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Satellites in space
Space

Russia’s Anti-Satellite Nuke Could Leave Lower Orbit Unusable, Test Vehicle May Already Be Deployed

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 3, 2024

Ukraine will be allowed to use U.K.-donated Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles in Russia, according to the Guardian.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: U.K. Says Its Donated Weapons Can Be Used To Hit Targets In Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on May 3, 2024

ATACMS cluster munitions struck a Russian training ground in Luhansk Oblast about 50 miles from Ukrainian lines.
Land

ATACMS Volley Strikes Mass Of Russian Troops Training In Eastern Ukraine

By Howard Altman

Posted on May 1, 2024

Israel is mothballing its Patriot air defense systems, will Ukraine get them?
Land

Could Ukraine Get Israel’s Mothballed Patriot Air Defense Batteries?

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 30, 2024

F-35 has gotten its name from Poland.
News & Features

Poland’s Future F-35s Have Been Officially Named “Husarz”

By Oliver Parken

Updated on Apr 30, 2024

Ukraine is losing ground as it awaits for badly needed ammunition.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Frontline Defenses Deteriorating Under Russian Pressure

By Howard Altman, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 29, 2024

Yak52 engages orlan drone
News & Features

Ukraine May Now Be Using WWI-Style Air Combat Tactics Against Drones

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 29, 2024

M1 Abrams Ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: M1 Abrams Tanks Withdrawn From The Fight, Officials Say

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 26, 2024

Ukraine appears to have converted a light aircraft to serve as a remote bomber.
News & Features

Ukraine Appears To Be Using Light Planes Converted Into Reusable Bomber Drones

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 26, 2024

The Ukrainian Air Force is using iPads, or similar tablets in the cockpits of its Soviet-era jets to enable rapid integration of modern Western air-to-ground weapons — something that TWZ predicted back in 2022. This has been confirmed by Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Dr. William LaPlante. While many questions remain about the tablet and how it works, there’s now more footage showing it fitted in cockpits.
Air

Ukrainian Fighter Jets “Using iPads” To Control Western Weapons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

A senior U.S. official has strongly implied that Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs sent to Ukraine have performed so poorly for a variety of reasons that they have been removed from service.
Land

Have Ground Launched Small Diameter Bombs Been ‘Thrown Aside’ By Ukraine?

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

For the first time, the Russians have captured a U.S-donated M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle, which is a variant of the M1 Abrams tank.
Land

First Confirmed Abrams Tank Variant Captured By Russia Seen With Inner Armor Exposed

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

Balloon Russia Ukraine
News & Features

Ukraine’s Explosive-Laden Balloon Operations Against Russia

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

The CTM-290 missile, which is launched from the Homar-K multiple launch rocket system (MLRS), based on a Polish-built truck chassis, is indicative of a widening military relationship between Poland and South Korea. In recent years, this has also seen the East European country buy light combat aircraft, tanks, and self-propelled artillery from Seoul.
Land

Poland’s New South Korean-Built ATACMS-Like Ballistic Missile Seen Firing For The First Time

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 25, 2024

Ukraine will receive Paveway IV precision-guided bombs as part of the latest package of weapons being supplied by the United Kingdom to assist in the war with Russia. At this stage it’s unclear which aircraft will be armed with the dual-mode Paveway bombs, but the move ensures the United Kingdom remains very much at the forefront of delivering advanced and novel military equipment to Ukraine.
News & Features

Dual-Mode Paveway IV Guided Bombs Headed To Ukraine

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 24, 2024

The Biden Administration will allow Ukraine to use ATACMS deep inside Russia.
News & Features

$1B U.S. Air Package To Ukraine On Its Way, ATACMS Missiles Already Secretly Provided

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 24, 2024

Russian troops used smoke to try and hide its attack in Luhansk Oblast.
News & Features

Russian Troops Deploy Huge Smokescreen To Hide From Marauding Drones

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 22, 2024

Poland F-16 nuclear weapons
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland “Ready” To Host Nuclear Weapons

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2024

The German Navy frigate Hessen has departed the Red Sea and is headed home.
Sea

German Frigate That Fought Off Houthi Drones Heads Home After 58 Days

By Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 22, 2024

Satellite imagery does now show any apparent damage to Russia's unique submarine rescue and deep-sea salvage ship Kommuna, one of the oldest military vessels in service in anywhere in the world.
News & Features

Russia’s Historic Submarine Rescue Ship Looks Undamaged After Claimed Strike

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 22, 2024

Dramatic footage has emerged of the destruction of the huge TV tower in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country. The city, Ukraine’s second largest, has come under fierce air attack in recent weeks, while the TV tower was subject to another Russian attack, earlier in the conflict, after which it was repaired.
News & Features

Russian Strike Topples Kharkiv TV Tower

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 22, 2024

Major Damage At Russian Airbase In Crimea After Ukrainian Attack
News & Features

Major Damage At Russian Airbase In Crimea After Ukrainian Attack

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 19, 2024

Ukraine has claimed that it shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bomber that crashed today in the Stavropol region in southern Russia. If that’s the case, it would be an unprecedented event, with Ukraine never having previously destroyed a Tu-22M3 — or any other Russian long-range bomber — in the air.
Air

Russian Tu-22M3 Backfire Shot Down With S-200 Missile: Ukraine’s Spy Chief

By Thomas Newdick, Howard Altman

Posted on Apr 19, 2024

Ancient Greece: Sea Battle - Coloured engraving by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1905) - Bilder aus dem Altertume
News & Features

How The Ancient Greeks Waged War On The High Seas

By Dr. Joanne Ball

Posted on Apr 18, 2024

Photos and videos, as well as satellite sensor imagery, suggest that Ukrainian forces have once again struck the Russian airbase at Dzhankoi, in the northern part of occupied Crimea. Reportedly, the attack last night, which seems to have involved a ballistic missile strike, led to the damage or destruction of several of Russia’s prized S-400 and S-300 air defense systems.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Air Defense Systems Struck In Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 17, 2024

A new and larger Russian 'turtle tank' has emerged and is also equipped with a counter-drone electronic warfare jammer.
Land

New Russian ‘Turtle Tank’ Emerges On The Battlefield, Features Electronic Warfare System

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 16, 2024

A variety of US and other foreign military assets, including US Navy Arleigh Burke class destroyers helped shoot down Iranian missiles and drones heading for targets in Israel.
Sea

Signs Point To Combat Debut Of Navy’s SM-3 Interceptor Against Iranian Ballistic Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 14, 2024

The French Navy frigate Alsace has returned from its operational deployment to the Red Sea, with its commander describing what he says is an unprecedented degree of threat against shipping from Houthi drone and missile attacks. The words of Captain Jérôme Henry highlight the challenge being faced in the Red Sea since October last year and also raise questions about the wider readiness of European navies involved in Aspides — the European Union’s naval task force created to protect commercial shipping in the region.
Sea

French Frigate Captain Describes Frenetic Red Sea Combat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

Kharkiv power plant destroyed
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Biggest Power Plant Destroyed

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 12, 2024

Serbia is poised to sign a deal to buy Dassault Rafale multirole fighters, the country’s president confirmed today, saying that “concrete agreements” had been made to purchase of 12 of the jets. The move, should it happen, would mark a major break for Serbia, which has long had a close military relationship with Russia and traditionally has operated significant quantities of Russian-supplied equipment.
Air

France’s Rafale Is Set To Be Serbia’s Next Fighter

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 9, 2024

Russia cope cage like none other.
Land

Bizarre ‘Turtle Tank’ Appears In Ukraine With Shell Covering It Nearly Completely (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

A T-72 tank modified with counter-drone electronic warfare jamming systems.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Anti-Drone Electronic Warfare Tank Captured

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 8, 2024

No Major Damage Seen At Russian Air Base After Drone Attack
News & Features

No Major Damage Seen At Russian Air Base After Drone Attack

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Apr 6, 2024

AMX retired
Air

Italy Says Arrivederci To Its Little AMX Attack Jets

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

Ukrainian officials claimed on Friday that the drone strike targeting the Morozovsk airbase in Russia had killed or injured 20 members of personnel.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Drone Attack On Russian Fighter-Bomber Base

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 5, 2024

World War II deception unit the "Ghost Army"
News & Features

The Work Of This Clandestine Army Unit That Used Guile To Fight The Nazis Is Highly Relevant Again

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

The Royal Danish Navy’s recent woes are continuing, with the service today having declared a missile failure aboard one of its frigates, the Niels Juel, at a harbor in the Baltic Sea. As well forcing the closure of Denmark’s most important strait connecting the Baltic Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, the incident comes one day after the sacking of the head of the Danish Armed Forces, amid the fallout of weapons failures aboard another of its frigates, which was protecting Red Sea shipping against Houthi attacks.
Sea

Harpoon Missile Malfunction On Danish Frigate Closes Part Of Baltic Strait

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 4, 2024

Spain selling off its M60s
News & Features

Spain Is Selling Off Its M60 Tanks To The Highest Bidder

By Oliver Parken, Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

Less than a month after we got our first glimpse inside the Russian factory where license production of the Iranian Shahed-series one-way attack drone is taking place, a Ukrainian drone attack appears to have targeted the facility.
News & Features

Russia’s Shahed-136 Factory Attacked By Light Plane Converted Into A Drone

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 2, 2024

A video has emerged showing a disastrous Russian assault on the Avdiivka front, which took place at the weekend, reportedly leaving 20 of the Kremlin’s armored vehicles destroyed. While we have seen other large-scale Russian armored assaults, various accounts suggest this might be the biggest of its kind of the conflict so far, spearheaded by a column of 48 Russian armored vehicles.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Russian Armor Massacre At Avdiivka

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Apr 1, 2024

The Navy has established a new forward-deployed MQ-4C detachment at NAS Sigonella in Italy.
Air

MQ-4C Triton Has Arrived In Europe, Could Impact Black Sea, Red Sea Operations

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Apr 1, 2024

SCALP-EG/Storm Shadow strikes Crimea
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: UK MoD Says Two More Russian Ships Were Hit In Missile Raid

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 29, 2024

Cold War-era Ladoga APV pictured by a FPV drone
News & Features

Ultra-Rare Russian Armored VIP Escape Vehicle Spotted In Ukraine

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 28, 2024

Greek F-16s
Air

Greece Plans To Sell F-16s, Mirages To Rationalize Its Fighter Inventory

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

Russian drone can launch FPV video drones and relay their data back to controllers
Air

FPV Drone Motherships That Also Relay Their Signals Offer Huge Advantages

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 26, 2024

The UK Ministry of Defense has provided details about how it plans to test its new A21 nuclear warhead without actually detonating one.
Nuclear

How The U.K. Will Test Its New Nuclear Warhead Without Setting One Off

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 25, 2024

Ukrainian attack on Crimea Sevastopol landing ship Black Sea Fleet
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Strikes On Landing Ships In Crimea

By Thomas Newdick

Updated on Mar 25, 2024

Emergency services vehicles are seen outside the burning Crocus City Hall concert hall following the shooting incident in Krasnogorsk, outside Moscow, on March 22, 2024. Gunmen opened fire at a concert hall in a Moscow suburb on March 22, 2024 leaving dead and wounded before a major fire spread through the building, Moscow's mayor and Russian news agencies reported.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Denies Any Involvement In Terror Attack Near Moscow

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 22, 2024

Ukraine's biggest dam was struck.
News & Features

Russia’s Reprisal Attack On Ukraine’s Energy Infrastructure Was The Biggest Yet

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 22, 2024

Drones that can fly to their targets low to the ground and while being jammed would be a big help to Ukraine.
News & Features

Automated Terminal Attack Capability Appears To Be Making Its Way Into Ukraine’s FPV Drones

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

A German Mk 88A Super Lynx helicopter piloted by German military service members flies over the Blue Ridge-class command and control ship USS Mount Whitney (LCC 20) while participating in exercise Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2020 in the Baltic Sea, June 8, 2020. BALTOPS is the premier annual maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region, marking the 49th year of one of the largest exercises in Northern Europe enhancing flexibility and interoperability among allied and partner nations.
News & Features

German Navy Helicopter Destroys Houthi Drone Boat

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

What looks to be a counter-drone armor screen has appeared on the conning tower of the Russian nuclear ballistic missile submarine Tula.
Sea

Russian Submarines Now Appear To Be Getting Anti-Drone “Cope Cages”

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 21, 2024

A decoy that looks intended to help defend against drone attack and cruise missile strikes has appeared on a pier at a Russian Navy base in the Black Sea.
News & Features

Submarine Decoy Appears On Russian Naval Base Pier

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

Satellite image of the air base at Mihail Kogălniceanu, pictured on December 18, 2023
News & Features

Romanian Airfield’s Transformation Into A Giant NATO Base Is Underway

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 20, 2024

Kim Jong Un takes his new Russian limo out for a spin
News & Features

Limo Gifted From Putin Is Now Carting Kim Around North Korea

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

Russia now wants a 'buffer zone' between it and Ukraine.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Now Talking About Creating A “Buffer Zone”

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 18, 2024

RAF Envoy Falcon 900EX
News & Features

GPS Jamming Of U.K. Defense Secretary’s Jet Highlights Russia’s Regional EW Activities

By Oliver Parken

Posted on Mar 17, 2024

The Netherlands will buy four new conventionally powered submarines from France, to replace its Cold War-era Walrus class and to contribute to a new-look defense posture in which long-range conventional strike capabilities are given new importance.
Sea

Dutch Choose French Design For New Tomahawk-Armed Submarines

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

Mig-29s are now flying with French hammer guided bombs in Ukraine.
Air

Ukraine’s MiG-29s Are Now Carrying French ‘Hammer’ Rocket-Assisted Bombs

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 15, 2024

Shahed-136 fitted with camera
News & Features

Russian Shahed-136 With Camera, Cellular Modem Could Be A Big Problem For Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 13, 2024

There are now multiple reports of an attempted incursion into Russia from across the Ukrainian border. The Russian Ministry of Defense has said that its forces prevented the incursion, while at least two separate Ukraine-based groups have claimed responsibility for the operation: both the Freedom of Russia Legion and the Siberian Battalion claim to be made up of Russians opposed to the Kremlin.
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around Cross-Border Raids Into Russia

By Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

Russian SDB-like glide bomb appears in Ukraine.
Air

Russian Small Diameter Bomb-Like Glide Weapon Appears In Ukraine

By Tyler Rogoway, Thomas Newdick

Posted on Mar 12, 2024

Kherson Russian Tanker blown up
News & Features

Ukraine Situation Report: Grounded Ship Being Used As Russian Base Blown Up

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 11, 2024

US and allied forces shot down at least 28 drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthi militants in Yemen today.
Sea

Red Sea Turkey Shoot: Allied Warships Down Dozens Of Drones Within Hours

By Tyler Rogoway

Posted on Mar 10, 2024