
Special Operations Forces Week 2025
New Drone Boat Unveiled At Special Operations Conference In Afterglow Of Ukrainian Success
The Kraken3 Scout Medium is designed for one-way attacks, counter-drone missions and cargo and personnel delivery.
Continued Coverage
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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
I wonder if the leaves are changing color out there?
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Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile Seen Flying On F/A-18 Super Hornet For The First Time
The Navy is pushing to get Blackbeard, a lower-cost and fast-to-produce standoff weapon, into operational service by 2028 at the latest.
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Latvia To Order Anduril’s Barracuda Cruise Missile For Long-Range Strike Capability
The missile deal would drastically expand Riga’s precision-fire reach as NATO’s eastern flank races to build up its conventional long-range strike capabilities.
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Marines Rushing To Equip Amphibious Combat Vehicles With New Anti-Drone Jammers
The USMC says an urgent need for Anduril Pulsar-L systems ties in with larger plans to boost the ACV’s defenses against drones.
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An SR-71 Blackbird Has Vanished (Updated)
The head of NASA just cryptically teased a new X-plane with an image that looked a lot like the iconic Blackbird. Now a very particular SR-71 is missing.
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China Appears To Be Building A Mothership For Large Uncrewed Submarines
Recent satellite imagery shows a host of highly specialized features on the ship that’s under construction, as well as a large cradle sitting beside it.
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France Sending Forces To Help Defend Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea Oil Facilities
The French deployment marks the latest attempt by a European nation to help stabilize the supply of oil via military assistance.
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F-35 Canopy And Weapons-Bay Door Loss To China: Separating Fact From Fiction
What we know and don’t know, and the potential security impacts, regarding the real possibility China has major F-35 components in its possession.
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Inside Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi That Sees Its Troops Gaining Ground In The East
Ukraine Situation Report: Ukrainian Colonel gives insights into how his forces have been slowly advancing on the eastern front.
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The A-10 Era Is Over At Nellis AFB
The Warthog’s departure leaves the USAF’s mastery of close air support in a tenuous transition.
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This Is Taiwan’s New 105mm 8×8 Mobile Gun System
The wheeled armor vehicle that packs a big gun is tailored for Taiwan’s challenging terrain and is slated for production in 2027.
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China’s Recent J-36 Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet Testing Offers New Insights Into Its Evolving Design
Recent video footage of the J-36 undergoing flight testing shows continued refinement of its design and new features.
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The Evolving Role Of Ukraine’s Artillery In The Age Of Drones
Artillery, once the ‘king of battle’ along the front lines has been dethroned by drones, but it still has a critical job to do.
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Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 23, 2026
USS Abraham Lincoln’s crew spent its first day on American soil after 307 days into a marathon deployment, approaching the record set by USS Gerald R. Ford.
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Video Shows RAF Hawk T2 Trainer Crew Ejecting Before Jet Crashes (Updated)
The incident occurred shortly after the Hawk departed from RAF Valley on a training mission.
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Did NASA’s Administrator Just Tease An SR-71 Blackbird Follow-On X-Plane? (Updated)
NASA’s Isaacman showed a silhouette that evoked the famed SR-71 and declared his agency is getting “back in the business of flying high and fast again.”
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U.K. Sending Voyager Tanker To Help Defend Saudi Airspace
The tanker deployment will support Saudi Arabia’s defense against Houthi missiles and drones.
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Every American Aircraft Lost Or Damaged During The Iran War, Visualized
New reports from the Pentagon and CBO, combined with open-source intel, paint the most complete picture yet of the damage Iran has inflicted on U.S. airpower.
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France’s Modular Rampart Point Defense Launcher Has Gone To Sea
The launcher that can fire laser-guided rockets, small missiles, and more has emerged on a Mistral class amphibious assault ship.
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North Korea Tests New Hwasong-11Ma Hypersonic Missile
The new missile and launcher was shown in action, but just how close it is to being anywhere near a usable weapon is highly questionable.
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Torpedo Fired From Uncrewed Submarine For The First Time By U.S., U.K.
Uncrewed underwater vehicles that can launch attacks on other vessels open up new tactical possibilities and could help fill gaps in traditional submarine coverage.