The B-52s Are Coming Back to Spain

The B-52s Are Coming Back to Spain

The United States is quietly building more room for its heavy bombers in southern Spain. Under a new military-construction plan, the U.S. Air Force wants to expand the apron at Morón Air Base near Seville so it can park up to nine B-52 Stratofortress bombers at...
The Shahed Just Got a Jet Engine

The Shahed Just Got a Jet Engine

The Shahed used to buzz. Now it screams. Russia has thrown its production weight behind a jet-powered version of the Iranian-designed attack drone, and the shift is turning a slow, propeller-driven nuisance into a genuinely hard target — one that flies roughly...
France Eyes a Fighter Built With Sweden

France Eyes a Fighter Built With Sweden

When Emmanuel Macron flew to Stockholm at the end of August, the headline deal was maritime: four French frigates for the Swedish navy, a multi-billion-euro vote of confidence in NATO’s newest member. But tucked alongside it was something that could matter far...
A Drone Crosses Into Estonia

A Drone Crosses Into Estonia

Before dawn on Tuesday, sirens and phone alerts woke residents across eight regions of Estonia. A drone had crossed the country’s southeastern frontier, and a second was tracking toward the border city of Narva. On the runway at Ämari Air Base, Turkish...
A Carcinogen Turns Up in the Missile Force

A Carcinogen Turns Up in the Missile Force

It started with one Airman, one routine inspection, and one smear of residue that should not have been there. Weeks later, the U.S. Air Force has yanked an entire family of test equipment out of its nuclear missile force — because the gear that keeps...
Japan’s Ship-Killer Grows Fangs

Japan’s Ship-Killer Grows Fangs

Buried in Japan’s record ¥8.89 trillion (about $56 billion) defence budget request for fiscal 2027 is a single phrase that quietly redraws the country’s air-combat ambitions. The Ministry of Defense now describes the ASM-3 — until now a...