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Navy E/A-18 G Growlers Collide At Idaho Air Show
6+ hour, 49+ min ago (314+ words) Published May 17, 2026 9: 23 PM EDT These still images show another view of the collision. The crash caused a fire that was since contained, according to the base. Initially, the base was placed on lockdown. While the exact cause of the mishap…...
Where Are The Carriers As Of May 17, 2026: Ford Is Finally Home
8+ hour, 48+ min ago (147+ words) Published May 17, 2026 11: 24 PM EDT Here's TWZ's weekly carrier tracker monitoring America's flattop fleet, including deployed Carrier Strike Groups (CSG) and Amphibious Ready Groups (ARG), using publicly available open-source information. Check out last week's map here. Meanwhile, three other carriers conducting…...
Mysterious Chinese SUV With Massive Roof Featured In Trump Motorcade In Beijing
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (529+ words) Published May 15, 2026 6: 54 PM EDT The unusual SUVs were first spotted as Trump's motorcade moved through the Chinese capital on May 13, as can be seen in the video in the social media post immediately below. They continued to be a feature…...
Bunker Talk: Let's Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn't Cover This Week
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (87+ words) Published May 15, 2026 6: 13 PM EDT Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn't…...
Argentina Retires Its A-4 Fightinghawks
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (927+ words) Published May 15, 2026 3: 20 PM EDT Argentina has withdrawn the last of its A-4 AR/OA-4 AR Fightinghawks, modernized versions of the classic A-4 Skyhawk, a type that saw six decades of service in the South American nation. The retirement of the A-4s comes as…...
Secretive AIM-260 Air-To-Air Missile Finally Breaks Cover
2+ day, 13+ hour ago (680+ words) Published May 15, 2026 1: 39 PM EDT The first picture of the U. S. military's new AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile (JATM) has emerged. Flight testing of the JATM is known to have started years ago, but it has never been seen publicly before now....
Inside Ukraine's Interceptor Drone Innovations Swatting Down Thousands Of Russian Shaheds
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (1471+ words) Published May 15, 2026 1: 29 PM EDT Hours after hunkering down during Russia's most intense Shahed-136 drone barrage of the war, the head of the country's defense technology incubator spoke with us about the interceptor drones his country developed to defend against them....
CENTCOM Commander Dismisses Reports That Iran Retains Most Of Its Missile And Drone Arsenal
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (1503+ words) Published May 14, 2026 4: 33 PM EDT Iran can "no longer threaten regional partners, or the United States, in ways that they were able to do before, across every domain," the commander of U. S. Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, explained. On Wednesday, The New…...
Nuclear-Powered Trump Class Battleships Will Reverse One Of The Navy's "Largest Mistakes": Navy Boss
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (515+ words) Published May 14, 2026 4: 08 PM EDT "Sir, we walked away from surface nuclear power decades ago, and that was one of the largest mistakes the Navy ever did, and we're bringing it back," the Chief of Naval Operations said in response. "We…...
Israel's F-35s Are Getting External Fuel Tanks
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (952+ words) Published May 14, 2026 1: 45 PM EDT The Israeli Ministry of Defense confirmed today that the development and integration of the external fuel tanks on the F-35 I will be carried out by Elbit Systems" Cyclone subsidiary. Elbit says the deal is valued at…...