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MIG-29 HUD DRONE KILL

Ukrainian MiG-29 Blasts Russian Drone In New Cockpit Video

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 29, 2023
Replicator attritable drones

Replicator Is DoD’s Big Play To Build Thousands Of Autonomous Weapons In Just Two Years

By Thomas Newdick, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 28, 2023
Ukraine says the southern front is the main axis for the counteroffensive

Ukraine Situation Report: Counteroffensive Pushing South From Robotyne

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 28, 2023
Type 054B

This Is China’s New Type 054B Frigate, Could Become Backbone Of Navy

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 28, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea

Ukraine Situation Report: Claims Swirl Around What Destroyed S-400 In Crimea

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Aug 26, 2023
Andrii Pilshchykov Juice RIP

Ukraine’s Outspoken MiG-29 Pilot “Juice” Killed During Mission

By Stetson Payne, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 26, 2023
World War II London air raid shelter

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 26, 2023
Ukrainian forces appear to be moving closer toward Tokmak in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

Ukraine Situation Report: Major Push Toward Tokmak Gaining Steam

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 25, 2023
The Marine Corps plans to buy three batteries worth of Iron Dome systems and 1,840 Tamir interceptors to go with them.

USMC Buying Nearly 2,000 Tamir Interceptors For Its Iron Dome Systems

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 25, 2023
MARINE F/A-18 HORNET

F/A-18 Hornet Pilot Pronounced Dead In Crash At MCAS Miramar

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 25, 2023
A U.S. Air Force F-16 shot down a Turkish drone over Syria, a U.S. official tells The War Zone.

Ukrainians To Train On F-16s In The United States

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 25, 2023
Ukrainian forces are disassembling controversial cluster munition artillery shells to repurpose their submunitions as weapons for drones.

Ukrainians Are Cutting Open U.S. Cluster Shells To Make Drone Munitions

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 24, 2023
Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dmitry Utkin

Putin Confirms Prigozhin’s Death, Circumstances Remain Murky

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 24, 2023
JDAM-ER Su-27

Ukraine’s Su-27s Are Launching JDAM-ER Winged Bombs Too

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 24, 2023
Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate says it raided Crimea Thursday.

Ukraine Special Operations Forces Raid Crimea

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 24, 2023
Mi-8AMTSh

Defecting Russian Mi-8 Helicopter Was Lured To Ukraine: Reports

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
IRST Taiwan F-16 Viper

Taiwan’s F-16s Cleared To Receive IRST Targeting Systems

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) said it destroyed a Russian S-400 air defense system in Crimea.

Ukraine’s Spy Agency Claims Strike On Key S-400 SAM System In Crimea

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
A plane with Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin listed among its passengers has crashed in Russia.

Bizjet With Prigozhin On Manifest Crashes In Russia (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
Personnel from the U.S. Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment, also known as the Night Stalkers, recently took part in an exercise focused in part on the defense of strategic Shemya Island.

Night Stalker Helicopters Train To Defend Strategic Alaskan Island

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 23, 2023
Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv’s Forces Enter Robotyne

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
Royal Navy 'Franken-ship' HMS Zubian

Royal Navy Once Created A ‘Franken-Ship’ From Two Destroyers

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer

Indonesia Emerges As First F-15EX Export Customer

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
Satellite images show a Russian Tu-23M Backfire bomber was destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack deep inside Russia

Destroyed Tu-22M Seen At Now Empty Russian Airbase

By Howard Altman, Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
The Air Force has conducted another live-fire test of the AGM-183 hypersonic missile, but has offered few details about it.

Air Force Tight-Lipped On Canceled Hypersonic Missile’s Latest Test

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
Iranian forces threatened to open fire on US military helicopters covering American warships during a recent transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

Navy Shoots Down Iran’s Claims It Forced U.S. Helicopters To Land

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 22, 2023
Tu-22 Russia airbase drone strike Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Spy Agency Takes Credit For Strikes On Russian Airbases

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 21, 2023
Commercial space tracking data shows Chinese satellites have been surveilling major exercises in and around Australia, but this should come as no surprise.

China’s Constant Spying On Australian Drills From Space A Sign Of Shifting Orbital Balance

By Joseph Trevithick
Updated on Aug 21, 2023
North Korea corvette nuclear armed

“Strategic” Cruise Missile Tested From North Korea’s New Corvette

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 21, 2023
The Netherlands and Denmark have agreed to provide F-16s to Ukraine.

Dozens Of F-16s Were Just Officially Pledged To Ukraine

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 20, 2023
Tu-22 Russia drone strike

Tu-22 Backfire Destroyed In Drone Strike Deep Inside Russia

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 20, 2023
B-2 Spirit bomber pictured over the JPARC

B-2 Flies Mock Strike Mission From Iceland To Alaska

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Aug 19, 2023
Mission Operations Control Room (MOCR) activities during Apollo 11's re-entry on July 24, 1969. NASA

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 19, 2023
Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action

Rare Look At Taiwan’s Chien Hsiang Kamikaze Drone In Action

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
Air War Ukraine

Top Ukraine War Lessons From USAF’s Commander In Europe

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
CSAR USAF Serbia

U.S. Combat Rescue Helicopters Train With Old Foe Serbia For First Time

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
F-16 Pilot Training Ukraine

Ukrainian F-16 Combat Proficiency At Scale Not Likely Before 2027, Air Force General Says

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow, Black Sea Fleet

Ukrainian Drones Target Moscow, Black Sea Fleet

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
The US government has reportedly assured its Danish and Dutch counterparts that it will expedite approval of transfers of F-16s to Ukraine.

U.S. Now Promising To Fast-Track F-16 Fighters For Ukraine: Report

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 18, 2023
Russia is building a factory to construct domestically produced Shahed-136 drones

Ukraine Situation Report: New Details On Russia’s Plans To Build Iranian Drones

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 17, 2023
Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD

Drone That Mimics Enemy Stealth Fighters Ordered By DoD

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 17, 2023
Maj. Sandy Marquardt, Capt. Joe Hodges sit in the escape module of their F-111A

F-111 Aardvark’s Crew Escape Module Ejected The Whole Cockpit

By Oliver Parken
Posted on Aug 17, 2023
ARROW WEAPON SYSTEM SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGES BALLISTIC MISSILE TARGET

Germany Buying Arrow 3 Missile Defense System Is Israel’s Biggest Weapons Deal Ever

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 17, 2023
Ukraine says it has liberated Urozhaine

Ukraine Situation Report: Town Of Urozhaine In Donetsk Liberated

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 16, 2023
The US Air Force has selected JetZero to design and build a demonstrator aircraft with a blended wing body, or BWB, configuration that could serve as the basis for future aerial refueling tankers and cargo planes.

Blended Wing Body Demonstrator Jet Contract Awarded By Air Force (Updated)

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 16, 2023
Ukraine Drone Boat Bridge Attack

New Drone Boat Named Sea Baby Used In Kerch Bridge Attack

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 16, 2023
A Taiwanese newspaper has published imagery that is says shows an HF-2E land-attack cruise missile for the first time publicly.

Secretive Taiwanese Cruise Missile Able To Strike Deep In China May Have Broken Cover

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 16, 2023
A NATO official has suggested Ukraine swap territory for membership.

Ukraine Situation Report: NATO Official Suggests Surrendering Land To Russia For Membership

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 16, 2023
US Marine Corps and US Air Force F-35s have been practicing tactics, techniques, and procedures they would use while working together with non-stealth fighters, like F-16s, in a future high-end fight during an exercise in Wisconsin.

F-35s Keep F-16s In The Fight During Northern Lightning

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 15, 2023
Triton Island South China Sea

China Is Building A Runway On Its Closest Island Outpost To Vietnam

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 15, 2023
The first video of a Stryker in combat has appeared on social media.

Ukrainian Stryker Seen In Frontline Video For The First Time

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 15, 2023
GERMANY A340 RETIRED

Germany Cans Its A340 ‘Air Force One’ Jets After Two Failures In 24 Hours

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 15, 2023
Ukraine's fight may drag on until next year, some officials say.

Ukraine Situation Report: Spring Counteroffensive May Be Needed

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 14, 2023
TANK AT ARMY-2023

‘Cope Cages’ Go Mainstream At Russia’s Arms Bazaar

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 14, 2023
Video shows a Russian UR-77 mine clearing vehicle exploding in a ball of fire after being attacked by a Ukrainian drone.

Russian Mine Clearing Vehicle Detonates In Massive Fireball From Drone Bomblet

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 14, 2023
MIG-23 Crash Michigan

MiG-23 Flogger Crashes In Michigan (Updated)

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Aug 13, 2023
Ukraine Helix helicopter ship boarding black sea ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: Russians Board Ukraine-Bound Ship

By Stetson Payne
Posted on Aug 13, 2023
Ukraine won't likely have sufficient numbers of combat-capable pilots for years, a top U.S. Air Force general says.

Ukraine Situation Report: F-16 Pilot Training May Be Delayed Until January

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 12, 2023
American soldiers inspect one of the machine shops at an underground robot bomb factory at Thil, north of Metz, France on Sept. 28, 1944, which yanks captured on September 11. From 100 to 150 bombs were said to be produced per day in this factory, which was located in an iron ore mine. (AP Photo)

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

By Tyler Rogoway
Posted on Aug 12, 2023
A newly released report on the crash of a British F-35B into the Mediterranean Sea in 2021 includes a picture of the jet on the seafloor.

F-35 Crash Report Includes Sonar Image Of It On Seafloor

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 11, 2023
New details about the US military's plans to expand air and missile defenses on Guam show the island is set to see major changes on the ground and in the air.

Guam’s Airspace Set To Be Most Defended On Earth In New Plans

By Joseph Trevithick
Posted on Aug 11, 2023
A picture has emerged showing the hole torn in the side of the Russian landing ship Olenegorsky Gornyak by an Ukrainian drone last week.

Image Of Russian Warship’s Hull Torn Open By Ukrainian Drone Boat Emerges

By Thomas Newdick
Posted on Aug 11, 2023
The U.S. is ramping up production of 155mm artillery shells.

Ukraine Situation Report: U.S. Boosting Artillery Shell Production To Over 80k A Month

By Howard Altman
Posted on Aug 11, 2023
We now have our first look at the hole a Ukrainian drone boat attack left in the side of a Russian tankers ship.

Our First Look At Hole Blasted Into Russian Tanker By Ukrainian Drone Boat

By Thomas Newdick
Updated on Aug 10, 2023