Military & Defense

A Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter performing a high-speed flyby, marking the transition to fifth-generation air superiority.

Goodbye to the F-16 Falcon: the light fighter chosen to inherit its mantle isn’t the one most pilots expected

By Techy44

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July 12, 2026 at 12:30 PM

The Anduril FQ-44 Fury, a semi-autonomous loyal wingman aircraft, performing a tactical flight maneuver alongside a crewed fighter jet.

The US Air Force is building its first semi-autonomous fighter, the FQ-44 Fury, to fly as a loyal wingman beside the F-35 and F-22

By Techy44

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July 12, 2026 at 9:30 AM

A Russian MiG-31BM Foxhound interceptor cruising over Arctic waters during a long-range strategic patrol.

Russia just sent its heaviest and fastest interceptor to guard the Arctic, and the MiG-31BM’s top speed is the part that unsettles NATO

By Adrian Villellas

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July 12, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A high-performance F-22 Raptor fighter jet performing a maneuver during an aerial demonstration.

He flew the F-18, F-16, F-22, and F-35, and says just one of them has no real equal

By Adrian Villellas

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July 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM

A Portuguese Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon on static display in a public square in Viana do Castelo during the 74th-anniversary celebrations.

A Portuguese air force F-16 now sits in the middle of Viana, and the reason goes back 74 years

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 11, 2026 at 7:45 AM

An F-35 pilot wearing the advanced Gen III Helmet Mounted Display System, which provides real-time tactical data and "see-through" cockpit imagery.

The F-35’s helmet alone costs half a million dollars, and only a quarter of the fleet can fly: inside the jet’s spiraling costs

By Adrian Villellas

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July 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM

Concept visualization of the French ASN4G hypersonic cruise missile integrated with a Dassault Rafale F5 fighter jet.

France is building a hypersonic nuclear missile for its fighter jets, betting on raw speed over stealth: why that choice matters

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 10, 2026 at 12:30 PM

The MOBIDIK modular unmanned surface vessel displayed at the Ukrainian-Nordic DIH Naval Forge 2026 conference.

Ukraine just unveiled MOBIDIK, a single naval drone that splits into six variants for air defense and missile strikes

By Techy44

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July 10, 2026 at 9:30 AM

A digital rendering of the DragonFire high-energy laser system mounted on the deck of a Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer.

The UK is shrinking its DragonFire laser to arm a Type 45 destroyer by 2027, becoming the first NATO nation to fire one at sea

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A digital illustration of Viking longships sailing up the Guadalquivir River toward the historic city of Seville in 844 AD.

The day Viking dragon ships sailed up the Guadalquivir: the forgotten 844 AD massacre that changed Seville forever

By Adrian Villellas

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July 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM

A high-resolution underwater sonar image of a 1941 Ford "Woody" station wagon resting on the hangar deck of the sunken USS Yorktown.

A 1941 Ford was found on a sunken WWII carrier three miles down in the Pacific: the USS Yorktown’s lost cargo

By Kevin Montien

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July 8, 2026 at 6:45 PM

A historic photograph of British and German warships exchanging fire during the 1916 Battle of Jutland.

To trap a few English ships, Germany’s fleet pushed into the Skagerrak in 1916 and triggered one of history’s biggest sea battles

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 8, 2026 at 10:35 AM

A sonar scan image of the USS Herring (SS-233) resting upright on the seafloor near Matsuwa Island.

After 82 years, a sunken WWII submarine with Minnesotans aboard is identified: the USS Herring lost in 1944

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 8, 2026 at 6:00 AM

A portrait of Captain John Barry, the Wexford-born naval officer widely recognized as the Father of the U.S. Navy.

The Wexford man they call the “father of the US Navy”: John Barry gets his own documentary at last

By Adrian Villellas

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July 7, 2026 at 12:30 PM

The F111 Bonifaz, the first F-110 class frigate, being prepared for its 2028 delivery at Navantia’s shipyard in Ferrol.

Spain commits billions to its biggest naval renewal in decades: 37 warships and four S-80 submarines

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 7, 2026 at 7:45 AM

A nearly intact WWII StuG III assault gun being unearthed by workers at the Nordholz naval air base in Germany.

Workers digging at a German naval airfield uncovered a nearly intact WWII assault gun: the buried Sturmgeschütz III shocked everyone

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM

Zhang Shengwu piloting his 5-ton homemade submarine, Big Black Fish, during a test dive in a river in Hanshan County, Anhui.

A Chinese farmer in his 60s built an 11,000-pound homemade submarine in his village and launched it into a river in Anhui, as if it were an impromptu naval test

By Kevin Montien

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July 6, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Steel cutting ceremony at COTECMAR's Mamonal facility in Cartagena for the first Colombian-built Strategic Surface Platform (PES) frigate.

A South American nation confirmed its first home-built warship: a frigate it promises will be Latin America’s most powerful

By Adrian Villellas

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July 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM

An aerial view of the Callao Naval Base and surrounding commercial port facilities, highlighting the strategic maritime logistics hub in Peru.

The US will spend 1 billion dollars on a new naval base in Latin America: why it could redraw the region’s balance

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 4, 2026 at 12:30 PM

An artist's concept of a long-range missile launch, representing the Air Force's move toward networked "kill web" air superiority.

The US just answered China with the world’s longest-ranged air-to-air missile, and its reach changes the math in the sky

By Sonia Ramirez

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July 4, 2026 at 6:00 AM

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Military & Defense

Goodbye to the F-16 Falcon: the light fighter chosen to inherit its mantle isn’t the one most pilots expected

The US Air Force is building its first semi-autonomous fighter, the FQ-44 Fury, to fly as a loyal wingman beside the F-35 and F-22

Russia just sent its heaviest and fastest interceptor to guard the Arctic, and the MiG-31BM’s top speed is the part that unsettles NATO

He flew the F-18, F-16, F-22, and F-35, and says just one of them has no real equal

A Portuguese air force F-16 now sits in the middle of Viana, and the reason goes back 74 years

The F-35’s helmet alone costs half a million dollars, and only a quarter of the fleet can fly: inside the jet’s spiraling costs

France is building a hypersonic nuclear missile for its fighter jets, betting on raw speed over stealth: why that choice matters

Ukraine just unveiled MOBIDIK, a single naval drone that splits into six variants for air defense and missile strikes

The UK is shrinking its DragonFire laser to arm a Type 45 destroyer by 2027, becoming the first NATO nation to fire one at sea

The day Viking dragon ships sailed up the Guadalquivir: the forgotten 844 AD massacre that changed Seville forever

A 1941 Ford was found on a sunken WWII carrier three miles down in the Pacific: the USS Yorktown’s lost cargo

To trap a few English ships, Germany’s fleet pushed into the Skagerrak in 1916 and triggered one of history’s biggest sea battles

After 82 years, a sunken WWII submarine with Minnesotans aboard is identified: the USS Herring lost in 1944

The Wexford man they call the “father of the US Navy”: John Barry gets his own documentary at last

Spain commits billions to its biggest naval renewal in decades: 37 warships and four S-80 submarines

Workers digging at a German naval airfield uncovered a nearly intact WWII assault gun: the buried Sturmgeschütz III shocked everyone

A Chinese farmer in his 60s built an 11,000-pound homemade submarine in his village and launched it into a river in Anhui, as if it were an impromptu naval test

A South American nation confirmed its first home-built warship: a frigate it promises will be Latin America’s most powerful

The US will spend 1 billion dollars on a new naval base in Latin America: why it could redraw the region’s balance

The US just answered China with the world’s longest-ranged air-to-air missile, and its reach changes the math in the sky

The world is short 17,000 aircraft and building them will take over 12 years — the reason isn’t demand, it’s production

Norway is quietly boring a 1.7-km tunnel through a mountain to hide its ships from one of Europe’s deadliest seas

Goodbye to the river ferry: Poland is building a huge bridge to NATO’s toughest standards for a strategic reason

Airbus and three French giants will turn farm waste into 160,000 metric tons of jet fuel, and it could reshape flying

Britain’s Wildcat helicopters entered service barely a decade ago, and they’re already being quietly replaced by drones

A South American nation is quietly planning an underwater tunnel that could reconnect a region cut off for centuries

NASA just gave an update on its $30 billion moon base — and the timeline may surprise you

The C-17 Globemaster can land on a tiny runway thanks to a system no other transport uses, and it comes at a price

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