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Afghanistan

U.S. Clears The Way For Transferring Ex-Afghan Mi-17 Helicopters To Ukraine: Report

The United States and its allies are racing to deliver weapons and other military equipment to Ukraine ahead of a potential new Russian invasion.

AC-130

AC-130 Gunships Are Finally Getting A New 105mm Howitzer

The AC-130's biggest gun is getting a makeover to make it more capable and reliable than its 1960s-era predecessor.

U.S. Navy

Navy Destroyer Deployed Counter-Drone Electronic Warfare System During 2019 Mystery Swarm Incident:

A reference buried in a destroyer's logs confirms that portable counter-drone devices were eventually deployed during a spate of swarm events in 2019.

Ohio Class (SSGN variant)

Navy Sends A Message By Publicizing Guided Missile Submarine’s Mediterranean Presence

The choice to disclose the USS Georgia's whereabouts was likely a deterrent reminder aimed at Russia.

Aircraft gun systems

Check Out The Gun Pods On The Rugged Mojave Unmanned Aircraft (Updated)

Precision-guided weapons are far more common armament options for drones like Mojave, but gun pods could be useful for armed overwatch missions.

Russia

Cyberattacks In Ukraine Show Potential For ‘Widespread Damage’ To U.S. Networks, Government Warns

The White House is rushing to secure critical networks from similar attacks that have brought down Ukrainian government websites in recent days.

Russia

Russia Masses Iskander-M Ballistic Missiles Near Ukraine As Its Build-Up Is “Almost Completed”

A new Ukrainian intel report highlights the threat posed by these short-range ballistic missiles, which are flowing in from elsewhere in Russia.

C-17

C-17 Loads Of Anti-Tank Missiles Arrive In Ukraine Courtesy Of The United Kingdom

The shipments came with claims of controversy after the C-17s appeared to avoid German airspace, but both countries say this was not the case.

U.S. Homeland

The 5G Fiasco From An Airline Pilot’s Point Of View

A first-hand account of what possible 5G interference could look like in the cockpit and the chaos surrounding it.

Baltic Sea

Russian Landing Ships Leave Baltic Sea Raising Concerns That Ukraine May Be Their Final Destination (Updated)

An additional three amphibious warships remain active in the Baltic Sea, with Sweden taking a heavy interest in their movements.

Baltic Sea

More Russian Landing Ships Leave The Baltic Sea Amid Growing Fears Of Invasion Of Ukraine

Six Russian amphibious warfare ships have left the Baltic Sea in the last two days.

Northern Europe

Russian 747 Cargo Plane Made A Highly Peculiar Roundabout Flight Across Finland

Amid tensions in the Baltic, the incident has led to much speculation as to why the Jumbo Jet took such a strange route.

U.S. Navy

Famed Aircraft Carrier USS Kitty Hawk Is On Her Final Voyage To The Scrapper’s Torch

It was long hoped that one of the Navy's last conventionally-powered aircraft carriers could be preserved as a museum, but that won't be the case.

Northern Europe

Swedish Security Agency Declares A National Event As Drone Incursions Over Nuclear Sites Grow

Swedish police are also investigating a spate of recent unmanned aircraft sightings over other sensitive sites beyond nuclear power plants.

OBSS

Kratos Reveals Existence Of Secretive Demogorgon Unmanned Combat Aircraft Program (Updated)

The company has a rapidly growing portfolio of combat drones, over half of which remain classified, as the Air Force signals an appetite for more.

UAE

Drones Suspected In Yemeni Rebels’ Multi-Target Attack On UAE (Updated)

This is the first official confirmation that the Yemeni rebel group has struck inside the UAE.

Northern Europe

Mysterious Drone Incursions Confirmed Over Sweden’s Nuclear Facilities

The drone sightings coincide with high military and political tensions in the region and sound eerily similar to other drone incursions in the US.

U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Shipboard Electronic Warfare System Is Being Shrunk Down For Smaller Ships

The new system is capable of making pinpoint electronic attacks but it's so big that it requires major alterations to a destroyer's superstructure.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About What We Did Or Didn’t Cover This Week

Are you ready for some bunker time?

Lasers

FedEx Wants To Equip Airbus A321s With Anti-Missile Laser Countermeasures

Infrared countermeasures have never caught on in the commercial aircraft space, but FedEx and the FAA are clearly still interested in the capability.