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A recent Northrop Grumman video montage includes a brief clip showing an aircraft fuselage section that does not readily appear to be from any design the company has developed or is otherwise involved in the production of, at least that is publicly known.
Air

Mysterious Fuselage Section Appears In Northrop Grumman Video

A fuselage section seen in a recently released video is not readily identifiable as part of any known Northrop Grumman design.

Satellite imagery shows China has been building at least two facilities featuring hardened shelters with retractable roofs along its heavily disputed border with India.
Surface-To-Air Missile Systems

China Building SAM Sites That Allow Missiles To Be Fired From Within Bunkers

An all-new pattern of air defense site has emerged in China near the border with India.

Russian forces have finally entered Pokrovsk after more than a year of bloody assaults.
Russia

Russian Forces Finally Break Through Into Key Eastern Ukrainian Stronghold

After more than a year of bloody assaults, hundreds of Russian troops are now fighting inside the city of Pokrovsk.

President Vladimir Putin says that Russia successfully tested one of its Poseidon nuclear-powered, nuclear-tipped, ultra-long-endurance torpedoes yesterday. The Russian leader’s revelation comes just two days after the announcement of a first long-range test for the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile, and is part of a wider pattern of recent nuclear signaling by the Kremlin.
Russian Navy

Powered Test Of Poseidon Nuclear Torpedo, Putin Claims

According to the Russian leader, the test saw the mysterious weapon launched from a submarine and traveling under nuclear propulsion.

After a string of exotic stealthy combat jets, both crewed and uncrewed, the latest new Chinese military aircraft to break cover is somewhat different, but nonetheless interesting. The latest development concerns an advanced jet trainer, but one that clearly has considerable potential as a light combat aircraft, too.
People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

New Chinese Advanced Training Jet Breaks Cover

The advanced jet trainer may well be set to join China’s ongoing carrier air wing expansion.

Second J-36 prototype has major alterations compared to the first.
J-36

China’s Massive J-36 Stealth ‘Fighter’ Gets Major Design Tweaks With Second Prototype

A second J-36 airframe has emerged with significant changes to its inlets, gear, and exhaust, offering clues to its state of development.

A Ukrainian attack on a Russian dam has impeded logistics in the north.
Russia

Ukrainian Attack On Russian Dam Impeding Moscow’s Logistics In The North

The Ukrainian strike on the Belgorod Reservoir dam was designed to slow Russia's efforts to take an embattled town.

President Donald Trump says he plans to sign an executive order that would compel the U.S. Navy to use steam-powered catapults and hydraulic elevators on new aircraft carriers.
USS George Washington (CVN-73)

Executive Order To Go Back To Steam Catapults On New Aircraft Carriers Coming: Trump

The electromagnetic catapults and weapons elevators for Ford class carriers have historically been a headache, but changing now would create immense challenges.

Perhaps the most extraordinary-looking aircraft to have taken to the air in many years, the X-59 Quiet Supersonic Technology experimental test aircraft, or QueSST, has made its first flight.
Testbeds

X-59 Supersonic Test Jet Takes To The Air (Updated)

The Skunk Works-built X-59, which could revolutionize supersonic travel, made its first flight from the U.S. Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, California.

NATO member Lithuania today authorized the shooting down of balloons that cross the border from Russia’s ally Belarus, after as many as 66 balloons were spotted by Lithuanian radar overnight. The Lithuanian government has described the balloon incursion as a “hybrid attack” and has closed its border with Belarus — temporarily, to start with.
Baltic Sea

Lithuania Will Shoot Down Balloons Crossing Border From Belarus After Dozens Detected Overnight

Lithuania closed its border with Belarus after 66 balloons were identified crossing into the airspace of the NATO country last night.

Nimitz hornet and seakhawk crash
U.S. Navy

“Bad Fuel” May Have Caused Back-To-Back Nimitz Aircraft Crashes: Trump

An MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter and an F/A-18F Super Hornet crashed into the South China Sea within a half-hour of each other on Sunday.

A contract the U.S. Navy recently awarded to defense startup Castelion may point to its pursuit of a new, lower-cost, air-launched hypersonic strike weapon.
Air-Launched Hypersonic Missiles

U.S. Navy Air-Launched Version Of ‘Cheap’ Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Hinted At

The Castelion Corporation is now under contract to integrate its Blackbeard missile onto "operational" Navy and Army platforms.

The Navy has moved several warships deployed to the Caribbean out of the path of Hurricane Melissa.
U.S. Navy

Massive Hurricane Forces Movement Of Several Navy Ships Deployed To Caribbean

Hurricane Melissa is now a potentially devastating Category 5 storm heading toward Jamaica as more U.S. military assets head toward the region.

Russia has said that it conducted the long-awaited test of its mysterious Burevestnik cruise missile last week, claiming that it flew for 8,700 miles. The missile, claimed to be nuclear-powered, is said to have remained in the air for around 15 hours. For the time being, we don’t know if those statements are factually accurate and, moreover, details about how the missile actually works remain very scarce. However, the claimed test has led to boasts about the missile’s performance from Russian President Vladimir Putin, while his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, called upon Putin to end the war in Ukraine “instead of testing missiles.”
Ground-Launched Nuclear Cruise Missile

Skyfall Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile Long-Range Test Claimed By Russia

The missile, which is claimed to possess extreme endurance and may pose a significant radiological hazard, is said to have made its first long-range test flight.

377th Test and Evaluation Group missile operators conduct mission operations at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Feb. 18, 2025. The 377 TEG, the nation’s only dedicated intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test organization, oversaw an operational test launch of an Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile. Fired at 1 a.m. Pacific Time on Feb. 19, 2025, the missile traveled approximately 4,200 miles at speeds up to 15,000 miles per hour before impacting in the Pacific Ocean.
Bunker Talk

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

You're on the top bunk pal.

The U.S. Navy's supercarrier USS Gerald R. Ford and at least a portion of the rest of its strike group have been ordered to Latin American waters.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)

Supercarrier USS Ford Being Pulled From Europe And Ordered To Caribbean

The impending arrival of the Ford Carrier Strike Group signals U.S. operations in the Western Hemisphere are entering a new phase.

F-35 combat operations

F-35 Proving Itself On The Front Line And Evolving For Future Threats

Branded Content: Lockheed Martin is looking at “next-gen” F-35 capabilities to follow the jet’s big Block 4 upgrade.

The U.S. Coast Guard is in line to get a new version of the H-60 helicopter based on the MH-60R Seahawk, which is in service with the U.S. Navy and other armed forces globally.
HH-60

Coast Guard Will Get A New MH-60 Variant To Replace MH-65 Helicopters

New MH-60R Seahawk-based helicopters will give the Coast Guard a boost in capability over its smaller and aging MH-65s.

An OA-1K, like the one seen in the picture at the top of this story, crashed today.
Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC)

Air Force’s Crop Duster Converted Into Attack Plane Crash Lands In Field (Updated)

Air Force Special Operations Command's new OA-1K light attack plane made a crash landing in a field not far from Will Rogers International Airport today.

B-1 Bombers Fly Off Venezuela’s Coast
B-1

B-1 Bombers Fly Off Venezuela’s Coast

USAF bombers have flown near Venezuela for the second time in two weeks as U.S. military pressure builds on Nicolas Maduro.