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Indo-Pacific

Vietnamese Soldiers Train With Radio-Controlled ‘Adversary’ Planes

The planes are supposedly being used as a low-cost and convenient way to emulate actual aircraft during small-scale local exercises.

Air-To-Ground

How Lockheed Doubled The Range Of Its Joint Air-To-Ground Missile

The new JAGM-MR can not only hit targets at much greater standoff range, but it also adds an additional infrared guidance option.

Russia

This Is What Stryker Armored Vehicles Could Bring To The Fight In Ukraine

Strykers, even with their known limitations, could provide Ukraine with a host of desperately needed capabilities, especially when combined with other forces.

U.S. Homeland

Highly Anticipated Government Report On UFOs Very Thin On New Details

The new report, which has been delayed for months now, offers little substantive detail on the government's cataloged UAP reports.

Germany

Ukraine Situation Report: Tank Deals Should Be Approved Says Germany’s Vice Chancellor

The second most senior official in Berlin says other countries should be allowed to send German-made tanks to Ukraine if they want.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s Task Force 59 To Keep Tabs On Iran With Armada Of Drones

TF59 and its regional allies hope to deploy a fleet of 100 unmanned vessels by this summer as it works toward building a 'Digital Ocean.'

South Korea

South Korea Now Openly Discussing Arming Itself With Nuclear Weapons

With confidence in the U.S. nuclear umbrella shaken, Seoul is increasingly eyeing a direct counter to the North’s nuclear weapons program.

Royal Navy

How A British Submarine Spent Hours Under A Russian Aircraft Carrier

A Cold War British nuclear sub sneaked into a Soviet naval exercise and took closeup underwater pictures of Russia’s new aircraft carrier.

NGAD

The B-21 Raider Is And Isn’t A ‘B-2 Spirit 2.0’

The B-21 is a 'B-2 2.0' in some ways, and that is a major feature, not a bug, but in other ways it is truly revolutionary.

Eastern Europe

Poland Is Ready To Send Leopard 2 Tanks To Ukraine

Poland has declared it wants to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, part of a growing initiative to put modern heavy armor into Kyiv’s hands.

F-35

F-35 Has Flown With Its New Computer Backbone For The First Time

Known as Technology Refresh 3, the upgrade is critical to the F-35's future and the larger Block 4 modernization effort on the horizon.

MIM-104 Patriot

Patriot Missiles Paired With Naval Vertical Launchers Pitched By Lockheed

Firing PAC-3 MSE missiles from the Mk 41 Vertical Launch system opens up new opportunities at sea and on land.

Turkey

Unique Sensor Setup Emerges On Turkey’s Stealthy New Fighter

Photos of the initial TF-X stealth fighter prototype show separate built-in infrared search and track and electro-optical targeting systems.

Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Strykers, Modern European Tanks On The Table For Kyiv

Discussions are underway in Britain and Poland to provide Ukraine with modern tanks, while the U.S. is mulling sending Kyiv Strykers.

Canada

Canada Closes Deal For 88 F-35s To Finally Replace Its Aging CF-18s

The country expects its first F-35s to be delivered in 2026, with full operational capability between 2032-2034.

U.S. Air Force

Task Force 99 Is Small, Agile, And Laser Focused On Its Own Backyard

The Air Force's new innovation unit aims to solve tactical problems in the Middle East and buck negative development and procurement trends.

F-117

‘Retired’ F-117 Nighthawks Will Fly For Another Decade

The Air Force is looking at extending its growing F-117 operations to 2034, 26 years after the type was officially retired.

Su-57

Su-57 Felon Fighters Are Flying Ukraine Combat Missions: U.K. Intel

The U.K. Ministry of Defense claims Russia’s Su-57 Felon fighter is being used against Ukraine, but it’s keeping its distance while doing so.

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Mining Town Of Soledar Holds Against Latest Russian Onslaught

The chill of the winter has not stopped the brutal and bloody struggle for even small gains in the Donbas.

Russia

Boosting Ukraine’s Maneuver Capabilities Focus Of $3B U.S. Aid Package

The package, which includes M109 Paladins and hundreds more vehicles, is designed to "change the equation on the battlefield."