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RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

RQ-170 Sentinel Stealth Drones May Have Flown Sorties Off Crimea

The War Zone A leaked document purports to provide details on the recent use of RQ-170s, and various other surveillance aircraft, in the Black Sea region. USAF via FOIA French-language website Zone Militaire was among the first to report on the document in question, which is among those leaked online by Airman 1st Class Jack […]

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Pentagon UFO Czar Says Nothing Indicates Objects Are ET, Some May Be Chinese

Pentagon UFO Czar Says Nothing Indicates Objects Are ET, Some May Be Chinese

The War Zone Sean Kirkpatrick has “concerning indicators” that adversary technology may account for some of these unknown objects. Senate screencap “I should also state clearly for the record,” said Sean M. Kirkpatrick, director of the Pentagon’s All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), “that in our research, AARO has found no credible evidence thus far of

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Prized Ohio Guided Missile Submarines Will Be Gone From Navy By 2028

Prized Ohio Guided Missile Submarines Will Be Gone From Navy By 2028

The War Zone The last of the Navy’s heavily in demand Ohio guided missile submarines in just five years with replacements decades away. USN Depending on which course of action the service proceeds with, the first examples of a new class or subclass of guided missile submarines or more specialized “Large Payload Submarines” may not

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Ukraine Situation Report: Official Hints At New Weapons To Be Unleashed On Crimea

Ukraine Situation Report: Official Hints At New Weapons To Be Unleashed On Crimea

The War Zone A top Ukrainian official hinted that “new types” of weapons may have caused explosions in Crimea, targeted by Kyiv for liberation. Ukraine MOD A top Ukrainian official on Friday said that no weapon allowed by international law was off the table when it comes to attacking Crimea and hinted that some recent

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Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week

The War Zone You know the drill. Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images. 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. We can also talk about

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The Ironic Saga Of Ukraine’s Newly Donated MiG-29 Fulcrums

The Ironic Saga Of Ukraine’s Newly Donated MiG-29 Fulcrums

The War Zone The MiG-29s with very colorful pasts being sent to reinforce Ukraine will ironically end up fighting Russia with the backing of NATO. (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images) While the transfer of the first donated MiG-29 Fulcrum fighter jets to Ukraine — from Slovakia and Poland — has been widely reported, including by

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Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

Retirement Of MC-130H Speeds Up MC-130J Low-Flying Radar Upgrade

The War Zone Older MC-130Hs are now all retired, something that was delayed over concerns about key low-altitude radar capabilities on the MC-130J. Sierra Nevada Corporation It is unclear how many MC-130Js have received the Silent Knight Radar, or SKR, to date, but Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) told The War Zone that the

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