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The Onion Predicted America’s Middle Of The Night Pullout From Bagram In Afghanistan
Afghanistan

The Onion Predicted America’s Middle Of The Night Pullout From Bagram In Afghanistan

Nearly a decade after a satirical piece ran about 'slipping out' of Afghanistan, American troops unexpectedly cut the power at Bagram as they left.

The Royal Navy Will Add 50 Percent More Surface-To-Air Missiles To Its Existing Destroyers
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy Will Add 50 Percent More Surface-To-Air Missiles To Its Existing Destroyers

New missiles, and more of them, are set to enhance the Daring class, especially in its vital role of protecting British aircraft carriers.

Chilean Navy Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine Appears In San Diego (Updated)
South America

Chilean Navy Diesel-Electric Attack Submarine Appears In San Diego (Updated)

Working with foreign diesel-electric submarines provides valuable training to the US Navy, which only operates nuclear-powered types.

South Korea’s Mysterious Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested From Underwater Platform: Report
South Korea

South Korea’s Mysterious Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested From Underwater Platform: Report

Officials remain tight-lipped, but it seems South Korea's latest submarine could start ballistic missile tests fairly soon.

MREs Are Fine Dining Compared To What Troops Ate In The Revolutionary War
U.S. Homeland

MREs Are Fine Dining Compared To What Troops Ate In The Revolutionary War

Despite being nearly inedible, the preserved foods carried by the Continental Army helped ensure victory over the British in the Revolutionary War.

Bunker Talk: Independence Day Edition
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Independence Day Edition

Enjoy the holiday weekend with the Bunker Talk crew!

State Department’s New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal
Afghanistan

State Department’s New Black Hawks In Afghanistan Could Prove Especially Important After Withdrawal

The State Department's Air Wing could be critical to keeping Americans safe if the security situation in the country continues to deteriorate.

Watch Pilots Get Rescued After Their Ditched 737 Sank Off Oahu (Updated)
Indo-Pacific

Watch Pilots Get Rescued After Their Ditched 737 Sank Off Oahu (Updated)

The crew of the Transair Cargo Boeing 737 freighter was forced to ditch off the coast of Hawaii shortly after taking off.

Flanker Fighter Appears Among Unmanned Aircraft At China’s Secretive Test Base
China

Flanker Fighter Appears Among Unmanned Aircraft At China’s Secretive Test Base

Is China flight testing its own artificial intelligence 'brain' for its combat aircraft?

Space Force Plans To Place New Early Warning Satellites Into Non-Traditional Orbits Closer To Earth
Orbital Systems

Space Force Plans To Place New Early Warning Satellites Into Non-Traditional Orbits Closer To Earth

The Space and Missile Systems Center is looking to Medium Earth Orbit for a new layer of missile detection satellites planned for 2022.

Is China Reviving America’s Cold War-Era “Shell Game” ICBM Deployment Strategy?
China

Is China Reviving America’s Cold War-Era “Shell Game” ICBM Deployment Strategy?

Satellite images of the Gobi Desert show many new missile silos under construction, hinting at the possibility of a guileful deployment concept.

Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane
U.S. Air Force

Meet The MC-145B Wily Coyote Armed Special Ops Transport Plane

The converted Polish transport aircraft is one of five aircraft U.S. Special Operations Command is testing as part of its Armed Overwatch program.

Switzerland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter Jet
Europe

Switzerland Chooses F-35 As Its Next Fighter Jet

The Swiss say the Joint Strike Fighter emerged as the most capable and cheapest option after a competitive evaluation.

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets
F-16

Draken Becomes The Next Red Air Private Contractor To Acquire F-16 Fighter Jets

The adversary support contractor's impressive fleet could add as many as 40 second-hand F-16s from Dutch stocks.

Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone
Skyborg

Skyborg AI Computer “Brain” Successfully Flew A General Atomics Avenger Drone

The Air Force's Skyborg continues to be integrated into more aircraft, signaling that a variety of aircraft could someday be flown by the AI system.

U.S. Destroyer Shows Up Right Off Crimea On Vessel Tracking Sites But It Never Left Port (Updated)
U.S. Navy

U.S. Destroyer Shows Up Right Off Crimea On Vessel Tracking Sites But It Never Left Port (Updated)

This bizarre spoofing incident around the Crimean Peninsula in the Black Sea is the second of its kind in the last two weeks.

DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests
U.S. Homeland

DoE’s Extreme-Security Nevada Test Site Touts The “Ultimate Playground” For Drone Tests

Video posted on YouTube shows off the unique drone and anti-drone testing facility known as Port Gaston located deep within restricted airspace.

U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine’s Gibraltar Visit Is First In Over Two Decades
Ohio Class

U.S. Navy Ballistic Missile Submarine’s Gibraltar Visit Is First In Over Two Decades

The Navy has shared some additional details about USS Alaska's very rare stopover, which comes amid a flurry of naval activity in the region.

New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod
U.S. Air Force

New Systems For Navigation In GPS Denied Combat Environments Tested In Air Force’s Agile Pod

The Air Force is preparing to fight without GPS via new navigational technologies that could be essential to winning tomorrow's wars.

Russian Jets Armed With Anti-Ship Missiles “Harassed” Dutch Frigate In The Black Sea
Eastern Europe

Russian Jets Armed With Anti-Ship Missiles “Harassed” Dutch Frigate In The Black Sea

Su-30SM fighter jets repeatedly buzzed the Dutch warship and jammed some of its electronic systems.