Modern Day Marine 2025
Kratos Close To “A Couple” Final Versions Of XQ-58 Valkyrie For The Marines
As the USMC moves along with XQ-58 testing, Kratos has its sights on the second increment of the USAF’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft tender.
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The food won’t last forever.
This Will Be The Navy’s New Medium Landing Ship
The Navy hopes to have the first Medium Landing Ship built by 2029 and avoid chronic issues that have plagued its recent shipbuilding efforts.
Nuclear Submarine Base Drone Incursion Prompts French Military Response
The drone incursion over the base in France is the latest in a string of incidents around sensitive facilities in Europe.
Ukrainian F-16s Appear To Be Armed With Laser-Guided Rockets In New Photos
Ukraine has a massive need for the low-cost, high-volume anti-air capability APKWS II paired with the F-16 offers against drones and some cruise missiles.
How USS Gettysburg Ended Up Shooting Down A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet
New details paint a troubled picture aboard the USS Gettysburg prior to it shooting down a Super Hornet and nearly another.
French Thundart Rocket Unveiled As Longer-Range Alternative To HIMARS
Due to be tested next year, the Thundart is one of two options for a new sovereign guided artillery rocket for the French Army.
First Russian MiG-29 Claimed Destroyed In Ukraine, But That May Not Be The Whole Story
There remain questions about what a MiG-29 was doing on the Crimean airfield of Kacha, which is not equipped for fighter operations.
Australia’s Unwanted Tiger Attack Helicopters May Go To Ukraine: Reports
After rejecting its request for MRH90 battlefield support helicopters, the Australian government is weighing up sending Tiger ARHs to Ukraine.
F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down By Navy Cruiser Investigation Findings Released (Updated)
The Navy has also released its conclusions on investigations into other F/A-18 losses and a collision during the Truman’s problem-plagued combat cruise.
Talon Emerges From The Shadows (Updated)
Northrop Grumman’s new Collaborative Combat Aircraft offering has just been revealed.
Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon Crashes in California
The jet’s pilot safely ejected and was transported to an area hospital with non life-threatening injuries.
Super Hornet Seen With Rare SLAM-ER Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission
The highly accurate AGM-84H/K was among the varied collection of precision-guided munitions used during U.S. operations against Houthi targets earlier this year.
China’s Mysterious Submarine-Ship Hybrid Breaks Cover
The first widely circulated image of the bizarre-looking trimaran point to it being just as much submarine as surface vessel.
U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran
The U.S. possessing long-range one-way attack drones at all is a major development, but deploying them “to flip the script on Iran” is even a bigger deal.
General Atomics’ Boss Gives CCA Test And Export Market Update At Dubai Airshow
Branded Content: The latest on the YFQ-42A as mission systems testing and production ramps up.
American Shahed-136 Clones Sent To Middle East Have Satellite Datalinks, Swarming Capabilities
Images of the LUCAS drones sent to “flip the script” on Iran give insights into their advanced capabilities.
Pentagon Launches $1B Program To Rapidly Buy Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kamikaze Drones
The plan calls for these drones to be delivered in four phases ending in early 2028.
Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates Will Be Armed With Stratus Stealth Cruise Missile
The next class of Royal Navy frigates will get the low-observable version of the Stratus, and its high-speed cousin could follow.
Analyzing North Korea’s New Air-Launched Guided Weapons
An apparent new cruise missile, short-range anti-tank missile, and air-to-air missile were presented to Kim Jong Un by the North Korean Air Force.
Russian Oil Tanker Struck In Aerial Attack Hundreds Of Miles From Ukraine
Ukraine denies involvement in the third reported attack on Russian-connected tankers in the Black Sea since Friday, but has claimed responsibility for the rest.
Trump Confirms Phone Call With Maduro
Now the White House has also confirmed that a second strike on a suspected drug boat did occur, but insists it does not constitute a war crime.
Russian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones Now Armed With Air-To-Air Missiles
The appearance of a Shahed-136 carrying an air-to-air missile creates a new threat, and a deterrent, for aircrews trying to intercept them.
Turkey’s Fighter-Like Kizilelma Drone Shot Down Aerial Target With Radar-Guided Missile
The Kizilelma appears to be the first advanced drone to launch a radar-guided air-to-air missile, but details of how the engagement took place are scarce.
U.S. Army AH-64E Apache’s Counter-Drone Capability Rapidly Matures
Apaches scored 13 drone kills out of 14 engagements during Operation Flyswatter, reflecting the AH-64’s evolving counter-UAS capabilities.
Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
Second Bunker Talk in one week. It’s like Thanksgiving leftovers that taste even better the next day!
Celebrate The Air Force’s Newest ‘Flying Dorito’ With This T-Shirt
The B-21 Raider and America’s most popular heavily-seasoned tortilla chip collide to make this “Waritos” tribute t-shirt.
The Massive SBX-1 Looks Straight Out Of Star Wars Without Its Dome
The already imposing Sea-Based X-Band Radar looks even more like one of The Empire’s super weapons without its trademark ‘golf ball’ radome.
The Real-Life Hunt For Red October Happened 50 Years Ago
The mutiny aboard a Soviet warship in November 1975 led to a chase across the Baltic Sea, involving everything the Soviets had available.
Maduro Literally Rattles His Saber As Hegseth Arrives In Caribbean
As many of the puzzle pieces have fallen into place for the U.S. to strike Venezuela, Trump’s intentions remain unclear.