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Pentagon Launches $1B Program To Rapidly Buy Hundreds Of Thousands Of Kamikaze Drones
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Pentagon has created a new program to spend $1 billion over the next two years to buy hundreds of thousands of one-way attack drones for the military. Dubbed the Drone Dominance Program (DDP), it is an […]
Royal Navy’s Type 26 Frigates Will Be Armed With Stratus Stealth Cruise Missile
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.K. Ministry of Defense has confirmed that the Royal Navy’s forthcoming Type 26 City class frigates will be armed with the Stratus missile, two discrete versions of which are being developed under the Future Cruise/Anti-Ship Weapon […]
Analyzing North Korea’s New Air-Launched Guided Weapons
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Celebrations for the 80th anniversary of the Korean People’s Air Force (KPAF) provided an apparent first look at three new types of air-launched weapons, intended to arm the KPAF’s Su-25 Frogfoot ground-attack aircraft, and potentially others. The […]
Russian Oil Tanker Struck In Aerial Attack Hundreds Of Miles From Ukraine
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A Russian-owned oil tanker was attacked in the Black Sea about 80 miles north of the Turkish city of Sinop, according to Turkish and Russian authorities. The strike was “highly likely” carried out by aerial drones, according […]
Trump Confirms Phone Call With Maduro
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he recently spoke with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, but offered no details about the conversation. Reports from multiple outlets claim the conversation hit a wall, along with details about the nature […]
Russian Shahed-136 Kamikaze Drones Now Armed With Air-To-Air Missiles
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Russia has fielded a new version of the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone armed with a single R-60 air-to-air missile. In principle, the heat-seeking R-60 would give the one-way attacker a way to engage Ukrainian fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, […]
Turkey’s Fighter-Like Kizilelma Drone Shot Down Aerial Target With Radar-Guided Missile
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Turkish industry and media alike have heralded the recent live-fire test in which a Kizilelma uncrewed combat air vehicle (UCAV) used a Turkish-made air-to-air missile to destroy a target drone. Turkey claims the test marks the first […]
U.S. Army AH-64E Apache’s Counter-Drone Capability Rapidly Matures
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Army’s AH-64 Apache attack helicopter is continuing to develop its ability to detect and destroy enemy aerial drones. In a recent live-fire test, AH-64E versions of the helicopter used the latest Version 6 (V6) software […]
M1 Abrams Tank Armed With Switchblade Drones Tested By Army
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) has revealed more details of the ongoing efforts to arm M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks with the Switchblade series of loitering munitions, via a system known as Precision Effects & Reconnaissance, Canister-Housed […]
Thunderbirds F-16C Fighting Falcon Crashes in California
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon belonging to the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team crashed this afternoon in California, the Air Force said. “On December 3, 2025, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a Thunderbird pilot safely ejected from a […]