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Screencap from a Russian MOD video showing a Belarusian Su-25 Frogfoot

Belarus Touts Su-25 Loaded With Simulated Nuclear Bombs But Won’t Show Them

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 14, 2024
IDF using flame throwing trebuchet

Medieval Flame Throwing Trebuchet Is Israel’s Latest Weapon

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 13, 2024
Franco-German consortium KNDS has rolled out a new version o its Leopard 2 tank with an uncrewed turret that can be armed with an a 140mm main gun and a host of other new features.

New Leopard 2 Tank Packs A Big Cannon, Uncrewed Turret, Anti-Drone Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 13, 2024
Russia has moved its S-500 Prometheus air defense system to Crimea, says Ukraine's spy boss.

S-500 Prometheus Air Defense System Now Protecting Russia’s Kerch Bridge: Ukraine’s Spy Boss

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 13, 2024
Does The U.S. Need To Be Building Hardened Aircraft Shelters For Its Combat Aircraft?

Does The U.S. Need To Be Building Hardened Aircraft Shelters For Its Combat Aircraft?

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 12, 2024
Argentina's Super Etendards could be sent to Ukraine under new plan, but major questions remain.

Argentinian Super Etendard Strike Jets Planned For Transfer To Ukraine: Report

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 12, 2024
Houthi drone boat Red Sea

Houthi Drone Boat Strikes Ship For First Time Since Red Sea Crisis Erupted

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 12, 2024
Artist rendering of NGI in flight.

Showdown Brewing Over Ballistic Missile Interceptor Site On East Coast

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 11, 2024
Russia said its troops had started the second stage of drills to practise the deployment of tactical nuclear weapons alongside Belarusian troops after what Moscow said were threats from western powers. The ministry said the drills were aimed at ensuring that the two countries’ military personnel and equipment were ready to protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Resumes Tactical Nuke Drills

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 11, 2024
A USAF F-15EX takes off carrying 12 AIM-120 AMRAAMs.

What It’s Like To Fly The F-15EX According To A Boeing Test Pilot

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jun 11, 2024
Ship and flight tracking data shows that US and allied warships and aircraft have shadowing a Russian naval flotilla that includes an advanced Yasen-M class nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine as it head toward Cuba.

Russian Naval Group Shadowed Off Florida By U.S., Allies (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 11, 2024
A Russian operative controls a captured Ukrainian tank via remote controls.

Russia Is Testing A First Person View Remote Controlled Tank Conversion In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Jun 11, 2024
U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile

U.S. Army Officer Confirms Russian A-50 Radar Jet Was Shot Down With Patriot Missile

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 10, 2024
The former US Navy amphibious assault ship USS Tarawa is set to be sunk as part of this year's Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, which is the first time in more than a decade a ship this big will be used as a target.

Flattop Amphibious Assault Ship Looks Set To Be Pummeled With Weapons In RIMPAC Wargames

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 10, 2024
Ukraine’s battle-worn fleet of Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack aircraft has run out of unguided munitions, a reflection of the huge number of sorties and prolific range of targets these jets are being tasked against. Meanwhile, the aircraft are now relying on Western-provided precision-guided weapons, a reflection of the demands of the war that are driving innovation in the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This is among the revelations from a senior Ukrainian Air Force official, interviewed recently, which provide some fascinating insights into the air war with Russia.

Ukrainian Su-25 Frogfoots Now Using French Hammer Guided Bombs After Exhausting Rocket Stocks

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 10, 2024
SU-57 satellite photo attack imagery

Su-57 Felon Targeted In Ukraine Strike Seen In New Higher-Resolution Satellite Images

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 10, 2024
Both Ukrainian and Russian sources say an Su-57 Felon new-generation fighter was struck for the first time.

Su-57 Felon Struck Deep Inside Russia, Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 9, 2024
There are conflicting reports about what was struck in Luhansk City during an ATACMS attack.

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Fly Over Deadly ATACMS Missile Strike In Luhansk

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 8, 2024
CH-53K King Stallion arrives in Yuma to join VMX-1.

CH-53K King Stallion Has Arrived At MCAS Yuma To Join VMX-1 Testers

By James Deboer
Posted on Jun 7, 2024
South Korea, one of only four nations that still operated the classic F-4 Phantom, formally retired the Cold War-era fighter today. The decommissioning ceremony saw the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) provide an “honorable discharge” for its last Phantoms, which had helped defend the nation for 55 years. The event also saw the air force looking to the future, with involvement from the F-4’s successors, including the F-35A stealth fighter. Ultimately, the Phantom will also be superseded by the locally developed KF-21.

F-4 Phantom Vanishes Into Retirement After 55 Years Of South Korean Service

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Jun 7, 2024
The Trident Pier in Gaza has been repaired after storm damage and aid is expected to soon flow to those who need it.

Gaza Pier Repaired, Aid To Flow Soon

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 7, 2024
An Iron dome launcher being targeted by an Almas missile.

Whether Hezbollah Hit An Iron Dome Launcher Or Not, Its Almas Missiles Are A Problem For Israel

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 7, 2024
US President Joe Biden delivers a speech during the US ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the World War II "D-Day" Allied landings in Normandy, at the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial in Colleville-sur-Mer, which overlooks Omaha Beach in northwestern France, on June 6, 2024. The D-Day ceremonies on June 6 this year mark the 80th anniversary since the launch of 'Operation Overlord', a vast military operation by Allied forces in Normandy, which turned the tide of World War II, eventually leading to the liberation of occupied France and the end of the war against Nazi Germany. (Photo by Daniel Cole / POOL / AFP)

Biden Draws Parallels Between Ukraine’s Fight And World War II In D-Day Anniversary Address

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Jun 7, 2024
France has formally announced plans to transfer Mirage 2000-5 fighters to Ukraine and to try pilots to fly them.

Mirage 2000 Fighters To Be Sent To Ukraine From France

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
A USN EA-18G took out an Mi-24 with an AARGM.

EA-18G Growler Killed A Houthi Mi-24 Hind With An AGM-88E Anti-Radiation Missile

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
Soviet-era An-22 landing

Russia’s An-22, The Biggest Turboprop Plane Ever Flown, Heads For Retirement

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
The Oregon Air National Guard has received its first F-15EX Eagle II fighter, marking the first delivery of one of these jets to an operational unit.

The F-15EX Eagle II Has Arrived In Portland

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today officially unveiled an air-launched version of its LORA (Long Range Artillery), a short-range ballistic missile originally developed for ground launch. The new weapon joins an expanding armory of ballistic missile designs adapted for air launch, including the Israel Military Industries (IMI) Rampage, also based on a long-range artillery munition.

Air LORA, Israel’s Biggest Air-Launched Ballistic Missile, Emerges From The Shadows

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA - JUNE 05: (----EDITORIAL USE ONLY - MANDATORY CREDIT - ' KREMLIN PRESS OFFICE / HANDOUT' - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS----) Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the representatives of the management of global news agencies as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), at Lahta Center on June 05, 2024 in St.Petersburg, Russia. During the meeting on Wednesday, Putin called Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip 'the total destruction of the civilian population.' (Photo by Kremlin Press Office/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Putin Threatens To Supply Weapons To “Regions” For Retaliatory Strikes On Western Targets

By Oliver Parken, Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 6, 2024
Collins class submarines will not get Tomahawk land attack cruise missile capabilities.

Australia Won’t Arm Collins Class Submarines With Tomahawks

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 5, 2024
German contractor Diehl Defense has unveiled a new “remote carrier” — a long-range effector that can be launched from aircraft, as well as from land and sea platforms. The missile-like store, known as FEANIX, which stands for Future Effector — Adaptable, Networked, Intelligent, eXpendable, is being pitched as an adjunct to the pan-European Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next-generation air combat program, as well as for the in-service Eurofighter Typhoon.

FEANIX ‘Remote Carrier’ Aims To Be The Ultra-Adaptable Missile Of The Future

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 5, 2024
The Airbus Wingman concept aircraft, which broke cover earlier this week, was formally unveiled at the ILA Berlin aerospace show today. More details have now also come to light about the program, which Airbus leadership says should provide a unit cost that’s equivalent to one third that of a modern crewed fighter.

The Airbus Wingman Stealth Drone: What We Learned In Berlin

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 5, 2024
Russia is now installing metal cope cages on Chinese-made DesertCross All Terrain Vehicles.

Russia Adds Anti-Drone ‘Cope Cages’ To All-Terrain Buggies, Motorcycles

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 5, 2024
DONETSK OBLAST, UKRAINE - MAY 1: A drone operator, a Ukrainian soldier of the 56th Motorized Brigade with the call sign "Indianets", prepares a combat FPV drone in the Bakhmut area on May 1, 2024 in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. Ukrainian drones operators of the 56th Motorized Brigade are using combat FPV drones to destroy enemy targets and conduct round-the-clock reconnaissance in the Bakhmut area. (Photo by Yevhenii Vasyliev/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)

Competition To Supply Ukraine With FPV Drones Gets Underway

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
The latest iteration of Russia’s TOS series of thermobaric rocket launchers has been seen, apparently for the first time, in military service. The TOS-3 Dragon was shown during an official event in Russia’s southwest Saratov region, with its anti-drone screens pointing directly to experience from the war in Ukraine. With that in mind, it likely won’t be long before we start to see the TOS-3 being deployed in combat, especially as losses of the legacy TOS-1A continue to mount.

Russia’s New TOS-3 ‘Dragon’ Thermobaric Rocket Launcher Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
Congress is moving to block the Air Force from retiring or preparing to retire any U-2 spy planes in the next fiscal year.

U-2 Retirement Reprieve Emerges In Proposed Defense Spending Bill

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
South Korea will resume military drills near the border in the wake of Kim Jong-un's poop balloon incursion.

South Korea To End Long Pause In Drills Near DMZ After Poop Balloon Incursions

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
A USAF Boeing F-15EX flies at low level in Nevada.

How 50 Years Of Eagle Experience Has Shaped The Advanced F-15

By Jamie Hunter
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
Photos have emerged showing a U.S. Navy F/A-18E/F Super Hornet carrying what appears to be an air-launched version of the RIM-174 SM-6 missile, a weapon that can counter aerial threats at long ranges, as well as ground and surface targets.

Super Hornet Armed With SM-6 Missile Spotted Over California

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
European aviation consortium Airbus has unveiled a new stealthy fighter-sized loyal wingman-type drone concept

Stealthy Fighter-Like Wingman Drone Concept Unveiled By Airbus (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken
Posted on Jun 4, 2024
Why no LCAC used in Gaza aid mission.

Why Aren’t U.S. Navy LCAC Hovercraft Being Used To Deliver Aid To Gaza?

By Tyler Rogoway, Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Jun 3, 2024
A SAM system inside Russia was struck by a HIMARS.

Ukraine Strikes Long-Range SAM System Inside Russia With U.S. Weapon

By Howard Altman
Posted on Jun 3, 2024
The Defense Innovation Unit and the US Air Force have picked four different companies design, build, and flight test new low-cost cruise missile concepts.

‘Cheap’ Long-Range Cruise Missile Designs To Be Tested By Air Force

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Jun 3, 2024
Ukraine Liman

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Push Back In Kharkiv

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Jun 3, 2024
Testing at the Upside-Down Air Force, RADC

The Fascinating Story Of The USAF’s “Upside-Down Air Force”

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 31, 2024
Progressively clearer photos of one of Shenyang’s prototype fighters seems to reveal key features different to those found on the carrier-based J-35, as well as on the earlier FC-31 prototypes. This raises questions about China’s own plans for a potential land-based variant, as well as future export plans, with Pakistan known to have made official plans to acquire a version of the jet.

Land-Based Variant Of China’s J-35 Naval Stealth Fighter Makes Sense

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 31, 2024
Ukraine released satellite imagery it says showed two Russian ships damaged by U.S. donated ATACMS.

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Missile Strike On Kerch Ferries

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman
Posted on May 31, 2024
The U.S. Government Accountability Office says that "unplanned weight growth" and design instability have been major factors in the huge delays with the Constellation class, and that the ship's top speed could take a hit as a result.

Navy’s New Constellation Class Frigate Is A Mess

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 31, 2024
Ukraine can now use long-range weapons from the U.S. to strike targets in Russia near Kharkiv.

Ukraine Can Now Use U.S.-Supplied Weapons To Strike Inside Russia

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 30, 2024
Officials at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina are looking into the possibility of erecting physical barriers to protect F-15E Strike Eagles there from drones.

Enclosures To Defend F-15Es From Drone Attacks Eyed At Seymour Johnson AFB

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 30, 2024
Tamir air-o-air variant

The Case For Arming Drone-Hunting Fighters With Iron Dome’s Tamir Missile

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 30, 2024
Martin baker 75 years of ejections

Martin-Baker Ejection Seat Made Its First Of 7,722 Saves 75 Years Ago Today

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 30, 2024
New video purports to show the first Russian FPV drone attack on a Ukrainian sea drone.

Russian FPV Drone Seen Attacking Ukrainian Uncrewed Surface Vessel For The First Time

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 30, 2024
North Korea sent hundreds of balloons, many filled with manure, into South Korea.

Poop-Filled North Korean Balloons Descend On The South Stoking Fears Of Deadlier Payloads

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 29, 2024
Experimental Alpha Draco hypersonic boost-glide vehicle preparing for launch, 1959.

Alpha Draco Paved The Way In The Late 1950s For Future Hypersonic Boost-Glide Vehicles

By Oliver Parken
Posted on May 29, 2024
Russia has presented its latest take on the bizarre-looking ‘turtle tank’ concept, with a main battle tank now adapted as an armored personnel carrier, complete with the now familiar sheet-metal carapace. The new development provides another example of Russia repurposing vehicles to meet battlefield demands but also suggests deeper difficulties in fielding new-build, purpose-designed armored personnel carriers.

Russia Now Building ‘Turtle Tank’ Armored Personnel Carriers

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 29, 2024
In a major new development for the Ukrainian military, Sweden is to donate it Saab 340 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft equipped with Erieye radar. The aircraft is being provided as part of Sweden’s biggest military aid package for Ukraine so far and they will bring an entirely new capability for the Ukrainian Air Force, providing much enhanced air and sea surveillance and working together with its forthcoming F-16 fighters.

Ukraine Getting Swedish Airborne Early Warning Radar Planes Is A Big Deal

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on May 29, 2024
Satellite imagery looks to show a recent Ukrainian strike targeted a prized Russian long-range radar system.

Prized Russian Long Range Radar System Attacked In Eastern Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 29, 2024
F-16 Belgium ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: First Of 30 Belgian F-16s To Be Delivered “This Year”

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 28, 2024
An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter crashed in Albuquerque New Mexico.

F-35 Crashes In New Mexico (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 28, 2024
America's pier that is being used to deliver aid to Gaza broke free and is now being recovered.

Gaza Aid Pier Lasted Less Than Two Weeks Before Breaking Apart

By Howard Altman
Posted on May 28, 2024
The first official photos have appeared showing a Soviet-era ground-based air defense system upgraded with Western surface-to-air missiles — a so-called ‘FrankenSAM.’ The images, published by Ukraine’s Operational Command East, show a tracked self-propelled Buk-M1 system — known in the West as SA-11 Gadfly — which is said to have been adapted to fire the RIM-7 Sea Sparrow, a missile that previously provided point defense for numerous NATO and allied warships.

Ukraine’s FrankenSAM That Uses RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles Breaks Cover

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on May 28, 2024
Black Flag 24-1, out of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, run by the Air Force’s 53rd Wing.

Massive China-Focused Black Flag Test Exercise Flies Deep Into The Virtual Realm

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on May 28, 2024
Ukrainian Abrams tanks are emerging with new factory-standard anti-drone "cope cage" armor screens and additional explosive reactive armor a month after they were reportedly pulled from the front lines due to drone threats.

Ukrainian M1 Abrams Tanks Get Elaborate ‘Cope Cages,’ Soviet Explosive Reactive Armor

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on May 25, 2024