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A US Air Force B-52 bomber was seen flying in East Asia recently sporting white-colored wing tips and we now know the reason why.

Here’s Why Some B-52s Have White Wing Tips

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 24, 2023
Frogmen HAMAS Gaza

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Hamas Frogmen Attempt To Infiltrate Near Israeli Base

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 24, 2023
Zelensky President of Ukraine, speaks during a live broadcast at the 6th German-Ukrainian Business Forum of the DIHK, the Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations and the German-Ukrainian Chamber of Industry and Commerce, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Zelensky Vows To Up The Pressure On And Around Crimea

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 24, 2023
Boeing is continuing to develop a powered derivative of the Joint Direct Attack Munition, which turns standard 500-pound-class bombs into cruise missiles.

Jet-Powered JDAM Aims To Turn Bombs Into Cruise Missiles

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 24, 2023
Plan view of Swedish Gripen E with modified wing splinter camouflage

Here’s Why Saab’s Gripen E Fighter’s Wing Suddenly Grew In Size

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 24, 2023
Lockheed Martin says it no longer plans to compete for a contract to replace a portion of the Air Force's KC-135 tanker fleet.

Lockheed Bails On KC-135 Tanker Replacement Competition

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 23, 2023
Ukrainian Armed Forces Grad MLRS rocket artillery BM-21

Ukraine Situation Report: Multiple Russian Attacks On Avdiivka Repulsed

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 23, 2023
Israel carried out a limited incursion into Gaza.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Israel Conducts Limited Gaza Ground Raid (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 23, 2023
The Ukrainian Air Force has released a video showing U.S.-made Hawk surface-to-air missile systems in use.

First Look At Hawk SAMs Now In Action In Ukraine

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 23, 2023
THAAD deployment Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: U.S. Flows Missile Defenses Into Middle East

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 22, 2023
23rd January 1981: A woman in one of the government approved nuclear shelters in York. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 21, 2023
Uss Carney shot down multiple drones and cruise missiles over the Red Sea

USS Carney Shot Down More Missiles, Drones Over Longer Period

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
Finland to buy David's Sling from Israel.

Israel’s Vaunted Integrated Air Defense System Explained

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Oct 20, 2023
The US Army looks poised to send its only two Iron Dome batteries two Israel to help bolster its defenses.

U.S. Army To Give Its Only Two Iron Dome Batteries To Israel: Reports

By Joseph Trevithick, Oliver Parken
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
LUHANSK AIRBASE

Ukraine Situation Report: ATACMS May Spur Russian Force Relocations, U.K. Intel Says

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric Rocket Launcher Absolutely Detonates When Hit By Drone

Russian TOS-1A Thermobaric Rocket Launcher Absolutely Detonates When Hit By Drone

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
Israel laid out a three-stage plan to attack Gaza.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: IDF’s Gaza Operation Plan Laid Out

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
The Pentagon is concerned that China's People's Liberation Army could pursue a conventionally armed ICBM, which could create dangerous strategic ambiguity and uncertainty.

China May Acquire Conventionally Armed ICBMs: Pentagon Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 20, 2023
A dozen nations have issued a warning to the Houthis to stop attacking Red Sea shipping.

USS Carney Shoots Down Missiles, Drones Fired From Yemen

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 19, 2023
Stealthier Things

Show Your Love For ‘Stealthier Things’ And Help Gold Star Families By Grabbing This T-Shirt

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 19, 2023
Netanyahu Israel

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Netanyahu Warns Of “A Long War” To Come

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 19, 2023
Satellite imagery shows the aftermath of Ukraine's first strikes using ATACMS missiles on Berdyansk airport.

Destruction From Ukraine’s First ATACMS Strike Now Apparent

By Joseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 18, 2023
F-5 light fighters fly in formation

The Intriguing Story Of How Yemen Got F-5E Tiger II Fighters

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Oct 18, 2023
Russian_Airborne_Troops

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia Recruiting Serbian Fighters

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 18, 2023
A day after an explosion at a hospital in Gaza, Israel and the Palestinians keep blaming each other.

Israel-Gaza Situation Report: Biden Tells Israel Not To Be Consumed By Rage

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 18, 2023
Test firing of Japanese railgun

Japan’s Railgun Performs First Test Firing At Sea

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Oct 18, 2023
US Army officials say the service faces unique challenges just in surviving in and around the Arctic, let alone operating in that region.

Army Faces Fight Just To Survive In the Arctic

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 17, 2023
Hundreds are said dead in an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza hospital.

Many Killed In Massive Explosion At Gaza Hospital (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 17, 2023
Israel may not have decided on a full ground invasion of Gaza

Israel Gets Coy On Gaza Ground Assault

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 17, 2023
The head of the House Foreign Affairs Committe says he was told by Secretary of State Antony Blinken that the U.S. will give Ukraine the green light to use ATACMS in Russia.

ATACMS Hits Battlefield Ukraine In Spectacular Fashion (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 17, 2023
A B-52 is set to land in South Korea sometime this week.

B-52 To Make Very Rare Landing In South Korea This Week

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 17, 2023
Ukrainian artillerymen fire a M777 howitzer

Ukraine Situation Report: Russia’s Localized Offensive “Failing,” Ukraine Claims

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 16, 2023
IDF hostage Rescue

Hostage Rescue Experts On The Daunting Challenges Israel Faces

By Howard Altman
Updated on Oct 16, 2023
Rafah crossing gaza egypt

Aid Still Blocked At The Egypt-Gaza Rafah Crossing

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 16, 2023
Israeli Merkava tanks, some with "cope cage" style armor screens on top of their turrets, mass near Gaza.

Israeli Merkava Tanks Appear With ‘Cope Cage’ Armor

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 16, 2023
Lebanon Israel Hezbollah

Tit For Tat Escalation On The Israeli-Lebanese Border (Updated)

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 15, 2023
World Holds Its Breath As Israeli Assault Into Gaza Appears Imminent (Updated)

World Holds Its Breath As Israeli Assault Into Gaza Appears Imminent (Updated)

By Thomas Newdick, Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 14, 2023
When the King visited the heavy industries section of the British industries fair at Birmingham on March 1, his Majesty inspected a steel and concrete air-raid shelter buried 20ft deep. The King showed a keen interest, asking what King of protection the shelter gave, and was told it would resist the effects of a direct hit. His majesty entered both chambers in the shelter, one of which was designed to be gas-proof. The King leaving the air-raid shelter in which he was much interested when he toured the heavy industries section of the British industries fair at Castle Bromwich, during his visit to Birmingham on March 1, 1939. (AP Photo)

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 14, 2023
FrankenSAM Ukraine AIM-9

Ukraine Situation Report: ‘FrankenSAM’ To Speed Delivery Of Air Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 13, 2023
Mosquito BOAC WWII nuclear

The Nuclear Scientist And The Warplane That Became Britain’s Most Unlikely Airliner

By Rowland White
Posted on Oct 13, 2023
Israel Operating in gaza

The Perilous Tactical Realities Israel Will Face Fighting In Gaza

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 13, 2023
Israel Gaza Attack immanent

Israel Poised To Attack After Warning To Immediately Evacuate Half Of Gaza

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 13, 2023
Hezbollah rockets

This Is Hezbollah’s Arsenal Of Weapons It Could Rain On Israel

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 12, 2023
Russia has launched a new push to capture the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, but is facing major resistance.

Ukraine Situation Report: Signs Russia’s Attempt To Encircle Avdiivka Is Stalling

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 12, 2023
Israel launched attacks on Syrian airports while Hamas is calling for armed confrontations on the West Bank.

Israel Strikes Syrian Airports, Hamas Calls For Armed West Bank Confrontations (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 12, 2023
Israeli forces are still battling Hamas inside Israel.

Clashes With Hamas Are Still Occurring Inside Israel

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 11, 2023
The Pentagon has confirmed it is sending "new" air defense systems that fire AIM-9M Sidewinder missiles to Ukraine.

Mysterious Sidewinder Air Defense Systems Headed For Ukraine (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 11, 2023
Israeli citizens across northern Israel have been told to seek shelter after an airspace intrusion

False Alarm Over Aerial Infiltration In Northern Israel Amid Hezbollah Fears

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 11, 2023
Gun maker Sig Sauer is experimenting with pistol-armed quadcopter drones.

P365 Pistol-Armed Aerial Drone Put On Display By Sig Sauer

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 11, 2023
Countermeasures released by an F-22 Raptor

This May Be The Best F-22 Raptor Demo Shot Ever

By Tyler Rogoway, Oliver Parken
Posted on Oct 10, 2023
MQ-20 Drone recovery

MQ-20 Avenger Tests Recovery Line For Grabbing Smaller Drones Mid-Flight

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 10, 2023
Rimal, a fashionable neighborhood in Gaza City, was flattened by Israeli bombardment.

Gaza Neighborhood Turned To Rubble, Rockets Rain On Tel Aviv (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 10, 2023
American Rheinmetall is showing off a version of the Ripsaw mini-tank with its Skyranger 30 air defense turret.

Ripsaw Mini Tank Emerges In New Air Defense Configuration

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 10, 2023
T90M Ukraine

Russia’s Most Advanced Frontline Tank Absolutely Detonates When Hit By Missile

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
Israel and Gaza continue to strike each other as the rhetoric heats up.

Israel Vows Gaza Siege, Hamas To Air Live Hostage Executions (Updated)

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
SHAHED-136

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv Braced For Unprecedented Winter Drone War

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
INDIAN AIR FORCE MiG-21

It’s The Beginning Of The End For India’s MiG-21 Bison

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
Israel struck inside Lebanon with artillery and helicopters after an incursion by terrorists.

Israel Strikes Inside Lebanon After Ground Incursion (Updated)

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
Boeing, together with Norway's Nammo, is developing a long-range ramjet-powered 155mm shell for the US Army.

This Is A Ramjet Artillery Shell Right As It’s Fired Out Of A Howitzer

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Oct 9, 2023
Israel airstrike hamas gaza

Israel Declares State Of War, U.S. Navy Carrier Group Redirected

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 8, 2023
Hamas Israel Flood

Hamas Launches Unprecedented Surprise Attack On Israel

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 7, 2023
This photograph depicts a fallout shelter being furnished with Civil Defense survival rations at Villa Augustina Academy in Goffstown, New Hampshire. Mother Wilfred and Mother Superior Liguori of the Religious of Jesus and Mary, the religious order that founded and operated the school, appear in the photograph, holding a fallout shelter sign.

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Oct 7, 2023
There are more claims that Ukrainian special operators are attacking Wagner forces in Sudan.

Ukraine Situation Report: Are Kyiv’s Special Operators Fighting Wagner In Africa?

By Howard Altman
Posted on Oct 7, 2023
“Multiple” New Versions Of The XQ-58 Valkyrie In The Works

“Multiple” New Versions Of The XQ-58 Valkyrie In The Works

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Oct 6, 2023