World Updates
American Shahed-136 Clones Sent To Middle East Have Satellite Datalinks, Swarming Capabilities
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In a quick follow-up to our breaking post on the Pentagon sending Shahed-136 clones to the Middle East, specifically “to flip the script” on Iran, we are getting new images of what configurations the Low-Cost Uncrewed Combat […]
This Will Be The Navy’s New Medium Landing Ship
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Navy has chosen the LST-100 from Dutch shipbuilder Damen to be the basis of a new class of Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs. The service’s goal now is to have received the first of those […]
Nuclear Submarine Base Drone Incursion Prompts French Military Response
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. French authorities reportedly took defensive measures against five drones flying over an extremely sensitive base that is home to the nuclear submarines that make up the nation’s second-strike deterrent force. The incident is the latest in a […]
Ukrainian F-16s Appear To Be Armed With Laser-Guided Rockets In New Photos
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Laser-guided 70mm Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II (APKWS II) rockets now appear to be part of the arsenal available for Ukraine’s F-16 Viper fighters. This is not an unexpected development given that rockets would offer the […]
How USS Gettysburg Ended Up Shooting Down A Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. On the approach to land on the aircraft carrier Harry S. Truman, the F/A-18F Super Hornet’s pilot looked out the canopy and saw a Standard Missile-2 (SM-2) launched from the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS Gettysburg […]
French Thundart Rocket Unveiled As Longer-Range Alternative To HIMARS
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. European missile house MBDA has, for the first time, shown an example of its Thundart surface-to-surface rocket, the result of a rapid development program as France looks to significantly expand the range of its land-based strike capabilities. […]
First Russian MiG-29 Claimed Destroyed In Ukraine, But That May Not Be The Whole Story
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. In an apparent first since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a Russian MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter has been destroyed, according to Ukraine. Interestingly, there has been little to no evidence that Russia has been using any of its […]
Australia’s Unwanted Tiger Attack Helicopters May Go To Ukraine: Reports
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Australia and Ukraine are in talks regarding the transfer of the Australian Army’s Tiger attack helicopters, according to reports. The process of replacing the Tigers with new AH-64E Apache Guardians is already underway, and Ukraine has been […]
F/A-18 Super Hornet Shot Down By Navy Cruiser Investigation Findings Released (Updated)
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. During its deployment to the Middle East, where it took part in combat operations against the Houthis, the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS Truman collided with a cargo ship, had an F/A-18E Super Hornet fall off the […]
Talon Emerges From The Shadows (Updated)
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Our Joseph Trevithick spent the day with Northrop Grumman and its subsidiary Scaled Composites at Mojave Air And Space Port to get the first look at the company’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) demonstrator, dubbed Project Talon. The […]