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By Joseph Trevithick Feb 13, 2020

China's Y-20 Airlifters Make Crisis Debut Bringing Medics And Cargo To Virus Plagued Wuhan

Other aircraft took part in the operation, as well, which makes a notable surge in the Chinese military's involvement in the response to the epidemic.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 12, 2020

This Big Crazy Vertical Takeoff And Landing Drone Belongs To Toyota And May Run On Hydrogen

The exotic and somewhat mysterious unmanned aircraft was spotted undergoing testing at Mojave Air And Space Port in California. 
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 12, 2020

Watch This U-2 Spy Plane Make A Crazy Landing Without Its Flaps Or Speed Brakes

U-2s are notoriously challenging to land under the best conditions. A loss of key mechanical systems would make doing so even more complicated.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 12, 2020

The Claim That A New Cambodian Airfield Is Actually A Chinese Base Is Dubious At Best

A widely circulated report concludes that a new airfield near a luxury resort is a Chinese outpost, but the evidence is far from conclusive.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 12, 2020

Jets Fly Show Of Force During Gunfight Between US And Syrian Troops At Checkpoint (Updated)

Russian troops were also present at the time, underscoring just how complex things are for American forces in the country.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2020

The Navy Wants Money To Get Started On Its Future SSN(X) Attack Submarine

The Navy's goal is to design a submarine that is better-optimized for attacking other ships and subs than its existing Virginia class boats.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 11, 2020

Air Force Bails On Tri-Service Hypersonic Weapon Project As Army, Navy Ask For More Money

The Air Force will focus on a different hypersonic weapon, using a more complex boost-glide vehicle for its warhead, for its B-52 bombers.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 10, 2020

The Navy Now Wants To Retire The First Four Of Its Troublesome Littoral Combat Ships

These are exceptionally young ships to be pulled from service, underlining just how problematic and useless they truly are. 
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

Here Are The Pentagon's "Tough Choice" Cuts To Airpower As Part Of Its 2021 Budget

The Pentagon wants to reduce the aircraft fleets it already has to enhance the readiness of the remaining planes and to invest in what comes next.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

New Pentagon Map Shows Huge Scale Of Worrisome Russian and Chinese Naval Operations

This is our first good look at the kind of activity, especially off the East Coast of the United States, that the US military has been warning about.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 10, 2020

Iran Touts Big Ballistic Missile And Lightweight Solid Fuel Rocket Motor Leaps

The technology could lead to new and improved ballistic missile designs with greater reliability, flexibility, and added range.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 10, 2020

Help Us Decipher This Terrifying Video Of A Suicide Drone Flying Up An Armored Vehicle's Ramp (Updated)

The dramatic video may serve as yet another warning of America's glaring short-range air defense gap and the threat that low-end enemy drones pose.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 8, 2020

Gutsy Guatemalan Air Force Pilot Deserves A Raise For Flying Out This Stranded Narco Jet

The crazy departure is just part of the story. This is the third time the bogus registration N818LD has been found on Hawker 125 narco-jets. 
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 7, 2020

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

We can talk about automatic doomsday machines, retiring the B-1B, geopolitics, WWI-era weapons still on the modern battlefield—you know, no big whoop.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 7, 2020

No, The United States Doesn't Have An Automatic "Dead Hand" Trigger For Its ICBMs

If personnel in a missile alert facility are incapacitated for some reason during a crisis, it doesn't mean that the missiles launch automatically.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 6, 2020

Iranian Minister Tried To Pass Off A $20 Halloween Costume As A Real Spacesuit

Iran's nascent space launch program is very real, but you might not know it from the absurd propaganda about its purported manned spaceflight plans.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 6, 2020

Watch Six A-10 Warthogs Execute A Glorious Mass Flare Release Over The Persian Gulf

The wall of Warthogs put on quite the fireworks show off the coast of Dubai. 
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 6, 2020

The Crew Of This Army National Guard M1 Abrams Tank Flies An Anarchist Flag In Kuwait (Updated)

The symbol originated with anarchist political movements, but has since migrated to other less political media, including popular television shows.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 5, 2020

Ukrainian Troops Are Still Using This Pre-World War I-Era Maxim Machine Gun In Combat

It doesn't hurt that it is chambered in the Russian standard 7.62x54mm cartridge, variations of which are still in widespread use after 129 years.
By Brett Tingley Feb 5, 2020

We Talk Giant V-Shaped Airships, Space, And Phoenix Lights With JP Aerospace's Founder

After years of flying exotic airships, the company plans to create massive orbital platforms and V-shaped airships that float slowly up to space.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 5, 2020

Greece Is Sending Patriot Missiles To Saudi Arabia To Guard "Critical Energy Infrastructure"

The impending deployment comes as the U.S. military is looking to send its own Patriots to Iraq, possibly drawing on units it has now in Saudi Arabia.
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 4, 2020

Admiral Warns America's East Coast Is No Longer A "Safe Haven" Thanks To Russian Subs

Increased Russian sub activity means that the Navy no longer views sailing off the East Coast or across the Atlantic to be "uncontested" movements.
By Tyler Rogoway Feb 4, 2020

Wanting To Retire B-1B Bombers Is One Thing, Actually Making It Happen Is Another

The Air Force will reportedly ask to retire a portion of its B-1Bs force, but the motivations behind the move and its feasibility are far from clear.
By Joseph Trevithick and Tyler Rogoway Feb 4, 2020

Navy EA-18G Teamed With Two Other Growlers Flying Semi-Autonomously As Loyal Wingmen

Although the test is a promising step toward manned-unmanned air combat teaming, it is an echo of a much more promising past. 
By Joseph Trevithick Feb 3, 2020

Navy To Greatly Expand P-8 Poseidon's Mission With New Missiles, Mines, Bombs, And Decoys

The plan reflects the better part of a decade of debate about expanding the roles and missions of these maritime patrol aircraft.
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