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America’s Electronic Attackers May Have a Secret Mission America’s Electronic Attackers May Have a Secret Mission

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

News & Features

Humanitarian Cargo Contractor Secretly Supported U.S. Spec Ops in Yemen Humanitarian Cargo Contractor Secretly Supported U.S. Spec Ops in Yemen

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

Here’s How Hypersonic Weapons Could Completely Change the Face of Warfare Here’s How Hypersonic Weapons Could Completely Change the Face of Warfare

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

News & Features

Russia Says It’s Going To Build This New Amphibious Assault Ship Russia Says It’s Going To Build This New Amphibious Assault Ship

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

The Future of Naval Warfare Will Have a Lot More Spy Submarines The Future of Naval Warfare Will Have a Lot More Spy Submarines

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Land

It Looks Like The Army’s Most Secretive Aviation Unit Needs A New Home It Looks Like The Army’s Most Secretive Aviation Unit Needs A New Home

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Putin Says “Patriotic” Russians Could Have Been Behind Cyberattacks Putin Says “Patriotic” Russians Could Have Been Behind Cyberattacks

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

The US Navy’s Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work The US Navy’s Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

Air Force Now Wants to Get Sidelined C-5 Galaxy Transports Back In the Air Air Force Now Wants to Get Sidelined C-5 Galaxy Transports Back In the Air

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

USAF Fought ISIS With the Wrong Bombs and Tactics For Months USAF Fought ISIS With the Wrong Bombs and Tactics For Months

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Oct 11, 2019

News & Features

South China Sea Underwater “Environmental” Sensor Net Could Track U.S. Subs South China Sea Underwater “Environmental” Sensor Net Could Track U.S. Subs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

U.S. Navy Wants Long-Range Guided Artillery Shell For Hitting Moving Targets U.S. Navy Wants Long-Range Guided Artillery Shell For Hitting Moving Targets

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Russia’s Plans for New Nuclear Carriers And Destroyers Delayed Indefinitely Russia’s Plans for New Nuclear Carriers And Destroyers Delayed Indefinitely

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

Protests Mount Against USAF Plan to Replace Aging Jamming Planes Protests Mount Against USAF Plan to Replace Aging Jamming Planes

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Space

DARPA Chooses X-37 Builder Boeing to Craft a Revolutionary Space Plane DARPA Chooses X-37 Builder Boeing to Craft a Revolutionary Space Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other Israel Is Getting A Single F-35 Test Jet Unlike Any Other

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 5, 2020

Land

The U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in Turkey The U.S. Army Wants to Expand a Secretive Missile Defense Site in Turkey

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Trump Lets Slip That American Subs May Be Ready to Attack North Korea Trump Lets Slip That American Subs May Be Ready to Attack North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Trump’s Budget Would Keep the A-10 Warthog Flying, at Least For Now Trump’s Budget Would Keep the A-10 Warthog Flying, at Least For Now

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Regular U.S. Troops Are Getting Close Enough to ISIS to Fire Mortars Regular U.S. Troops Are Getting Close Enough to ISIS to Fire Mortars

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Venezuela’s Shoulder-Fired Missiles At Risk Of Ending Up On The Black Market Venezuela’s Shoulder-Fired Missiles At Risk Of Ending Up On The Black Market

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane U-2 Flies in Alaska Exercise for First Time, But Not as a Spy Plane

By Joseph Trevithick

Posted on May 22, 2017

News & Features

Saudi Arabia’s Naval Capabilities Will Balloon Thanks To Huge U.S. Arms Deal Saudi Arabia’s Naval Capabilities Will Balloon Thanks To Huge U.S. Arms Deal

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Russia’s “Counter-Sabotage Vehicle” Guards the Country’s Mobile ICBMs Russia’s “Counter-Sabotage Vehicle” Guards the Country’s Mobile ICBMs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed The US Plan to Give Afghanistan a Fleet of Black Hawks Is Deeply Flawed

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Germany Might Join the F-35 Program Germany Might Join the F-35 Program

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Yes, Britain Really Did Just Issue a Terror Warning for Antarctica Yes, Britain Really Did Just Issue a Terror Warning for Antarctica

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

The U.S. Air Force Only Has One Upgraded Ejection Seat for its F-35A Fleet The U.S. Air Force Only Has One Upgraded Ejection Seat for its F-35A Fleet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

Three Planes Will Square Off in the USAF’s Light Attack Experiment Three Planes Will Square Off in the USAF’s Light Attack Experiment

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

U.S. Special Operators and Marines Want A New Long-Range Machine Gun U.S. Special Operators and Marines Want A New Long-Range Machine Gun

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired The U.S. Air Force’s Last Tail Gunner Has Retired

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Air

A Simple Screw Up Caused $4 Million in Damage to Air Force One A Simple Screw Up Caused $4 Million in Damage to Air Force One

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

As Tensions Simmer, CIA Says It Will Spy Even Harder on Pyongyang As Tensions Simmer, CIA Says It Will Spy Even Harder on Pyongyang

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

US Gives Syrian Kurds Combat Vehicles, Mortars, Anti-Tank Weapons, and More US Gives Syrian Kurds Combat Vehicles, Mortars, Anti-Tank Weapons, and More

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

The Army Is Once Again Looking to Replace the 5.56mm Cartridge The Army Is Once Again Looking to Replace the 5.56mm Cartridge

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces This Shadowy Afghan Unit Fights Alongside America’s Most Elite Forces

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

News & Features

Russia’s “Safe Zones” In Syria Only Make Things More Complicated Russia’s “Safe Zones” In Syria Only Make Things More Complicated

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

USAF Reaper Drones Can Finally Drop GPS Guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions USAF Reaper Drones Can Finally Drop GPS Guided Joint Direct Attack Munitions

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

U.S. Navy SEAL Dies in Somalia Raid as Pentagon Steps Up Operations U.S. Navy SEAL Dies in Somalia Raid as Pentagon Steps Up Operations

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

F-22 Raptors Have Intercepted Russian Su-35s Near Alaska For the First Time F-22 Raptors Have Intercepted Russian Su-35s Near Alaska For the First Time

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

The USAF Finally Gives Its AC-130W Gunship The Big Gun It Desperately Needs The USAF Finally Gives Its AC-130W Gunship The Big Gun It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet Ryan Aeronautical Had Big Plans for the Vertifan Jump Jet

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

News & Features

The US Military is Formally Ending its Hunt For Joseph Kony and the LRA The US Military is Formally Ending its Hunt For Joseph Kony and the LRA

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS How a Secretive Special Operations Task Force Is Taking the Fight to ISIS

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

News & Features

More U.S. Strykers Appear in Syria as Tensions With Turkey Flare More U.S. Strykers Appear in Syria as Tensions With Turkey Flare

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter France Turned the B-26 Invader Into a Colonial Night Fighter

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

News & Features

Freighter Full of Sheep Accidentally Sinks Russian Spy Ship Freighter Full of Sheep Accidentally Sinks Russian Spy Ship

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

The USMC Is Interested In This Crazy Speedboat That Transforms Into A Submarine The USMC Is Interested In This Crazy Speedboat That Transforms Into A Submarine

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

The USAF’s F-35s in Estonia Are a Message to Russia and Critics The USAF’s F-35s in Estonia Are a Message to Russia and Critics

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror These Unassuming Planes Have Been Key Players in America’s War on Terror

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

Land

The U.S. Army Wants to Call in Cyber Attacks Like Artillery Fire The U.S. Army Wants to Call in Cyber Attacks Like Artillery Fire

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

The U.S. Army’s Laser-Armed Stryker Has Blasted Dozens of Drones The U.S. Army’s Laser-Armed Stryker Has Blasted Dozens of Drones

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Sea

This Throw-Away Drone Could Rush Supplies to Marines in Need This Throw-Away Drone Could Rush Supplies to Marines in Need

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

USAF To Keep Upgraded F-16s Till 2048 As Fate Of F-15C In Doubt USAF To Keep Upgraded F-16s Till 2048 As Fate Of F-15C In Doubt

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

Russia’s Arctic Troops Are Getting These Specialized Mobile Air Defenses Russia’s Arctic Troops Are Getting These Specialized Mobile Air Defenses

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

Sikorsky and Boeing Give us a Glimpse of Their New Attack Helicopter Concept Sikorsky and Boeing Give us a Glimpse of Their New Attack Helicopter Concept

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

Meet RAMBO, the U.S. Army’s 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher Meet RAMBO, the U.S. Army’s 3D-Printed Grenade Launcher

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

U.S. Air Force Is Planning Something Big in the Nevada Desert U.S. Air Force Is Planning Something Big in the Nevada Desert

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 1, 2019

Nuclear

Here’s America’s Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea Here’s America’s Plan for Nuking its Enemies, Including North Korea

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jul 3, 2020

News & Features

U.S. And NATO Special Ops Just Fought a Fake Guerrilla War in West Virginia U.S. And NATO Special Ops Just Fought a Fake Guerrilla War in West Virginia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Air

Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs Miniature Smart Bombs Could Help Give the F-35 Firepower It Desperately Needs

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

America Is Still Training Ukrainian Troops to Fly a Drone They Hate America Is Still Training Ukrainian Troops to Fly a Drone They Hate

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

Land

The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age The U.S. Army’s UH-60V Brings Older Black Hawks Into the Digital Age

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

News & Features

America Is Expanding Its Secretive War in Somalia America Is Expanding Its Secretive War in Somalia

By Joseph Trevithick

Updated on Jun 29, 2019

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