The U.S. military continues to underestimate Al Qaeda’s strength in Afghanistan and overestimate the threat posed by the Islamic State’s Khorasan Province. The newly released Department of Defense Inspector General report […]
On May 17 a number of reports emerged that S-300 surface to air missile batteries fielded by the Syrian Arab Army had been confirmed as operational, and may have been […]
Mr. John Sherman, Acting Department of Defense Chief Information Officer participates in a virtual panel with Billington Cybersecurity at the Pentagon, April 15, 2021 (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley) […]
The Afghan Taliban played a key role in extending a ceasefire between the Pakistani state and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP). The Haqqani Network, an integral part […]
The Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) has signed an agreement with arms manufacturer MBDA UK to equip its tank-busting vehicles with Brimstone anti-tank guided missiles. The deal is a continuation of […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force University of Engineering in Xian has made progress towards developing a new hypersonic weapon capable of engaging small mobile targets precisely enough […]
Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence Scott Bray explains a video of an unidentified aerial phenomena, as he testifies before a House Intelligence Committee subcommittee hearing at the U.S. Capitol on […]
The Indian Air Force has tested a new enhanced variant of the BrahMos cruise missile, which was launched from a Su-30MKI heavyweight fighter in the Bay of Bengal and had […]
SOCOM is seeking better ISR options for units in the field. (U.S. Marine/Steven Fox, released) SOFIC 2022: US Special Operations Command is looking to beef up its airborne intelligence, surveillance […]
What makes a good wing commander? Is it their vision for the future of the wing, knowledge of the mission, or operational expertise? Their commitment to Airmen, relationships with the […]
The F-22A Raptor and F-35A Lightning II were designed to be fielded in parallel as complementary fifth generation fighters in the United States Air Force, replacing the respective F-15 and F-16 […]
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade prepare to fire an FMG-148 Javelin at a BMP-2M tank during a simulated urban engagement Aug. […]
The U.S. State Department is expected to remove the Gaza-based Mujahideen Shura Council of Jerusalem (MSC) and several other groups from its Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) list, according to an […]
NATO on Sunday pledged open-ended military support for Ukraine, as Finland hailed its “historic” bid to join the alliance and Sweden’s ruling party said it backed a joint membership application. […]
On May 14 the C919 airliner produced by the state owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) completed its first pre delivery three hour test flight in Shanghai. “This marked […]
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) transits the Atlantic Ocean, May 3. (U.S. Navy/ Trey Fowler) WASHINGTON: The Navy today notified Congress about a significant cost […]
On the occassion of International Quds Day, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) published footage of a previously unknown drone called Jenin.” PIJ spokesperson, Abu Hamza, stated the drone was added to […]
Following escalated testing of a range of new ballistic missiles, which has included the world’s first ground launched missile with a tactical hypersonic glide vehicle outside China and the first […]
A Marine training to be part of the Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) section fires a Stinger missile. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rachel K. Young) WASHINGTON: As […]
Masked Palestinian men hold automatic weapons during clashes with Israeli security forces in the West Bank city of Jenin on May 13, 2022. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP) (Photo […]
During the Cold War Syria was the first country in the Arab world to align itself against Western interests and form defence ties with the Soviet Union, which was a […]
Col. Chandler Atwood, Space Delta 7 commander, speaks to new squadron members during the activation ceremony of the 71st and 72nd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadrons at Peterson Air Force […]
Yesterday, at least 8 Togolese soldiers were killed in a large-scale assault on a military position in the country’s north. While the littoral West African state suffered its first jihadist […]
The US Marine Corps has nearly completed testing its new multi-barrel Mk22 Mod 0 Advanced Sniper Rifle, designed to increase troop lethality in the field. The weapon reportedly allows for […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stated on May 10 that his country would develop a new ballistic missile system with Russian support, elaborating that it could be based on the Russian […]
Raytheon Missiles Defense was selected by the Missile Defense Agency as one of the companies to develop and test the Glide Phase Interceptor, the first system specifically designed to defeat […]
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has awarded BAE Systems and Rolls Royce more than £2 billion ($2.47 billion) for the Dreadnought nuclear deterrent submarine program. The initial funding will […]
Following the latest of multiple dismal reports by the Government Accountability Office on the performance on the F-35 fifth generation fighter program, a nearly two hour hearing on Capitol Hill […]
Then-President Donald Trump (L) applauds as the flag for the new the U.S. Space Command is revealed in the Rose Garden at the White House August 29, 2019 in Washington, […]
The US Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has unveiled its first-ever Orca Extra Large Unmanned Undersea Vehicle (XLUUV). The organization posted photos on its social media account of the […]
Following deep cuts to numbers in the aftermath of the Cold War, and continuing during the War on Terror and following the 2008 financial crisis, the United States Air Force’s […]
The flags of Japan and the U.S. are flown during an honor guard ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Japan Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi ahead of […]
The US Army’s 82nd Airborne Division has deployed its first batch of new Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISV) in the wake of negative reviews. A total of 59 ISVs were handed […]
On May 6 it was confirmed that the secretive death of one of the United States Air Force’s top pilots near Area 51, Lt. Colonel Eric Schultz, occurred during the […]
The Infantry Squad Vehicle currently under test at U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground promises to give Soldiers an opportunity to arrive to a fight faster, rested, and ready. Photo Feb. […]
On Thursday night, two assailants wielding axes murdered three Israelis and wounded several others in the city of Elad, located east of Tel Aviv. According to an Israeli publication, two […]
The French Ministry of Armed Forces has taken delivery of its first SERVAL light multi-role armored vehicles from local defense manufacturers Nexter and Texelis. In a contract finalized last year, […]
The Serbian Defence Ministry has begun to consider options for acquisitions of new fighter aircraft to modernise the country’s ageing air force, which has contracted in recent years with the […]
A U.S. Army paratrooper fires an FGM-148 Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile during a combined arms live-fire exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, August 21, 2019. (Sgt. Henry Villarama) WASHINGTON: The […]
The US Army is looking for a potential manufacturer of a powered robotic exoskeleton capable of protecting the knees of warfighters. Researchers explained that the exoskeleton is […]
Entering service from December 2020, only five Su-57 next generation fighters are currently though to be in service in the Russian Air Force out of a total order of 76 […]
The Freedom-class littoral combat ship USS Sioux City (LCS 11) transits the Atlantic Ocean, May 3. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Trey Fowler) WASHINGTON: The Navy […]
US Marine Corps engineers completed the construction of an underground defense system during a recent field exercise in North Carolina. The exercise was held to gauge the effectiveness of subterranean […]
Following reports that the first Russian T-90M battle tanks had been deployed to Ukraine in the final week of April, the first footage emerged on May 4 showing that at […]
A US Marine walks past a Swedish Strf-90 tracked infantry fighting vehicle during Exercise Aurora 17 in Lärbro, Sweden, Sept. 21, 2017. (US Marines/Marcin Platek) WASHINGTON: Sweden is in discussions […]
Screenshot taken from Shabaab’s video showing handheld footage from one of the group’s assassins in Mogadishu. In a newly released video, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, highlighted operations […]
Speaking at a Lockheed Martin missile plant in the state of Alabama, U.S. President Joe Biden declared on May 3 that the world was at a historic “inflection point [that] […]
A poster depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen as Ukranians gather in protest outside the Russian Consulate on February 25, 2022 in Istanbul, Turkey. (Burak Kara/Getty Images) This is […]
Unofficial video propagated by Shabaab showing civilians pillaging from the overran AU base. Earlier today, Shabaab, al Qaeda’s branch in East Africa, launched a suicide assault against an African Union […]
The Taiwanese defense ministry has announced that it is considering purchasing alternative weapons after being informed of a delay in supplying an artillery system from the US. The two allied […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force owed much of its success in becoming a world leading service in the 1990s to the collapse of the Soviet Union at […]
An Area-I Air-Launched, Tube-Integrated, Unmanned System, or ALTIUS, sails through the skies at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz., March 4. (Photo by Jose Mejia-Betancourth/CCDC AvMC Technology Development Directorate) WASHINGTON: In the […]
Credit: United Hatzalah A manhunt continues in Tel Aviv after an individual armed with a gun carried out a shooting attack on Dizengoff street Thursday night. Two civilians were killed […]
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has demonstrated a new low-cost, ship-killing smart bomb in the Gulf of Mexico. A modified 2,000-pound GBU-31 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) was […]
In the latest of multiple missile strikes targeting depots for Western armaments recently supplied to Ukraine, the Russian Military has deployed P-800 anti ship missiles for a land attack role […]
ELTA’s MMR (ELM-2084) is a mobile S-Band radar featuring an advanced 4D Active Electronically Steered Array (AESA) for Air Defense, Surveillance and Artillery Weapon Location (WLR) missions. (Image via IAI) […]