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By Thomas Newdick Oct 21, 2021

Navy Follows Air Force In Wanting Another Jet Trainer Variant For Aggressor And Support Roles

The chosen trainer would be expected to offer fighter-like qualities and take the strain off the frontline combat fleet.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 21, 2021

U.S. Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon Test Fails (Updated)

The test appeared set to loft a hypersonic craft beyond the range of any existing known U.S. boost-glide vehicle-based weapon in development.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 21, 2021

Armada Of 10 Chinese And Russian Warships Is Sailing Around Japan

The joint patrol first passed through a 12-mile-wide strait between Japan's main islands in an already significant show of force.
By Juan Rivera Oct 21, 2021

Life On The High Seas Aboard A Tin Can Destroyer During The Cold War

A sailor's life is never easy, but there can be some great times among the challenges.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 20, 2021

This Alaskan Air Base Will Host An Experimental Mini Nuclear Reactor

The military hopes its new mini nuclear reactor will lead to new battlefield energy capabilities and help power its sprawling installations.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 20, 2021

Unwanted Global Hawk Drones Are Being Transformed To Support Hypersonic Missile Tests

Northrop Grumman is now working to convert four RQ-4s as Range Hawks to gather data on the new breed of hypersonic weapons.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 20, 2021

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By Thomas Newdick Oct 20, 2021

B-1 Bombers Deploy To Diego Garcia For The First Time In Over 15 Years

The swing-wing bombers are back at the remote Indian Ocean outpost at a time of rising tensions in the wider Asia-Pacific region.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 20, 2021

'Enemy' Unmanned Ground Vehicles Are Now Facing-Off Against Army Soldiers In Training

The unmanned vehicle made a helicopter landing zone unusable, which could happen during a real battle as adversaries field similar capabilities.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 19, 2021

New Short-Range Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile Tested By North Korea (Updated)

The missile appears to be very similar to a mysterious short-range type that Kim Jong Un recently showed off at an arms showcase in Pyongyang.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 19, 2021

The Navy Practiced Battle Damage Repairs On The Burnt-Out USS Bonhomme Richard

These kinds of skills are increasingly seen as vital for the Navy to survive a future large-scale maritime conflict.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 19, 2021

Surface To Air Missiles Now Needed To Protect Critical U.S. Infrastructure During A Crisis

Growing threats to the homeland, especially from advanced cruise missiles, have prompted new initiatives aimed at defending key sites.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 19, 2021

AH-1 Cobra Helicopter Gunships Turned Firefighters Have Flown Their Last Mission

The aging rotorcraft filled a unique firefighting niche but maintaining them eventually became too troublesome.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 18, 2021

Special Ops Train To Defend Strategic Aleutian Islands Radar Outpost During All-Out War

Sitting right on Russia's back door, Shemya is home to the Cobra Dane radar and a strategic airfield that would be a prime target during a conflict.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 18, 2021

Turkey In Talks To Buy More F-16s As It Struggles To Revamp Fighter Fleet (Updated)

The Turkish Air Force is at a crossroads after having been dumped out of the Joint Strike Fighter program.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 18, 2021

China’s Claim That Its Fractional Orbital Bombardment System Was A Spaceplane Test Doesn’t Add Up (Updated)

The system could give China the ability to strike any target on Earth unpredictably, but so far Beijing is acting like the test didn't happen.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 16, 2021

China Tested A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System That Uses A Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: Report

Such a capability could potentially allow China to execute a nuclear strike on any target on earth with near-impunity and very little warning.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 16, 2021

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

Get cozy in our bunker and shoot the shit.
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 15, 2021

Feel The Speed In These Incredible Photos From The Air Force's Rocket Sled Track

The Air Force is now looking at modernizing the High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico to support new hypersonic developments.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 15, 2021

Air Force Wants Hundreds More Jet Trainers Despite Already Buying T-7 Red Hawks

The Advanced Tactical Trainer would likely also be expected to fly aggressor missions as part of a major overhaul of Air Force training. 
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 14, 2021

New Tracked Unmanned Vehicle Bristles With A Whopping 50 Switchblade Suicide Drones

General Dynamics Land Systems' TRX is a modular unmanned ground vehicle design, and versions of it will be headed to an Army experiment next year.
By Adam Kehoe Oct 14, 2021

Were You Scanned By A Laser Beam From The Sky In California Recently? Here's What Did It (Updated)

The green laser shooting down from the sky may look like a scene out of Stranger Things, but it has a very down-to-earth purpose. 
By Joseph Trevithick Oct 14, 2021

The Army Just Tested Its New Ballistic Missiles That Takes Aim At Previously Prohibited Ranges (Updated)

The Precision Strike Missile was expected to fly at least 499 kilometers in the test, just shy of a range limit in a former treaty with Russia.
By Thomas Newdick Oct 14, 2021

F-35s Nearly Collided With F-22s Right After Last Year’s Raptor Crash

There’s now a detailed report on how an F-22 Raptor tumbled out of control and crashed on the Eglin Training Range.
By Tyler Rogoway Oct 13, 2021

Watch This B-1B Make A Crazy Steep Banking Climb After A Touch And Go At RAF Fairford

The swing-wing bomber made a triumphant touch and go before coming in to land after a local mission.
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