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4134 Results From "Russia"

The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) recently commissioned the first of its new KDX-III Batch 2 destroyers, also known as the Sejong Daewang class. Among the many advanced features incorporated in these warships, especially striking is the latest version of the Korean Vertical Launch System — KVLS-II — which is initially planned to hold surface-to-air missiles, but which could well also add land attack cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles.
South Korea

South Korea’s New Destroyer Is Designed To Fire Ballistic Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Dec 3, 2024

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Iran

Israeli Commando Raid In Syria Sends A Message To Iran That Its Underground Bases Are Not Untouchable

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Sep 13, 2024

Russian President Vladimir Putin weighs in on the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Chimes In On ‘Intense Fighting’

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 10, 2023

Congress is moving to block the Air Force from retiring or preparing to retire any U-2 spy planes in the next fiscal year.
U-2

U-2 Retirement Reprieve Emerges In Proposed Defense Spending Bill

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jun 4, 2024

Ukrainians F-16s will immediately be able to get more out of stocks Western munitions that have already been deliverd, as well as other benefits.
F-16

F-16s Will Let Ukraine Get More Out Of Western Munitions: USAF’s Top Officer In Europe

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 30, 2024

The Pentagon is giving Ukraine anti-personnel land mines as part of the latest tranche of aid.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Slowed By 77,000 Square Miles Of Mines

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 22, 2023

In a most unusual development in the Black Sea ‘drone war,’ Ukraine appears to have begun arming uncrewed surface vessels (USVs), better known as drone boats, with heat-seeking air-to-air missiles. The adaptation seems to have been made to provide the USVs with protection against the Russian helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft that are increasingly being used to counter them, although many questions remain about how these newly added weapons are intended work.
Russia

Ukrainian Drone Boats Now Armed With Adapted Air-To-Air Missiles

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 6, 2024

Ukrainian troops have liberated a key city in Donetsk Oblast.
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Key Donetsk City Liberated

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jul 27, 2023

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the destruction of the Nova Karkhova dam.
Russia

Dam Destroyed, Accusations Fly, Waters Rise, War Plans Could Change

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 6, 2023

Armed robotic dog in use by MARSOC
Drones

Rifle-Armed Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators (Updated)

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman

Posted on May 8, 2024

Russia Deployed A Smokescreen Over Its Strategic Naval Base In Syria
Syria

Russia Deployed A Smokescreen Over Its Strategic Naval Base In Syria

By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Nov 11, 2021

Before the Ukrainian Air Force received its first batch of F-16 Viper fighters, the U.S. Air Force helped optimize electronic warfare (EW) systems on those jets against Russian threats.
F-16

Electronic Warfare Systems On Ukraine’s F-16s Getting Specially Tuned To Russian Threats By USAF

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Aug 27, 2024

The US government is considering sending controversial Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition (DPICM) cluster munitions to Ukraine.
Russia

What DPICM Cluster Munitions Are And Why Ukraine Wants Them So Bad

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 7, 2023

Poland’s first F-35A stealth fighter — locally named Husarz, or hussar — was officially rolled out today in a glitzy ceremony at Lockheed Martin’s Fort Worth, Texas plant.
F-35A

Poland’s First F-35A “Hussar” Stealth Fighter Rolled Out

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Aug 28, 2024

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Eastern Europe

Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Says Tactical Nukes Now In Belarus

By Howard Altman

Posted on Jun 17, 2023

The recent construction of a trench at the Army's Fort Moore comes amid the extensive use of trenches in actual combat in Ukraine.
Russia

Trench Warfare In Ukraine Casts Old School Army Training In Different Light

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Jul 21, 2023

Ukraine is changing its counteroffensive tactics
Russia

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Changes Counteroffensive Tactics

By Howard Altman

Posted on Aug 2, 2023

Russia’s Checkmate Light Tactical Fighter Is Officially Unveiled (Updated)
Russia

Russia’s Checkmate Light Tactical Fighter Is Officially Unveiled (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Jul 21, 2021

Israel’s “limited” ground campaign in Lebanon has entered its second day, now named Operation Northern Arrows. The area around the border in southern Lebanon has been subject to heavy artillery shelling, while the Israeli Air Force (IAF) has again struck targets in Beirut, the Lebanese capital.
Israel

Israel Waits For Possible Iranian Strikes As Commando Raids Into Lebanon Continue

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Oct 1, 2024

A propeller-driven Yak-52 primary training aircraft has appeared with an impressive collection of kill marks displayed on its fuselage; seemingly confirmation of its success having been impressed into service as a drone-killer. While we reported on a series of previous videos showing the use of Soviet-era Yak-52s to attack Russian drones, the latest evidence suggests that the unorthodox solution could be becoming a more important part of Ukraine’s multilayered air defenses.
Ukrainian Air Force

Yak-52 Kill Marks Hint At Success In Ukraine’s Drone War

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Jun 25, 2024