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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]