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Ukraine released satellite imagery it says showed two Russian ships damaged by U.S. donated ATACMS.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Missile Strike On Kerch Ferries

Ukraine provided satellite imagery it says shows two Russian ships in Kerch damaged by U.S. donated ATACMS.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office says that "unplanned weight growth" and design instability have been major factors in the huge delays with the Constellation class, and that the ship's top speed could take a hit as a result.
U.S. Navy

Navy’s New Constellation Class Frigate Is A Mess

Endless changes to the base FREMM design have contributed to major delays and now "unplanned weight growth" could lead to a loss of speed.

Ukraine can now use long-range weapons from the U.S. to strike targets in Russia near Kharkiv.
Russia

Ukraine Can Now Use U.S.-Supplied Weapons To Strike Inside Russia

The White House has officially granted Kyiv's wish of allowing it to shoot back at Russian positions across the border with U.S. weapons.

Officials at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina are looking into the possibility of erecting physical barriers to protect F-15E Strike Eagles there from drones.
Counter-Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (C-UAS)

Enclosures To Defend F-15Es From Drone Attacks Eyed At Seymour Johnson AFB

The threat posed by lower-end drones isn't just overseas and now a U.S. F-15E base is looking to cocoon its jets from them.

Tamir air-o-air variant
Israeli Air Force

The Case For Arming Drone-Hunting Fighters With Iron Dome’s Tamir Missile

With fighter jets increasingly being tasked to shoot down drones, the cheaper but proven Tamir interceptor could be a big help.

Martin baker 75 years of ejections
Military Aviation History

Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Made Its First Of 7,722 Saves 75 Years Ago Today

Jo Lancaster escaped from a stricken flying-wing test plane almost 75 years to the day that a Martin Baker seat saved an F-35 pilot.

New video purports to show the first Russian FPV drone attack on a Ukrainian sea drone.
Russia

Russian FPV Drone Seen Attacking Ukrainian Uncrewed Surface Vessel For The First Time

The FPV drone strike on a kamikaze USV is the latest example of rapidly evolving drone-on-drone warfare in Ukraine.

North Korea sent hundreds of balloons, many filled with manure, into South Korea.
Airships & Blimps

Poop-Filled North Korean Balloons Descend On The South Stoking Fears Of Deadlier Payloads

While in this case the balloons were simply offensive, more deadly balloon tactics could be used in the opening stages of a major conflict.

Experimental Alpha Draco hypersonic boost-glide vehicle preparing for launch, 1959.
Air-launched hypersonic boost glide vehicles

Alpha Draco Paved The Way In The Late 1950s For Future Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles

McDonnell's work in the late 1950s, while often overlooked, was critical in the development of hypersonic boost-glide vehicles.

Russia has presented its latest take on the bizarre-looking ‘turtle tank’ concept, with a main battle tank now adapted as an armored personnel carrier, complete with the now familiar sheet-metal carapace. The new development provides another example of Russia repurposing vehicles to meet battlefield demands but also suggests deeper difficulties in fielding new-build, purpose-designed armored personnel carriers.
Russian Army

Russia Now Building ‘Turtle Tank’ Armored Personnel Carriers

At least one veteran T-62 tank has been repurposed as an ad-hoc armored personnel carrier with the shed-like metal covering.

China's first example of a new class of big deck amphibious assault ship, which may also be able to act as drone-focused light aircraft carrier, is continuing to take shape, and that shape is big.
People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

China’s Type 076 Is Shaping Up To Be A Monster Amphibious Warship

From what we can see of China's newest class of amphibious assault ship so far, its width may be its most significant feature.

In a major new development for the Ukrainian military, Sweden is to donate it Saab 340 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with Erieye radar. The aircraft is being provided as part of Sweden’s biggest military aid package for Ukraine so far and they will bring an entirely new capability for the Ukrainian Air Force, providing much enhanced air and sea surveillance and working together with its forthcoming F-16 fighters.
Northern Europe

Ukraine Getting Swedish Airborne Early Warning Radar Planes Is A Big Deal

The Saab airborne early warning and control capability will provide a massive, force-multiplying boost to Ukrainian air and maritime defense.

Satellite imagery looks to show a recent Ukrainian strike targeted a prized Russian long-range radar system.
Russia

Prized Russian Long Range Radar System Attacked In Eastern Ukraine

The potential loss of a Nebo-M radar system would hamper Russia's ability to detect and track aerial threats, including ballistic missiles.

F-16 Belgium ukraine
F-16

Ukraine Situation Report: First Of 30 Belgian F-16s To Be Delivered “This Year”

With the first group of pilots now trained on the F-16, Ukraine is now in line to receive around 85 F-16s from European allies.

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter crashed in Albuquerque New Mexico.
F-35B

F-35 Crashes In New Mexico (Updated)

The mishap took place outside the Albuquerque International Sunport and the pilot reportedly safely ejected.

How the A-10's Avenger cannon went from terrible to terrifying.
A-10

How The A-10’s Avenger Cannon Went From Terrible To Terrifying

This is the story of how the A-10 Warthog overcame its teething issues and became the feared 'flying gun' it is today.

America's pier that is being used to deliver aid to Gaza broke free and is now being recovered.
U.S. Homeland

Gaza Aid Pier Lasted Less Than Two Weeks Before Breaking Apart

The Trident Pier broke apart in rough seas with pieces of it and boats used to support it being scattered along the coastline.

The first official photos have appeared showing a Soviet-era ground-based air defense system upgraded with Western surface-to-air missiles — a so-called ‘FrankenSAM.’ The images, published by Ukraine’s Operational Command East, show a tracked self-propelled Buk-M1 system — known in the West as SA-11 Gadfly — which is said to have been adapted to fire the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, a missile that previously provided point defense for numerous NATO and allied warships.
9K37M Buk (SA-11 Gadfly)

Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover

In desperate need of air defenses, Ukraine's Soviet-designed SA-11 Buk mobile air defense systems have been outfitted with Sea Sparrows.

Black Flag 24-1, out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, run by the Air Force’s 53rd Wing.
Air Combat Exercises

Massive China-Focused Black Flag Test Exercise Flies Deep Into The Virtual Realm

The Air Force’s Black Flag exercise is now testing capabilities in entirely virtual mock air battles with China.

250,000 American flags are placed at the foot of every headstone in the Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day Weekend. Arlington National Cemetery has evolved from a place of necessity to a national shrine to those who have honorably served our Nation during times of war – including every military conflict in American history – and during times of peace. The cemetery is the final resting place for service members, veterans, and their families. “Service to country” is the common thread that binds all who are honored and remembered here. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Sarah Villegas
Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

Think, share, discuss, reflect.