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New space-based interceptors called for in President Donald Trump's Golden Dome missile defense initiative are all about addressing threats as quickly and as far away from the U.S. homeland as possible, according to U.S. Space Force's top officer.
Anti-Satellite Capabilities

Putting Missile Interceptors In Space Critical To Defending U.S. Citizens: Space Force Boss

The large-scale weaponization of space appears to be imminent as competition in orbit heats up between the U.S. and its adversaries.

F-35 Hill AFB
KC-46

F-35s From Hill AFB Arrive In England

The fifth-generation fighters arrived in England amid reports that the U.S. will send additional aircraft to the Middle East.

Ukraine Has Another New SAM System That Fires Soviet R-73 Air-To-Air Missiles
Air-To-Air

Ukraine Has Another New SAM System That Fires Soviet R-73 Air-To-Air Missiles

The Soviet-era R-73 dogfight missile is fast becoming established as a weapon of choice for Ukrainian extemporized surface-to-air missile systems.

Kratos has revealed that it is working on a new drone capable of flying at hypersonic speeds, typically defined as anything above Mach 5.
Hypersonics Aircraft

Kratos Has A Hypersonic Drone In The Works

Kratos says low cost is a central focus of its newly disclosed high-speed drone program.

The European Union has created a new initiative to increase defense spending and boost local arms production.
Russia

New European Union Plan To Boost Local Arms Production Would Freeze U.S. Out Of Billions

Canada, angered by Trump's tariffs and rhetoric, may also join this new initiative as concerns over reliance on U.S. weapons grow.

An apparent Ukrainian drone attack targeted Russia’s Engels-2 Air Base in the Saratov region 300 miles from the Ukrainian border, according to available imagery. At this stage it’s unclear whether any Russian aircraft were damaged in the incident, although there are indications that the primary target was a weapons storage area. Long-range bombers flying from the base regularly attack Ukraine and the airfield, and other like it, have long been high-priority targets for Kyiv.
Russian Air Force

Massive Explosion Rocks Key Bomber Base Deep Inside Russia

The strategic bomber base, 300 miles from the Ukrainian border, is a high-priority target for Kyiv as it struggles to curtail Russian aerial bombardment.

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help
Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Canada Looks To Close Critical Arctic Radar Gaps With Australia’s Help

A new long-range over-the-horizon radar would help Canada and the United States keep watch over the highly strategic High North.

Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) used drone boats to launch FPV drones against Russian radar systems in Crimea.
Russia

Ukraine Launches FPV Drone Attack On Russia’s Air Defenses In Crimea

The FPV drones, presumably launched by sea drones, also hit two ships and a helicopter.

Ukraine armored vehicle in belgorod.
Russian Army

Russia Confirms Ongoing Ukrainian Assault On Belgorod Region

Russian officials say they face a “difficult” situation in the Belgorod region, with multiple reports of an incursion into the border area by Ukrainian forces.

Laser-Guided Rockets Shown Shooting Down Houthi Drones For First Time
F-16

Laser-Guided Rockets Shown Shooting Down Houthi Drones For First Time

A dedicated air-to-air counter-drone version of the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rocket has also now been disclosed.

The U.S. Army has released a picture of a Bradley fighting vehicle using its BGM-71 TOW anti-tank guided missile launcher to fire something else referred to simply as the "670," which appears to be previously unseen.
Drones

Mysterious Weapon Fired From Bradley Fighting Vehicle During Exercise

An M2 Bradley recently fired a new projectile from its TOW anti-tank missile launcher during a major U.S. Army test event.

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin reached a tentative agreement on a 30-day limited ceasefire.
Russia

Putin-Trump Limited Ceasefire Deal Reached, Ukraine Now Has To Agree

Ukraine Situation Report: The first-step agreement is narrow in scope and calls for a 30-day pause on power infrastructure attacks.

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘FrankenBuk’ Air Defense System
Ukrainian Air Force

Our Best Look At Ukraine’s ‘FrankenBuk’ Air Defense System

The best-known of Ukraine’s so-called ‘FrankenSAMs’ puts RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missiles on a Soviet-era Buk-M1 ground-based air defense system.

France's President Emmanuel Macron (C) delivers a speech in front of a Dassault Mirage 2000 (L) and a Dassault Rafale (R) fighter aircrafts during his visit of the French Air and Space Force (Armee de l'air et de l'espace) Luxeuil-Saint-Sauveur Airbase in Saint-Sauveur, north-eastern France on March 18, 2025.
Rafale

France To Expand Its Nuclear Deterrent With New Air Base

Luxeuil Air Base will receive 40 new Rafales and hypersonic missiles at a time when Europe looks for ways to expand its own nuclear protections.

The U.S. Navy is set to help integrate the AGM-158C Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) onto the F-16 Viper fighter, giving those jets a huge enhancement in anti-ship capability.
F-16

F-16 Is Getting Massive Anti-Ship Missile Upgrade

F-16s will get stealthy AGM-158C Long Range Anti-Ship Missiles, giving them the ability to attack highly defended ships over great distances.

BlueHalo has, for the first time, launched its Freedom Eagle-1 (FE-1) kinetic missile, being developed for the U.S. Army’s Next-Gen Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) program. The new missile, intended to be cheap to procure and able to be built rapidly in volume, is part of a new multi-pronged Army effort to better meet the proliferating drone threat head-on.
Air

BlueHalo’s FE-1 Low-Cost Surface-To-Air Missile Fired For First Time

The Freedom Eagle-1 missile is intended as a low-cost effector to tackle larger drones as part of the U.S. Army’s Next-Gen Counter-Uncrewed Aerial System (C-UAS) program.

250316-N-WO287-1011 U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (March 15, 2025) Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1, a part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTSCG), conducts flight operations from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (Official U.S Navy Photo)
Israel

U.S. Air Campaign Against Houthis Continues Into Third Day

The White House put out a stark warning to Iran and said strikes against the Houthis will only stop if their attacks on ships end.

The U.S. Army is contributing ground-based radars to help spot and track drones as part of the continued build-up of U.S. military support along with the U.S.-Mexican border.
U.S. Army

Radars Deployed To Mexico Border To Detect Cartel Drones (Updated)

The Army sending radars to help with border security highlights cartel drone threats and broader challenges facing the U.S. homeland.

J36 second flight from its base in Chengdu.
J-36

China’s J-36 Tailless Stealth Fighter Seen Flying For Second Time

The largest of China's two tailless tactical jet prototypes is in the air again, nearly three months since its first flight.

Israel has confirmed that its F-35 stealth fighters have flown airstrikes using external ordnance. The F-35’s so-called ‘beast mode,’ featuring heavier loads on underwing pylons, is well known by now, but as far as is known, has not been called upon operationally by any other countries. Meanwhile, Israel’s unique F-35I fleet — locally known as the “Adir” (Hebrew for mighty) — which features various local modifications, has frequently been at the forefront of demonstrating new capabilities.
F-35A

Israeli F-35s First To Use ‘Beast Mode’ In Combat

The “thousands of sorties” flown by Israeli F-35Is in the latest Middle East conflicts have included the first combat use of external offensive stores.