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Letter From The Editor To The War Zone’s Readers As A New Year Dawns

We are nothing without our readers in far more ways than most may realize.

China

China’s NYC-Sized ‘Earthquake Warning System’ Array Sounds More Like A Way To Talk To Submarines

With the largest submarine force on Earth, the Chinese increasingly need long-range communications options that don't require the boats to surface.

Russia

Russia Wants To Replace Its Giant An-124 Airlifters With Updated Decades-Old Design

Ilyushin began working on the IL-106 decades ago, but an updated version is in the works that aims to replace the An-124 and possibly other aircraft.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Report On This Week

We can talk about the holidays, Air Force One adventures, geopolitics, high-speed helicopter tech, strategy—you know, no big whoop.

U.S. Army

USAF T-38 Talon Community Suffers Again As Jet Skids Off The Runway At Virginia Airport

This is the sixth major incident for the type in just over a year.

Syria

Syrian Standoff: Kurds Ask Assad For Help Fighting Turkish Forces As Americans Leave

Kurdish fighters are hoping the Syrian government can hold back Turkey, but the alliance of convenience might be a prelude to new conflicts.

Syria

Trump Orders Sudden Withdrawal From Syria Which Could Result In A Huge Power Vacuum (Updated)

The president has long wanted to pull out of the Syrian conflict, but doing so now would give breathing room to terrorists and other malign actors.

Russia

Ukraine Returns Electronic Warfare Choppers To Service Amid Fears Of War With Russia

Jamming systems have already been a major component of the conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-supported separatists.

U.S. Army

Here’s Our First Look At Sikorsky and Boeing’s Defiant Compound Helicopter Prototype

The rollout finally comes as the team missed its goal to get the rotary wing aircraft into the air for the first time before the end of the year.

U.S. Homeland

Trump Is Finally Winging His Way To The Middle East To Visit The Troops (Updated)

After much criticism, it appears that the 45th Commander In Chief is visiting his deployed forces in the turbulent CENTCOM area of operations

Russia

Putin Announces Early ‘New Years Gift’ Of Successful Hypersonic Glide Vehicle Test (Updated)

The launch was meant to simulate the actual operational use of the game-changing weapon system, which Russia hopes will enter service next year.

People

Read Mattis’s Final Communique To Those In Uniform “Keeping Watch By Night” Over Christmas

"You carry on the proud legacy of those who stood the watch in decades past. In this world awash in change, you hold the line..."

KC-10

Behold These Gorgeous Shots Of An E-2D Hawkeye Testing Its New Refueling Capability With A KC-10

After 55 years of service, the Hawkeye is finally getting aerial refueling capability.

F-15

USAF’s Next Budget Request Will Include New F-15X Advanced Eagle Fighter Jets: Report

We revealed the existence of the F-15X concept last July and now it seems like it may become a line-item in the upcoming 2020 defense budget.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Let’s Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn’t Report On This Week

We can talk about airport drone assaults, Mad Dog's manifesto, geopolitics, captured Chinese torpedoes, strategy—you know, no big whoop.

C-37

This USAF Gulfstream Went Jetting Off To St. Martin Ahead Of The Impending Government Shutdown

We don't know who, if anyone, might have gotten a jump on their holiday vacation with the help of the government-owned jet.

U.S. Navy

Awe-Inspiring Images From Underneath A Well-Worn USS Nimitz, The Navy’s Oldest Carrier

The Nimitz is approaching the end of her design life, but the Navy is looking at extending her service in order to sustain a 12 carrier fleet.

U.S. Space Force

Failure To Launch? Pentagon’s Space Force Plan Could Hamstring The New Service’s Leadership

A draft proposal lays out a command structure that weakens the position of the potential sixth branch's top officer from the very start.

Unmanned

They’re Back! Drones Briefly Bring Reopened Gatwick Airport To A Grinding Halt Again

Authorities say they have faith in military counter-drone systems now in place at the airport, but the perpetrators clearly remain at large.

Unmanned

Rogue Drones Have Paralyzed U.K.’s Gatwick Airport For More Than 20 Hours (Update)

The incident is another reminder of the growing threats posed by unmanned aerial systems and glaring lack of preparedness to defend against them.