⚡️🇨🇳 China’s private aerospace firm Lingkong Tianxing has revealed a new hypersonic glide missile, the YKJ-1000.

The missile reportedly costs around $99,000, far cheaper than systems like the SM-6 or THAAD.

It can fly at Mach 7, reach 1,300 km, and uses civilian-grade materials such as foamed concrete for heat protection, plus mass-market components like camera modules and BeiDou chips.

Chinese state media says it could become competitive for international buyers.
Some analysts are unsure if the claimed cost is accurate, mainly due to fuel and engine expenses.

Source: SCMP

PS: This seems to be the video that had made weebs lose their mind. As we can see a deluge of Missiles approaching the Japanese Home Islands.

@planenerd

⚡🇵🇰 — A Pakistan Air Force F-6 in special livery for its retirement ceremony. A total of 260 of these Chinese-built fighters were inducted between 1966 and 1980, equipping ten PAF squadrons.

@WheelsOfDefensePK

⚡🇵🇰/🇺🇸 — NEW: U.S Government has notified the Congress of a proposed $686 million sale of Weapon Equipments to upgrade Pakistan’s aging F-16 fleet. The package shall enter a mandatory 30-day review period.

The MDE (Minor Defense Equipment) list includes 92 Link-16 tactical data link systems, and six Mk-82 500-pound bomb. A wide range of non-MDE items including avionics updates, Operational Flight Program modifications, Identification Friend or Foe equipment, cryptographic appliques, mission-planning systems, test equipment, spare parts, training devices, simulators, publications, and contractor engineering and logistics support, according to the notification.

@ThePakistanNews

⚡🇵🇰🇺🇸 I will provide some context regarding this deal.

Pakistan’s F-16 lineup is a mixed bag: 18 Block-52s bought new from the United States, around 45 MLU-standard jets originally from the 1980s, and 13 ex-Jordanian ADFs acquired in 2014-17. The first two groups make up the real backbone of the fleet, the ADFs are older, lower priority airframes that mostly fill gaps.

A lot of people saw the “92 Link-16 systems” line and got confused. Pakistan doesn’t have 92 F-16s. So what’s going on?

It's quite simple really.

PAF basically ordered a huge stash of extra encrypted hardware.

Link-16 modules are sensitive kit, and the U.S. can get moody with sanctions. So PAF is doing the smart thing and grabbing as many spares as possible while the window is open.

Out of the whole fleet, it’s the core 62 airframes (Block-52 + MLU) that will actually get the proper upgrade.

The old Jordanian ADF jets are… well, they’re there, but they’re not the priority for this program.

So the “92 units” number makes sense when you factor in:
• the 62 jets that matter
• plus around 30 extra units for storage, backups, swaps, and future-proofing

This isn’t about weapons, and definitely not about those six inert Mk-82s (they’re literally concrete-filled training bombs).
The real meat of the deal is data links, cryptography compliance, avionics refresh, and life extension out to 2040s. (An extremely important issue)

Basically: the U.S. isn’t giving Pakistan new F-16s, but they are helping keep the current fleet relevant, safe, and connected for another 15 years.

PS: There’s been talk about phasing out the F-16 fleet because the jets simply don’t keep up with the J-10Cs and the newer JF-17 Block IIIs anymore. And yeah, long term that’s true, but retiring 75 aircraft in one go would blow a massive hole straight through the PAF’s frontline capability. That kind of transition has to be slow, controlled, and tied to real replacements actually arriving (16 JF-17 Block IIIs per year as of 2025).

No one really expected Washington and Islamabad to thaw things this quickly either. The current setup in Rawalpindi definitely didn’t. So they’re taking the window while it’s open and squeezing whatever life they can out of the fleet. It's good old-fashioned pragmatism.

@planenerd

Remember - no matter where you are from, everyone is spiritually Iranian when it comes to propaganda.

@medmannews

⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇷🇻🇪 Visual confirmation of x6 EA-18 Growlers and x12-x16 USMC-flagged F-35B Lightning IIs have joined the growing list of warbirds at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station.

@Medmannews

⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇷🇻🇪 Further visual confirmation; The EA-18 Growlers belong to Electronic Warfare Squadron VAQ-133 (‘Wizards’), equipped with both the ALQ-249 & ALQ-99 Jammer pods.
The ALQ-99 is a legacy mid & low-band jammer used on previous Electronic warfare aircrafts such as the EA-6 Prowler, & EA-111 Raven, meanwhile the ALQ-249 is the next-gen mid-high band frequency jamming pod developed by a trio of defense contractors (L3Harris, Northrup Grumman & Raytheon) that was developed from 2000-2017 and reached IOC in 2021.

@Medmannews

WE ARE SOOOOOOO BACK!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe they are making Top Gun Maverick 2😳

⚡️The USEA (Federation of Central Usea) is at war with the Republic of Sotoa on the Verusan Continent.

I am sorry what the fuck is going on? Why are they at war😭

Bruh

⚡️🇺🇸🇵🇷🇻🇪 x3 HC-130J ‘Combat King II’ Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) transports have been moved to Roosevelt Roads Naval Station; alongside nearly a dozen HH-60W ‘Jolly Green II’ Pavehawk helicopters, which outside of their Electronic Countermeasure Suite and classified special operations equipment, are known for their extensive usage by U.S Special Operations for infiltration, exfil & recovery. The HC-130s were reallocated from Moody AFB, and likely have USAF Parajumpers with them.

There has also been some serious airlift capabilities being moved to Southern CONUS states including multiple C-5 Galaxies, C-17 Globemaster IIIs, additional KC-135 & KC-46 Aerial Refuelers; as well as additional F-35A/Bs, MQ-4s & MQ-9 Drones as well.

The stationing of CSAR aircrafts and additional airlift systems in Southern CONUS states is a very tall-tale sign that the US will be launching operations in the region and are doubling down with some hefty precautions.

@Medmannews

>F/A-18E coming to WarThunder
>Main hero for the new upcoming AC8 is an F/A-18E Super Hornet

Murder Hornet bros, we can’t stop winning!

🇩🇿 An algerian Mig-25 Foxbat pilot, 70s or 80s.

@planenerd

🇰🇭🇹🇭Cambodian machine gunner unleashed a barrage of fire on a Thai F-16 fighter jet.