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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 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.

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.

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.

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
It’s a good time to hide.

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

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 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.

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
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.

Choice Of C-130 For New Navy ‘Doomsday Plane’ Questioned In Watchdog Report
The Navy is acquiring E-130Js to replace critical, but aging 707-based E-6B Mercury nuclear command and control aircraft.

E-2 Hawkeye Replaces USAF E-3 Sentry, E-7 Cancelled In New Budget
The E-2D is far smaller than the E-7 and lacks some of its abilities, but it can fly from austere forward bases where the E-7 cannot.

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