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China’s J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ Stealth Fighter Summed Up in 1 Word

Fifteen years after its first flight upstaged a visiting U.S. defense secretary, China's J-20 Mighty Dragon now numbers roughly 500 jets by analyst estimates...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 20, 2026

Putin Meeting with Indian Leaders Creative Commons Photo 2021

Ukraine War

Russia Claims It Shot Down Nearly All of Ukraine’s Four-Hundred-Drone Wave — but the Fires Around Moscow Tell a Different Story

Russia says Ukraine sent more than 400 drones toward Moscow and its surrounding region overnight into July 20 — the third major wave in...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 20, 2026

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Something Just Flew Over Area 51 That Nobody Can Identify — and It May Be the World’s First Public Glimpse of America’s Secret F-47

Infrared footage taken near Area 51 this month shows an unidentified twin-engine aircraft that veteran aviation journalist Bill Sweetman assesses as a likely F-47...

Bill SweetmanJuly 19, 2026

U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment, 18th Field Artillery Brigade, fire a M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) during their Table 15 qualification on Fort Bragg, North Carolina, March 30, 2026. Table 15 is a mandatory U.S. Army training and certification exercise for field artillery batteries that tests their ability to integrate artillery fires into a realistic tactical scenario. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Austin Robertson)

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America Has Already Killed Iran’s Supreme Leader — a Decorated Special Forces Veteran Says Stopping There Is ‘Strategic Incoherence’

Retired Special Forces Lieutenant Colonel Stephen D. Cook argues that five months of airpower and blockade cannot permanently end Tehran's nuclear ambitions. Invoking the...

Stephen D. CookJuly 19, 2026

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Something About the F-35’s Brand-New Radar Doesn’t Add Up — Its Massive Cooling Demands Point Straight to a Secret Microwave Weapon

The F-35's new APG-85 radar demands more than double the jet's cooling and won't reach full power until upgrades land in the 2030s, the...

Bill SweetmanJuly 19, 2026

HIMARS Like Used in Ukraine Image Credit Creative Commons

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Ukraine’s President Says Russia Is ‘Placing Its Wagers on Ballistic Missiles’ — and That They’re Why Putin Still Believes in the War

Russia stockpiled missiles for days, Ukraine's president said, then fired 41 of them — overwhelmingly ballistic — alongside 125 drones in one of the...

Jack BuckbyJuly 19, 2026

Carl Gustaf Rocket Like Used in Ukraine Creative Commons Image

Ukraine War

A Russian Ballistic Missile Can Reach Kyiv in as Little as Two to Four Minutes — and Moscow Just Fired Dozens of Them in One Night

Russia fired 41 missiles and 125 drones at Ukraine overnight, concentrating ballistic weapons on Kyiv in what Zelensky called one of the largest such...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

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Iran Says US Strikes Just Hit a Nuclear Power Plant Construction Site — the IAEA Is Investigating but Sees No Radiological Risk

The US launched an eighth straight night of strikes into Sunday as Iran claimed a nuclear plant construction site was hit — the IAEA...

Jack BuckbyJuly 19, 2026

Ukraine War

Ukraine Says It Just Destroyed Another Tu-95 Bomber Deep Inside Russia — an Aircraft Moscow Has No Way of Ever Building Again

Ukraine's SBU says long-range drones flew about 500 miles into Russia and destroyed a Tu-95 at Engels, tearing off its tail — a claim...

Harry J. KazianisJuly 19, 2026

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

China’s J-20 ‘Mighty Dragon’ Stealth Fighter Summed Up in 1 Word

Ukraine War

Russia Claims It Shot Down Nearly All of Ukraine’s Four-Hundred-Drone Wave — but the Fires Around Moscow Tell a Different Story

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Something Just Flew Over Area 51 That Nobody Can Identify — and It May Be the World’s First Public Glimpse of America’s Secret F-47

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

America Has Already Killed Iran’s Supreme Leader — a Decorated Special Forces Veteran Says Stopping There Is ‘Strategic Incoherence’

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Something About the F-35’s Brand-New Radar Doesn’t Add Up — Its Massive Cooling Demands Point Straight to a Secret Microwave Weapon

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Ukraine’s President Says Russia Is ‘Placing Its Wagers on Ballistic Missiles’ — and That They’re Why Putin Still Believes in the War

Ukraine War

A Russian Ballistic Missile Can Reach Kyiv in as Little as Two to Four Minutes — and Moscow Just Fired Dozens of Them in One Night

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Iran Says US Strikes Just Hit a Nuclear Power Plant Construction Site — the IAEA Is Investigating but Sees No Radiological Risk

Ukraine War

Ukraine Says It Just Destroyed Another Tu-95 Bomber Deep Inside Russia — an Aircraft Moscow Has No Way of Ever Building Again

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