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Super Hornet Seen With Rare SLAM-ER Missile Loadout On Yemen Mission
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Imagery has emerged of a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter with a rare payload of AGM-84H/K Standoff Land Attack Missile–Expanded Response, better known as SLAM-ER. While only published recently, the photos date back to earlier this […]
Congress Wants To Know If The C-130 Hercules Could Be The USAF’s New ‘Doomsday Plane’
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Congress is looking to press the U.S. Air Force to provide details of its place to maintain the Airborne Command Post (ABNCP) capability — better known as Looking Glass — including the possibility of hosting it on […]
China’s Mysterious Submarine-Ship Hybrid Breaks Cover
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The Chinese trimaran craft is seen in what is the first widely circulated image of the vessel, but it leaves many questions unanswered. Not least, what is the actual purpose of this vessel? At the same time, […]
Shift In Ukraine Support In Congress’s Proposed Pentagon Budget
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The new National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill released by Congress Sunday night calls for maintaining funding of arms purchases for Ukraine, though at a rate drastically less than in the past, and support, albeit with caveats, […]
U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. military has stood up its first operational unit armed with Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) kamikaze drones, a design reverse-engineered from the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, in the Middle East. The establishment of Task Force Scorpion […]
In Limbo F/A-XX Naval Fighter Gets ‘Full Funding’ Nod From Congress, But There’s A Catch (Updated)
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The House Armed Services Committee has advanced a new draft of the annual defense policy bill that it says includes full funding for the U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX next-generation carrier-based combat jet program. The proposed legislation would also […]
U.S. Deploys Shahed-136 Clones To Middle East As A Warning To Iran
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. military has stood up its first operational unit armed with Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat Attack System (LUCAS) kamikaze drones, a design reverse-engineered from the Iranian-designed Shahed-136, in the Middle East. The establishment of Task Force Scorpion […]
Thai F-16s Bomb Targets Along Disputed Cambodian Border
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. A new escalation in the clashes between Thailand and Cambodia has seen Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) F-16 fighters deliver airstrikes along the disputed border between the two countries. The nations are now blaming each other for […]
General Atomics’ Boss Gives CCA Test And Export Market Update At Dubai Airshow
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was at the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates during November to showcase its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The company is currently undertaking a tour of the Middle East that’s designed to build upon the strong interest it sees in the region for CCAs. Company President David […]
Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. 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 cover. […]