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China Balloon Incursions Taiwan - Dec 2023 - Jan 2024

Spike In Chinese Balloons Over Taiwan A “Serious Threat”

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 8, 2024
Pakistan is looking to buy FC-31 stealth fighters

China’s FC-31 Stealth Fighter Officially Being Sought By Pakistan

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 5, 2024
ermeus has completed testing of its first fully-integrated vehicle, Quarterhorse Mk 0.

‘Iron Bird’ Rig For Quarterhorse Hypersonic Jet Completes Tests

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 4, 2024
A Su-34 Fullback fighter-bomber apparently destroyed last night by a Ukrainian special forces team, as it sat on its airbase.

Su-34 Fullback Torched During Raid Deep In Russia

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 4, 2024
A fire is burning in Kyiv, Ukraine, on January 2, 2024, caused by a Russian missile strike during a massive missile attack this morning.

Ukraine Situation Report: Massive Russian Missile Barrage Starts New Year

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jan 2, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky visits the front line at Avdiivka.

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Appears Near Front In Avdiivka

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 29, 2023
Officials work around the destruction after Russian airstrikes which killed 6 and injured around 28 people including a baby and severely damaged vehicles, a shopping mall , a maternity hospital and other buildings according to statements of Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Serhiy Lysak in Dnipro, Ukraine on December 29, 2023.

Russia Launches Biggest Long-Range Attack Since Start Of War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 29, 2023
Turkey's flying wing takes first flight

Turkey’s ANKA-3 Flying Wing Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle Flies

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 28, 2023
The Russian Aircraft Corporation MiG has begun work on a new jet trainer, the MiG-UTS.

Russia’s ‘New’ Jet Trainer Design Is A 1990s Throwback

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 28, 2023
F-35 Lightning fighter jets have conducted their first night flying trials off the United Kingdom’s largest warship, HMS Queen Elizabeth. The aircraft carrier, which first landed F-35 Lightning jets on board last week, is currently conducting flight testing off the east coast of the United States. Pictures show how the night time trials, which up until now have only been tested in simulators or on the ground, were carried out using state-of-the-art night-vision technology, with the pilots and aircraft handlers successfully guiding the supersonic fighter jets onto the flight deck. Some trials were also carried out without night vision technology to ensure the jets’ capability in any eventuality.

No, The F-35B Does Not Use Afterburner In Vertical Landing Mode

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 28, 2023
twin barrel artillery russia

Russia Nearly Fielded A Double-Barreled Self-Propelled Artillery Gun

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 27, 2023
India Warship

Red Sea Attacks Continue, India Enhances Naval Posture (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 26, 2023
Ukrainian Military Units Of Combat UAVs Keep Defense In Donetsk Oblast with FPV drones.

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Wants A Million FPV Drones In 2024

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 20, 2023
Model of Chinese GJ-11 drone aboard a dummy carrier in Wuhan.

Mockup Of Chinese Stealth Drone Appears On Full-Size Aircraft Carrier Test Rig

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 20, 2023
U.S. officials are urging Israel to scale down its war against Hamas.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: U.S. Military Leaders Push For Scaled-Back Campaign

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 20, 2023
Concept art of reusable Chinese spaceplane.

China’s Spaceplane Has Released Multiple Mystery Objects In Orbit

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 19, 2023
F-15EX To Be Based At Kadena Air Base In Japan: Report

F-15EX To Be Based At Kadena Air Base In Japan: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 18, 2023
Ukraine's attacks across the Dnipro River have been bloody and futile, troops told The New York Times

Ukraine Situation Report: Troops Question Dnipro River Assault

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 16, 2023
AEW&C aircraft in North Korea.

North Korea May Be Building An Early-Warning Radar Plane

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 15, 2023
Indian Rafale in flight.

Saudis Eye France’s Rafale Fighter

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 14, 2023
05 December 2023, Romania, Constanta: A German Eurofighter takes off from Mihail Kogalniceanu airfield near Constanta (Romania). The German Air Force is currently supporting NATO member Romania with Eurofighter combat aircraft and a defense system against small unmanned aerial vehicles in the NATO program "Enhanced Air Policing South". The Bundeswehr contingent consists of a total of 150 soldiers.

NATO Fighters Scrambled As Russian Drone Violates Romanian Airspace

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 14, 2023
A wrecked, burned-out car lies in the yard of a high-rise residential building in Dniprovskyi district after a missile explosion on December 13, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. For the second night in a row, Russia is attacking Kyiv with ballistic missiles. All ten missiles were intercepted by Ukrainian Air Defense Forces. However, fallen missiles' fragments resulted in destruction in Darnytskyi, Dniprovskyi and Desnyanskyi districts of Kyiv.

Ukraine Situation Report: Ballistic Missiles Target Kyiv After Biden Meeting

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 14, 2023
This Is Exactly How The Latest Ballistic Missile Defense Test Worked

This Is Exactly How The Latest Ballistic Missile Defense Test Worked

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 13, 2023
QSRA (NASA-715) carrier trials onboard Kitty Hawk off San Diego, CA (Quiet Short-Haul Aircraft is a modified C-8A)

NASA’s Quiet Short Takeoff And Landing Test Jet Is Up For Sale

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 12, 2023
Russian Assault Avdiivka

Ukraine Situation Report: Renewed Large-Scale Assault On Avdiivka

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 12, 2023
Utility workers are cleaning up the aftermath of an attack against the backdrop of a damaged car, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on December 8, 2023.

Ukraine Situation Report: Cruise Missile Strikes Return To Kyiv

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 8, 2023
Royal Navy Activates First F-35B Unit, Big Decisions On Type’s Future Loom

Royal Navy Activates First F-35B Unit, Big Decisions On Type’s Future Loom

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 8, 2023
Artist concept of future German Navy F126 class frigate.

Work Starts On Germany’s Biggest Warship Since World War II

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 7, 2023
An Israeli Air Force F-16 launches the IMI Systems Rampage standoff missile.

Indian Navy MiG-29s Get Israeli Rampage Standoff Weapon

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 6, 2023
Originally, the ROCAF also expected to receive 144 F-16Vs, produced as conversions of its existing F-16A/B jets, but this number has since been reduced to 141 through attrition in its existing Viper fleet.

Taiwan’s Final Upgraded F-16V Completes Test Flights

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 6, 2023
Boeing Exits Air Force’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ Competition (Updated)

Boeing Exits Air Force’s ‘Doomsday Plane’ Competition (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 5, 2023
Concerns about a border conflict between Guyana and Venezuela over a disputed territory are growing.

Fears Of Venezuela Invading Guyana Grow

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 4, 2023
Stratolaunch Roc aircraft conducts a captive-carry test flight with the Talon-A hypersonic vehicle.

World’s Largest Plane Is One Step Closer To Launching A Hypersonic Vehicle

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 4, 2023
View of Su-25 attack jet decoy soon through optics of a Lancet loitering munition.

Ukrainian Su-25 Struck By Lancet Drone Was An Elaborate Decoy

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Dec 1, 2023
Thank you, Government of Canada, for selecting up to 16 P-8 Poseidon aircraft for the RCAF. Together with our Canadian industry P-8 partners, we'll continue to deliver prosperity to Canada.

P-8 Poseidon Officially Chosen By Canada

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 30, 2023
This versatile, self-deployable aircraft offers increased speed and range over other rotary-wing aircraft, enabling Air Force Special Operations Command aircrews to execute long-range special operations missions. The CV-22 can perform missions that normally would require both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft. The CV-22 takes off vertically and, once airborne, the nacelles (engine and prop-rotor group) on each wing can rotate into a forward position.

Calls For V-22 Osprey Grounding In Japan After Fatal Crash

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 30, 2023
Ukrainian soldiers of the 57th Brigade collect the remains of a powder charge from D-20 artillery at their fighting position, in the direction of Kupiansk, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on November 27, 2023.

Ukraine Situation Report: Storms Held Up Russian Assault On Avdiivka

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 29, 2023
A CV-22 Osprey from the 21st Special Operations Squadron flies in support of exercise Resolute Dragon 22 over Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 11, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

CV-22B Osprey Tilt-Rotor Crashes Off Japanese Coast

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman
Posted on Nov 29, 2023
FCAS NGF

Belgium Joins European Next-Generation Fighter Program

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 28, 2023
Hamas hands over 11 Israeli hostages to Red Cross officials

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Ceasefire Extended 48 Hours, More Hostages Freed

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 28, 2023
The USS Mason responded to an emergency call from an oil tanker that was fired upon by Houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles that missed.

Claims Swirl Around Apparent Missile Attack On U.S. Destroyer (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 27, 2023
Air defense work outside the city on November 25, 2023 in Kyiv, Ukraine. According to the country's air force, more than 70 Iranian-made Shahed drones targeted the Kyiv area overnight, although most all were intercepted by air defenses.

Russia Launches Largest Mass Drone Attack On Ukraine Yet

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 25, 2023
Ukraine trench

Ukraine Situation Report: Soldier Describes “Zombie” Warfare In Avdiivka

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 25, 2023
24 November 2023, Palestinian Territories, Rafah: Red Cross vehicles, believed to be carrying hostages abducted by Hamas militants during the October 7th attack on Israel, arrive at the Rafah border, amid a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in the southern Gaza Strip

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: First Hostages Released After Ceasefire Begins

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 24, 2023
Iranian Shahed-238 drone at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) aerospace achievement exhibition at Ashura Aerospace Science and Technology University, in Tehran, Iran on November 19, 2023.

Iran’s Jet-Powered Shahed Drone Could Be A Problem For Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Nov 22, 2023
M55 Spy Plane may be headed for Ukraine war operations

Soviet-Era M-55 Spy Plane May Be Headed To Support The War In Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 21, 2023
Israeli soldiers deploy near southern Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on November 20, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the Palestinian militant Hamas group.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Deal To Release Hostages “Closer Than Ever”

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 20, 2023
Drone capture shows the detonation of a purported standoff guided version of the RBK-500 cluster bomb in Ukraine.

Russian Glide Bomb Kits Now Adapted For Cluster Munitions: Reports

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 20, 2023
MBDA will supply CAMM for the Swedish Navy’s five Visby class corvettes, which will deploy them from MBDA’s Sea Ceptor naval air defense system.

Sweden’s Stealth Visby Corvettes To Get New Air Defense Missiles

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 18, 2023
Mojave Drone lands on aircraft carrier

Mojave Drone Flies From British Aircraft Carrier

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 17, 2023
Turkey wants Eurofighter typhoons, but Germany objects to the deal.

Turkey Is Trying To Buy Used Eurofighter Typhoons

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 17, 2023
A first-person view drone races to destroy a Russian Bukhanka van in Ukraine.

Ukraine Situation Report: First Person Video Drone Relentlessly Hunts Down A Russian Van

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 16, 2023
Concept artwork of the NATO E-7A Wedgetail AEW&C aircraft in flight.

E-7 Wedgetail Radar Jet Chosen By NATO To Replace Aging E-3

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 15, 2023
Official rendering of F-35 carrying two external LRASM missiles.

Navy Looks To Arm F-35 With Four New Missiles, Including Hellfire

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Nov 14, 2023
Russian air launched cruise missile

Takeaways From Russia’s Missile War On Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 14, 2023
F-35 drops B61-12 during a test at Edwards AFB

Dutch F-35s Gain Nuclear Strike Mission “Initial Certification”

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 10, 2023
B-21 has flown for the first time

B-21 Raider Has Flown For The First Time (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Updated on Nov 10, 2023
X-37B is heading into space on a Falcon heavy rocket.

X-37B Headed Deeper Into Space With Falcon Heavy Rocket’s Help

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 9, 2023
Thanks to a new set of photos, we’ve got what’s probably our best look so far at the U.S. Navy’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block III, a radical overhaul of the Arleigh Burke class destroyers that leaves the warships looking very different indeed.

Destroyer Looks Radically Different After Electronic Warfare Upgrade

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 8, 2023
Five Dutch F-16s are on their way to Romania. Romanian and Ukrainian pilots are being trained there.

Ukraine Situation Report: Dutch F-16s For Ukrainian Training Arrive In Romania

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 7, 2023
A F-5 Fighter takes off during an annual drill at an air base in Taitung City, southeast Taiwan on January 30, 2018. Taiwanese troops staged live-fire exercises January 30 to simulate fending off an attempted invasion, as the island's main threat China steps up pressure on President Tsai Ing-Wen.

Taiwan Is Finally Saying Goodbye To Its F-5 Tiger II Fighters

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 7, 2023
The first image of an M1A1 Abrams tank in Ukraine may have emerged.

Ukraine Situation Report: This May Be Our First Image Of An M1 Abrams In-Country

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 7, 2023
An Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache with unusual Hellfire missile marking attached.

Israeli AH-64 Apache Appears With Mysterious Hellfire Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 6, 2023
The Marines didn't want them, but Ukraine will find good use for the Assault Beaching Vehicle

Ukraine Situation Report: M1 Abrams-Based Mine Clearing Vehicle Appears In-Country

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick
Posted on Nov 4, 2023