The War Zone med ukentlig oppdatering

 

A STRONG OFFENSE FOR THE WORLD OF DEFENSE

October 2, 2026 For aerospace aficionados, it’s like we have entered into an alternate dream reality. The idea that we are seriously talking about the possibility of bringing back the SR-71 Blackbird to flight status is hard to comprehend, but amazingly this is where we are at. The biggest question I am getting about all this is why? We touched on the likely primary answer to that in our original reporting — high-speed is back in tactical vogue, and the Blackbird can sustain it in a realm of great interest, between Mach 3 and 4, and do it over and over again. It can also carry very large things and even launch them off its back at those extreme speeds. But those are not the only potential reasons for taking on such a gargantuan, high-profile, and costly technical challenge. Learning from the journey itself could be just as valuable as the actual flight test data a revived SR-71 produces. Read our full story here.

Must Read Articles

F-15EX May Finally Get Missile Warning System The USAF Originally Skimped On Buying The F-15EX is designed to host a system to optically spot incoming missiles and its omission from USAF jets has become increasingly glaring. READ NOW

Inside Ukraine’s First Combat Deployment Of Robotic Amphibious Vehicles The commander of a Ukrainian uncrewed ground vehicle unit gives us exclusive insights into how vehicles were designed or modified for amphibious combat operations. READ NOW

Vision For New Autonomous Warfare Command Laid Out By Pentagon The new command, slated to stand up late next year, will focus on advancing operational autonomous and robotic capabilities across the services. READ NOW

Ukraine Claims First Combat Use Of FP-7 Ballistic Missile The first combat use of FP-7 is a significant milestone in what has been a long road to developing an indigenous ballistic missile. READ NOW

U.S. Mimics “Decoupled” Nuclear Detonation By Blowing Up A Tunnel Conventionally The aim of the experiment is to help the U.S. better spot a kind of nuclear testing that China is alleged to be conducting in secret. READ NOW

Where Are The Aircraft Carriers?: September 30, 2026 The five-ship Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group and three-ship Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group deploy back-to-back from the West Coast. READ NOW

From the Archive

How A Presidential “Beast” Limo Almost Got Overrun In The Slums Of Mumbai

A secret service agent details the trials and tribulations of the presidential limo, which sound amazingly pedestrian.

READ NOW

Hot Shots

Sailors assigned to USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3) conduct a damage control training exercise while forward deployed. U.S. Navy photo

Two Air Force UH-1N Huey helicopters assigned to the 1st Helicopter Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, fly over Washington, D.C. USAF photo

U.S. Soldiers seen through an optic during a Purpose-Built Attritable System live-fire strike exercise at Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jehu Martinez