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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 Joseph Trevithick Nov 8, 2021

Army Revives Cold War Nuclear Missile Unit To Deploy New Long-Range Weapons In Europe

56th Artillery Command's return to Germany after 30 years reflects how critical ground-launched missiles would be in any future conflict with Russia.
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 Tyler Rogoway Nov 7, 2021

Watch The Goodyear Blimp Make A Crazy Zoom Climb Out Of Long Beach Airport

Goodyear's airships are more capable than the blimps they replaced, and apparently, they can climb like a homesick angel. 
By Brian O'Rourke Nov 5, 2021

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

What's on your mind this week?
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 5, 2021

Planetary Defense Test To See If An Asteroid's Path Can Be Changed Is About To Launch

An upcoming test will explore the feasibility of using a "kinetic impactor" spacecraft to change the trajectory of an asteroid by crashing into it.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 5, 2021

C-130 Successfully Snatches Gremlins Drone In Midair

Recent tests demonstrated that a mothership aircraft could launch and recover an X-61A Gremlins drone in flight.
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 Joseph Trevithick Nov 4, 2021

Likely Drone Attack On U.S. Power Grid Revealed In New Intelligence Report (Updated)

An apparent attack on a power substation in Pennsylvania underscores the very real threat drones pose to domestic critical infrastructure.
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 Joseph Trevithick Nov 4, 2021

Marine Corps Rejects Reports That It ‘Surrendered’ To British Forces During Exercise

The U.K. Royal Marines that reportedly trounced a U.S. Marines Corps unit were actually fighting right alongside other American Marines.
By Brian O'Rourke Nov 4, 2021

Australia Could Push To Acquire Retired US Navy Los Angeles Class Nuclear Submarines

Ex-Prime Minister floats using retired U.S. or U.K. nuclear submarines to bridge the gap until Australian-built ones can enter service.
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 Joseph Trevithick Nov 3, 2021

China's New Ballistic Missile Subs Could Strike The U.S. Without Sailing Into The Pacific

The ability to launch their ballistic missiles from the South China Sea or Bohai Sea would be a huge capability increase for China's SSBN force.
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 Joseph Trevithick Nov 3, 2021

Video Shows U.S. Destroyer's Very Intimate Standoff With Iranian Vessels Over Seized Oil Tanker (Updated)

Iran's raid on an oil tanker resulted in an incredibly close encounter between its gunboats and a U.S. Navy destroyer.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 3, 2021

U.S. Marines 'Storm' Israeli Beaches As Part Of A Major Exercise

The three-week-long exercise highlights ever more public ties between U.S. and Israeli forces in the face of regional threats, especially from Iran.
By Tyler Rogoway Nov 2, 2021

This Is The Damage Done To That Huge Container Ship That Clogged The Suez Canal

The Ever Given took one heck of a beating getting un-stuck from the Suez Canal and is finally getting fixed in China.
By Kevin Noonan Nov 2, 2021

The Navy Isn't Prepared To Face The Growing Diesel Submarine Threat

A veteran submarine hunter explains how the proliferation of ever more capable diesel-electric submarines is a major problem for the U.S. Navy.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 2, 2021

The Navy's Stealth Destroyers Will Have Their Deck Guns Replaced With Hypersonic Missiles

The doomed 155mm guns ended up being too expensive to shoot. Now they will be ripped out and replaced with missile launchers at an unknown cost.
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 Tyler Rogoway Nov 1, 2021

Glitzy Northrop Grumman Ad Teases Totally Notional New Long-Range Stealth Fighter (Updated)

While it doesn't give away sensitive details, the ad points to Northrop Grumman's ambition to build the next-generation air dominance tactical jet.
By Joseph Trevithick Nov 1, 2021

USS Connecticut Smashed Into A Seamount, May Have Ripped Off Sonar Dome

An official picture of USS Connecticut in Guam, where the Navy continues to assess the damage from its recent collision, has also emerged.
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 and Tyler Rogoway Nov 1, 2021

Secret RQ-180 Stealthy Unmanned Spy Plane Spotted Over Area 51

This was the third photographic encounter with the mysterious RQ-180 flying wing drone, leaving little doubt as to its existence.
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