Norris & Osborne, AvWeek
Bell is starting assembly of the fuselage of the prototype MV-75 tiltrotor for the U.S. Army and is beginning design work on a second increment variant for U.S….
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Logan Nye, WATM
The USS Wahoo wasn’t messing around when it took out a Japanese tanker, troop transport, and two freighters.
The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has sustained a high intensity of ballistic missile and drone strikes on the United States and its strategic partners’ targets across the Middle East, dashing initial expectations in the Western world that attacks on the country would cripple its missile forces shortly after the U.S. and Israel initiated hostilities on February 28. The war with Iran turned out to be a clash with an adversary unlike any the U.S.
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In early March 2026, U.S. Central Command confirmed the first U.S. fatalities of the Iran conflict. A drone strike at Port Shuaiba in Kuwait killed six American servicemembers.A counter-drone system can intercept “most” threats and still fail at the mission that matters: protecting people and critical nodes. Small drones can fly as low to the ground, present detection challenges, and punish any gap in hardening or point defense.
Commenting on a live fire cruise missile exercise launched by the Korean People’s Army Navy’s first destroyer, the Choe Hyon, Chairman of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party Kim Jong Un has for the first time revealed that a larger class of 8,000 ton destroyers is currently under development. The chairman was at the time announcing a decision that future destroyers would not be equipped with forward mounted high calibre guns, which are used primarily for shore bombardment, and would instead prioritise carriage of more missiles for anti-ship operations.
Indonesia is rapidly expanding its naval fleet to meet its blue-water ambitions. But, for much of the past decade, budget constraints and limited political attention meant the country could focus only on acquiring small- and medium-sized naval vessels.That pattern has shifted noticeably in recent years.Jakarta has moved ahead with the procurement of larger and more capable platforms, including two Multipurpose Combat Ships/PPA from Italy and two I-class frigates from Turkey.
To analyze a war accurately, one must apply an analytical framework suited to its actual character. This requirement is nowhere more evident than in assessments of the Gaza War between Israel and Hamas. Much commentary on the conflict has implicitly measured it against a perceived “gold standard” of humane warfare: restrained campaigns emphasizing separation between insurgents and civilians, dismounted ground operations, and expansive humanitarian assistance designed to win “hearts and minds.
The U.S. Air Force has continued to expand its strategic bomber deployments in Europe since the country launched an attack on Iran on February 28, with Iran’s large scale missile and drone attacks on U.S. air bases across the Middle East having made longer range strikes from bases outside the region preferable. Five B-1B bombers arrived at Royal Air Force Fairford in the United Kingdom on March 7-8, and another three at Ramstein Air Force Base in Germany. Three B-52H bombers then landed at Fairford on March 9.