<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>WeaponSpecs</title><description>In-depth specs and side-by-side comparisons of defense systems, fighter aircraft, tanks, air defense, missiles, UAVs and small arms.</description><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Public defense-systems specifications, sourced and credited per-item.</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:01:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.weaponspecs.com/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>India Signs Deal for 60 Javelin Missiles After 16-Year Wait</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/india-javelin-missile-deal-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/india-javelin-missile-deal-2026/</guid><description>India&apos;s army signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance for about 60 FGM-148 Javelin missiles on Aug. 28, converting 16 years of talks into a contract.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Javelin</category><category>FGM-148</category><category>India</category><category>Emergency Procurement</category><category>Bharat Dynamics Limited</category><category>Operation Sindoor</category><category>anti-tank missile</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/india-javelin-missile-deal-2026/hero.jpg" length="203976" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Russia Strikes Kyiv-Area Depot, Ukraine Turns Probe on Itself</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/russia-strike-myla-depot-kyiv-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/russia-strike-myla-depot-kyiv-2026/</guid><description>A Russian drone strike on a depot near Kyiv killed at least 37 people on Aug. 28, and Ukraine opened a criminal probe into why munitions sat by homes.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Myla</category><category>Kyiv Oblast</category><category>Russia-Ukraine war</category><category>Flamingo cruise missile</category><category>Ukroboronprom</category><category>ammunition depot</category><category>criminal negligence</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/russia-strike-myla-depot-kyiv-2026/hero.jpg" length="181140" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>This Week: Allies Build Together, Not Just Buy American</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-29/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-29/</guid><description>Four allied nations built shared submarine and missile programs this week, while three of the week&apos;s biggest conflict claims still can&apos;t be verified.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>digest</category><category>weekly recap</category><category>AUKUS</category><category>Henderson Defence Precinct</category><category>Type 212CD</category><category>Piorun MANPADS</category><category>Storm Shadow</category><category>Foreign Military Sales</category><category>Southern Spear</category><category>North Korea</category><category>Houthis</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-29/hero.jpg" length="220568" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Hellfire, JAGM, and the Army&apos;s 8,000-Missile Ask</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/hellfire-jagm-army-8000-missile-solicitation/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/hellfire-jagm-army-8000-missile-solicitation/</guid><description>The Army wants 8,000 new short-range missiles a year. WeaponSpecs data shows that exact range band already spans $22,000 to $319,000, a 14x cost gap.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>comparison</category><category>missiles</category><category>procurement</category><category>army</category><category>cost</category><category>munitions</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/hellfire-jagm-army-8000-missile-solicitation/hero.jpg" length="365044" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Saab Unveils A3-001, a Stealth Wingman Drone for the Gripen</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/saab-a3-001-loyal-wingman-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/saab-a3-001-loyal-wingman-2026/</guid><description>Sweden&apos;s Saab unveiled a full-scale A3-001 concept, a stealth drone meant to fly with crewed Gripen E fighters, with demonstrators targeted before 2030.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>Saab</category><category>A3-001</category><category>Gripen E</category><category>Collaborative Combat Aircraft</category><category>Sweden</category><category>loyal wingman</category><category>uncrewed aircraft</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/saab-a3-001-loyal-wingman-2026/hero.jpg" length="203892" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Three Missile Programs, One Disclosed Price</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/three-missile-programs-one-disclosed-price/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/three-missile-programs-one-disclosed-price/</guid><description>Three U.S. programs now promise thousands of low-cost cruise missiles, but only one of three FAMM vendors has published what a single round costs.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>industry</category><category>cruise missiles</category><category>procurement</category><category>Anduril</category><category>FAMM</category><category>price transparency</category><category>original data</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/three-missile-programs-one-disclosed-price/hero.jpg" length="80812" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Houthis Claim Missile Strike on Saudi Tanker Amzan</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/houthi-amzan-tanker-strike-yanbu-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/houthi-amzan-tanker-strike-yanbu-2026/</guid><description>A Houthi missile claim set fire to the Saudi VLCC Amzan off Yanbu, the latest hit in a blockade targeting Saudi Arabia&apos;s alternate oil-export route.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Houthis</category><category>Red Sea</category><category>Yanbu</category><category>Bahri</category><category>Saudi Arabia</category><category>Yemen</category><category>tanker attack</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/houthi-amzan-tanker-strike-yanbu-2026/hero.jpg" length="86401" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>UK Clears MBDA to Let Ukraine Build Storm Shadow</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uk-storm-shadow-ukraine-production-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uk-storm-shadow-ukraine-production-2026/</guid><description>Britain authorized MBDA to give Ukraine the data to build Storm Shadow missiles at home, trading it for access to Kyiv&apos;s AI targeting network.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>policy</category><category>Storm Shadow</category><category>SCALP-EG</category><category>MBDA</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>United Kingdom</category><category>export control</category><category>Avenger AI Labs</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/uk-storm-shadow-ukraine-production-2026/hero.jpg" length="133615" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>The B-52&apos;s $603M Radar Upgrade Is Two Decades Late</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/b-52-radar-upgrade-two-decades-late/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/b-52-radar-upgrade-two-decades-late/</guid><description>The Air Force just paid $603M for a B-52 radar type the Navy has flown since 2007. 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GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Type 212CD</category><category>TKMS</category><category>Canadian Patrol Submarine Project</category><category>Kongsberg</category><category>Germany</category><category>Norway</category><category>Canada</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/germany-norway-canada-212cd-trilateral-2026/hero.jpg" length="431831" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Australia Bets A$33B on Henderson as Its AUKUS Submarine Hub</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/henderson-aukus-submarine-hub-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/henderson-aukus-submarine-hub-2026/</guid><description>Canberra and Perth picked the Henderson Defence Precinct site, backed by roughly A$33 billion, to host rotating US and UK submarines from 2027.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News 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Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Piorun MANPADS</category><category>Poland</category><category>Mesko</category><category>SAFE program</category><category>Lithuania</category><category>Latvia</category><category>Norway</category><category>NATO</category><category>air defense</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/poland-piorun-manpads-safe-deal-2026/hero.jpg" length="219152" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>The Army Picked a Howitzer That Doesn&apos;t Exist Yet</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/army-mobile-tactical-cannon-wheeled-howitzer/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/army-mobile-tactical-cannon-wheeled-howitzer/</guid><description>The Army picked Hanwha&apos;s wheeled K9 over two combat-exported wheeled howitzers already fielded across NATO. 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News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Operation Southern Spear</category><category>SOUTHCOM</category><category>drug boat strikes</category><category>Tim Kaine</category><category>Venezuela</category><category>MQ-9A Reaper</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/southern-spear-strike-resumes-pause-2026/hero.jpg" length="222843" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Ukraine Claims Wide Strike on Russian Airbase, Air Defenses</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-vityazevo-airfield-strike-claim-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-vityazevo-airfield-strike-claim-2026/</guid><description>Ukraine&apos;s drone force says it hit two Russian fighters, a strike drone, and three air-defense systems across three regions overnight, a claim Russia has not addressed.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News 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arms</category><category>procurement</category><category>pistol</category><category>safety</category><category>buying guide</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/m18-inspection-doesnt-settle-p320-lawsuits/hero.jpg" length="140867" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Norway&apos;s $2.3B Black Hawk Buy Closes Out Its NH90 Rebuild</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/norway-uh-60m-black-hawk-nh90-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/norway-uh-60m-black-hawk-nh90-2026/</guid><description>Norway&apos;s 21-helicopter, $2.3B Black Hawk order is its third Sikorsky FMS deal in 13 months, rebuilding a fleet gutted by NH90&apos;s collapse.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>UH-60M Black Hawk</category><category>Norway</category><category>NH90</category><category>Sikorsky</category><category>Lockheed Martin</category><category>Foreign Military Sale</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/norway-uh-60m-black-hawk-nh90-2026/hero.jpg" length="590509" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>South Korea Clears $125M Buy of 103 AIM-9X Sidewinders</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/south-korea-aim-9x-sidewinder-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/south-korea-aim-9x-sidewinder-2026/</guid><description>The State Department cleared 103 AIM-9X Block II missiles for Seoul on Aug. 21, a batch sized almost exactly to one mass drone-and-cruise-missile raid.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>AIM-9X Sidewinder</category><category>South Korea</category><category>Republic of Korea Air Force</category><category>RTX</category><category>Foreign Military Sale</category><category>North Korea</category><enclosure 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WeaponSpecs&apos; own database shows no fielded system occupies that price and capability tier.</description><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>news</category><category>air defense</category><category>procurement</category><category>missiles</category><category>US Air Force</category><category>drones</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/air-force-500k-counter-air-missile-camp-glca/hero.jpg" length="53371" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Air Force One Contract Grows to $4.49B, Delivery Slips</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/boeing-vc-25b-contract-growth-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/boeing-vc-25b-contract-growth-2026/</guid><description>A $75M spare-parts order pushes the VC-25B deal past $4.49B as Boeing eats over $3B in overruns and the jets slip roughly 3.5 years late.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>VC-25B</category><category>Air Force One</category><category>Boeing</category><category>Wright-Patterson Air Force Base</category><category>defense procurement</category><category>GDC Technics</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/boeing-vc-25b-contract-growth-2026/hero.jpg" length="150954" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Navy Weighs Moving Carrier Islands to Match Trump&apos;s Taste</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ford-class-island-redesign-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ford-class-island-redesign-2026/</guid><description>Engineers are studying an aesthetic redesign of the $13B Ford-class island that Navy officials warn could cost billions and delay the program.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>policy</category><category>Gerald R. Ford-class</category><category>aircraft carrier</category><category>island redesign</category><category>EMALS</category><category>Navy shipbuilding</category><category>Trump administration</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/ford-class-island-redesign-2026/hero.jpg" length="130652" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Navy Reveals Modular Missile Family for Ships, Subs</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/navy-naval-modular-missile-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/navy-naval-modular-missile-2026/</guid><description>A single 10-inch interceptor stack, sized four ways, would let Aegis destroyers and Virginia-class submarines share one air-defense missile line.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>Naval Modular Missile</category><category>U.S. Navy</category><category>Virginia-class submarine</category><category>Mk 41 VLS</category><category>air defense</category><category>S2MARTS</category><category>NSTXL</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/navy-naval-modular-missile-2026/hero.jpg" length="261397" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>This Week: Rearming Fast, Striking Deep, Buying Foreign</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-22/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-22/</guid><description>Ukraine and Russia bombed each other&apos;s fuel and rocket plants, the Pentagon raced to scale missile output, and allies bought around US-built systems.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>digest</category><category>weekly recap</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>Russia</category><category>solid rocket motors</category><category>Golden Dome</category><category>Hormuz</category><category>Tomahawk</category><category>GMLRS</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/weekly-recap-2026-08-22/hero.jpg" length="66432" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>F/A-XX and the Range Gap No Carrier Jet Has Closed</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/fa-xx-carrier-fighter-range-gap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/fa-xx-carrier-fighter-range-gap/</guid><description>The Navy picks an F/A-XX builder this month citing &apos;longer range.&apos; WeaponSpecs data shows why: no carrier jet in the world clears China&apos;s DF-21D threat radius.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>comparison</category><category>fighter jets</category><category>carrier aviation</category><category>anti-ship missiles</category><category>procurement</category><category>US Navy</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/fa-xx-carrier-fighter-range-gap/hero.jpg" length="331489" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Golden Dome Needs 7,800 Satellites to Stop 10 Missiles</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/golden-dome-7800-satellites-10-missiles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/golden-dome-7800-satellites-10-missiles/</guid><description>The Pentagon calls Golden Dome&apos;s latest test a success. The CBO&apos;s own math says its space layer needs 7,800 satellites to stop just 10 missiles.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>industry</category><category>missile defense</category><category>Golden Dome</category><category>procurement</category><category>space</category><category>original data</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/golden-dome-7800-satellites-10-missiles/hero.jpg" length="114512" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Golden Dome Could Halt Oct. 1 Without New Funding, Chief Warns</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/golden-dome-funding-cliff-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/golden-dome-funding-cliff-2026/</guid><description>Golden Dome&apos;s director says the $17.5B FY27 request is 97% dependent on a reconciliation bill that doesn&apos;t exist yet, and a shutdown-CR won&apos;t help.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>policy</category><category>Golden Dome</category><category>missile defense</category><category>budget reconciliation</category><category>Michael Guetlein</category><category>Space Development Agency</category><category>continuing resolution</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/golden-dome-funding-cliff-2026/hero.jpg" length="498049" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Korea Picks Hanwha Ocean to Build First Homegrown Aegis Ship</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/hanwha-ocean-kddx-destroyer-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/hanwha-ocean-kddx-destroyer-2026/</guid><description>Hanwha Ocean&apos;s $580M win for the KDDX lead ship starts South Korea&apos;s move off US-made Aegis toward a fully indigenous $5.7B destroyer class.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>South Korea</category><category>Hanwha Ocean</category><category>KDDX</category><category>destroyer</category><category>Aegis</category><category>Republic of Korea Navy</category><category>shipbuilding</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/hanwha-ocean-kddx-destroyer-2026/hero.jpg" length="542781" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>N. Korea Fires 10 Missiles as Trump Eyes 4th Kim Summit</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/north-korea-missile-barrage-trump-kim-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/north-korea-missile-barrage-trump-kim-2026/</guid><description>Pyongyang test-fired over 10 short-range ballistic missiles hours after Trump said he&apos;d meet Kim this year and cut Ulchi Freedom Shield short.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>North Korea</category><category>ballistic missile</category><category>Kim Jong Un</category><category>Donald Trump</category><category>South Korea</category><category>Ulchi Freedom Shield</category><category>Kim Yo Jong</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/north-korea-missile-barrage-trump-kim-2026/hero.jpg" length="143344" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>US Clears $4.5B KC-46A Tanker Sale to Qatar</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/qatar-kc-46a-tanker-sale-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/qatar-kc-46a-tanker-sale-2026/</guid><description>Qatar can buy 4 Boeing tankers plus jammers and missile-warning gear as Washington rearms its biggest Gulf air base after 2025&apos;s Iranian strike.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Qatar</category><category>KC-46A</category><category>Boeing</category><category>Al Udeid Air Base</category><category>foreign military sale</category><category>aerial refueling</category><category>Gulf</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/qatar-kc-46a-tanker-sale-2026/hero.jpg" length="224789" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>GCAP&apos;s $6.1B Contract Still Doesn&apos;t Price the Jet</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/gcap-fighter-cost-transparency/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/gcap-fighter-cost-transparency/</guid><description>GCAP is the only next-gen fighter with real, dated government contracts on record, and the £4.6B/$6.1B deal still only funds design, not a jet.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>industry</category><category>fighter jets</category><category>procurement</category><category>GCAP</category><category>cost transparency</category></item><item><title>The Navy&apos;s $76.6B Submarine Deal Isn&apos;t a Unit Price</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/navy-submarine-contract-real-unit-cost/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/navy-submarine-contract-real-unit-cost/</guid><description>The Navy&apos;s $76.6B submarine contract implies $4.68B per Virginia-class boat and $5.9B per Columbia-class boat, but neither figure is a real unit price.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>news</category><category>submarines</category><category>navy</category><category>procurement</category><category>shipbuilding</category><category>cost transparency</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/navy-submarine-contract-real-unit-cost/hero.jpg" length="147039" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Army Selects Hanwha K9 Wheeled Howitzer for M777 Replacement</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/hanwha-k9-mtc-army-contract-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/hanwha-k9-mtc-army-contract-2026/</guid><description>Hanwha Defense USA wins a $100.3M Army contract, worth up to $262.9M, to build wheeled K9 howitzer prototypes to replace towed M777s by fall 2026.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Hanwha</category><category>K9 Howitzer</category><category>M777</category><category>Mobile Tactical Cannon</category><category>U.S. Army</category><category>procurement</category><category>South Korea</category><category>M109A7 Paladin</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/hanwha-k9-mtc-army-contract-2026/hero.jpg" length="325586" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Russia&apos;s $100K &apos;Banderol&apos; Missile Kills 10 in Kharkiv Village</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/pechenihy-banderol-strike-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/pechenihy-banderol-strike-2026/</guid><description>Two S8000 Banderol cruise missiles hit a rural intersection in Pechenihy, killing 10 people, the latest strike from Russia&apos;s cheap, mass-producible jet-powered missile.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>S8000 Banderol</category><category>Kharkiv</category><category>Kronshtadt</category><category>cruise missile</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>Orion UAV</category><category>conflict</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/pechenihy-banderol-strike-2026/hero.jpg" length="214268" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Navy Awards Raytheon $22.9B Deal to Triple Tomahawk Output</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/raytheon-tomahawk-production-scaleup-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/raytheon-tomahawk-production-scaleup-2026/</guid><description>RTX&apos;s Raytheon will scale Tomahawk cruise missile production from roughly 60 to 1,000 rounds a year under a seven-year, $22.9 billion Navy contract.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Tomahawk</category><category>Raytheon</category><category>RTX</category><category>U.S. Navy</category><category>procurement</category><category>cruise missile</category><category>AMRAAM</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/raytheon-tomahawk-production-scaleup-2026/hero.jpg" length="25364" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>UAE Halts All Iran Trade After New Ballistic Missile Launches</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uae-iran-trade-embargo-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uae-iran-trade-embargo-2026/</guid><description>Abu Dhabi imposed an indefinite trade and financial embargo on Iran after its defense ministry said two ballistic missiles targeting maritime traffic were fired from Iranian territory.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>policy</category><category>UAE</category><category>Iran</category><category>Strait of Hormuz</category><category>trade embargo</category><category>ballistic missile</category><category>THAAD</category><category>policy</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/uae-iran-trade-embargo-2026/hero.jpg" length="92817" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Ukraine&apos;s Deepest Drone Strike Yet Hits Tatarstan Oil Hub</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-taneco-refinery-strike-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-taneco-refinery-strike-2026/</guid><description>Fire Point FP-1 drones struck the TANECO refinery roughly 1,200km inside Russia and a Black Sea terminal, among Kyiv&apos;s deepest strikes of the war.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>Russia</category><category>TANECO</category><category>Fire Point FP-1</category><category>Tatarstan</category><category>oil refinery</category><category>long-range strike</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/ukraine-taneco-refinery-strike-2026/hero.jpg" length="456371" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Pentagon Bets $11M X-Bow Deal Can Break the $12.7M Interceptor</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/x-bow-low-cost-interceptor-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/x-bow-low-cost-interceptor-2026/</guid><description>MDA moved X-Bow Systems into Phase 2 of its Low-Cost Interceptor program, targeting a sub-$750,000 round versus THAAD&apos;s $12.7M and Patriot&apos;s $4M per interceptor.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>X-Bow Systems</category><category>Missile Defense Agency</category><category>Low-Cost Interceptor</category><category>THAAD</category><category>Patriot</category><category>solid rocket motor</category><category>procurement</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/x-bow-low-cost-interceptor-2026/hero.jpg" length="106210" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Navy&apos;s Hypersonic Missiles Span $300K to $67 Million</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/navy-hypersonic-missile-cost-gap/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/navy-hypersonic-missile-cost-gap/</guid><description>Navy hypersonic missiles range from a $300K target price to $67M a round. The 150x gap reflects two competing theories of hypersonic warfare.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>industry</category><category>hypersonic missiles</category><category>naval warfare</category><category>procurement</category><category>anti-ship missiles</category><category>original data</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/navy-hypersonic-missile-cost-gap/hero.jpg" length="113981" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>The Tomahawk&apos;s Promised 17x Production Jump</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/tomahawk-17x-production-claim/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/articles/tomahawk-17x-production-claim/</guid><description>The Navy&apos;s $22.9B Tomahawk deal promises a jump from 60 to 1,000+ missiles a year, but the industrial base has never sustained that pace before.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Cole Merrick</dc:creator><category>industry</category><category>cruise missiles</category><category>procurement</category><category>industrial base</category><category>Tomahawk</category><category>original data</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/blog/tomahawk-17x-production-claim/hero.jpg" length="145441" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Israel Bombs Syrian Airbase to Block Turkish Deployment</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/israel-syria-abu-duhur-airbase-strike-turkey-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/israel-syria-abu-duhur-airbase-strike-turkey-2026/</guid><description>Eight Israeli strikes hit Abu al-Duhur&apos;s runway hours after a Turkish delegation visit, reviving the Israel-Turkey rivalry Netanyahu has fought inside Washington over F-35 sales.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Israel</category><category>Syria</category><category>Turkey</category><category>Abu al-Duhur</category><category>Idlib</category><category>F-35</category><category>airstrike</category><category>Netanyahu</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/israel-syria-abu-duhur-airbase-strike-turkey-2026/hero.jpg" length="78313" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Poland Launches ORP Wicher, First of Its New Frigate Class</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/poland-orp-wicher-miecznik-frigate-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/poland-orp-wicher-miecznik-frigate-2026/</guid><description>The 7,000-ton Miecznik frigate, based on the UK&apos;s Arrowhead 140, floated out in Gdynia as Poland&apos;s $4B naval rebuild replaces 1980s US-built ships.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>Miecznik-class frigate</category><category>ORP Wicher</category><category>Poland Navy</category><category>Arrowhead 140</category><category>Type 31 frigate</category><category>PGZ</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/poland-orp-wicher-miecznik-frigate-2026/hero.jpg" length="290692" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Trump Threatens Oman as US-Iran 60-Day Deal Deadline Lapses</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/trump-oman-hormuz-mou-expires-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/trump-oman-hormuz-mou-expires-2026/</guid><description>The June 17 US-Iran memorandum on reopening the Strait of Hormuz expired unresolved; Trump vowed to &quot;bomb the s*** out of&quot; Oman over its own traffic deal with Tehran.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>policy</category><category>Strait of Hormuz</category><category>Oman</category><category>Iran</category><category>Trump</category><category>naval blockade</category><category>US Navy</category><category>sanctions</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/trump-oman-hormuz-mou-expires-2026/hero.jpg" length="108416" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Turkey&apos;s $284M ATACMS, M270 Transfer to Ukraine Clears Congress</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/turkey-atacms-m270-ukraine-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/turkey-atacms-m270-ukraine-2026/</guid><description>A 15-day congressional review of Turkey&apos;s re-export of 70 ATACMS missiles and 12 M270 launchers to Ukraine lapsed unopposed as lawmakers sit in recess.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>procurement</category><category>ATACMS</category><category>M270 MLRS</category><category>Turkey</category><category>Ukraine</category><category>Arms Export Control Act</category><category>re-export</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/turkey-atacms-m270-ukraine-2026/hero.jpg" length="120605" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Ukraine Drones Hit Key Unit at Russia&apos;s Ufa Refinery Again</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-drone-strike-bashneft-unpz-ufa-refinery-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/ukraine-drone-strike-bashneft-unpz-ufa-refinery-2026/</guid><description>A drone strike damaged the AVT-6 primary processing unit at Bashneft-UNPZ, part of Russia&apos;s third-largest refining hub, the same unit hit August 2.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>conflict</category><category>Ufa</category><category>Bashneft-UNPZ</category><category>Bashkortostan</category><category>oil refinery</category><category>drone strike</category><category>AVT-6</category><category>long-range strike</category><enclosure url="https://www.weaponspecs.com/img/news/ukraine-drone-strike-bashneft-unpz-ufa-refinery-2026/hero.jpg" length="366680" type="image/jpeg"/></item><item><title>Second Ford-Class Carrier Kennedy Passes Acceptance Trials</title><link>https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uss-john-f-kennedy-cvn79-acceptance-trials-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.weaponspecs.com/news/uss-john-f-kennedy-cvn79-acceptance-trials-2026/</guid><description>The $13B USS John F. Kennedy, 98% complete, finished a 4-day acceptance sea trial off the Atlantic coast ahead of a spring 2027 Navy delivery.</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>WeaponSpecs News Desk</dc:creator><category>technology</category><category>USS John F. Kennedy</category><category>CVN-79</category><category>Gerald R. 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