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Iran

Iran Signals Possible “Fast Deal” To Be Made In Nuclear Talks As U.S. Military Build-Up Grinds On

Iran may be softening its negotiating stance as pressure builds in the form of hundreds of combat aircraft and dozens of warships arrayed around it.

Unmanned

Dark Merlin Is The Name Of General Atomics’ YFQ-42A Fighter Drone

Merlins are small but fierce birds that attack in groups and are known for their stealthy attacks.

Bunker Talk

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

Concrete is so hot right now...

F-16

F-16s Heading To Middle East Equipped With Angry Kitten Electronic Warfare Pods

The Angry Kitten pods will give the fourth-generation fighters often tasked with the Wild Weasel missions much-needed extra protection.

Iran

Supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford Has Crossed Into The Mediterranean

The carrier's rush to the Middle East comes as the military build-up in the region appears to be approaching its crescendo.

AH-1

New Vision To Fill Gaps After AV-8B Harrier And AH-1Z Viper Retirements Laid Out By Marines

The Marines also see what is called Future Attack Strike as addressing demands that will arise when the F/A-18C/D Hornet is finally retired.

AGM-88 High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM)

Hunt For “AWACS Killer” Anti-Radiation Missile Kicked-Off By Navy

The Advanced Emission Suppression Missile will also be able to strike air defenses on land and sea.

Iran

U.K. Denying U.S. Use Of Key Bases Would Impact Bombers’ Role In Iran Air Campaign

The U.K. is reportedly preventing the U.S. from using Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford to attack Iran.

People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

China’s Largest Modern Naval Gun To Date Just Appeared On A Test Ship

A new 155mm gun could give Chinese warships added firepower for amphibious operations, as well as against targets at sea or even in the air.

F-16

Private F-16 Aggressors Just Brought A Huge Upgrade To The Fight

Top Aces' advanced aggressor F-16 features an AESA, IRST, helmet mounted display, open architecture mission system and now Link 16 to tie it all together.

Russia

Russia Eyes Balloon Communications System To Fill Massive Gap Left After Losing Starlink

SpaceX has cut off Russia's access to Starlink and now Moscow is scrambling to find a replacement.

LGM-30 Minuteman III

Security Forces Guarding ICBMs Need Fresh Tactics To Defend New Sentinel Silos

Security Forces tasked with defending Minuteman III ICBMs currently train for everything from retaking captured silos to repelling ground assaults.

Iran

What Iran’s Naval Exercise With China And Russia In The Strait Of Hormuz Actually Means

The Maritime Security Belt 2026 exercise comes as the U.S. is flowing forces to the Middle East ahead of a possible attack on Iran.

E-3

Major Deployment Of Rickety E-3 Sentry Fleet For Iran Crisis Highlights Worrisome Gaps

The shrunken E-3 fleet isn't getting any younger, and a replacement is still far off while demand for its services would be far greater in the Pacific.

Drones

X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To F-15 Launch

LongShot drones are also seen as a new way for bombers and cargo planes to engage aerial threats and reduce vulnerability.

Iran

Final Pieces Moving Into Place For Potential Attack On Iran

The latest flurry of U.S. assets heading to the Middle East includes many of the missing capabilities needed for a sustained air campaign.

C-32

C-32A ‘Air Force Two’ Jet Emerges Wearing Trump’s New Air Force One Paint Job (Updated)

Donald Trump's controversial Air Force One livery has made it onto its first Air Force executive aircraft.

F-16

F-16s Find Balloons, Not UFOs, After Sunday Scramble: NORAD

Alert F-16s out of California scrambled to hunt down mysterious targets over Nevada and California twice on Sunday.

AH-64

AH-64 Apache Is Getting Proximity Fuzed 30mm Cannon Ammo For Swatting Down Drones

The XM1225 APEX ammo will offer another arrow in the Apache's growing anti-drone quiver.

U.S. Air Force

New GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator Parts Reverse Engineered From ATACMS Ballistic Missile Tech

Replacing GBU-57s dropped on Iran highlights issues that come from being locked into a single contractor, which the Pentagon is trying to change.