China’s new rocket powered drone is a purpose-built carrier killer

Over the past few weeks, images of China’s new supersonic-capable, unarmed reconnaissance drone have begun making their way online, and SOFREP was among the first to notice that the design bears a striking resemblance to a similar platform employed over China by the United States in the 1960s. However, China’s propensity for stealing aircraft designs […]

The FBI has been running Facebook ads aimed at Russians working in Washington DC

In a story seemingly pulled right out of a modern espionage novel, the FBI has apparently been paying to run targeted ads on Facebook aimed specifically at Russian speakers that live and work in Washington D.C. The ads feature Russian language captions and a link that refers the user to a website that offers details […]

The assassination of Jeffrey Epstein

“Epstein was either killed or encouraged to kill himself. In the case of a likely assassination, it would have been very easy to make it look like a suicide in such a controlled environment. Switch off the cameras and get to work…” -Former Special Ops/CIA Operator Earlier this year, Jeffrey Epstein, a powerful, well connected […]

This is the helicopter Bell says will dominate future battlefields for the US Army

Bell recently unveiled their new proposal for a single-rotor Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft that they claim will be better suited for the urban conflicts of the 21st century. This new platform, dubbed the “360 Invictus,” will pack a similar punch to the long-serving Boeing AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, thanks to 20mm cannons and the ability to […]

Watch: Cockpit video of a C-17 flying low between skyscrapers

The Royal Australian Air Force is no stranger to dramatic displays of their low-flying prowess over cities like Brisbane, often drawing headlines the world over with the spectacular images and videos captured by awe-struck spectators. However, until now, only a precious few aviators have seen what it looks like inside the cockpit of these aircraft […]

Breaking: At least two killed as WWII-era bomber crashes in Hartford, CT

At least two people are dead with multiple others injured after a World War II-era B-17 bomber crashed at Bradley International Airport just outside of Hartford, Connecticut at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. The bomber reportedly burst into flames after colliding with a building during an attempted landing. The plume of smoke is reportedly visible from […]

Did a German firm really hack the F-35’s stealth system?

Over the past few days, headlines have popped up all around the world indicating that a German tech firm had managed to track a pair of American F-35s for nearly a hundred miles when they visited Berlin last year for an airshow. The company, called Hensold, used a new form of radar that reads and […]

Money for Nothing: Hollywood Blockbusters and China’s cultural offensive

Over the past week, China’s efforts to use economic leverage to force the NBA to bar anyone associated with the league from expressing public support for ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong has drawn a slew of headlines, with many American realizing for the first time that China’s monetary hooks are already deeply sunk into […]

Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing: The NBA just bowed to China’s will

Here at SOFREP, we’ve spent years discussing the ways China has used money to exert influence over American culture, carefully shaping the way the nation is perceived by the American public. Although Russia garners the majority of attention from the media when it comes to perception management and disinformation campaigns, China’s efforts have arguably been […]