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SSGN Navy Ohio Class
Columbia Class

Navy Eyeing Life Extension Of Nine Ohio Class Submarines

The U.S. Navy is considering tacking a few more operational years onto a number of its aging Ohio class submarines.

UAP Hearing
U.S. Homeland

Congress’s Big Hearing On UFOs Was Remarkably Down To Earth

The first congressional hearing on UFOs in 50 years was all about drones and foreign actors, not extraterrestrial visitation.

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine
Green Berets

Ex-Green Berets Say Horse Soldier Lessons Ring True In Ukraine

Small, fast and nimble forces have helped Ukraine batter Russia, just like Green Beret forces did against the Taliban two decades ago.

Drum Magazine Drone
Bombers

Now There’s A Drum Magazine For Dropping Multiple Bombs From Commercial Drones

A company in the Netherlands has apparently created a drum magazine holding multiple mortar bombs for commercial drones.

Japan F-3 fighter
Japan

Did America Just Miss Its Chance To Help Build Japan’s Future Fighter?

Reports suggest that Japan may well join the British Team Tempest future fighter program by year-end.

B-52 ARRW Hypersonic Launch
B-52

B-52 Successfully Tests Hypersonic Missile After Three Failed Tries (Updated)

The first successful test of a prototype AGM-183A ARRW comes as the program's future is increasingly uncertain.

S300 Israel F-16 Syria
S-300

S-300 Surface-To-Air Missile Fired At Israeli Jets Over Syria For First Time: Report

The reported launch of a Syria-based S-300 missile at an Israeli jet comes as tensions between Moscow and Jerusalem have risen over Ukraine.

Russian incendiary munitions fall on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in May 2022.
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Fall Of Mariupol May Be Imminent

The fate of the last holdout of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol is uncertain as buses are moving at least some of them to Russian medical facilities.

POLARIS MRZR TRACKED ALPHA
MRZR

New Tracked MRZR Buggy Can Keep Special Operators Comfy On Arctic Missions

Enclosing, heating, and adding track kits to existing MRZR light all-terrain vehicles could provide ideal transport in the far north.

Ka-52 Ukraine Vibration
Russia

Russia’s Ka-52 Attack Helicopters Have A Serious Vibration Problem

Videos show significant vibration on heavily laden Ka-52 Hokum attack helicopters and experts don’t like what they see.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Defeated In Months-Long Battle For Kharkiv
NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Defeated In Months-Long Battle For Kharkiv

Russia giving up Kharkiv as a major objective is a stunning shift in its now nearly three-month-old invasion.

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Spotted Off Taiwan In Satellite Imagery
China

Chinese Aircraft Carrier Liaoning Spotted Off Taiwan In Satellite Imagery

A Chinese naval flotilla with the carrier Liaoning at its center has been operating in the waters south of Japan and east of Taiwan.

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

You get back what you put into it.

Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine
Lasers

Russia Fires World’s Biggest Laser-Guided Mortar Round In Ukraine

Huge Smel'chak laser-guided mortars are being lobbed at Ukrainian fighters still holed up in the Azovstal steel plant.

IRIS-T-SLM Ukraine SAM
Germany

Ukraine Might Get IRIS-T SLM Surface-To-Air Missile System: Reports

The deal could provide Ukraine with its first advanced western air defense system that would fill a role similar to that of the SA-11 Buk.

JLTV 242 CANNON 25mm
Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV)

New 25mm Chain Gun Turret Boosts JLTV’s Anti-Armor Punch

Oshkosh sees demand in Europe for speedy and highly lethal tactical vehicles, but the appeal for an M242-armed JLTV may be even wider.

A US Air Force KC-135R aerial refueling tanker comes in to land.
KC-135

KC-135R Tanker Autopilots Still Suffering From Dangerous Anomalies

The Air Force has now pulled personnel from other duties to try to help solve serious issues plaguing autopilots on Block 45 KC-135R tankers.

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Australia

Chinese Spy Ship Makes First Appearance Near Australian Submarine Communications Base

Australia’s defense minister has slammed the Chinese Navy for what he said was an “aggressive act.”

PRSM LONG RANGE MISSILE ARMY
Russia

Ukraine War Validates Pursuing Very Long-Range Artillery Army Says

Army officials say Russia's invasion of Ukraine has validated the service's drive to develop much longer-ranged artillery and missiles.

Debacle On The Donets: How Russian Forces Got Obliterated Trying To Cross A River
Russia

Debacle On The Donets: How Russian Forces Got Obliterated Trying To Cross A River

Russia wants to encircle Ukrainian troops on a key part of the battlefield, but they can't cross the river in order to do so without getting killed.