Footage released by Russian state media has shown a Su-35 long range air superiority fighter in a new configuration launching a night mission over the southern theatre of the current frontlines between Russian and Ukrainian forces. The aircraft’s loadout includes two heavier and larger missiles, namely one R-37M long range air-to-air missile mounted centrally between the engines, and one Kh-31PM anti-radiation missile. It also carries three R-77-1 medium-range air-to-air missiles, and three R-73/74 short-range air-to-air missiles, for a total of eight missiles.
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The Korean People’s Army has evaluated the capabilities of the new Chonma 20 main battle tank’s active protection system against multiple type of advanced anti-tank weapons, with live fire tests indicating a very high degree of confidence in the vehicle’s survivability and major advances in associated technologies.
Picture this: a military spouse stationed in Bahrain is on a routine call when she hears the first explosions hit Naval Support Activity Bahrain, three blocks from her apartment. She drops to the floor. The walls shake, and within minutes, she has her kids in a closet, listening to the sound of Iranian drones overhead, a noise she would later describe as lawnmowers flying at rooftop level, one after another, relentless.
Imagine for a moment what that would feel like.
Following reports that Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks had destroyed at least one U.S. Air Force E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) at Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, footage released from the facility has confirmed the aircraft’s destruction. Images show an E-3G from the 552nd Air Control Wing based at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, serial number 81-0005, destroyed at the key forward operating facility in the Persian Gulf.
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The first of two amphibious ready groups ordered to the Middle East arrived on Friday, as the United States surges more forces to join the war with Iran.
U.S. Central Command confirmed that the Tripoli Amphibious Ready Group, with the 2,200-strong embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit onboard, had reached its area of responsibility, bringing with it “transport and strike fighter aircraft, as well as amphibious assault and tactical assets.” Its arrival comes as the war with Iran enters its second month and the U.S. readies another carrier strike group to head to the region.
The Ford-Class Aircraft Carrier Has a Massive Nuclear Power Supply to Be Future-proof
One of the key characteristics of the Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers is that they are designed around electrical power generation in a way that the preceding class, the Nimitz carriers, never were.
That shift drives everything in the carriers, from how they launch aircraft to what weapons the Ford-class can bring to bear.
The world’s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) steams in the Adriatic Sea, June 23, 2023. Gerald R. Ford is the U.S.
How low-standard administrative processes are reshaping the force and removing the warfighters it needs most
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The military did not simply respond to misconduct—it operationalized a cultural shift through policy, creating a weaponized administrative system built on accusation, low evidentiary thresholds, and permanent labeling. Leaders whose direct, high-intensity leadership once defined combat effectiveness are now recast as liabilities. This is not due process adapted to the military.
A B-47 Bomber and an F-86 Fighter Collided, and a Hydrogen Bomb Was Lost
The notion of lost, missing, or stolen weapons of mass destruction (WMDs)—chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) alike—has unsurprisingly been the subject of many a fictional thriller story.
During the Cold War, you had bestselling novels from iconic authors like Clive Cussler and Tom Clancy (may they both R.I.P.), e.g., “Vixen 03” by the former and “The Sum of All Fears” by the latter.
Russian authorities say they have foiled a plot involving hundreds of explosive-laden boot insoles allegedly smuggled into the country and disguised as humanitarian aid for soldiers fighting in Ukraine.
According to Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the agency seized 504 “heated” insoles—winter gear designed to keep feet warm in cold conditions—that were rigged with small explosive charges. The FSB claims each pair contained explosives equivalent to about 1.