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Special Operations Forces Week 2025

Special Operations Forces Week 2025

Continued Coverage

Gen. Michael Guetlein has now warned that work on Golden Dome could abruptly end, at least for a time, regardless of its total price tag, if a huge budgetary hurdle is not overcome.
War In Space

Golden Dome Missile Defense Shield At Risk Of Grinding To A Halt Due To Budget Impasse

The top officer in charge says “if they don’t figure it out, there is no Golden Dome because there is no funding.”

Panzermuseum East, a privately run museum in Denmark specializing in Soviet and Warsaw Pact armor, announced that it has completed its first shipment of armored vehicles to Ukraine.
Ukrainian Army

Ukraine’s Latest Armor Donor? A Military Museum

Scouring the globe’s arsenals to provide Ukraine with Soviet-designed materiel is nothing new, but sourcing systems from museums is less common.

The U.S. Army swatted down more than 1,400 Iranian missiles and drones in Epic Fury and the 12-Day War
Iran

Army Downed More Than 1,400 Iranian Missiles And Drones During Epic Fury And 12-Day War

The Army’s air and missile defense boss offered new context about how the service defended against Iranian threats in the two most recent Middle East conflicts.

MDA's main desire now is to find a more mobile radar system to make them less susceptible to enemy missile and drone attacks.
Land-Based Ballistic Missile Defense

Hunt For New Mobile Missile Defense Radar Reinforced By Lessons From Iran War

A successor to the AN/TPY-2 radar has to be far easier to move in order to survive against the ever-growing threat of missiles and drones.

This photo released by the US Navy 17 Decmeber 2001 shows flight deck personnel aboard USS John C. Stennis with "FDNY" (Fire Department of New York) inscribed on the cranial (headgear) while observing an F-14 "Tomcat" coming in for an arrested wire landing. Stennis and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW 9) are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. AFP PHOTO/Jayme PASTORIC (Photo by JAYME PASTORIC / US NAVY / AFP) (Photo by JAYME PASTORIC/US NAVY/AFP via Getty Images)
News & Features

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TWZ’s weekly carrier tracker monitoring America’s flattop fleet, including deployed Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG)
Carrier Tracker

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers: August 11, 2026

More than 20 American warships, including two carrier groups, remain on station in the Middle East with less than a week left for negotiations under the U.S.-Iran memorandum.

A U.S. Army Avenger SHORAD protected President Trump while he played golf.
U.S. Army

Avenger Surface-To-Air Missile System Protected Trump While Golfing

The danger to Trump from Iran has increased dramatically since he launched a war against that country.

The Navy has confirmed to TWZ directly that one of two Block V Virginia class submarines without the new Virginia Payload Module will have a one-of-a-kind seabed warfare configuration.
Virginia Class

Navy Is Getting A Unique Virginia Class Seabed Espionage Submarine

One Block V Virginia class submarine will be unlike any other, capable of highly specialized intelligence and sabotage missions on the seafloor.

Diego García has reported drone sightings.
Indo-Pacific

Drone Sightings Are Happening At Diego Garcia, America’s Remote Strategic Island Outpost

The sightings highlight concerns about drone attacks from the sea, especially at a time of extreme hostility between Iran and the U.S.

The U.S. Navy is planning to acquire 31 E-130J Phoenix II aircraft to replace 16 E-6B Mercury planes now in service, nearly doubling the number of planes configured to perform the Take Charge And Move Out (TACAMO) mission.
E-6

Navy ‘Doomsday Plane’ Fleet To Almost Double In Size With New E-130Js

A much bigger fleet of smaller turboprop E-130Js is set to replace the smaller fleet of larger E-6B jets, but the Navy has also acknowledged risks.

30 March 2026, Hamburg: The Kraken K3 Scout drone drives through the port while Federal Minister of the Interior Dobrindt meets Hamburg's Senator of the Interior Grote. Topics of the meeting include the expansion of civilian defense capabilities, security in the Port of Hamburg and effective defense against hybrid threats and attacks.
Royal Navy

Chinese Components In Royal Navy’s New Drone Boat Raise Cyber Security Concerns

The issue highlights supply-chain risks amid growing concerns over Beijing’s cyber access to Western military capabilities.

Inside the A-10 weapons school as it prepares to shut down once and for all.
A-10

The Last Days Of The A-10 Warthog Weapons School

The Weapons Instructor Course has been the center of excellence for the A-10 and its missions for nearly 50 years, but that’s about to end.

Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Are Now Cocooned In Nets
Ukraine

Russian Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarines Are Now Cocooned In Nets

Growing uncrewed threats look to be prompting various new defensive measures at Russian naval bases far and wide.

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division patrol through an underground tunnel in support of offensive operations during the Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.1 at Camp Stanley, South Korea, March 10, 2025. KMEP is a semi-annual exercise that provides iterative opportunities for Republic of Korea Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps units to train together, improving their combined capabilities to deter threats and maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kendrick Jackson)
Bunker Talk

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

Sorry, the dust is staying.

The Nimitz class USS Theodore Roosevelt has become the first U.S. Navy supercarrier with a Unmanned Air Warfare Center (UAWC) fully capable of supporting the forthcoming MQ-25 Stingray tanker drone.
USS Theordore Roosevelt (CVN-71)

USS Theodore Roosevelt Is The First Carrier With A Drone Control Center Ready For MQ-25 Stingray Ops

While Theodore Roosevelt is ready now, the Navy is not aiming to start flying the MQ-25 operationally until 2029, years behind schedule.

A KC-135 Stratotanker damaged in a mid-air collision over Iraq is now undergoing full repairs at Tinker Air Force Base.
Iran

KC-135 That Lost Its Tail In Deadly Collision Over Iraq Now At Tinker AFB Repair Shop

The KC-135 made an emergency landing in Tel Aviv with half its tail sheared off following the collision that occurred during an Operation Epic Fury sortie.

A Taiwanese military M1A2T tank is pictured during a drill simulating an enemy airborne assault at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taoyuan on August 7, 2026. Taiwan's largest military drills of the year began on August 5 as the island democracy attempts to prepare its population for a potential Chinese invasion.
Taiwan

New M1A2T Abrams Tanks Guard Taiwan’s Main Airport During Invasion Drill

First deployment of M1A2T tanks to Taoyuan Airport highlights ongoing preparations to counter a PLA airborne operation aimed at Taipei.

Jet-Powered JDAM Production Is A Go For The U.S. Navy
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM)

Jet-Powered JDAM Production Is A Go For The U.S. Navy

Putting JDAM-LR into production will give the Navy an important new stream of lower-cost standoff munitions for its carrier air wings.

Officially designated an offshore patrol vessel (OPV), the Falaj 3 carries a weapons suite that would be impressive on a missile corvette and, in some respects, even a light frigate. At around 680 tons full load displacement, it may be one of the most heavily armed warships anywhere in the world for its size.
Uncategorized

The Falaj 3 May Be The World’s Most Heavily Armed Patrol Boat

Officially an offshore patrol vessel, the compact design carries the kind of combat capability normally associated with well-armed corvettes or even frigates.

The Houthis have launched a large-scale attack on Saudi-aligned forces in Yemen.
Yemen

Houthis Stage Large-Scale Attack On Saudi-Aligned Forces In Yemen

The strikes are yet another escalation in Houthi-Saudi hostilities roiling the Red Sea region.

Kratos is working to ramp up production of conventional takeoff and landing and rocket-assisted takeoff versions of the Valkyrie.
XQ-58

XQ-58 Valkyrie Drones With Built-In Landing Gear Are Now In Production

Despite the setback of a crash this week, Kratos says the Valkyrie program is ramping up for the Marines and other customers globally.