Share this story Somewhere in southwestern Syria, near the ancient city of Suwayda, a piece of technology that was never supposed to touch the ground in one piece is sitting in someone’s hands. Videos circulating on social media since April 6 show what appears...
Share this story At approximately 1 PM Pacific Time on April 6, the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft prototype to crash did so in the Californian desert — and the entire programme felt the shockwave. General Atomics’ YFQ-42A “Dark Merlin,” a...
Share this story There is no fighter in the history of aerial combat that can match the F-15 Eagle’s record. One hundred and four confirmed air-to-air kills. Zero losses to enemy fighters. Not a single combat loss in air-to-air engagements across more than 50...
Share this story Space warfare is no longer science fiction. It’s industrial policy. The 2026 Global Counterspace Capabilities Report, released by the Secure World Foundation, paints a stark picture: thirteen nations are now actively developing weapons and systems...
Share this story On April 8, 2026, a ghost emerged from the waters off Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture. In just three meters of shallow sea, searchers recovered the Kawanishi N1K2-J Shiden-Kai—”Violet Lightning”—a Japanese fighter that had been lost to...
Share this story The Trump administration’s FY2027 defence budget is a masterclass in strategic betting. At $1.5 trillion—with the base budget breaching $1 trillion for the first time ever—it’s less about growth and more about ruthless prioritization....
Share this story The sixth-generation fighter race is no longer theoretical. It’s real, it’s global, and three competing visions are crystallizing as the world’s major defense industries commit extraordinary sums to aircraft that may not fly for...
Share this story In the harsh Arctic dawn, two F-16 Fighting Falcons screamed down the runway at King Salmon Airport, a windswept strip on Alaska’s southwestern coast overlooking the Bering Sea, 750 kilometers from their home base at Eielson. This wasn’t a...
Share this story The Eurofighter Typhoon just proved what air forces have suspected all year: you don’t need a $1 million missile to swat a $30,000 drone out of the sky. Last month, a RAF Typhoon test aircraft streaked across the range at Warton, Lancashire, and...
Share this story Both sides are claiming victory. Neither side got what it wanted. That is the diplomatic reality of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced April 7, 2026, after 38 days of the most intense American air campaign since the...
Share this story You have seen the photographs: a fighter jet trailing twin streams of white mist from its wingtips, the spray catching sunlight like a veil behind the aircraft. It looks dramatic, wasteful, and slightly insane. Why would anyone dump thousands of...
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