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Iran

Adversaries Using Claude AI To Target Americans And Develop Missiles Is A Sign Of What’s To Come

A new report from Anthropic presents a stark picture of how malign actors are using commercially available U.S. AI services despite safeguards.

U.S. Army

One Of These Missiles Is Set To Be The Army’s Next Mid-Tier Anti-Air Interceptor

The new Enduring Shield system paired with AIM-9X Sidewinders already gives the Army its first mid-range air defense capability in decades.

Rafale

France Accelerates Rafale F5 Upgrade After Collapse Of FCAS Next-Gen Fighter Project

France is investing in a new Rafale configuration, along with drone wingmen, that aim to carry French tactical aviation deep into the 2030s.

Iran

Work At Underground Test Site A New Indicator Of Possible Strikes On Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain Bunker

Pickaxe Mountain presents immense targeting challenges and that's where a key test range in New Mexico comes in to play, just as it did for Midnight Hammer.

Iran

Houthis’ Stranglehold On Strategic Bab Al-Mandab Strait Grows Stronger

The capture of the port of Mokha and possibly the islands of Perim and Zuqar can give the Houthis key points of control over the Red Sea and the Strait.

Short-Range Air Defense Systems (SHORADS)

Ukraine’s New Shershen SAM Can Fire A Wild Mix Of Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles

The system’s open architecture could let Kyiv mix and match interceptors as its missile inventory evolves.

F-15

Operational F-15EXs Drop Live Bombs For The First Time

The first unit to get the F-15EX is already moving away from its exclusive air-to-air mission roots.

U.S. Navy

Navy Destroyer Packs New ‘Piggy-Backed’ Point Defense System That Combines 30mm And .50 Cal Guns

The Mk 38 Mod 4 offers a major capability boost, especially against drones, and is now installed on at least one destroyer.

Russia

Ukraine Carried Out Its Deepest Drone Strike On Russia Ever

The strike hit an energy processing plant 1,700 miles from the Ukrainian border in Russia's gas-rich Arctic region.

Carrier Tracker

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 9, 2026

The Navy is applying lessons learned from recent marathon carrier cruises to the USS Theodore Roosevelt, which conducted an unreported maintenance availability ahead of deployment.

Air

Hermeus Unveils Air-Launched Ramjet Test Vehicle for High-Speed Experiments

The ramjet-powered vehicle could give researchers and developers a new way to put hardware into sustained high-Mach flight environments.

Q-9

First Look At General Atomics’ Wildfire, Its Successor To The MQ-9 Reaper (Updated)

The USAF is hunting for new lower-cost armed drones to perform the same missions as the MQ-9 in the wake of huge Reaper losses.

Americas

Army Now Testing Anthem Long-Range Strike Weapon Built for Mass Production

Serial production of the relatively crude but cheap weapon is slated to begin in Texas next year, with plans to also build the weapon in Germany and Israel.

U.S. Navy

Everything We Know About The U.S. Navy’s Submersible Drone Iran Just Captured

Anduril's Dive-LD uncrewed underwater vehicle falling into Iranian hands is significant, but the system was designed to be risked in contested waters.

Iran

Saudi’s Remaining Energy Lifeline To The World Under Threat After Successful Houthi Strikes (Updated)

Having the Strait of Hormuz and energy exports via the Red Sea shut down at the same time has long been a top fear for global oil markets.

Armored Vehicles

This Is Poland’s New Heavy Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Even as the utility of heavy armor is being questioned, the 40-ton Ratel aims to bring more protection and firepower to a rapidly modernizing Polish Army.

E-11

Trump Threatens Canadian Jets At The Center Of Army Aerial Surveillance Plans

Threatening to block Bombardier sales in the U.S. is different than actually following through with it, but Canada also has a vote.

Air Force Munitions

Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt

Moscow is pitching a new generation of precision weapons abroad, even as the war that produced them complicates their export prospects.

Launch Vehicles

Mysterious Black Jet That Emerged At Long Beach Airport Identified (Updated)

With a sleek airframe the size of an A-5 Vigilante, its silhouette drew immediate attention from local aviation photographers who had never seen anything like it there.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Labor Day Weekend Edition

Have a great and relaxing weekend gang!