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🚨🇷🇺 BREAKING: Russia has resumed serial production of the massive Tu-160M strategic bomber. The aircraft can carry up to 12 long range cruise missiles, including nuclear capable weapons, allowing it to strike from significant stand off distances. A major development for Russia’s long range strategic aviation.

🚨🇫🇷🇪🇺 BREAKING: France is moving to put Europe under its nuclear umbrella as 10 nations join forces with Paris to counter Russia, WSJ reports. With trust in Washington fading, Macron is positioning France’s nuclear arsenal as Europe’s strategic backup.

🚨🇺🇸🇬🇧 JUST IN: BAE Systems Turns A Drone Into A Flying Air Defense Weapon BAE Systems has demonstrated its TRV-150 drone carrying three APKWS II laser guided rockets, intercepting multiple aerial targets during a single flight without landing. The rockets can engage targets at roughly 6 km, while the drone can remain airborne for around 36 minutes. The U.S. is also scaling up APKWS II production from 25,000 to 35,000 rockets annually. Low cost drones combined with large stocks of precision rockets could create a powerful new layer of air defense.

🚨 🇶🇦🇺🇸 JUST IN: Qatar May Be One Step Closer To The F-35 #Qatar has reiterated its request for the F-35, and now Washington is reportedly preparing a policy review involving multiple #US security agencies. Qatar wants a clear path to reopen the F-35 file and understand what conditions it would need to meet. If approved, the F-35 would take Qatar’s airpower to another level and add another stealth fighter operator to the Gulf. The Gulf airpower race is getting very interesting. Source: Tactical Report

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Iran Prepares For A Possible #US B61-11 Nuclear Strike On Pickaxe #Iranian media isteaching citizens how to protect themselves if the US launches a nuclear attack. Speculation is focusing on the B61-11, a nuclear earth penetrating bomb designed to target hardened and deeply buried facilities. #Iran’s Pickaxe Mountain complex is believed to be buried deep underground, fueling speculation that conventional weapons may struggle to reach its deepest sections..

JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇮🇷 SAUDI F-35s Could Turn The Tables On Iran Iranian outlet Fars News warns that Saudi Arabia’s potential F-35 acquisition could shake up the regional military balance, giving Riyadh a powerful stealth capability for long range operations deep inside Iran. The Iranian outlet portrays Saudi air power as one of the major aerial threats Iran would have to take seriously after Israel. If Riyadh gets the F-35, Tehran’s strategic calculations could change dramatically. 👀 Provoking Saudi Arabia could become a far more dangerous gamble.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The #US Air Force has struck Iranian radar sites near Tabriz, targeting #Iran’s air defense detection network.

JUST IN: 🇹🇷 #Turkey’s SIPER Block 2 has successfully completed another test, demonstrating its ability to engage targets beyond 150 km and receive in flight target updates, allowing the missile to be redirected toward a new target mid flight.

JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇺🇦 Ukraine is offering Saudi Arabia its FP-1 long range strike drone and FP-5 Flamingo cruise missile, potentially with technology transfer. 🇺🇦 FP-1: up to 2,700 km range, ~60 kg payload. 🇺🇦 FP-5 Flamingo: 3,000 km range, ~1,150–1,200 kg payload. 🇮🇷 Iran helped Russia with Shahed drones. Now Ukraine could be preparing to return the favor by helping Saudi Arabia build a serious long range strike capability. 👀 If this deal happens, the Gulf’s strategic balance gets very interesting.

JUST IN: 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Is Fast Tracking A MASSIVE 10,004-Bomb JDAM Deal With The US The $5 BILLION package includes 5,004 × 500-lb BLU-111s and 5,000 × 2,000-lb BLU-117s, paired with JDAM guidance kits. Riyadh is preparing to fully replenish its stocks with a massive precision bomb arsenal as it prepares for a prolonged confrontation with the Iranian backed Houthis. 👀 Tough times are ahead for the Houthis.

JUST IN: 🇸🇦🇾🇪 #Saudi Air Force strikes a massive Houthi missile depot in Sana’a with a BLU-109 bunker buster. The facility was rocked by a huge explosion and collapsed, potentially dealing a major blow to the Houthis’ missile infrastructure.

JUST IN: 🇹🇷 Turkey plans to produce 10 million kamikaze drones over the next 10 years, targeting roughly 1 million drones every year.

JUST IN: 🇹🇷 Turkey’s Aksungur Drone Just Got A Submarine Hunting Capability Turkey has successfully tested ASELSAN’s ASELBUOY system from an Aksungur UCAV in a live deployment test, giving the drone a new capability to help detect and locate submarines underwater. A major step forward for #Turkey’s unmanned anti submarine warfare capabilities.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸🇮🇱 Dozens of New U.S. F-35s Deployed to Israel’s Ovda Airbase U.S. F-35s are being positioned at Ovda as Washington and Israel prepare for the possibility of renewed military action against Iran. The deployment would represent a major escalation in U.S. fifth generation airpower around #Iran. The U.S. has already deployed advanced fighter and support aircraft to #Israel, including F-22s at Ovda.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷🇸🇦🇺🇸🇮🇱 “Don’t attack Saudi Arabia” — Nourizadeh warns IRGC Iranian analyst Alireza Nourizadeh has urged Tehran to avoid attacking Saudi Arabia, warning that if #Iran launches missiles at the Kingdom during a war with the U.S. and Israel, Saudi Arabia could respond directly. The Kingdom could draw on its DF-21, DF-3A and DF-15 ballistic missile arsenal, turning an Iranian strike on Saudi Arabia into a dangerous new front for Tehran. His warning to Iran: #Saudi Arabia can shoot back. 👀

JUST IN: 🇸🇦 According to reports, Saudi Arabia has acquired China’s YJ-21E hypersonic missile, with an estimated 1,000–1,500 km range and speeds of up to Mach 10. The YJ-21E could be launched from the TB-001, a drone #Saudi Arabia also operates, potentially giving the Kingdom a powerful unmanned hypersonic strike capability.

JUST IN: 🇮🇷 #Iran has launched dozens of ballistic missiles in a major show of force as its armed forces prepare for the possibility of a full scale conflict.

🚨🇮🇱🇹🇷 BREAKING: Israeli intelligence believes #Turkey could equip its Tayfun Block-4 ballistic missile with GAZAP, one of Turkey’s most powerful non nuclear bombs, according to #Israeli Channel 12. With Tayfun reportedly reaching around 1,000 km, such a combination could potentially put targets across Israel within range. If confirmed, this would represent a major new long range conventional strike capability for Turkey.

🚨 BREAKING 🇸🇦 | Saudi Arabia Expands Ballistic Missile Factory to Build Bigger, More Powerful Missiles #Saudi Arabia appears to be preparing for a major expansion of its domestic ballistic missile capabilities. Satellite images analyzed by researchers reveal a new building at the kingdom’s al-Duwadimi missile complex, reportedly at least twice the size of the existing facility. The expansion may be designed to manufacture larger solid fuel missile motors. The strategic implications are significant, this could enable Riyadh to develop missiles with longer ranges or heavier warhead payloads, strengthening its indigenous missile production capabilities. Researchers say the expanded facility could begin production as early as the end of 2026. Saudi Arabia is investing in the infrastructure to build bigger missiles at home. The key question now is how far its future missile capabilities could reach. Source: Reuters