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China’s KJ-500 El Alamein Debut in Egypt Marks Its First Airshow Abroad
China’s PLA Air Force displayed a Shaanxi KJ-500 AEW&C aircraft at Egypt’s El Alamein International Airshow on September 8, 2026, the type’s…
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RAF Fairford Arrests: Five Men Held in Terror Probe Near US Bomber Base
Counter-terrorism police arrested five men after intercepting three vans heading toward RAF Fairford, the UK hub for US bomber strikes on Iran.…
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Türkiye’s KORKUT 35 Air Defense Gun Downs Drones in Live Fire Exercise
ASELSAN says its KORKUT 35 air defense gun downed several drone types and struck a moving target while itself in motion, in…
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U.S. Navy Flies Blackbeard Hypersonic Missile on F/A-18 for First Time
NAVAIR footage shows Castelion’s Blackbeard hypersonic missile flying on an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet for the first time, as the Navy’s MACE program…
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USS George Washington Flies Sorties 3 Weeks After Iran’s Hit Claim
CENTCOM imagery from September 26 shows an F/A-18 Super Hornet launching from USS George Washington, three weeks after Iran claimed a missile…
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Russia’s Jet-Powered Shahed Drones: $12B 2027 Production Push, Kyiv Says
Ukraine says Russia has earmarked $12 billion to mass-produce jet-powered Shahed drones in 2027. Kyiv intercepts just 55 percent of the faster…
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Germany Receives First F-35A for NATO Nuclear-Sharing Mission
Germany has taken delivery of its first F-35A Lightning II from Lockheed Martin, launching a 35-jet program to replace the aging Tornado…
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Anduril, Origin to Test BLAZE Interceptor Drone With Lattice for NATO
Anduril and Latvia’s Origin Robotics have signed an MoU to test whether the BLAZE interceptor drone can plug into Anduril’s Lattice network,…
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Europe Fractures on Sixth-Generation Fighter as FCAS Collapses and GCAP Surges Ahead
In the span of a month, the West’s sixth-generation fighter effort split in two. The Franco-German-Spanish FCAS program collapsed after nine years…
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Russia and China Field Combat-Proven Hypersonic Weapons the West Cannot Intercept
Russia’s Oreshnik and Avangard, China’s DF-27 and DF-17, and Iran’s Fattah-2 have carried hypersonic weapons from the test range into combat, and…