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By Tyler Rogoway Apr 17, 2021

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Cover This Week

Schmooze and mingle.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 16, 2021

Project FoX Brings Tablet-Based Apps To F-35 Stealth Fighter Cockpits

The new initiative envisages an air combat 'app store' that has software for all types of uses that can run on a tablet in the cockpit.
By Brett Tingley Apr 16, 2021

New Army Training Doc Outlines Ways To Give Soldiers Superhuman-Like Sensory Perception

The Advanced Situational Awareness concept aims to give soldiers an unconscious "human edge" through various techniques.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 16, 2021

A B-1B Bomber Suffered Significant Engine Damage While Deployed To Norway

The incident remains under investigation, but has already led to a squadron commander getting removed from their post.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 16, 2021

Fire Ravaged USS Bonhomme Richard Starts Its Death March To The Scrapper

Gutted by a fire last summer, the amphibious assault ship has been decommissioned and is making the long trip to the scrapyard.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 15, 2021

Adversary Drones Are Spying On The U.S. And The Pentagon Acts Like They're UFOs

The U.S. military seems aloof to the fact that it's being toyed with by a terrestrial adversary and key capabilities may be compromised as a result.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 15, 2021

Watch Two French Submarine Halves Get Grafted Together In A Remarkable Repair Job

After being seriously damaged in a blaze last year, a French nuclear-powered attack submarine is being reborn.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 15, 2021

The Sad Story Of How This Soviet Aircraft Carrier Ended Up Rotting In A Landlocked Chinese Lagoon

The Kiev class carrier Minsk was saved from the scrapyard after the fall of the Soviet Union, but is now wasting away 50 miles northwest of Shanghai.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 15, 2021

Turkish F-16 Knocks Down Target Drone With New Indigenous Air-To-Air Missile

The test of Turkey’s first domestically designed air-to-air missile reflects the country’s increasing ability to produce more advanced weaponry.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 14, 2021

Navy SM-6 Missile Will Attempt To Swat Down A Mock Hypersonic Weapon

The new version of the SM-6 missile that is currently under development will itself be able to reach hypersonic speeds.
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway Apr 14, 2021

F-15 Eagle Scores “Longest Known” Air-To-Air Missile Shot During U.S. Air Force Test

The AIM-120 AMRAAM blasted a BQM-167 drone out of the sky at an unprecedented distance.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 14, 2021

Targeting Pods Are Being Tested On Air National Guard C-130 Hercules Transports (Updated)

Adding the proven Litening advanced targeting pod to the C-130H could help give the aging airlifters a new lease of life.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 13, 2021

Ex-Disney Employees Helped The Thunderbirds Create Their New Shortened Air Show Routine

For the first time in four decades, the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds demo team has completely rewritten its display program.
By Thomas Newdick and Joseph Trevithick Apr 13, 2021

Belgian Frigate's Movements Lend Credence To Reports Of Another Attack On An Israeli Ship

The reported attack on an Israeli commercial vessel in the Gulf of Oman follows attacks on an Iranian nuclear site and covert mothership.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 13, 2021

Biden Throws Down The Gauntlet On Pulling Troops Out Of Afghanistan Ahead Of 9/11 Anniversary

The White House says the bulk of American troops in Afghanistan will leave in the coming months regardless of conditions on the ground.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 13, 2021

Navy P-8A Maritime Patrol Planes To Get Pods Loaded With Radar Jamming 'Little Buddies'

The podded towed decoy system will help improve the survivability of the Navy's P-8As during higher-end conflicts.
By Thomas Newdick and Tyler Rogoway Apr 12, 2021

Navy's 'Cheap' Littoral Combat Ships Cost Nearly As Much To Run As Guided Missile Destroyers

The Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships continue to make waves, now due to their comparatively astronomical operating costs.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 12, 2021

Today's F-35As Not Worth Including In High-End War Games According To Air Force General

Comments from one of the Air Force's top officers adds fuel to a newly-swirling and already fiery debate about the future F-35 program, as a whole.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 12, 2021

KC-135 Tanker Tested With Loyal Wingman Drone

The 60-year-old Stratotanker will take on networking roles and get new survivability-enhancing pods that will keep it relevant for decades to come.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 12, 2021

Articulated Gun Pods Allowed Soviet Aircraft To Fire Backwards, Downwards, And Even Sideways

The Cold War-era gun pods were a bizarre solution for strafing ground targets, but some linger on today.
By Adam Kehoe Apr 10, 2021

U.S. And Chinese Carrier Groups Mass In The South China Sea

The northern reaches of the South China Sea have become very busy as of late with two U.S. carrier groups and one Chinese carrier group in the region.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 10, 2021

Bunker Talk: Let's Chat About All The Stories We Did And Didn't Cover This Week

Mingle and schmooze.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 9, 2021

Turkey Confirms U.S. Destroyers Are Headed For The Black Sea Amid Russia-Ukraine Crisis

Two U.S. Navy destroyers will enter the Black Sea as a Russian military buildup around eastern Ukraine continues to grow.
By Thomas Newdick Apr 9, 2021

Turkish Cops Now Have Their Own Attack Helicopters

The heavily armed and well-protected T129B ATAK might be the most potent police chopper since Blue Thunder.
By Brett Tingley Apr 9, 2021

Navy Labs To Reopen The Once Taboo Case On Nuclear Cold Fusion

Federal labs are reexamining the DOD’s research into cold fusion and low-energy nuclear reactions, potentially leading to revolutionary technologies.
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