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News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Breakthrough In Kherson

Ukrainian flags are being raised in once Russian-occupied towns in the south as Kyiv's forces push toward the heart of Kherson.

News & Features

North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan For First Time In Five Years (Updated)

Residents were urged to seek shelter after North Korea fired an apparent ballistic missile over Japan that landed in the Pacific Ocean.

News & Features

Turkey Launches 326-Foot Warship For Ukraine, Won’t Arrive Until 2024

It is unclear at the moment how the Ada-class corvette Hetman Ivan Mazepa, part of a $256 million, two-ship deal, will be armed.

Baltic Sea

Swedish Submarine Rescue Ship Heads To Investigate Pipeline Sabotage

Swedish authorities said the submarine rescue ship was heading out amid reports of a new unexplained surge in gas flowing from one pipeline.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian-Occupied City Of Lyman Falls

Ukrainian troops forced Russia's retreat from the strategic Donbas rail hub in another major win on the war's eastern front.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Sit back, relax, discuss!

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Claims More Of Ukraine, Zelensky Applies To NATO

Putin made bellicose speech announcing the annexation of four Ukrainian regions while Zelensky asked NATO to rush its membership application.

U.S. Air Force

Boeing’s Modular Air-To-Air Missile Concept Gets Air Force Funding

Boeing will leverage a missile concept that features multiple interchangeable stages covering short to long-range engagement envelopes.

China

This Spinning Camera On China’s Aircraft Carrier Is A Key Defense System

The spinning panoramic infrared system can detect, classify, and track threats that radar may not be able to see.

Taiwan

Taiwan’s New Amphibious Assault Ship Bristles With Anti-Air Missiles

Taiwan’s biggest locally built warship is the first of a new class of landing platform docks and part of an ambitious modernization program.

Russia

Nuclear Experts On Chances Of Russia Using Atomic Weapons In Ukraine

We asked top experts about the chances that an increasingly desperate Russia could use nuclear weapons to change its losing hand in Ukraine.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: ‘Army’ Larger Than Russia’s Invasion Force Likely Fled Mobilization

Russia's plan to call-up 300,000 draftees managed to mobilize an army of citizens to flee the country.

P-3

Hurricane Hunter P-3 Launched New Low Flying Drone Into Ian

The flight marked the first time the ALTIUS-600 drone was flown into a hurricane and NOAA officials saw it as a success.

Baltic Sea

NATO Says All Signs Point To Sabotage Of Baltic Undersea Pipelines

Swedish authorities say they have found a another ruptured section along the two Nord Stream pipelines following apparent attacks this week.

E-3

Geriatric E-3 Sentry Has Caused Dire Airborne Early Warning Gap: General

"We are 20 years late getting Wedgetail into the fleet,' says Gen. Mark Kelly, head of Air Combat Command.

Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Another 18 HIMARS Launchers For Ukraine

Ukraine could eventually field 34 HIMARS systems, though the newly promised launchers will take time to reach the battlefield.

China

China Is Working On Its Own Sixth-Generation Fighter Program: Official

Air Combat Command boss says China’s next-generation air combat program will parallel the U.S. Air Force’s.

Harrier

The Truth About The Harrier’s Unique ‘VIFF-ing’ Dogfight Maneuver

Jump-jet marketing gimmick or close-combat trump card? A former Harrier pilot explains the vectoring in forward flight, or VIFF maneuver.

Baltic Sea

Fingers Point At Russia In Baltic Undersea Pipeline Attack (Updated)

EU and other officials say the available evidence increasingly points to deliberate acts causing ruptures in two Baltic Sea gas pipelines.

NATO

Ukraine Situation Report: Untrained Russian Draftees Reach The Front

Russian conscripts face a battle-hardened enemy that already has bested better-equipped, far more experienced Russian regulars.