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More SM-3 Interceptors Needed After Downing Iranian Ballistic Missiles: Navy Secretary

After SM-3 successfully engaged Iranian ballistic missiles, the Navy Secretary says more are needed than the dozen per year currently planned.

By Howard Altman
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We now have a look at the Marine Corps' new uncrewed Tomahawk launch vehicle actually firing a missile.

Our First Look At Marines’ Tomahawk Missile Launching Drone Truck Firing

Ground-based Tomahawk launchers are set to give the Marine Corps entirely new ways to hold targets on land and at sea at risk.

By Joseph Trevithick

3:17 PM EDT May 3

The Marine Corps is now flight testing a new secretive stand-off missile for its AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters.

Secretive Long Range Attack Missile For Marine AH-1s Is Now Being Flight Tested

The Long Range Attack Missile, based on an unknown Air Force weapon, will help ensure Marine AH-1Zs stay relevant in future high-end fights.

By Joseph Trevithick

8:58 PM EDT May 2

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Navy Names Next Amphibious Assault Ship USS Helmand Province

The naming honors those Marines and sailors who fought for almost 20 years in Afghanistan, especially in the southern province of Helmand.

By Howard Altman

3:13 PM EDT May 2

Israeli forces are shooting down large numbers of their own drones in friendly fire incidents, underscoring challenges the U.S. military will also have to contend with as uncrewed aerial systems become an ever more ubiquitous component of operations.

Israel Is Shooting Down A Lot Of Its Own Drones

Israeli difficulties in separating friendly drones from hostile ones underscore critical issues that U.S. forces also need to address.

By Joseph Trevithick

2:26 PM EDT May 2

Air
The future of the Harvest Hawk armament kits for Marine Corps KC-130J tanker/transport aircraft are increasingly uncertain as focus shifts to planning for future high-end conflicts.

Marine KC-130Js May Lose Their Missile-Firing Harvest Hawk Kits

The future of armed Marine KC-130Js is in question as a fight in the Pacific brews, but new electronic warfare capabilities are on the horizon.

By Joseph Trevithick

7:50 PM EDT May 1

China’s H-6K Bomber Seen Firing Air-Launched Ballistic Missile For First Time

By Thomas Newdick

1:38 PM EDT May 1

How The Marines Plan To Fly The MV-22 Osprey Into The 2060s

By Thomas Newdick

7:27 PM EDT Apr 30

F-16 Crashes Near Holloman Air Force Base In New Mexico (Updated)

By Oliver Parken

4:47 PM EDT Apr 30

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Sea
Testing of DARPA's Manta Ray UUV

Manta Ray Underwater Drone Even More Enormous Than We Thought

New images of the giant underwater drone prototype show it completing in-water testing off Southern California earlier in the year.

By Oliver Parken

5:29 PM EDT May 1

Kaman’s Kargo Logistics Drone For The Marines Now In Flight Test

By Thomas Newdick

2:27 PM EDT Apr 30

China’s New Aircraft Carrier Pulls Away From Its Pier Ahead Of Sea Trials

By Thomas Newdick

12:44 PM EDT Apr 29

German Frigate That Fought Off Houthi Drones Heads Home After 58 Days

By Howard Altman

2:46 PM EDT Apr 22

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Land

The Marines' ACV is getting a big 30mm cannon.

Marines Poised To Get Their 30mm Cannon-Armed Amphibious Combat Vehicle

byThomas Newdick

1:10 PM EDT May 2

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Space

SpaceX's contract for a new satellite constellation for the DOD could be a game changer.

If SpaceX’s Secret Constellation Is What We Think It Is, It’s Game Changing (Updated)

byJoseph Trevithick, Tyler Rogoway

4:44 PM EDT Mar 20

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Nukes

Poland F-16 nuclear weapons

Ukraine Situation Report: Poland “Ready” To Host Nuclear Weapons

byThomas Newdick

6:31 PM EDT Apr 22

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Modern Day Marine ’24

We now have a look at the Marine Corps' new uncrewed Tomahawk launch vehicle actually firing a missile.

Our First Look At Marines’ Tomahawk Missile Launching Drone Truck Firing

byJoseph Trevithick

3:17 PM EDT May 3

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