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Jun 12, 2023

Armor Expert Breaks Down Ukraine’s Loss Of Bradleys During Breaching Operation

The crews of the first Bradleys known to be lost in Ukraine appear to have mostly operated according to doctrine, an expert tells us.

The Ukrainian Bradley crews and commanders mostly operated according to the doctrine they were taught.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 12, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 12, 2023

Ukraine Accuses Russia Of Blowing Up Another Dam

A dam along the Mokri Yaly River in eastern Ukraine is the latest such barrier to have been breached by Russian forces, Kyiv claims.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 12, 2023

BYJamie Hunter

Jun 12, 2023

Inside The Air Force’s Biggest Live Air-To-Air Missile Shoot

Why the Air Force puts its fighter squadrons through the exhaustive Weapons System Evaluation Program prior to deploying into harm’s way.

BYJamie Hunter

Jun 12, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 11, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Advances Made In Grueling Fight

Ukraine appears to be making incremental advances in both Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, but heavy rain might slow things down.

Ukraine appears to be making gains in its counteroffensive.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 11, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 10, 2023

B-2 Spirit Skimming The Miami Skyline Looks Menacing As Hell

The B-2 is back in the air after a months-long grounding and a video of it maneuvering for a flyby over Miami reminds us how unique it is.

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 10, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 9, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Putin Chimes In On ‘Intense Fighting’

Russian President Vladimir Putin has commented on Ukraine’s major counteroffensive days after it was launched in force.

Russian President Vladimir Putin weighs in on the Ukrainian counteroffensive.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 9, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 9, 2023

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

The bunker is open!

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 9, 2023

BYOliver Parken

Jun 9, 2023

Special Forces Parachuted With Nukes Strapped To Them During The Cold War

Special Forces “Green Light” teams trained to deploy small nuclear bombs called Special Atomic Demolition Munitions during the Cold War.

Green Beret conducts high-altitude freefall jump with an SADM

BYOliver Parken

Jun 9, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 9, 2023

U.S. Infrared Early Warning Satellites Help Investigate Ukrainian Dam Destruction: Report

U.S. satellites designed to spot ballistic missile launches reportedly detected a blast at the Nova Khakovka dam at the time of its failure.

Infrared satellites spot Ukraine dam blast

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 9, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 9, 2023

F/A-18’s Infrared Search And Track System Plagued By Delays

Manufacturing quality issues and testing delays mean that the Navy is still waiting for its much-needed infrared search and track pods.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 9, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 9, 2023

Russia Has Destroyed Its First Ukrainian Bradley Fighting Vehicles

The first images of destroyed Bradley Fighting Vehicles have emerged as Ukraine’s full-on counteroffensive continues to face heavy opposition.

The first damaged Bradley Fighting Vehicles were seen on the battlefield.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 9, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 8, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Offensive Brings Claims Of Limited Breakthroughs

A number of Russian military reporters’ accounts claim Ukraine is beginning to make small gains in Zaporizhzhia Oblast.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 8, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 8, 2023

B-1B Fires JASSM Missile During Long-Range Training Sortie From U.K.

The B-1Bs flew from RAF Fairford to Qatar as part of a long-range training mission in which multiple types of weapons were employed.

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 8, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 8, 2023

This Is Why F-15EX Deliveries Have Been Delayed

Manufacturing issues and uncertainties over production quantities explain why the Air Force has only received two of the jets to date.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 8, 2023

BYOliver Parken

Jun 8, 2023

Japan Kicks Off New Anti-Ship Cruise Missile Project

Known as the “new SSM,” the missile is expected to help bolster the defenses of Japan’s southern islands against possible Chinese aggression.

BYOliver Parken

Jun 8, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 8, 2023

Taiwan Says It Doesn’t Plan To Share Drone Intel With U.S., Japan

Taiwan has moved to distance itself from a report that its new MQ-9B drones will be part of a trilateral intel-sharing initiative.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 8, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 8, 2023

Ukraine’s Big Offensive Kicks Off To Tough Resistance

With Ukraine’s counteroffensive fully underway, there are reports of casualties as it rushes Russian positions in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 8, 2023

BYJohn Hunter Farrell

Jun 8, 2023

Australia To Get One New Build Virginia Class Submarine, Two From U.S. Navy

New details about Australia’s plan to transition to an all nuclear submarine fleet have emerged during intense questioning in Canberra.

BYJohn Hunter Farrell

Jun 8, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 7, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: ‘Partisans’ Threaten Crimean Incursion Next

As partisans threaten an attack on Crimea, there are indications Ukraine’s counteroffensive is heating up in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.

Self-described Russian partisans say they will target Crimea next.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 7, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 7, 2023

Ukraine’s Prized IRIS-T Air Defense System Attacked By Russian Drone In Video

The advanced truck-mounted TRML-4D radar the Russian loitering munitions look to have targeted may be the only one Ukraine has received.

Russia strikes Ukrainian air defense system

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 7, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 7, 2023

Lockheed No Longer Looking To Offer Airbus A330 Tanker On Contract Basis

Lockheed is still offering the U.S. Air Force an A330 “bridge tanker,” but has given up on the idea of contract aerial refueling services.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 7, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 7, 2023

First Marine Corps Tomahawk Cruise Missile Unit Has Stood Up

The Marine Corps is aiming to have a fully operational battalion armed with ground-launched Tomahawk cruise missiles by 2030.

Marine Corps Tomahawk cruise missile unit stands up

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 7, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 7, 2023

Dozens Of Dutch F-16s Were Just Freed Up Potentially For Ukraine

Draken, a U.S. adversary air contractor, will now take just six former Dutch F-16 fighter jets, leaving more potentially for Ukraine.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 7, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 6, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Offensive Going Better Than Expected, U.S. Says

The White House says it’s too early to tell how the destruction of the Nova Khakovka dam will affect Ukraine’s counteroffensive.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 6, 2023

BYKevin Noonan

Jun 6, 2023

Cold War U.S. Navy Nearly Armed Its Frigates With Mk 48 Heavyweight Torpedoes

The Navy once toyed with the idea of putting heavyweight anti-submarine torpedoes on its frigates, an idea that could be relevant again today.

BYKevin Noonan

Jun 6, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 6, 2023

Ukraine’s F-16s Could Come With These Weapons

A detailed breakdown of the munitions Ukraine is likely to get, and some it is less likely to get, with its F-16s.

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 6, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 6, 2023

Dam Destroyed, Accusations Fly, Waters Rise, War Plans Could Change

The loss of the dam is a huge ecological and humanitarian disaster, but it also changes the very topography of the battlefield.

Russia and Ukraine blame each other for the destruction of the Nova Karkhova dam.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 6, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 6, 2023

Russia Blows Up Farm Equipment, Claims They’re Leopard Tanks

Russia’s bogus ‘Leopard hunt’ in Ukraine is the latest in a long line of easily disproven propaganda claims.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 6, 2023

BYOliver Parken

Jun 5, 2023

Guy Built An Airsoft Phalanx CIWS In His Garage

The scale model of the Phalanx makes mincemeat of paper targets by spewing airsoft BBs like its big brother fires 20mm rounds.

BYOliver Parken

Jun 5, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 5, 2023

Early Stages Of Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Appear To Be Underway

Ukraine’s long-promised counteroffensive seems to have kicked off with probing actions in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.

Russia claims it stopped a Ukrainian counteroffensive in southern Donetsk while Ukraine says it hasn't begun.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 5, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 5, 2023

Marines Betting Big On “Critical” Air-Launched Swarming Drones

Marines see loitering munitions launched in swarms from many aircraft, including F-35s and MV-22s, as critical to winning a future fight.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 5, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 5, 2023

Germany Demands China Stop Using Ex-Luftwaffe Fighter Pilots For Training

Germany has become the latest country to crack down on former fighter pilots providing training to China.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 5, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 4, 2023

Citation Jet Crashes In Virginia After Supersonic Intercept By F-16s (Updated)

A powerful blast was heard all across the region, sparking concerns and confusion from the Capital to the Virginia coast.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 4, 2023

BYStetson Payne

Jun 3, 2023

Wingman Films Burning Russian MiG-31 Foxhound’s Final Moments

The Russian interceptor’s crew ejected from the burning jet seconds before it lost control and crashed in rugged terrain.

BYStetson Payne

Jun 3, 2023

BYStetson Payne

Jun 3, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Su-24 Spotted Carrying Two Storm Shadows

One of Ukraine’s Su-24M Fencers appeared in photos with a Storm Shadow under each wing as strikes far behind Russian lines continue.

BYStetson Payne

Jun 3, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 2, 2023

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

Get out of the fallout!

In Bloomfield, NJ, a family sits in a fallout shelter

BYTyler Rogoway

Jun 2, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 2, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Long-Range Strike Hits Russian-Held Port City On Sea Of Azov

The strike on Berdyansk is another example of Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian targets far beyond the front lines.

The Azov Sea port city of Berdyansk was struck again Friday.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 2, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 2, 2023

Royal Navy Wants To Refit Its Carriers With Catapults, Arresting Wires

The U.K. has outlined a plan to get advanced fixed-wing drones, and possibly crewed tailhook-equipped planes, operating from its carriers.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 2, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 2, 2023

Patriot PAC-3 Hit-To-Kill Interceptors Also Pack A Little-Known Explosive Warhead

Patriot PAC-3 interceptors are touted as hit-to-kill weapons that destroy targets by smashing into them, but they are really a hybrid design.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 2, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 1, 2023

Pentagon Now Actively Hunting For UFOs With Purpose-Built Sensors

The All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office isn’t just sifting through existing reports and data, it’s using its own sensors to hunt for UFOs.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 1, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 1, 2023

Air Force Colonel Now Says Drone That Turned On Its Operator Was A “Thought Experiment”

A U.S. Air Force officer says he misspoke when describing a simulation involving a drone going rogue and attacking its controllers.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 1, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 1, 2023

RC-135 Surveillance Jet Flies Unprecedented Mission Over Moldova

The U.K. spy plane was over Moldova, which fears it could be the next victim of Russian aggression as it moves closer to EU membership.

BYThomas Newdick

Jun 1, 2023

BYHoward Altman

Jun 1, 2023

Russia Claims It Foiled Tank-Backed Incursion Across Its Border

This was the second incursion operation Russia says it has fought off in just over a week, but still there was damage within its own borders.

Anti-Putin partisans claim another incursion into Belgorod while Russia's Defense Ministry claims the attack was foiled on Ukrainian soil.

BYHoward Altman

Jun 1, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 1, 2023

U.S. Getting More Gepard Air Defense Vehicles For Ukraine From Jordan

The additional Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns for Ukraine look to be ex-Dutch versions purchased from Jordan.

BYJoseph Trevithick

Jun 1, 2023

BYHoward Altman

May 31, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Spent Patriot Missile Narrowly Misses Kyiv Motorists

New video shows the air defense munition falling between cars during Monday’s Russian cruise and ballistic missile barrage on Kyiv.

Motorists in Kyiv narrowly missed death when a missile fell Monday.

BYHoward Altman

May 31, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 31, 2023

Oligarch’s Bell 427 Is The Ukrainian Military’s Latest Helicopter

The Bell 427 now flown by the Ukrainian Main Directorate of Intelligence previously belonged to a prominent pro-Putin oligarch.

BYThomas Newdick

May 31, 2023

BYOliver Parken

May 31, 2023

Why NATO Just Sent Hundreds Of Troops To Kosovo

An explainer on why 700 additional NATO troops have been sent to Kosovo and reserve forces have been placed on alert.

BYOliver Parken

May 31, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 31, 2023

Navy Aggressor F-5 Crashes Off Key West

The pilot ejected safely from the F-5N Tiger II operated by Fighter Squadron Composite 111 at Naval Air Station Key West.

BYThomas Newdick

May 31, 2023

BYHoward Altman

May 30, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Kyiv To Hold First Person Video Drone ‘Super Bowl’

First Person Video drones are now prized weapons for Ukraine on the battlefield and it wants to go all-in on spurring domestic production.

Ukraine is holding an FPV drone "Super Bowl" to spur domestic production of the weapons.

BYHoward Altman

May 30, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 30, 2023

Chinese J-16 Seen ‘Head Butting’ U.S. RC-135 In Cockpit Video

The encounter between the Chinese J-16 Flanker and the U.S Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint occurred over the South China Sea.

BYThomas Newdick

May 30, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 30, 2023

Rare Russian Variant Of BM-21 Grad Appears To Be Guarding Sevastopol Bay

The BM-21PD rocket launcher is specifically designed to help defend against combat divers and other close-in underwater threats.

russia-defends-sevastopol-with-rocket-launchers

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 30, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 30, 2023

Putin Admits Moscow’s Air Defenses “Need Work” After Multi-Drone Attack

Russian officials are describing the complex drone attack as the most serious assault on Moscow since World War II.

BYThomas Newdick

May 30, 2023

BYStetson Payne

May 27, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Suspense Builds As Counteroffensive Looms

Ukrainian shaping operations, both kinetic and psychological, have intensified as the counteroffensive feels increasingly imminent.

BYStetson Payne

May 27, 2023

BYOliver Parken

May 26, 2023

Intense Flyby By Argentina’s New Presidential 757 Goes Viral

The low and fast flyby ending in a steep bank was performed at the end of the 757-200’s delivery flight to Buenos Aires yesterday.

BYOliver Parken

May 26, 2023

BYTyler Rogoway

May 26, 2023

Bunker Talk: Memorial Day Weekend Edition

Think, share, discuss, reflect.

BYTyler Rogoway

May 26, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 26, 2023

Drone Swarms Got Targeting System Updates In Flight In Recent AUKUS Demo

The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia recently tested advanced drone swarm and artificial-intelligence targeting capabilities.

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 26, 2023

BYHoward Altman

May 26, 2023

Drone Boat Attack On Russian Ship In Black Sea Story Keeps Getting Weirder

Conflicting imagery and accounts add to the mystery of what really happened to the Russian Navy’s Ivan Khurs intelligence ship.

What really happened to the Russian Navy's Ivan Khurs intelligence ship remains a mystery.

BYHoward Altman

May 26, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 26, 2023

F-15EX No Longer Heading To Oregon Training Unit, F-35 Instead

The F-15EX is not slated to have a dedicated school, leading to more questions about the new Eagle II’s future.

BYThomas Newdick

May 26, 2023

BYHoward Altman

May 25, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: Denmark, Netherlands To Lead F-16 Pilot Training Coalition

An F-16 “training framework” for Ukrainian pilots will be developed in the “coming weeks,” said Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Denmark and the Netherlands will lead a European coalition to train Ukrainian pilots on the F-16, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday.

BYHoward Altman

May 25, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 25, 2023

First Image Of MQ-28 Ghost Bat In The United States

Boeing released the first picture of the Australian-born MQ-28 Ghost Bat drone in the United States face-to-face with the MQ-25 Stingray.

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 25, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 25, 2023

Russian Su-34s Made Crazy Low-Level Bombing Runs On Their Own Checkpoint

The video is the latest evidence that Russian forces waged a fierce battle against an enemy fighting within its own borders.

BYThomas Newdick

May 25, 2023

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 25, 2023

Air Force Boss Gives Reality Check On “Over-Hyped” Digital Engineering Revolution

Air Force officials have trumpeted digital engineering as hugely transformative for years, but what it can and can’t do is now setting in.

BYJoseph Trevithick

May 25, 2023

BYThomas Newdick

May 25, 2023

Drone Boat’s View Of Supposed Attack On Russian Ship Emerges (Updated)

The mysterious drone boat attack occurred roughly 200 miles from Ukrainian controlled shores, deep in the Black Sea off Turkey.

BYThomas Newdick

May 25, 2023

BYHoward Altman

May 24, 2023

Ukraine Situation Report: White House Investigating If U.S. Vehicles Used In Raid Into Russia

The ‘partisans’ who attacked into Russia say they stole the vehicles back from Russia who captured them from Ukraine.

The White House is investigating how U.S. vehicles came to be used in a raid into Russia.

BYHoward Altman

May 24, 2023

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Air Force Colonel Now Says Drone That Turned On Its Operator Was A “Thought Experiment”

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Russia Claims It Foiled Tank-Backed Incursion Across Its Border

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