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A series of photos have emerged showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet with a remarkable and hitherto unseen air-to-air load-out, including four of the very long-range AIM-174B air-to-air missiles.
F/A-18E/F

F/A-18 Super Hornet Appears With Unprecedented Heavy Air-To-Air Missile Load

This is the first time we have seen four AIM-174B very long-range air-to-air missiles on a Super Hornet, along with pods and other missiles.

It’s the turn of the Royal Australian Navy to provide us with a spectacular view of airborne infrared countermeasures in action, with a recent video showing a demonstration by one of its MH-60R Seahawk multi-mission maritime helicopters. In the past, TWZ has taken examined some remarkable air-launched countermeasures action, including extreme close-ups, mass drops, airshow routines, and flare ‘dumps’ from heavyweight transports. This may be the first time we’ve seen a helicopter perform this kind of pyrotechnical feat so close to a warship.
Royal Australian Navy

Australian MH-60R Helicopter Executes Stunning Flare Dump Off Stern Of Destroyer

The embarked MH-60R provided a dramatic display of pyrotechnics while hovering behind the Royal Australian Navy destroyer.

The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committe says he was told by Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. will give Ukraine the green light to use ATACMS in Russia.
Russia

Ukraine Using ATACMS Missiles To Strike Inside Russia Now On The Table

Allowing Ukraine to use ATACMS inside Russia would put even hardened targets at risk within nearly 200 miles of the border, but escalation fears loom over the decision.

Captain of the USS Dwight D Eisenhower tells us what really went on during the ship's Red Sea combat cruise.
U.S. Navy

Carrier Captain In Combat: Our Video Interview With Christopher “Chowdah” Hill

Check out our video interview with the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower's commanding officer about what really happened around the Red Sea during the Houthis' onslaught.

Ukraine has unleashed the heaviest drone attack so far against Moscow. The overnight raid on the Russian capital killed at least one person and caused widespread damage and disruption. The long-range strikes come as Ukrainian officials are increasingly frustrated by Western restrictions on using weapons that they have supplied to hit targets deep within Russia.
Unmanned

Moscow Hit By Unprecedented Ukrainian Drone Barrage

Ukraine launched a mass drone attack against the Russian capital with impacts occurring across the region.

The Piasecki Aircraft Corporation's Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System Demonstration Vehicle (ARES-DV), a vertical takeoff and landing capable tilt-rotor drone designed to carry interchangeable payload modules, has left the ground for the first time.
U.S. Air Force

Tilt-Ducted Fan ARES Drone Designed To Carry Modular Payloads Has Finally Lifted Off

ARES, which has been in development for over a decade, could resupply and provide other support for far-flung US forces in future conflicts.

We have just gotten our clearest view so far of a Chinese J-20 stealth fighter powered by the definitive WS-15 domestically produced engines. While the appearance of the photo at this point raises a number of questions, it’s meanwhile clear that the significant shortcoming of the J-20 — its powerplant — appears to have now been addressed.
J-20

Our Best Look Yet At China’s J-20A Fighter With WS-15 Engines 

The domestically developed turbofans are expected to confer ‘supercruise’ performance on the stealthy Chinese fighter.

JAS39C Gripen Ukraine
Gripen

Sweden’s JAS-39 Gripen Fighters Still On The Table For Ukraine

There are no immediate plans to transfer the jets to Ukraine but a new aid package gives Sweden that option.

The U.S. Army has renewed interest in new longer-range artillery shells, such as ramjet-powered types, following its axing of plans to buy a next-generation tracked self-propelled 155mm howitzer.
M109 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer

Focus Grows On Longer-Range Artillery Shells After Army Axes Next-Gen Howitzer

Ramjet rounds and other new shells could help the Army squeeze more range out of its existing howitzers as it reassesses its artillery future.

Iranian-made Shahed-136 'Kamikaze' drone flies over the sky of Kermanshah, Iran on March 7, 2024. Iran fired over 100 drones and ballistic missiles on Saturday, April 13, 2024, in retaliation to an attack on a building attached to the country's consular annex in Damascus that killed the guards, and two generals of the Quds Force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on April 01, 2024. Iran has blamed Israel for the attack on April 5, 2024 in Tehran.
Loitering Munitions

Russian Shahed Kamikaze Drone Crashes In Latvia

Russian drones came down in two NATO countries, while mysterious drone incursions continue to fuel fears of espionage.

Iranian ground-to-ground Sajil missile launches at an undisclosed location in Iran on November 12, 2008.
Iran

Iranian Ballistic Missiles Have Arrived In Russia: Reports

The long-feared development comes as Western allies pledge more weapons to Ukraine but with no movement on the issue of using some of them to strike targets deep in Russia.

The Control Room at the York Bunker which was used at the height of the Cold War following its construction in 1961. (Photo by John Giles - PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

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Navy Capt. Chris "Chowdah" Hill, commander of the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower, opens up about the carrier group's recent dangerous and grueling deployment to the Middle East.
U.S. Navy

Carrier Captain In Combat: What Went On During 7 Months Under Fire Around The Red Sea

We go in-depth with Capt. Chris "Chowdah" Hill about the Eisenhower's grueling and dangerous deployment that faced a bevy of new tactical realities.

A Boeing 737 carrying Senator J.D. Vance, former President Donald Trump's running mate for Vice President, and others, inadvertently intruded briefly into some of the most restricted airspace on the planet earlier this week as it left Washington, D.C.'s Reagan National Airport.
Air

J.D. Vance’s Campaign Jet Inadvertently Buzzed The Washington Monument

Washington, D.C.'s skies are some of the most heavily restricted in the world and the airspace near the White House is totally off-limits.

F-16 belonging to VFC-13, flying over Carson Valley, NV.
F-16

Navy Tried To Buy Greek F-16s To Turn Them Into Adversaries

The Navy nearly got a batch of Greek F-16s as 'red air' aggressors, before U.S. Air Force jets became available.

A video has emerged showing a Ukrainian Su-24M Fencer swing-wing combat jet carrying what is said to be new air-launched guided munition.
MiG-29

Mystery Munition Appears Under Ukrainian Su-24 Fencer Attack Jet’s Wing

Ukraine is in great need of more air-launched stand-off munitions and ones that can be used without foreign restrictions.

Chiefs aboard the USS Manchester created a huge security risk by setting up a private WifI network.
U.S. Navy

The Story Of Sailors Secretly Installing Starlink On Their Littoral Combat Ship Is Truly Bonkers

The fact that an LCS deployed with a Starlink system operating onboard and the captain had no clue about it is a very disturbing revelation.

Satellite imagery and videos offer new evidence of a surge in the development of the stealthy flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles in China, especially with regard to the GJ-11 Sharp Sword.
UCAVs

Chinese Flying Wing UCAV Testing Accelerating Based On Satellite Imagery, Videos

China's expanding work on flying-wing uncrewed combat air vehicles comes as similar designs have disappeared in the U.S., at least publicly.

Dutch Decide To Bring Back Main Battle Tanks
Leopard

Dutch Decide To Bring Back Main Battle Tanks

After more than a decade, the Netherlands has announced plans to reinstate a permanent tank battalion, as it continues to rebuild its armed forces.

Adversary air company Top Aces' F-16 Vips, the only ones currently in the hands of a private operator, are now flying with podded infrared search and track (IRST) systems.
F-16

World’s Only Privately Owned F-16 Aggressors Get Infrared Search And Track Pods

IRST sensors present particular challenges for stealthy aircraft and there is growing demand to include them in training and testing.