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By Joseph Trevithick Feb 18, 2019

Is A Batch Of Russia's Most Advanced Surface To Air Missiles Sitting On The Sea Floor?

A Russian official confirmed an entire shipment of top-of-the-line interceptors for the S-400 surface-to-air missile system never made it to China.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 15, 2019

That USAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Caribbean Spy Flight Was Far More Common Than Most Think

The sortie might have been related to the crisis in Venezuela, but the big intelligence gathering platforms fly many other missions in the region.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 15, 2019

Boeing Is Building Big Orca Drone Subs For The Navy To Hunt And Lay Mines And More

The new drone submarines will help lay the groundwork for the service's ambitious future unmanned undersea vehicle plans.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 15, 2019

You Can Buy This Rare British Army Mine Resistant Armored Truck For The Zombie Apocalypse

The full fleet of just eight of these 4x4 armored vehicles saw service in Iraq, the Balkans, and Afghanistan.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 14, 2019

Navy's Newest Carrier Needs Critical Updates To Launch And Recover Aircraft With Certain Loadouts

The service still needs to conduct additional testing so that the ship can operate F/A-18E/Fs and EA-18Gs in any configuration.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 13, 2019

India Reportedly Looks To Buy Unfinished Soviet-Era MiG-29s To Stave Off Fighter Shortage

The potential deal with Russia would see these aircraft completed after three decades in storage and brought up to the last standard.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 13, 2019

The Soviet's 'Golden Fish' Missile Submarine Still Holds The Record As The World's Fastest

The only Project 661 boat ever made was extremely fast underwater, but was also costly and complex to build and operate.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2019

The U.S. Army's New Up-Gunned Stryker Armored Vehicles Have Been Hacked

A Pentagon report says 'adversaries' launched successful cyber attacks against systems on the new 30mm cannon-armed vehicles.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2019

Royal Navy Wants Amphibious Ships That Looks Just Like Secretive U.S. Spec Ops Mothership

The United Kingdom says new forward-deployed task forces will use to ships to 'make Global Britain a reality.'

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 8, 2019

Army's Elite Night Stalkers Quietly Stood Up A New Unit Ahead Of Getting New Drones

Better known for its helicopters, the Army's top special operations aviation unit's unmanned aircraft are also in high demand.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 8, 2019

Navy To Field Cruise Missile Variant Of Its Smart JSOW Glide Bomb That Will Fit Inside F-35C

The new weapon will give the service's fighter jets important extra stand-off firepower in the face of increasing threats.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 7, 2019

The Navy Has Dozens More MH-60R Helicopters Than It Needs Due To LCS Debacle

The service blew over a billion dollars on choppers it might never have a use for and is spending even more to keep them sitting in storage.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 7, 2019

This U.S. Navy 'Yellow Submarine' Was A Target Shaped Like A North Korean Sub

The Navy now has a much-improved, remote-controlled submarine target for testing anti-submarine warfare capabilities.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 6, 2019

The Pocket-Sized Black Hornet Drone Is About To Change Army Operations Forever

Even the service's smallest units will soon have the ability to scout ahead and see into hard to reach spaces from behind cover.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 6, 2019

USAF Mini-Documentary Takes You Behind The Scenes Of Its Top Secret Cold War MiG Squadron

For more than a decade, the unit flew enemy aircraft against America's best fighters from a secretive and desolate base near Tonopah, Nevada.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 5, 2019

Amazing Video Of Blacked Out Night Stalker Helicopters Buzzing Low Over Downtown LA Street

In the face of rain and wind, the helicopters got down to very low altitude, surprising many people on the street.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 5, 2019

The Navy Is Ripping Out Underperforming Anti-Torpedo Torpedoes From Its Supercarriers

After more than five years of testing, the system still hasn't proven it can reliably spot incoming threats or destroy them.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 4, 2019

Russia Plans To Launch Tiny Space Plane Off Back Of High Flying M-55 Research Jet

The new development comes amid a general surge of interest in air-launched space access concepts, especially in the United States.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 4, 2019

Navy's Sea Hunter Drone Ship Has Sailed Autonomously To Hawaii And Back Amid Talk Of New Roles

The service is now looking at using the unmanned ships as electronic warfare platforms to blind and distract opponents.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 1, 2019

It Has Been One Hell Of An Important Two Weeks For U.S. Military Aviatrixes

The USAF named a woman to be a solo demonstration pilot for the first time ever the week after a trailblazing female naval aviator passed away.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 1, 2019

USAF's New Excuses For Delaying Light Attack Aircraft Program Sound Like A Death Sentence

The service now wants to expand its light attack effort to include platforms it has now, shifting the focus away from the one it desperately needs.

By Joseph Trevithick Feb 1, 2019

Iran's Newest 'Homemade' Drone Is An Unmanned Conversion Of A 1940s American Jet Trainer

The converted T-33 is the latest example of Iran's routinely dubious boasts about its military capabilities.

By Joseph Trevithick Jan 31, 2019

USMC's Older F-35Bs May Only Be Able To Fly Around A Quarter Of Their Expected Service Life (Updated)

Structural defects continue to plague the F-35B, which could lead to billions of dollars worth of unflyable, but otherwise young aircraft.

By Joseph Trevithick Jan 30, 2019

Navy's New Carrier Still Can't Reliably Get Planes In The Air Or Safely Back On The Deck

The Navy's newest and most advanced carrier can't make it through a day of operations, on average, without a launch and recovery system failure.

By Joseph Trevithick Jan 30, 2019

CIA And Skunk Works Secretly Planned To Turn The A-12 Spy Plane Into A Space Launch Mothership

The proposal sheds more light on decades of secretive U.S. work to realize air-launched space access capabilities.