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Machine Guns

M240 Medium Machine Gun Successor Now Being Sought By U.S. Army

A replacement for the M240 under the Future Medium Machine Gun program could offer infantry and other units greater range and terminal ballistics.

F-47

Navy Puts Gutted F/A-XX Next Generation Fighter Program In Wishlist To Congress: Reports

The Navy's move comes despite Pentagon insistence that the U.S. industrial base cannot do F/A-XX and the Air Force's F-47 at the same time.

B-1

B-1B To Finally Get New External Pylons Drastically Expanding Missile Carriage Potential (Updated)

The Air Force sees external pylons as key to increasing the B-1's ability to launch standoff strikes ahead of the arrival of the B-21 Raider.

Nuclear Attack Submarines (SSNs)

U.S. Navy Nuclear Submarine Has Docked In Iceland For The First Time Ever

USS Newport News' visit to Reykjavík is yet another sign of the Cold War-like strategic shift for the island nation.

Russian Army

Largest Russian Long-Range Drone Onslaught Of The War Rains Down On Ukraine

Ukraine Situation Report: The unprecedented Russian attack came just hours after Trump announced arms shipments to Ukraine would resume.

Russia

Patriot Missile Stockpile Concerns Grow, Pentagon Claims It Has Enough

After years of intercepting Russian weapons in Ukraine and recently engaging Iranian missiles, the Pentagon's supply of Patriots is a hot-button issue.

J-20

China’s Two-Seat J-20 Stealth Fighter Poised To Enter Operational Service

A new electro-optical sensor system, paint scheme, and other refinements suggest the two-seat J-20S is in operational service, or very close to it.

People's Liberation Army Navy (China)

German Surveillance Plane Targeted By Chinese Warship’s Laser In Red Sea Points To Disturbing Pattern

The incident is the latest in which a Chinese naval vessel has been accused of firing a laser at a Western military aircraft.

KC-46

Boom On KC-46 Tanker Just Broke Off During F-22 Refueling Mission (Updated)

The KC-46 Pegasus was operating off Virginia when it lost its boom and declared an emergency.

Ohio Class (SSGN variant)

Navy Cancels Nuclear Submarine Torpedo Tube-Launched And Recovered Underwater Drone (Updated)

The Navy has been pushing to give its submarines new ways to hunt and gather intelligence with drones sent out and retrieved via torpedo tube.

MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS)

Mysterious Guided Rocket Launcher Disguised In A Shipping Container At Fort Bragg Identified

The Army's top general in the Pacific recently touted how "boxes of rockets" hiding out in the open creates dilemmas for adversaries.

AH-64

South Korea Canceling AH-64 Apache Order A Sign Of What’s To Come

While claims the attack helicopter is irrelevant are hyperbolic, their survivability, employability, and return on investment are definitely in question.

China

How Russia Could Complicate U.S. Efforts To Defend Taiwan

The head of NATO says that China would have Russia attack in Europe to draw U.S. and allied forces away from the Pacific during a Taiwan invasion.

B-2

New Fuzes For GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators Requested By USAF

The USAF is looking for options to improve and expand its arsenal of MOPs, which were used for the first time recently to strike Iran.

F-5

Taiwan’s RF-5 Tigergazer Reconnaissance Jets Have Retired

Tigergazer, with its elongated nose full of film cameras, will be replaced by drones and new pods for Taiwan's F-16s that use digital imaging systems.

Red Sea

First Red Sea Attack On Commercial Shipping Since December Launched By Houthis (Updated)

The Liberian-registered Magic Seas was hit with multiple explosive-laden drone boats, rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.

People's Liberation Army Air Force (China)

China’s Mysterious Ekranoplan Seen In Full For First Time

The first full image of China's "Bohai Sea Monster" wing-in-ground effect craft has emerged, but major questions remain.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: 4th Of July Weekend Edition (Part 2)

The most Eagley of Eagles.

Bunker Talk

Bunker Talk: 4th Of July Weekend Edition (Part 1)

Don't light that inside!

Russia

Ukraine’s Uncrewed Surface Vessels Are Now Launching Bomber Drones To Attack Crimea

Ukraine launched bomber drones from sea drones and took out a prized Russian Nebo-M radar system ashore in Crimea.