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This Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat Ships
U.S. Navy

This Is The Navy’s Timeline For Ridding Itself Of Four More Littoral Combat Ships

The Navy wants to decommission another four LCS warships, the youngest of which has served for less than four years.

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”
U.S. Homeland

War Games In California And Florida Linked To Test Massive “Kill Web”

Test pilot explains how the Air Force linked two major developmental exercises that included cutting-edge long-range targeting and autonomous drones.

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

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

A laid-back weekend discussion with old friends and new.

Behold The Awesomeness Of This Black A-10 Warthog
A-10

Behold The Awesomeness Of This Black A-10 Warthog

Clearly, the A-10 was always meant to wear black.

Watch A Russian Tu-95MS Bear Bomber Unleash Its Cold War-Era Tail Guns
Russia

Watch A Russian Tu-95MS Bear Bomber Unleash Its Cold War-Era Tail Guns

The defensive weapons were put through their paces during the course of large-scale long-range bomber maneuvers.

Marines Train With Handheld Swarming Drones That Can Also Be Fired From 40mm Grenade Launchers
Force Design 2030

Marines Train With Handheld Swarming Drones That Can Also Be Fired From 40mm Grenade Launchers

Images shared online show Marines conducting training exercises with the Drone40, a tiny quadcopter that can carry a wide variety of payloads.

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff
NASA

NASA’s Experimental X-56B Unmanned Aircraft Suffered An “Anomaly” After Takeoff

How much damage the X-56B, which NASA only began using in a new flight test program in April, may have sustained in this incident is unclear.

China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report
China

China Tested An AI-Controlled Submarine-Hunting Underwater Drone A Decade Ago: Report

Reports suggest that China may have been testing a torpedo-armed underwater drone able to detect, track, and attack enemy submarines back in 2010.

Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)
NATO

Presidential Presser Cut Short After Typhoon Jets Have To Scramble To Intercept Russian Planes (Updated)

The Lithuanian and Spanish leaders had to abandon their press conference in a hurry while the jet behind them scrambled out of the hangar.

Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam
U.S. Marine Corps

Marines Had An “Aircraft Carrier On Land” With Catapults And Arresting Gear In Vietnam

Built from scratch, Chu Lai Air Base in South Vietnam was in the thick of exactly where tactical airpower was needed.

The Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The Sunset
S-3

The Last Airworthy S-3B Viking Is Set To Fly Off Into The Sunset

NASA's retirement of its S-3B aircraft means the long, storied career of the famed submarine hunter has finally come to an end.

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco
U.S. Air Force

The B-17 Bomber’s Combat Debut 80 Years Ago Today Was A Fiasco

Poor tactics and a lack of defensive armament saw the Flying Fortress withdrawn from European bomber operations in 1941.

Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Tennessee Emerges From Refit Sporting A Flank Sonar Array
Boomers (SSBNs)

Ballistic Missile Submarine USS Tennessee Emerges From Refit Sporting A Flank Sonar Array

The three-decade-old submarine appears to have received a big addition to its sonar system during a protracted refit.

This Is What A Black Hawk Helicopter Looks Like Through The Army’s New Night Vision Goggles
Night Vision

This Is What A Black Hawk Helicopter Looks Like Through The Army’s New Night Vision Goggles

New images shared online demonstrate the revolutionary capabilities of the Army's new Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binocular system.

Huge Explosion Rocks Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port Sparking Large Fire (Updated)
UAE

Huge Explosion Rocks Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port Sparking Large Fire (Updated)

Authorities in Dubai say that the blaze, which was caused by an explosion on a ship anchored in Jebel Ali, has been brought under control.

Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time
ARRW

Warhead For Air Force’s First Hypersonic Missile Tested For The First Time

The test of the warhead comes as the service is reportedly preparing to try again to conduct its inaugural launch of a prototype AGM-183A missile.

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New Humvees
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Funds Redirected By Army To Buy New Humvees

The US Army wants to divert funding away from its Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program to buy new Humvees and update its older ones.

Pentagon Warns Of An “Increased Potential” For Nuclear Conflict In Newly Disclosed Manual
China

Pentagon Warns Of An “Increased Potential” For Nuclear Conflict In Newly Disclosed Manual

The risk of regional conflicts between nuclear-armed nations is rising according to a document prepared by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Israel Might Ditch Its New Air Force One Jet Before It Even Enters Service
Israel

Israel Might Ditch Its New Air Force One Jet Before It Even Enters Service

Running over budget and still not ready, Israel's new VIP transport now faces a fight for survival.

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)
B-21

New B-21 Raider Stealth Bomber Rendering Released By The Air Force (Updated)

New B-21 artwork accompanied the release of an official fact sheet on the bomber.