Red Wolf Long-Range Missiles for Marine Corps AH-1Z Vipers

A six-foot, turbojet-powered mini-cruise missile that flies nap-of-the-sea out past 200 miles for roughly the price of a JAGM, Red Wolf gives Marine Corps Vipers a way to hit ships, radars, and missile sites from well outside the danger ring and in numbers that actually matter.

Ukraine’s Drone-Killer, An-28 Aerial Gunship

A civilian Antonov turned night-fighting gunship now prowls Ukraine’s skies, proving that ingenuity and a minigun can swat down swarms of cheap Russian drones far more efficiently than million-dollar missiles.

Ukraine’s Mi-24 “Crocodile” Gunships in Action

Flying at treetop height with cold-war iron and nerves of steel, Ukraine’s Mi-24 crews have turned an aging “Flying Tank” into a blunt instrument of precision and audacity, proving that in this war, skill and nerve still matter more than the calendar on the airframe.

Evening Brief: US Strikes ISIS in Syria, Russia Hits Odesa, Bellevue OIS

After a deadly ambush near Palmyra, US forces hit more than 70 ISIS targets across central Syria in a heavy retaliation strike meant to keep ISIS cells from regrouping. Russia is pounding Odesa while massing forces near Pokrovsk, and back home a Bellevue officer-involved shooting is under review by King County’s independent investigators as both the officer and suspect recover.