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The Nanchang J-12 Is The Lightweight Chinese Fighter You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
China

The Nanchang J-12 Is The Lightweight Chinese Fighter You’ve Probably Never Heard Of

China's first truly indigenous jet fighter was first flown almost 50 years ago.

Aussie F/A-18 Hornet Bristling With Missiles Joins Others For Jaw-Dropping Photo Shoot
Australia

Aussie F/A-18 Hornet Bristling With Missiles Joins Others For Jaw-Dropping Photo Shoot

The F/A-18A/B Hornet will be retired next year, so the Royal Australian Air Force is taking some awesome pics of the jets before they disappear.

The Blue Angels Just Said Goodbye To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet With A Final Sunset Flight
U.S. Navy

The Blue Angels Just Said Goodbye To The F/A-18 Legacy Hornet With A Final Sunset Flight

The team captured the goodbye in gorgeous images and video. Now they will complete their transition to the Super Hornet.

Navy’s Next Attack Submarine Will Be Wider And Based On The New Columbia Class Missile Boats
Virginia Class

Navy’s Next Attack Submarine Will Be Wider And Based On The New Columbia Class Missile Boats

The SSN(X) design will be wider than the present Virginia class, offering improved capabilities and increased stealthiness underwater.

Iran Now Has Mobile Ballistic Missile Launching “Magazines” For Its Underground Bases
Iran

Iran Now Has Mobile Ballistic Missile Launching “Magazines” For Its Underground Bases

New footage shows ready-to-launch ballistic missiles on a railway-type system within a cavernous subterranean complex.

World’s Most Powerful Combat Aircraft Jet Engine Is Back In Production For Russia’s New Bombers
Russia

World’s Most Powerful Combat Aircraft Jet Engine Is Back In Production For Russia’s New Bombers

A Tu-160 has flown with a new version of the NK-32 engine, which is critical to the bomber's production restart.

Navy Prepares For Integration Of MQ-25 Tanker Drones With E-2 Hawkeye Squadrons
U.S. Navy

Navy Prepares For Integration Of MQ-25 Tanker Drones With E-2 Hawkeye Squadrons

The MQ-25s will be attached to E-2 squadrons during deployments and Hawkeye crews will cross-train to also fly the Stingrays.

New Details About Controversial Army Helicopter Flights In DC Emerge Ahead Of Tense Election
U.S. Army

New Details About Controversial Army Helicopter Flights In DC Emerge Ahead Of Tense Election

Revelations about the potentially dangerous low-level flights this summer come amid new concerns about post-election disturbances.

Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore
Japan

Japan Considers Building Two Super-Sized Destroyers As An Alternative To Aegis Ashore

The two new warships are planned to combine a development of the Maya class hull with the AN/SPY-7 Long Range Discrimination Radar.

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?
RQ-180

Was The Secret RQ-180 Stealth Drone Really Photographed Over The Mojave Desert?

A very interesting image may provide our first glimpse of the shadowy RQ-180 or of a ghost from the past.

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor’s Volleyball-Playing Bodyguards Points To Armed Drone Use
Afghanistan

Deadly Taliban Attack On Governor’s Volleyball-Playing Bodyguards Points To Armed Drone Use

The use of this low-cost and potentially high-reward tactic is growing around the world and its appearance in Afghanistan is hardly surprising.

Putin Says He’ll Limit Cruise Missile Deployments To Get Missile Defense Site Inspections
NATO

Putin Says He’ll Limit Cruise Missile Deployments To Get Missile Defense Site Inspections

The Kremlin also wants to block the fielding of missiles to Europe that had been banned under the now defunct INF treaty.

SEAL Team Six Executes Long Distance Rescue Operation Of Kidnapped American In Nigeria (Updated)
Navy SEALs

SEAL Team Six Executes Long Distance Rescue Operation Of Kidnapped American In Nigeria (Updated)

Armed gunmen had abducted Philip Walton from his home in neighboring Niger earlier in the week and there were fears he could be sold to terrorists.

American Kidnapped In Niger, A Major Hub For Counter-Terrorism Ops in Northwest Africa
U.S. Homeland

American Kidnapped In Niger, A Major Hub For Counter-Terrorism Ops in Northwest Africa

No group has claimed responsibility for the abduction, which occurred in a village close to the border with Nigeria.

Bunker Talk: Spooky Election—And Halloween—Edition
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Spooky Election—And Halloween—Edition

We can talk about Cold War mysteries, integrated air defense systems, foreign policy, urban combat vehicle disguises—you know, no big whoop!

F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade
F-117

F-117s Photographed Flying Out Of Nellis AFB For The First Time In Over A Decade

The small flying force of F-117s continues to come out of its secretive bubble and is now operating out of Nellis AFB in Las Vegas.

It’s Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter
Japan

It’s Official: A Foreign Company Will Help Mitsubishi Build Japan’s Next Fighter

Aerospace firms in the United States and the United Kingdom are likely to compete for work in co-developing Japan's next-generation combat aircraft.

Navy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A Year
U.S. Navy

Navy Boss Talks ‘Joint Strike Frigate’ Concept After Calls To Build Four Frigates A Year

The Navy's new frigate could be among the most realistic ways of getting anywhere close to realizing the service's huge fleet ambitions.

Taiwan Disguises Armored Vehicles As Cranes And Scrapheaps During Urban Warfare Maneuvers
China

Taiwan Disguises Armored Vehicles As Cranes And Scrapheaps During Urban Warfare Maneuvers

The Combat Readiness Week wargames saw some unconventional approaches to hiding fighting vehicles in dense urban terrain.

Trump Administration Wants To Sell UAE A Fleet Of 50 F-35s
UAE

Trump Administration Wants To Sell UAE A Fleet Of 50 F-35s

The plan to transfer the stealth fighters to a second Middle East operator could still face plenty of obstacles.