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Pictured is an RAF Chinook (27(R) Squadron) flying in formation with a Puma (230 Squadron) over RAF Cosford. After a 3-year Covid-enforced break, the RAF Cosford Air Show will take place on 12 June 2022. The last RAF-organised air show, it attracts 50,000 people to the airfield and incorporates a flying display, static aircraft displays, STEM displays and vintage villages. The highlights of the flying will be the RAF Red Arrows, BBMF, Typhoon display team, Belgian F16 and French Rafale. The RAF F35B displayed at the air show for the first time.
United Kingdom

British Defense Cuts Hit All Three Services Hard

Amphibious assault ships, drones, and an entire fleet of helicopters are all being axed in a cost-saving effort.

The U.S. military has not seen demonstrable evidence of North Korea successfully testing a re-entry vehicle capable of bringing a nuclear warhead back down to Earth through the atmosphere, according to America's top officer in the Pacific region.
ICBMs

ICBM Reentry Vehicle Capability Still Unproven By North Korea, U.S. Military Says

North Korea is actively working on reentry vehicle technology that is especially critical for fielding functional ICBMs.

The Chinese ship, the bulk carrier Yi Peng 3 (R) is anchored and being monitored by a Danish naval patrol vessels in the sea of Kattegat, near the City og Granaa in Jutland, Denmark, on November 20, 2024. Denmark's navy said on November 20, 2024 it was shadowing a Chinese cargo vessel in the Baltic Sea, a day after Finland and Sweden opened investigations into suspected sabotage of two severed undersea telecoms cables. "The Danish Defence can confirm that we are present in the area near the Chinese ship Yi Peng 3," the military wrote in an email to AFP, adding that it would make no further comment for the time-being.
China

Danish Navy Shadows Chinese Cargo Ship After Baltic Sea Cable Damage

The Chinese ship, the Yi Peng 3, is now anchored, with a Royal Danish Navy patrol boat alongside it.

The US embassy in Kyiv warned on November 20, 2024, of a "potential significant air attack" and shuttered its doors, following Russia's vow to respond after Ukraine fired longer-range US missiles at its territory for the first time.
Russia

U.S. Embassy In Kyiv Temporarily Closed Due To Russian Airstrike Threat

The rare move to close the embassy was followed by Ukrainian officials claiming Russia is spreading false info to stoke fear.

The U.S. military risks going into a potential major fight with China with insufficient stocks of Patriot surface-to-air interceptors and other key munitions due to obligations in the Middle East and Ukraine, the top officer in the Pacific has warned.
Air-To-Air

Conflicts ‘Eating Into’ Critical Munitions Stockpiles Needed For China Fight, Top U.S. Officer In Pacific Warns

The admiral's remarks are the latest admission that stocks of critical munitions are a growing concern due to fighting in Ukraine and the Middle East.

Picatinny Arsenal drone sighting
Unmanned

Army Arsenal Seeking Info On Mysterious Drone Flights Over Installation

This marks the latest incident of multiple reports of drones of unknown origin being spotted over U.S. military facilities.

29 November 2023, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: A fiber optic cable is pulled ashore from the cable-laying ship "Pleijel" at the entrance to the port of Sassnitz. After several weather-related delays, an 800-kilometre-long undersea cable from Scandinavia landed in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen on Wednesday. the yellow cable, which is about the thickness of a broomstick, will soon be connected to the GlobalConnect fiber optic network. Including land and sea routes, the cable for the digital high-speed highway is a total of 2600 kilometers long, as GlobalConnect announced. Work began in fall 2021.
Baltic Sea

Sabotage Claims Swirl Around Severed Baltic Sea Cable Incidents

Damage to the two fiber-optic cables are the latest incidents to have affected critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea.

A Bayraktar TB3 uncrewed aircraft has successfully landed on and taken off from the Turkish Navy’s ‘drone carrier’ TCG Anadolu.
Unmanned

TB3 Operates From Turkey’s ‘Drone Carrier’ Amphibious Assault Ship For The First Time

TB3 testing aboard TCG Anadolu puts Turkey one step closer to fielding a first-of-its-kind operational fixed-wing naval drone capability.

Ukraine has used the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for the first time against a target inside Russia. The announcement comes soon after Moscow warned that the use of Western-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine against Russia could trigger a nuclear response, after Russian nuclear war plans were updated.
MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

U.S.-Supplied ATACMS Missile Strike Inside Russia Have Begun

Ukraine has struck a weapons depot in Russia with ATACMS short-range ballistic missiles.

A unit charged with exploring how the U.S. Air Force will utilize its future Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) is now set to get actual examples of the first tranche of those drones to experiment with.
Loyal Wingman

Extra Collaborative Combat Aircraft Purchases To Give USAF Test Unit A Boost

The USAF is still very much figuring out what its future CCA fleets will look like and how it will operate, maintain, and sustain them.

Key Trump nominee blasts BIden decision to allow Ukraine to use ATACMS in Russia.
Russia

Biden ATACMS Decision Spurs Russian Threats, Hope and Derision Elsewhere

Ukraine Situation Report: Trump's team is clearly mad about Biden's move, but Kursk remains a key bargaining chip for Ukraine.

A Turkish Air Force F-4E Phantom II, adorned with a striking Turkish flag livery, soars in a low-altitude maneuver over Eskisehir to commemorate 50 years of service in the Turkish Air Force in Eskisehir, Turkiye on November 16, 2024.
F-4

F-4 Phantoms Tear Through Turkey To Mark 50 Years Of Service

With Ankara still waiting on new fighter equipment, the classic Cold War design remains in frontline service with the Turkish Air Force.

SPEAR 3 air-to-surface mini cruise missile.
F-35B

UK’s New SPEAR 3 Mini Cruise Missile Succeeds In First End-To-End Test

The SPEAR 3 is set to provide the British F-35B stealth fighter with a much-needed standoff air-to-ground attack capability.

Flight testing of the U.S. Air Force's Stand-In Attack Weapon (SiAW) missile is now set to begin following the delivery of an initial test article.
F-35

First Stand-In Attack Missile Delivered To USAF

The Air Force hopes to field the Stand-In Attack Weapon, designed to offer a new way to strike key time-sensitive targets, starting in 2026.

The Biden Administration will allow Ukraine to use ATACMS deep inside Russia.
North Korea

Ukraine Now Allowed To Use Long-Range Missiles Deep Into Russia: Reports

This represents a major policy change two months before Donald Trump takes office.

The US Army has been exploring options for years now for a highly computerized 30mm Precision Grenadier System (PGS) that soldiers could use to engage targets ranging from enemy personnel behind cover to light armored vehicles to drones in the sky.
Rocket And Grenade Launchers

One Of These Futuristic Grenade Launchers Could Succeed Where The Army’s ‘Punisher’ Failed

Two front-runners have emerged in the Army's quest for a new Precision Grenadier System able to engage personnel, light vehicles, and even drones.

ROME, ITALY - APRIL 4: The interiors of the air raid shelter and Mussolini's Bunker at Villa Torlonia set up with blow-ups of daily life under the bombings of Rome, historical videos, artefacts and photos of Benito Mussolini, on April 4, 2024 in Rome, Italy. After a careful restoration and the creation of a new multimedia itinerary, Mussolini's air raid shelter and bunker at Villa Torlonia reopen to the public. Villa Torlonia served as the Roman residence for Benito Mussolini and his family from 1929 to 1943. As Italy entered the war in 1940, in response to the looming threat of aerial bombings, the Duce commissioned the construction of three underground shelters beneath the Casino Nobile for protection. (Photo by Simona Granati - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

Enjoy the weekend with some good convos.

F-15E Drone hunting Iranian attack
F-15

F-15E Pilot Recounts Having To Switch To Guns After Missiles Ran Dry During Iranian Drone Barrage

The F-15E crew's story is one of many that night, with the type swatting down more than 70 Iranian drones in a matter of hours.

German Navy warships were once nearly armed with gun turrets taken from land-based PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzers. The installation was tested in experiments around a decade ago, with some positive results. Although it was ultimately considered too complex an undertaking, it reflected a broader focus on increasing the range and accuracy of naval guns, efforts which continue today.
Frigates

The Time Germany Grafted An Army Howitzer Turret Onto A Frigate

The bizarre-looking modification installed the turret of a PzH 2000 self-propelled howitzer onto the frigate Hamburg.

The search for clues after a U.S. Air Force F-16 Viper fighter brought down a still-unidentified object over Lake Huron In February 2023 did result in the recovery of debris it has been disclosed. However, it remains unclear whether or not the wreckage was from that shootdown.
U.S. Air Force

Details About Search For Mystery Object Shot Down Over Lake Huron Disclosed

No information about anything retrieved in searches after three still unidentified objects were downed over the U.S. and Canada has previously emerged.