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By Thomas Newdick Nov 24, 2021

Russian T-80 Tank With Improvised Anti-Drone Armor Reportedly Appears In Crimea

Russian armored units are apparently busy developing new countermeasures to drones and possibly top-attack missiles.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 23, 2021

Italian Air Force Boss Envisions Merger Of Europe’s Next-Generation Combat Aircraft Programs 

Bringing together Tempest and the Future Combat Air System would surely be logical, but actually doing so is more easily said than done.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 23, 2021

Future Marine One Helicopter Is Struggling To Meet Requirements For Emergency Missions: Report

The already delayed VH-92A is not considered capable of transporting the president during critical contingency operations.
By Joseph Trevithick , Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway Nov 22, 2021

China’s Hypersonic Mystery Weapon Released Its Own Payload And Nobody Knows Why (Updated)

The mystery surrounding China's hypersonic vehicle test last summer has deepened after the craft reportedly launched its own projectile.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 22, 2021

Testing Of The Secretive New AIM-260 Long-Range Air-To-Air Missile Is Well Underway

Publicly released documents reveal that QF-16 jets have been regularly supporting the AIM-260 missile program.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 18, 2021

Britain Wants America’s Help In The Race To Retrieve Its Crashed F-35 Off The Seafloor

Time is of the essence as the United Kingdom seeks to prevent any parts of the stealth fighter from falling into the wrong hands.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 18, 2021

Taiwan Has Declared Its Upgraded F-16V Fighter Jets Fully Operational

As tensions with China rumble on, the Taiwanese president formally inducted the first wing of modernized F-16V aircraft.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 17, 2021

Unwanted British Sentinel Radar Planes To Be Picked Up By US Army: Report

The Sentinel Airborne Stand-Off Radar aircraft, controversially retired earlier this year, may now be headed to the United States.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 17, 2021

F-35 From The Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth Has Crashed Into The Sea (Updated)

The incident in the Mediterranean is the first F-35 loss of any kind during carrier operations.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 16, 2021

Giant Turboprop Attack Plane Reminiscent Of The A-1 Skyraider Unveiled At Dubai Airshow

At first glance, the Calidus B-350 looks the same as other single-turbine light attack planes, but it’s scaled-up to monster proportions.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 15, 2021

Israel Aerospace Industries Says This Is The Next Leap In Exportable Electronic Warfare Systems

IAI’s latest Scorpius systems leverage the advantages of active electronically scanned arrays to knock out threats over land and sea.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 15, 2021

Russia Claims Flying Prototypes Of Its New Checkmate Fighter Are Now Under Construction

Russia’s military and the United Arab Emirates have apparently both expressed interest in the single-engine fighter.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 11, 2021

Norwegian Undersea Surveillance Network Had Its Cables Mysteriously Cut

The seafloor ocean observatory off the coast of northern Norway can detect submarine traffic, which could make it a prime target for the Russians.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 9, 2021

Metallurgist Admits To Falsifying Navy Submarine Steel Strength Test Results For 36 Years

The Navy had to pay additional maintenance costs to address the potential issues on an undisclosed number of submarines.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 8, 2021

The Soviet Meteorit Mach-3 Cruise Missile Was A Colossal Cold War Oddity

The missile was designed to fly thousands of miles at over Mach 3 and 80,000 feet before diving onto its target and detonating its nuclear payload.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 8, 2021

China’s Giant Moving Warship Target In The Desert Shows How Seriously It’s Taking The Naval Arms Race

China is expending considerable effort and resources to drastically increase the fidelity of its desert-based anti-ship weapons targets.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 5, 2021

Saudis Cleared To Buy Hundreds More AMRAAM Missiles They've Been Using To Shoot Down Drones

Royal Saudi Air Force fighter jets have been using AIM-120 missiles to shoot down Houthi drones regularly for years now.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 4, 2021

Germany Still Can’t Give Up Its Marder Infantry Fighting Vehicles After Half A Century

The latest upgrade for the Marder armored vehicle might be the last, but it’s still going strong in Germany and elsewhere.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 4, 2021

Israel Begins Testing Giant Radar Blimp For Spotting Low-Flying Missiles

As cruise missile and drone threats proliferate in the region, Israel is trying to succeed where the U.S. failed with its own radar blimp concept.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 3, 2021

Rare Pod Simulated AIM-120 Missile Engagements During Massive War Game

The pod was used to collect data on multiple AIM-120 engagements during an exercise that spanned from California to Florida.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 2, 2021

Hundreds Of South Korean And U.S. Warplanes Are Conducting A Secretive Exercise In Korea

The unpublicized maneuvers are being staged in the wake of a spate of potentially destabilizing missile developments on the peninsula.
By Thomas Newdick Nov 1, 2021

What Looks Like The Tail Of A Global Hawk Clone Just Appeared On A Truck In Iran

While Iran has a history of knocking off American drone designs, even realizing a crude emulation of an RQ-4 would be a significant task.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 29, 2021

Disembodied Voices Were Blasted Into The Jungle By The U.S. In Vietnam To Spook The Enemy

During the Vietnam War, Operation Wandering Soul used ghost stories and creepy sounds to encourage the enemy to surrender.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 28, 2021

Russian Su-35 Fighters Appear For The First Time At Northeastern Syria Airbase: Reports

Reports suggest four of the Flanker fighters have arrived at the airbase that sits on the Turkish border, close to U.S. forces.
By Thomas Newdick and ‘Danno’ Oct 28, 2021

An OV-10 Bronco Pilot's Adventure Teaching Thai Flyers Forward Air Control

A mission to train Thai aircrew gave one U.S. Air Force OV-10 pilot unique insight into a shadowy local counter-narcotics mission.