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Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report
Small Arms

Army’s Sig P320 Derived Pistols Will Remain Unchanged After Concerning FBI Report

ICE is the latest agency to drop the P320 amid uncommanded discharge concerns while Sig says it participated with the FBI in follow-up tests.

A first rendering has been released showing the new fighter demonstrator being built in the United Kingdom as part of the Tempest next-generation air combat program. The crewed flight test vehicle, which is planned to take to the air in 2027, will feed into the design of the Tempest, which is being developed as a stealthy fighter for the U.K.’s Royal Air Force, as well as for Italy and Japan, and is expected to be in service by 2035.
Typhoon

This Is What The UK’s New Stealth Fighter Demonstrator Will Look Like

The demonstrator for the Tempest program is the first new fighter design to be developed in the UK in 40 years.

Israeli just bombed the Syrian Defense Ministry and presidential palace in Damascus claiming support for the Druze community in southern Syria.
Israel

Israel Strikes At The Heart Of Syria’s Military Command In Dramatic Escalation (Updated)

The Israeli airstrikes come amid increasing tensions over the Syrian government's treatment of the Druze community in the southern part of the country.

New details emerge about the mysterious flight of the Condor over Kyiv
Russia

Details Emerge About An-124 Condor’s Mystery Flight Through Kyiv’s Restricted Airspace

Antonov Airlines, which owns and operates the An-124 Condor, has explained what it was doing and why.

KC-707 refueling F15 Baz.
Israeli Air Force

USAF Denies It Refueled Israel’s Fighters During War With Iran

Without U.S. tanker support and with just a handful of geriatric KC-707 tankers, Israel appears to have relied on other tactics to persistently reach deep into Iran.

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — 3rd Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) conducts the first Mid-Range Capability live fire exercise outside of the continental United States successfully sinking a maritime target with a Standard Missile-6 Force during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 on July 16, 2025. The successful strike validated combined joint targeting and command-and-control interoperability between 3MDTF and the combined-joint force. The demonstration highlights the strength of the Australia–U.S. Alliance and the rapidly advancing capability and capacity of 3MDTF and the 10th Australian Brigade to deploy advanced, land-based maritime strike capabilities in support of regional security and stability. Talisman Sabre is a bilateral exercise that reflects the close military relationship between Australia and the United States, with multinational participation.
U.S. Army

SM-6 Fired At Target Ship Down Under By U.S. Army’s Typhon Launcher

The Army plans to field the Typhon system permanently in the Indo-Pacific, which will provide persistent long-range strike capability on China's doorstep.

A Pentagon budget document states that the U.S. military has been firing AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASM) in the course of recent operations in or around the Middle East.
AGM-158 Joint Air-To-Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

Has The U.S. Been Firing AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles In The Middle East?

If budget documents are accurate, employment of stealthy LRASMs in the Middle East would mark the type's first combat use.

Air Force KC-46 Pegasus aerial refueling jets are experiencing problems with their auxiliary power units.
KC-46

KC-46 Crews Ordered To Drastically Curtail Use Of Jet’s Onboard Auxiliary Power Unit (Updated)

Failures of the KC-46's APU, which is critical for self-starting engines and supplying power on the ground, is the latest of the KC-46's woes.

No JASSM missiles for Ukraine according to Trump.
Russia

No Long-Range Missiles For Ukraine: Trump

Ukraine Situation Report: The U.S. will not give Kyiv new advanced long-range weapons to attack Russia as hopes of a peace deal disintegrate.

The USS Connecticut, one of the U.S. Navy's prized Seawolf class nuclear attack submarines, is set to finally return to service late next year.
Seawolf Class

Submarine USS Connecticut Severely Damaged In Pacific Crash To Return To Service In 2026

Getting USS Connecticut, one of just three prized Seawolf class submarines, back to the fleet has been a top priority for the Navy.

A U.S. Air Force F-15EX Eagle II, assigned to the 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., taxis on the runway after landing to participate in exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 at Andersen AFB, Guam, July 11, 2025. REFORPAC is a large-scale contingency response exercise, which prepares service members to maintain readiness and execute missions under stress.
F-15

F-15EX Arrives In Japan For The First Time As Part Of Massive Pacific Exercise

The F-15EX Eagle II’s debut as part of a massive contingency response exercise points the way to future Pacific missions for the jet.

Taiwanese forces, including personnel armed with Stinger shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, have used the subway to maneuver around the capital city of Taipei as part of a major annual exercise for what looks to be the first time.
China

Taiwanese Troops Train To Use Subway To Their Advantage During Chinese Invasion Of Taipei

The Taipei Metro could prove critical to Taiwanese troops for moving around the capital during an invasion.

Ukraine will receive additional Patriot batteries, U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday.
Russia

Trump Announces Deal To Send More Patriot Air Defense Batteries To Ukraine

The additional Patriot batteries and missiles provided by the U.S. in a multi-party transfer scheme will be paid for by NATO nations, the president says.

The U.S. Army plans to stand up four new Patriot surface-to-air missile system battalions in the coming years to help ease strain on what it says is its "most stressed force element."
MIM-104 Patriot

Overstretched U.S. Army Patriot Air Defense Force To Grow By A Quarter

The Army's Patriot force is inadequate to meet current demands, which would be a huge problem if a high-end fight were to break out.

Footage from a recent Russian bombardment of the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi provides us with what is likely our best look so far at a Kh-101 cruise missile fitted with a cluster warhead. While Russian forces have made extensive use of a variety of cluster munitions in the conflict, resulting in many civilian deaths and serious injuries, it’s notable that the relatively high-end Kh-101 is also now being used in this capacity, suggesting it is finding favor as a terror weapon as Moscow steps up its campaign against cities across Ukraine.
Russian Air Force

Cluster Warhead Version Of Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Caught On Camera

The terrifying effects of what appears to be the submunition-dispensing air-launched Kh-101 cruise missile were seen during an attack on Chernivtsi.

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress
E-2

Step Toward Blocking E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Program Cancellation Taken By Congress

The Pentagon wants to buy extra E-2 Hawkeyes instead of E-7s ahead of establishing a satellite constellation to do their job.

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

Tang and vodka is tonight's cocktail!

Russian Navy's lone aircraft carrier, the Admiral Flota Sovetskogo Soyuza Kuznetsov, is towed to the 35th squadron shipyard for maintenance and repair works in Murmansk, Russia on May 20, 2022. It is aimed to be completed the maintenance and repair works by the end of 2023.
Air

Russia May Finally Abandon Its Cursed Aircraft Carrier

Russia's aspiration to return its only aircraft carrier to operational service may have finally been sunk.

An Antonov-124 Ruslan was spotted over Kyiv on Friday, the first such sighting since the all-out war began.
Russia

Lumbering An-124 Condor Cargo Jet Appears In Kyiv’s Highly-Restricted Airspace

We break down where the massive jet, which was unexpected to the citizens of Kyiv, likely came from and where it was going.

U.S. special operations Long Endurance Aircraft (LEA) surveillance drones, which are based on a popular civilian powered glider design, are set to gain the ability to launch smaller uncrewed aerial systems.
Loitering Munitions

Super Quiet Special Operations Drones Being Modified To Launch Smaller Drones

Air-launched drones would be a major force multiplier and open the door to all new operational possibilities for the Long Endurance Aircraft.