Ukraine.

Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal
Eastern Europe

Ukraine May Finally Get Slovakia’s MiG-29s Thanks To Czech Air Patrol Deal

A budding partnership between Slovakia and the Czech Republic could finally facilitate the transfer of NATO MiG-29s to Ukraine.

China is aquiring weapons 5-6 times fast than US
China

China Acquiring New Weapons Five Times Faster Than U.S. Warns Top Official

“In purchasing power parity, they spend about one dollar to our 20 dollars to get to the same capability.”

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

Ukraine Disputes Russia’s Proofless Claim It Destroyed HIMARS Launchers

Russia's HIMARS destruction statement has no evidence to back it up and Ukraine is saying it never happened.

Russian Troop Shoots missile
Russia

Russian Soldier Shows How NOT To Dispose Of S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles

Firing a machine gun at a close-by launcher full of long-range surface-to-air missiles is a terrible idea.

Kerch Strait decoys
Russia

Russia Seems To Be Preparing The Vital Kerch Bridge For Missile Attacks

Deployment of decoy barges and smokescreens implies Russia is preparing for a possible attack on its highly prized Kerch Strait Bridge.

Russia-Ukraine war
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Forces Expand Hold On The Donbas

Improved coordination among Russian units has allowed some progress westward against Ukrainian resistance.