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Iran and Israel continue to trade blows late on Saturday and into Sunday. On the Israeli side, the strikes constitute the latest phase of Operation Rising Lion, a campaign designed to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability and long-range weapons capacity. For its part, Tehran continues to launch barrage of retaliatory missile strikes at Israel, with reportedly killed at least 10 people and injured more than 100 overnight. Israel

IAF Destroys Iranian Aerial Tanker 1,400 miles From Israel, Farthest Strike Yet (Updated)

Israel’s strikes on Tehran are now accelerating after achieving air superiority over the capital, with an eye towards Iran’s east.

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Israel is now attacking Iranian energy facilities after warning it would if Iran didn't stop hitting Israeli urban areas.
Iran

Israel Escalates To Attacking Iranian Energy Targets After Ballistic Missiles Hit Tel Aviv (Updated)

Netanyahu is now also stating that every regime target in Tehran is on the IAF’s hit list.

Mysterious chinese flying wing aircraft that could be the H-20 bomber appears in satellite image.
China

Massive Stealth Flying Wing Emerges At Secretive Chinese Base

This appears to be China’s largest high-altitude, long-endurance drone, and one that has clear low observable qualities.

The threat of Iran attempting to blockade the highly strategic Strait of Hormuz has re-emerged amid the conflict that has now erupted between it and Israel.
Israel

Could Iran Carry Out Its Threat To Shut Down The Strait Of Hormuz?

The threat of Iran closing the Strait has persisted for many decades, and it has built unique capabilities to do exactly that.

PHILLIPS, SOUTH DAKOTA - AUGUST 26: (EDITORS NOTE: Image has been shot in black and white. Color version not available.) An underground former nuclear missile launch control facility officer's quarters displays a mural of deer on August 26, 2011 in South Dakota. Located in the rural farmland of the South Dakota plains, the bunker is now a national historical site open to visitors. Put out of service after treaties with the former Soviet Union, the missiles controlled by this room were probably capable of destroying the planet. (Photo by Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images)
Bunker Talk

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

It’s a good time to hide.

Dramatic footage is emerging online as Iran has begun launching a huge ballistic missile barrage against Israel as part of its retaliatory strikes.
Israel

Iran Strikes Back (Updated)

Iran has executed a large ballistic missile attack on Israel, with multiple missiles impacting amidst a barrage of interceptors.

Israeli officials are warning that the strikes that began to be launched against Iran overnight are just the start phase of a wider operation.
Iran

Israel’s Operation To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program Enters New Phase (Updated)

A better sense of the scale and intensity of Israeli strikes on Iran is beginning to emerge as the crisis continues to evolve.

Israel strikes Iran's nuclear program.
Iran

Israel Launches Operation Rising Lion To Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Program (Updated)

With tensions surrounding Iran’s nuclear program at an all-time high, Israel has executed a kinetic operation that included strikes in Tehran.

Israel hand commando teams inside Iran attack air defenses
Iran

Israeli Commandos Attacked Iranian Air Defenses With Drones From Inside The Country: Report

Mossad operatives went as far as setting up drone and missile bases near major air defense sites and other key targets.

North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched
North Korea

North Korea’s Partially Sunk Frigate Has Already Been Ceremoniously Relaunched

How North Korea managed to get the ship looking like it does now, even superficially, so quickly after it sat in the water for days isn’t clear.

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A damning IAEA report and Iran's vow to build new enrichment facilities give Israel additional pretext for an attack on its longtime nemesis.

Damning IAEA Report Has Given Israel Additional Pretext To Strike Iran

The IAEA states Iran has hid its true nuclear ambitions and Tehran says it is going to build a new uranium facility as war drums grow louder.

AI JAS-36 gripen tests for long-range air-to-air combat are underway.

Saab’s Gripen Tests AI In Long-Range Air-To-Air Engagements

The AI agent known as Centaur demonstrated its value in beyond-visual-range combat, including providing the pilot with missile firing cues.

North Korean frigate dry dock

North Korea’s Frigate That Partially Sunk Appears In Dry Dock With Mangled Superstructure

The North Korean workers hit Kim Jong Un’s deadline to get the ship upright, but now a much more challenging deadline looms.

Newly released footage records the unique formation flight over Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Air Base last November, which brought together U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor stealth fighters and Soviet-era MiG-21 and MiG-29 jets. The four-ship took to the skies to mark the passing of Col. Gail Peck (ret.), the former commander of the legendary 4477th Test and Evaluation Squadron “Red Eagles” that conducted highly classified missions using Soviet combat jets in the late 1970s and 1980s.

F-22s Fly Alongside MiGs To Commemorate Founder Of America’s Secret Soviet Fighter Squadron

Col. Gail Peck gave birth to the Red Eagles who flew Soviet fighters against American ones in training in the late 1970s and 1980s.

Russia giving North Korea Shahed 136 production capability.

Russia Giving North Korea Shahed-136 Attack Drone Production Capability: Budanov

Ukraine’s intelligence chief says Moscow is giving Pyongyang advanced military technologies that could shift the balance of power on the peninsula.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) says it has developed upgrades for a family of modular, rapidly deployable protective structures to improve their ability to shield against drone attacks.

Growing Drone Threats Lead To Army Modular Shelter Kit Improvements

Upgrades to the Modular Protective System-Overhead Cover could offer important lower-cost layers of defense against drones at bases anywhere.

A new image appearing to show China’s ‘J-36’ 6th generation tactical jet parked on the ground has emerged online. If legitimate, this would be the best front view of the aircraft to date, notably providing clear proof of the canopy design and further confirmation of a side-by-side seating arrangement.

This Could Be Our Best View Yet Of China’s J-36 Very Heavy Stealth Tactical Jet

The latest image taken of the jet while on the ground appears to show new details, including two smaller weapons bays straddling a large main bay.

16th March 1940: Workmen putting the finishing touches to an old tube station (King William Street) which has been converted into an air raid shelter holding 2,000 people. It has air-conditioning and a first aid station, all at a cost of about £20,000. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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

Oh my lord, are we out of coffee?

Russia launched revenge attacks across Ukraine for the destruction of its bombers.

Russia Executes Revenge Strikes Against Ukraine For Blowing Up Its Bombers

Ukraine also launched a flurry of drone attacks it said were preemptive against long-range Russian aviation bases.

Germany plans to buy Joint Strike Missile (JSM) cruise missiles from Norway, to arm its forthcoming fleet of F-35A stealth fighters. While these jets were primarily chosen as launch platforms for U.S.-owned nuclear gravity bombs, under a long-standing NATO agreement, Germany is increasingly viewing the F-35A as part of an expanding conventional long-range strike arsenal.

German F-35s Will Be Armed With Stealthy Joint Strike Missiles

The cruise missiles will give German F-35As a potent land-attack and anti-ship capability that doesn’t sacrifice the jet’s stealth advantage.

A North Korean frigate that partially submerged during a launch ceremony mishap is now floating.

North Korean Frigate Now Floating Upright After Partially Capsizing During Disastrous Launch

The vessel is now moored in the middle of the harbor as recovery efforts are ongoing, though the extent of the damage remains unknown.

The U.S. Navy has quietly awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to strip useful parts from an ex-Royal Air Force (RAF) E-3D Sentry airborne early warning and control aircraft before disposing of it.

Plan To Turn Ex-RAF E-3 AWACS Into E-6B ‘Doomsday’ Jet Trainer Abandoned By Navy

The Navy acquired a E-3D Sentry from Britain to turn into a dedicated E-6B trainer jet, but now they are scrapping it.

The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX sixth-generation combat jet program looks to have hit another setback, with the Pentagon reportedly prioritizing the Air Force’s F-47 stealth fighter, amid concerns about how to run the two efforts simultaneously. Already, the F/A-XX was in limbo, with a U.S. official telling TWZ last month that the future of the program was being reviewed. This came after reports that a contract award for the Navy’s new combat jet could be delayed by as much as three years. Navy officials, meanwhile, continue to stress the importance of the F/A-XX to their future plans.

Pentagon Wants To Shift Funds From Navy F/A-XX To USAF F-47: Report

Amid the uncertainty surrounding F/A-XX, the Navy continues to stress its need for the sixth-generation stealth fighter.

The U.S. Air Force says it has tested a modified 500-pound-class GBU-38 Joint Direct Attack Munition, or JDAM, optimized for use as an anti-ship munition as part of its Quicksink program.

Smaller Version Of Quicksink Ship-Killing Smart Bomb Tested By USAF

A 500-pound-class Quicksink bomb offers a lower-cost anti-ship weapon that bombers and fighters could carry in significant numbers.

Inside frontline drone operations in ukraine

Ukrainian Commander’s Exclusive Insights On Brutal Drone Warfare On The Frontline

The commander of Azov’s Unmanned Systems Battalion shares the latest details about how tactics are evolving in the bloody Donbas region.

New satellite imagery and an official video has revealed more about the scale of destruction and damage inflicted on Russian airfields in Ukraine’s unprecedented covert drone attacks last weekend. Today, the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, which carried out the drone attacks, published previously unreleased drone footage showing the attacks underway.

Confirmed Losses Of Russian Aircraft Mount After Ukrainian Drone Assault

Some of the bombers were armed with cruise missiles when Ukraine’s drones rained down on them.

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