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We’ve Got A Close Up Look At Syria’s MiG-29s And It Isn’t Pretty
Syria

We’ve Got A Close Up Look At Syria’s MiG-29s And It Isn’t Pretty

After nearly a decade of fighting and international sanctions, the jets are looking very rough.

Iran Equipped Its F-14s With Modified Hawk SAMs That Had Bombs Attached To Their Noses
Iran

Iran Equipped Its F-14s With Modified Hawk SAMs That Had Bombs Attached To Their Noses

Iran, reeling from embargoes, was in desperate need of additional weaponry for its Tomcats during the brutal Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s.

X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems
X-37B

X-37B Space Plane’s Microwave Power Beam Experiment Is A Way Bigger Deal Than It Seems

When the X-37B launches on May 16, it will carry a technology that could eventually allow drones to stay aloft indefinitely anywhere on the globe.

Russia’s New Super Quiet Ballistic Missile Sub In “Final” Sea Trials After Years Of Delays
Russia

Russia’s New Super Quiet Ballistic Missile Sub In “Final” Sea Trials After Years Of Delays

The Borei-A class Knyaz Vladimir is out for sea trials again and could get commissioned very soon.

Here Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast
U.S. Navy

Here Are The Navy Pilot Reports From Encounters With Mysterious Aircraft Off The East Coast

The reports are the first official documentation of various recent incidents with unidentified aircraft in restricted airspace along the east coast.

The Biden administration named two future Ford class aircraft carriers after Presidents William Clinton and George W. Bush.
U.S. Navy

Navy Shelves Review That Might Have Cut Ford Class Production To Build Smaller Carriers

The presumptive new Secretary of the Navy has voiced outright support for the long-troubled Ford class.

Raytheon Is Developing A Ramjet Artillery Round For The Army’s New Super Howitzers
M777 155mm Howitzter

Raytheon Is Developing A Ramjet Artillery Round For The Army’s New Super Howitzers

New long-range ammunition is a key component of the Army's broader plans to increase the capabilities of its howitzers and outgun opponents.

This Is What Ground Forces Look Like To An Electronic Warfare System And Why It’s A Big Deal
Cyber Warfare

This Is What Ground Forces Look Like To An Electronic Warfare System And Why It’s A Big Deal

Modern units generate a large electromagnetic signature from their radios, sensors, and other systems that opponents can spot, track, and attack.

Here’s All That’s Left Of Iranian Navy Ship Struck By Missile In Friendly Fire Tragedy (Updated)
Iran

Here’s All That’s Left Of Iranian Navy Ship Struck By Missile In Friendly Fire Tragedy (Updated)

The naval support ship was laying targets for a training exercise when an anti-ship missile fired from an Iranian frigate slammed into it.

No, Iran Isn’t About To Send A Stealth Destroyer To Venezuela Or Off The Coast Of The U.S.
Iran

No, Iran Isn’t About To Send A Stealth Destroyer To Venezuela Or Off The Coast Of The U.S.

The Iranian Navy has never followed through on previous plans to send ships into the Atlantic and it looks unlikely that they'll do so now.

B-1B Bomber Brandishes A Belly Full Of Stealth Cruise Missiles While Deployed To Guam
B-1

B-1B Bomber Brandishes A Belly Full Of Stealth Cruise Missiles While Deployed To Guam

The messaging is abundantly clear: U.S. bombers haven't tucked-tail and run from the region, and they stand ready to deliver a big, stealthy punch.

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

We can talk about Aussie loyal wingman drones, miserably botched coup attempts, geopolitics, spy plane newborn names—you know, no big whoop.

Get Your First Look At The Navy’s Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet Test Jet
U.S. Navy

Get Your First Look At The Navy’s Block III F/A-18 Super Hornet Test Jet

This is the first of two jets the Navy will use for initial testing ahead of starting to receive fully upgraded jets later this year.

Satellite Images Show Armadas Of Vacant Cruise Ships Huddling Together Out At Sea
Satellite Imagery

Satellite Images Show Armadas Of Vacant Cruise Ships Huddling Together Out At Sea

With the cruise industry on life support, fleets have put to sea for an indefinite stay with many of their crewmen trapped on board.

Navy Needed Targets To Mimic Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles So They Bought Real Ones From Russia
U.S. Navy

Navy Needed Targets To Mimic Supersonic Anti-Ship Missiles So They Bought Real Ones From Russia

After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Navy acquired the same Kh-31 missiles that threatened its ships and made them into anti-ship missile targets.

Breaking Down The Absolutely Batshit Botched Coup Attempt Against Venezuela’s Maduro
South America

Breaking Down The Absolutely Batshit Botched Coup Attempt Against Venezuela’s Maduro

Additional details and developments continue to emerge days after former Green Berets and Venezuelan expats launched the farcical amphibious raid.

Elon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy Plane
Espionage

Elon Musk And His Partner Grimes Name Their Newborn After The A-12 Spy Plane

The kid's full name is "X Æ A-12," the latter part being a tribute to Lockheed Skunk Works' Mach 3-capable jet it built for the CIA in the 1960s.

U.S. Mulls Pulling Spy Planes From Britain, Not Basing F-35s There Over Huawei 5G Plans: Report
RC-135

U.S. Mulls Pulling Spy Planes From Britain, Not Basing F-35s There Over Huawei 5G Plans: Report

The United States says the Chinese firm's work on the United Kingdom's national 5G network is a major security risk.

First Photos Emerge Of F/A-18E Super Hornet In Blue Angels Paint
U.S. Navy

First Photos Emerge Of F/A-18E Super Hornet In Blue Angels Paint

The team is slated to transition to the Super Hornet for the 2021 air show season.

Steve Carell’s Space Force Is The Military Documentary We Desperately Need Right Now
U.S. Space Force

Steve Carell’s Space Force Is The Military Documentary We Desperately Need Right Now

Carell and the showrunner of The Office have created a workplace comedy that may end up being a bit closer to reality than not.