Military Technology News 13 June 2025

Bunker‑Buster Earthquake: New Satellite Images Expose Fordow’s Ruin—What the Bombs Hit, What Survived, and Why It Matters

Shortly after 02:00 local time on 22 June, seven U.S. B‑2 Spirit bombers dropped 14 MOPs on Fordow with Tomahawks suppressing Iranian SAM sites. Maxar/Planet imagery shows six precisely spaced entry craters along the ridge above the centrifuge halls, forming

23 June 2025

Stunning Satellite Images Reveal Fordow Nuclear Facility Cratered by U.S. Airstrike

Before the Strike: Trucks and Bulldozers Spotted at Fordow Satellite surveillance captured telltale signs of Iranian preparations at Fordow. On June 19, 2025 a Maxar satellite image shows cargo trucks parked outside the underground entrance of the Fordow complex foxnews.com.

22 June 2025

Airstrikes · Geopolitics · Military Technology · Nuclear Facilities · NYSE:MAXR · Satellite Imagery

Space Showdown: How Military Satellites Are Shaping the Ukraine‑Russia War

SpaceX deployed 5,000 Starlink terminals to Ukraine within days of the 2022 invasion, rising to about 15,000 active terminals by June 2022, with Ukraine at one point accounting for roughly 58% of global Starlink traffic. Russia attempted to jam Starlink

20 June 2025

Geopolitics · Military Technology · NASDAQ:PL · NASDAQ:VSAT · NYSE:MAXR · Satellites · Space · Ukraine-Russia War

The Ultimate Global Missile Guide: Secret Weapons and Strategic Arsenals Revealed

The United States fields the LGM-30G Minuteman III ICBM (silo-based) with a ~13,000 km range that carries 1× nuclear RV (W78/W87, ~335 kt) and the UGM-133 Trident II D5 SLBM (submarine-launched) with >12,000 km range capable of up to 8

17 June 2025

Defense Strategy · Global Security · Military Technology · Missiles · NYSE:BA · NYSE:LMT · Secret weapons

Unveiling the F-16 Fighting Falcon: The Legendary Jet’s History, Secrets, and Showdown with Modern Fighters

The F-16 began as General Dynamics’ YF-16 in the USAF’s Lightweight Fighter program, with the prototype’s maiden flight in 1974 and the first operational F-16A delivered in 1979. It introduced relaxed static stability and fly-by-wire controls, enabling exceptional agility and

17 June 2025

Air Combat · Aviation History · F-16 · Fighter Jets · Military Technology · NYSE:GD

Skyrocketing Fighter Jet Market 2025: Tech Triumphs and Global Rivalries Fuel a New Arms Race

By late 2024, the F-35 Lightning II had surpassed 1,000 deliveries worldwide, fueling Lockheed Martin’s market dominance and its ubiquity across more than a dozen nations. Lockheed Martin continues F-16 production into a 50th year with new Block 70/72 variants

13 June 2025

Defense Industry · Fighter Jets · Global Competition · Market Trends · Military Technology · NYSE:BA · NYSE:LMT

Import of Military-Grade Drones to Ukraine (2025 Update)

In February 2023 Parliament exempted UAVs from import duty and VAT, with the exemption extended through 2025 and renewed to cover defense goods until at least January 1, 2026; by early 2025, 98% of drones imported entered duty-free. A late-2022