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By Joseph Trevithick Apr 11, 2019

U.S. Navy Looking To Arm Its Subs With Tiny Torpedoes That Intercept Incoming Torpedoes

The compact weapons could give subs substantially greater magazine depth, a hard-kill anti-torpedo countermeasure, and more.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 11, 2019

The War Zone Wants You! We Are Growing Our Team And Looking For A New Writer

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, will be to write with a super-agile team on some very cool topics. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 10, 2019

You Can Buy The State Department's Totally Upgraded S-61T Helicopters That It Barely Used

The U.S. State Department spent untold millions on refurbishing the second-hand helicopters and now they could be yours on the cheap.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 10, 2019

U.S. Infrared Satellite Data Could Settle The Debate Over Pakistan-India Dogfight

The constellation of orbital sensors can detect infrared events such as missile launches, artillery fire, and planes exploding in the sky. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 9, 2019

The U.S. Navy Has Unveiled A New Hydrofoil, Its First In Decades

Until now, we thought the Navy abandoned its interest in hydrofoils in the early 1990s.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 9, 2019

U.S. Amphibious Assault Ship Loaded With F-35s Operating Off Disputed South China Sea Shoal

China and the Philippines have competing claims to the area, which has turned into a major flashpoint in the past.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 9, 2019

Japanese F-35A Has Gone Missing Over The Pacific Ocean (Updated) 

Japan's first operational F-35 squadron was stood up just days ago at Misawa Air Base, the same base the F-35 in question supposedly launched from.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 9, 2019

A U-2 Spy Plane Is Flying Peculiar Tracks High Over South Las Vegas (Updated)

There appears to be some sort of large force exercise occurring over parts of Nevada and Utah. 
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway Apr 8, 2019

Indian Radar Data That Supposedly Proves They Downed An F-16 Is Far From "Irrefutable"

India's evidence doesn't come anywhere close to definitively proving what did and did not happen during the air battle over Kashmir in February.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 8, 2019

Marine F-5 Aggressors Becoming Far More Threatening Via "Red Net" Data Link Upgrade

The USMC's F-5 adversaries are getting an upgrade that will drastically improve their ability to pose a credible threat to fleet aircrews. 
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 7, 2019

U.S. Navy hovercraft evacuated Americans from Tripoli, Libya (Updated)

As Khalifa Haftar's militia pushes deeper into Tripoli, Americans in the capital to help the UN-backed government are being whisked to safety. 
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 6, 2019

This 757's Last Second Aborted Landing In St. Martin Is Super Nerve-Wracking 

Princess Juliana International is famous for everything but bad weather and this 757 had a tough time making a safe landing in some nasty conditions.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 6, 2019

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

We can talk about Block III Super Hornets, high-speed Black Hawk replacement helos, geopolitics, the YF-23, strategy—you know, no big whoop.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 5, 2019

The Only Man Who Flew Both The F-22 And The YF-23 On Why The YF-23 Lost

Test Pilot Paul Metz gives an in-depth brief on the YF-23 and the Advanced Tactical Fighter program, including his thoughts on why the F-22 won. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 5, 2019

Here's What's In The Army's Requirements For A Future High-Speed Assault Helicopter

The goal is to replace the Army's Black Hawks and some Marine helos, but the new design might ultimately replace a number of other helicopters too.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 4, 2019

Scaled Composites' Stealthy Mystery Jet Is Now At The Navy's Top Flight Test Base

The Model 401, nicknamed internally "Son Of Ares," popped up a long ways from home at an airport in Kentucky before flying to NAS Patuxent River.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 4, 2019

India's First-Ever Supercarrier Might Be Based On The UK's Queen Elizabeth Class

The India-specific design would need significant changes, but using a known ship as a starting place makes the offer very attractive.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 4, 2019

Nuclear Device Assembly Facility In Nevada Desert May Be A Ticking Time Bomb (Updated)

The fortress-like facility that holds nuclear material and high explosives wasn't designed to take the quakes the land it sits on can dole out. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 3, 2019

U.S. Special Operators Want New Armored Vehicles To Replace Their Obscure Austrian Ones

The light armored vehicles would offer special operations forces a better-protected means of getting around, especially during a large-scale conflict.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 3, 2019

Here's Where Boeing Aims To Take The Super Hornet In The Decades To Come

The Block III program will take deliveries of new and revamped jets out to 2033 and Boeing also sees big potential for export sales and more upgrades.
By Tyler Rogoway and Joseph Trevithick Apr 2, 2019

This Is What The Boom Operator's Station On The New KC-46 Tanker Actually Looks Like

We finally are getting a good look at the KC-46's most controversial feature. 
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 2, 2019

U.S. Withholding F-35 From Turkey Could Give Russia The Chance It Needs To Export SU-57

Russia may attempt to fill the vacuum created by a U.S. embargo on F-35 exports to Turkey with an export variant of its Su-57 advanced fighter. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 2, 2019

This Is The Army's New Submachine Gun

The service is buying hundreds of these weapons to arm personal security details guarding VIPs in high-risk environments.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 1, 2019

U.S. Amphibious Assault Ship In South China Sea With Unprecedentedly Large Load of F-35Bs

The Marines are hoping to make this a more common occurrence and it could be a stepping stone to "Lighting Carriers" packed with even more F-35Bs.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 1, 2019

Taiwan Will "Forcibly Expel" Chinese Planes After Recent Taiwan Strait Boundary Violation

Taiwanese authorities are pushing back hard against Chinese threats, raising the risk of a new cross-strait crisis.