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By Joseph Trevithick Apr 15, 2020

Iranian Speed Boat Swarm Harasses American Naval Ships At Very Close Range In Persian Gulf

The Iranian boats brazenly swarmed the U.S. Navy's giant sea base, destroyers, and smaller patrol ships, including two Coast Guard vessels. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 15, 2020

Russia Releases Terrifying Video Of Superjet Airliner Drifting To A Stop In A Ball Of Flames

The footage is from an accident at an airport outside Moscow last year and has emerged as part of a new criminal case against the pilot.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 15, 2020

Check Out This Canadian Frigate Painted In World War II Era Dazzle Camouflage

The United Kingdom first developed these camouflage patterns in World War I to try to make it harder for subs to engage its ships.
By Aaron Amick Apr 14, 2020

Modern Submarine Torpedo Attacks Are Nothing Like What You See In The Movies

We break down how modern torpedo attacks really go down and the types of torpedoes that are used to sink ships and other submarines.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 14, 2020

The Pentagon's Plan To Build A Secret Super Command Bunker 3,500 Feet Under Washington D.C.

Unlike any fortification on earth, the Deep Underground Command Center was intended to withstand multiple direct hits from giant nukes on Doomsday.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 14, 2020

Watch Boeing's F-15QA For Qatar Make A Spectacular "Viking Takeoff" On Its First Flight

The F-15QA is now the most advanced variant of the venerable Eagle that has ever flown.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 13, 2020

Pilot's Rare Trip Around Area 51 Includes Pics Of Range Targets, Drone Bases, UFO Legends

The Nevada Test and Training Range is a huge place filled with oddities, including one impossible to reach dry lake that's a staple of UFO lore. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 13, 2020

Sailor From COVID-19 Plagued Aircraft Carrier Dies Two Weeks After Letter Warned Of Fatalities

The individual had been rushed to a hospital last week after being found unresponsive while quarantining in a home onshore.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 12, 2020

Watch Every F-22 Raptor Air Show Maneuver From Inside The Cockpit For The First Time

Experience the F-22 Raptor's extreme agility like never before. 
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 11, 2020

Fire Breaks Out On China's Massive New Type 075 Amphibious Assault Ship

The blaze struck while the ship was tied up to the pier at Hudong–Zhonghua Shipbuilding in Shanghai.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 11, 2020

Bunker Talk: "What The Hell Else Do You Have To Do?" Edition

We can talk about private air forces, Area 51 flybys, geopolitics, B-1B hypersonic missile trucks—you know, no big whoop.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 10, 2020

CIA Tracked Down A Nazi, Scoured Museums To Build An Aircraft Siren To Scare The Hell Out Of People

The CIA was on a quest to build a device similar to the siren the Nazis had used on their legendary Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 9, 2020

This Man Owns The World's Most Advanced Private Air Force After Buying 46 F/A-18 Hornets

We talked to the owner of Air USA about probably the most incredible private aircraft purchase of all time and the future of his adversary business.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 9, 2020

Romanian Dictator's Boeing 707 Makes First Flight In Years For Delivery To Air Refueling Firm

The jet will join Omega Air's existing fleet as the Pentagon's interest contractor aerial refueling services grows.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 8, 2020

France's Only Aircraft Carrier Heads Home Due To COVID-19 Scare On Board

As for the U.S. Navy, four out of its five West Coast-based aircraft carriers now have confirmed cases among their crews.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 8, 2020

Behold Boeing's Loyal Wingman Drone It Is Building For The Royal Australian Air Force

The company is planning for the prototype to make its first flight later this year.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 8, 2020

Air Force Wants To Use External Pylons To Arm The B-1B Bomber With 31 Hypersonic Missiles

The configuration would revolutionize the B-1's standoff strike capability and it would keep the jet relevant as it enters the twilight of its career.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 8, 2020

Private Aggressors Stress Test The Air Defenses On The Navy's Newest Aircraft Carrier

This was the first full test of the troubled carrier's integrated air defense system against actual mock aerial adversaries.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 7, 2020

This Out Of Control Cargo Ship Creaming A Huge Dock Crane Is Like Something Out Of Godzilla

The 1,200-foot-long container ship absolutely crushed the gantry crane and slammed into another container ship before coming to a stop.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 7, 2020

Navy Secretary Resigns Amid Political Firestorm Over Firing Of Carrier Captain (Updated)

The news comes a day after a transcript and audio emerged of the Navy's top civilian making a tirade of an address to the aircraft carrier's crew.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 7, 2020

Militants Fire RPG At C-130 Then An MQ-9 Reaper Crew Promptly Locates, Tracks, And Kills Them

The incident is a prime example of the armed overwatch missions that American unmanned aircraft have been flying for years now.
By Tyler Rogoway Apr 7, 2020

Pilot Takes Amazing Images Of Area 51 And Tonopah Air Base While Skirting Restricted Airspace

A private pilot had one heck of an adventure through the Nevada Test and Training Range, getting very rare looks at the shadowy installations. 
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 6, 2020

Trump Now Says He Is Going To Intervene In Aircraft Carrier Captain Firing Fiasco (Updated)

Trump says he doesn't 'want to destroy' captain Crozier over 'a bad day' after growing outrage over a speech from the Acting Secretary of the Navy.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 6, 2020

New Details Emerge About Snap Deployment Of B-52s To Diego Garcia During Iran Crisis

The bombers flew thousands of flight hours across dozens of sorties, including strikes in Afghanistan thousands of miles away.
By Joseph Trevithick Apr 6, 2020

Navy Secretary Slams Captain Of COVID-19 Stricken Carrier, Media In Surprise Visit To Ship (Updated)

The Navy's top civilian also chastised the crew for its display of support for Captain Crozier as he left the ship after he was fired.
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