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Iran Nuclear Crisis

Commando Raid To Secure Iran’s Enriched Uranium May Become A Very Risky Necessity

A raid is fraught with risk, but it may become the only way to make sure the nuclear material is safe and out of the regime's hands.

Iran

B-52s Arrive At U.K. Base As Air Campaign Over Iran Grinds On (Updated)

Three of the strategic bombers join a growing cadre of U.S. Air Force long-range strike assets deployed at RAF Fairford in the United Kingdom.

Helicopters

Bell’s X-76 Fold-Away Rotor Aircraft Is DARPA’s Newest X-Plane

Planned to fly in 2028, the X-76 will explore technologies for fast-flying runway-independent aircraft with folding rotors, crewed and uncrewed.

Iran

Iranian Attacks On Prized Missile Defense Radars Are A Wake-Up Call

Iran's successful targeting of critical missile defense radars in the Middle East highlights global vulnerabilities.

Iran

Air War Against Iran Enters Week Two (Updated)

Iran continues to target its neighbors' oil production as shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is nearly at a stand still.

F-16

Israeli F-16 Appears Carrying A Mysterious Precision Bomb

Distinct markings on the bomb suggest it may be filled with an incendiary payload.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

It's been a really, REALLY long week, guys...

Iran

Trump Demands “Unconditional Surrender,” Iran Says Bring On The Ground Invasion (Updated)

Trump wants to pick the country's new leader, while Israel continues to strike at what's left of Iran's current leadership in Tehran.

F/A-18A-D

Kuwaiti F/A-18’s Triple Friendly Fire Shootdown Gets Stranger By The Day

Questions mount over the bizarre blue-on-blue incident over Kuwait that resulted in the loss of three U.S. Air Force F-15Es.

Iran

LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Lauded As “Indispensable” By U.S. Admiral In Charge Of Iran War

Cloned from the Iranian Shahed-136, CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper praised the drones and their performance so far.

Iran

U.S. Denies F-15E Strike Eagle Went Down In Iran

There are new risks as the U.S. expands its air campaign deeper into Iran, and meanwhile Iran has begun to strike Azerbaijan with drones.

Iran

The Misconception That Air Supremacy Has Been Achieved Over Iran

While there are areas where air superiority exists over Iran, total air supremacy has not been achieved, which should be no surprise.

F-16

Ukrainian F-16s Had Only A Handful Of Sidewinder Missiles Available: Report

The conflict in the Middle East is now also driving up demand for and increasing scarcity of various kinds of air-defense effectors.

Iran

Strikes Hobble Iranian Missile Threat As Concerns Over Interceptor Stockpile Mount (Updated)

There is a war of attrition ongoing between Iran's stockpiles of standoff weapons and the U.S. and its allies' supplies of interceptors.

Diesel-Electric Submarines

The Last Time A U.S. Navy Submarine Sunk An Enemy Ship In Combat

While it’s been almost a century since the last kill by an American submarine, other navies have done so more recently.

Iran

One Of Iran’s Most Advanced Wacky Catamaran Warships Sunk In Epic Fury

The Shahid Soleimani class warship is now on the list of ships the U.S. has sunk, with the Iranian Navy looking more like a memory than anything else at this point.

F-35

Israeli Air Force First To Claim F-35 Air-To-Air Kill Of A Crewed Aircraft

The Iranian Yak-130 combat trainer was shot down while flying over Tehran.

Iran

U.S. Navy Submarine Torpedoes Iranian Frigate In Indian Ocean

This is the first sinking of an enemy ship by a U.S. submarine since World War II.

Iran

Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet Responsible For Shooting Down Three USAF F-15E Strike Eagles: Report

The bizarre friendly fire incident resulted in the total loss of all three Strike Eagles, but their crews survived.

Iran

Gulf Arab States Under Pressure As Iranian Attacks Grind On (Updated)

Energy infrastructure and ports around the Gulf are increasingly on the receiving end of Iranian drones and missiles.