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Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile
U.S. Homeland

Congress Poised To Cancel Non-Nuclear Version Of Air Force’s Future Stealth Cruise Missile

The decision to eliminate this Congressional mandate could increase the emphasis on alternative conventional long-range cruise missile designs.

White House Asks Navy To Include New Unmanned Vessels In Its Ambitious 355 Ship Fleet Plan
U.S. Homeland

White House Asks Navy To Include New Unmanned Vessels In Its Ambitious 355 Ship Fleet Plan

Changes in official definitions could create an easier path to the goal of a 355-ship fleet and reflects a growing interest in drone ships and subs.

Navy Confirms Boat Swarm Seen Alongside Carrier Group In This Satellite Image Was Iranian
Iranian Navy

Navy Confirms Boat Swarm Seen Alongside Carrier Group In This Satellite Image Was Iranian

The image shows 18 small craft sailing next to the USS Abraham Lincoln and her escorts in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this month.

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)
AH-64

AH-64 Gunships And Extra Marines Race To U.S. Embassy In Iraq After Militant Mob Attacks (Updated)

Reinforcements are on the way to the Embassy, which has been under siege from a group of Iraqi militiamen, security forces personnel, and protestors.

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis
Iran

Satellite Image Shows First Two B-52 Bombers Have Arrived In Diego Garcia Amid Iran Crisis

President Donald Trump has announced new sanctions and called for international action on Iran, but also says he is evaluating other response options.

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests
Israel

Upgraded Israeli Iron Dome Defense System Swats Down 100 Percent Of Targets In Tests

Iron Dome is getting more updates after nearly a decade in service as the threat of improving rockets, missiles, small drones, and more grows.

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs
B-52

The Air Force’s B-52H Bomber Force Has Said Goodbye To Its Nuclear Bombs

A new Air Force manual confirms that the only nuclear weapons these iconic aircraft are now approved to carry are nuclear-tipped cruise missiles.

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”
B-52

The Time When A Burning B-52 Nearly Caused A Nuclear Catastrophe “Worse than Chernobyl”

A simple shift in wind direction would have destroyed the nuclear weapons inside, scattering radioactive plutonium for miles around, or worse.

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs
U.S. Homeland

The Pentagon May Finally Get The Fighter-Sized Stealth Aerial Target Drone It Badly Needs

Well over a decade in the making, we finally got our first look at the 5th Generation Aerial Target, or 5GAT, that is slated to fly soon.

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight
Unmanned

Watch DARPA’s Air-Launched And Air-Recovered “Gremlins” Drone Take Its First Flight

The program aims to demonstrate the ability to launch and recover swarms of jet-powered drones in midair.

Space Force Is Preparing To Fight On Endor Judging By Its New Uniforms
U.S. Space Force

Space Force Is Preparing To Fight On Endor Judging By Its New Uniforms

Out of this world, they are not.

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 one-off F-16 configurations, Chinese super bases, geopolitics, B-52s saying goodbye to the bomb—you know, no big whoop.

Jonny Kim Is The SEAL-Mathematician-Doctor-Astronaut We Desperately Need Right Now
Navy SEALs

Jonny Kim Is The SEAL-Mathematician-Doctor-Astronaut We Desperately Need Right Now

With a resume that reads like fiction, it's pretty clear that this dude belongs in space.

Makers Of The Famous Minigun Give Us Our First Look At A .338 Magnum Gatling Gun
Machine Guns

Makers Of The Famous Minigun Give Us Our First Look At A .338 Magnum Gatling Gun

There is a growing interest in .338 caliber machine guns, which offer greater range than 7.62mm types, and this one would provide a high rate of fire.

Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away
F-35

Replacement For F-35’s Troubled ALIS Cloud-Based Brain Rebranded ODIN And Is Still Years Away

After years of work, the existing system is still riddled with problems and full of bad information, contributing to low F-35 availability rates.

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets
U.S. Navy

This One Navy F-16N Aggressor Had An Electronic Warfare Suite Only Found On Israeli Jets

The unique countermeasures system found itself onto one of Topgun's F-16s during the 1990s and it happens to have a convoluted and colorful past.

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos
Il-76

Experience Close Encounters Of The Military Kind With These Two Crazy Videos

I guess you can never be too close to the action... That is until you are! In this case, we get very up close and personal with a Su-27 and T-72.

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems
Machine Guns

Special Operators Are Eying This Machine Gun To Solve A Number Of Problems

This .338 caliber design weighs less than even existing lightweight 7.62mm machine guns and has a significantly greater range.

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base
China

This Massive Desert Base Is China’s Version Of America’s Nellis Air Force Base

As China's air combat capabilities rapidly evolve so do the bases used to support them. One in the Gobi Desert is uniquely critical to those efforts.

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod
U.S. Navy

Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet Takes Flight With New Infrared Search And Track Pod

The infrared sensor is part of the Navy's Block III upgrade program and will give its Super Hornets much needed new air-to-air capabilities.