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Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability
Q-9

Air Force’s MQ-9 Reaper Drone Replacement Requirements Now Include Air-To-Air Combat Capability

The Reaper's successor should be able to defend both high-value manned aircraft and itself, in a high-end battlespace, according to the Air Force.

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone
Cold War

The Soviet Union’s Railway-Based Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Had An Inflatable Nosecone

The Soviet Union was the only country to field a fully operational rail-mobile ICBM and it had one highly unusual feature.

Debate Over Navy’s Zumwalt Destroyer’s Seakeeping Abilities Doused After Rough Seas Tests
U.S. Navy

Debate Over Navy’s Zumwalt Destroyer’s Seakeeping Abilities Doused After Rough Seas Tests

The Navy sent Zumwalt into two real-world storms as part of trials to prove its controversial hull design could handle heavy seas.

B-1B Bomber Makes Arctic Pit Stop For The First Time
B-1

B-1B Bomber Makes Arctic Pit Stop For The First Time

The bomber was one of four B-1Bs that are on their first ever deployment of any kind to Norway.

Wait, This Mysterious Heavily-Armored Blue Train Caboose Belongs To The Navy?
U.S. Navy

Wait, This Mysterious Heavily-Armored Blue Train Caboose Belongs To The Navy?

The Navy is a prolific user of nuclear power and needs to protect nuclear material when traveling by rail. That's where the armored caboose comes in.

Israeli F-15s Were Armed With Old Missiles During B-52 Escort
Israel

Israeli F-15s Were Armed With Old Missiles During B-52 Escort

Israel's F-15 "Baz" fleet is specially modified and appears to fly with an eclectic mix of air-to-air weaponry while patrolling the homeland.

Massive Explosion Rocks Equatorial Guinea’s Largest City (Updated)
Africa

Massive Explosion Rocks Equatorial Guinea’s Largest City (Updated)

The city of Bata in the central African nation has been devastated by a blast that supposedly came from a nearby military base.

Spain-Based American Destroyers Are Sporting This Unique Electronic Warfare System
U.S. Navy

Spain-Based American Destroyers Are Sporting This Unique Electronic Warfare System

Like U.S. warships forward-deployed to the Pacific, ships deployed to Europe feature a tailored electronic warfare capability.

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

Sit back, relax, and enjoy.

This Is The Pentagon’s $27 Billion Master Plan To Deter China In The Pacific
China

This Is The Pentagon’s $27 Billion Master Plan To Deter China In The Pacific

The plans include calls for deploying long-range missiles in the Western Pacific, new missile defenses and sensor networks, and more.

The Air Force Says Its First Hypersonic Missile Will Make Its Inaugural Flight Within 30 Days
ARRW

The Air Force Says Its First Hypersonic Missile Will Make Its Inaugural Flight Within 30 Days

The new schedule comes after an Air Force official said just recently that the first flight test of the AGM-183 would take place this past week.

Air Force Is Buying Eight Of These Missiles That Are Set To Become Its First Hypersonic Weapons
ARRW

Air Force Is Buying Eight Of These Missiles That Are Set To Become Its First Hypersonic Weapons

The weapons will usher in capabilities previously only dreamed of and could be operational as early as 2022.

Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II
U.S. Navy

Yes, The U.S. Navy Also Took The Spitfire Into Battle During World War II

On the type's 85th birthday, we celebrate the little-known and short-lived U.S. Navy Spitfire unit that fought a different kind of war over Normandy.

Non-Military MB-326M Jet Trainer Aircraft Crashes Near Edwards Air Force Base In California
U.S. Homeland

Non-Military MB-326M Jet Trainer Aircraft Crashes Near Edwards Air Force Base In California

The MB-326M aircraft that went down was being used by the nearby National Test Pilot School at the time.

Navy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile
U.S. Navy

Navy Mysteriously Cancels Plan To Arm Jets With “Screaming Arrow” Hypersonic Anti-Ship Missile

Three days after it was disclosed, the Navy's scramjet-powered anti-ship missile program is apparently no more.

What Is A Diamond DA42 Light Aircraft Doing At Russia’s Airbase In Syria?
Syria

What Is A Diamond DA42 Light Aircraft Doing At Russia’s Airbase In Syria?

Two of the Austrian-designed aircraft have a very special place in Russia's expansive aircraft inventory.

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Navy’s Ever-Evolving Aegis Combat System
U.S. Navy

Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The Navy’s Ever-Evolving Aegis Combat System

We go in-depth with Lockheed's point man on Aegis about the combat system's revolutionary past, evolving present, and universal future.

FBI’s Elite Hostage Rescue Team Is Now Flying Gloss Black UH-60 Helicopters
Secret Service

FBI’s Elite Hostage Rescue Team Is Now Flying Gloss Black UH-60 Helicopters

The FBI's UH-60 Black Hawks have only been seen previously in the US Army's standard green paint scheme.

Watch Russia’s Su-57 Felon Advanced Combat Jet Let Its 30mm Cannon Rip
Russia

Watch Russia’s Su-57 Felon Advanced Combat Jet Let Its 30mm Cannon Rip

Huge flames leap out of the side of the jet fighter as it fires its 30mm internal gun on the ground.

Golden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of Tests
Swarms

Golden Horde Swarming Munitions Program Back On Target After Second Round Of Tests

Four specially adapted Small Diameter Bombs were released by an F-16 near Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico.