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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Our Joseph Trevithick spent the day with Northrop Grumman and its subsidiary Scaled Composites at Mojave Air And Space Port to get the first look at the company’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) demonstrator, dubbed Project Talon. The…
Yasser Abu Shabab. (Yasser Abu Shabab on Facebook) Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of the Israel-backed Popular Forces militia, was killed on December 4 in the Gaza Strip. Shabab’s Popular Forces was the first anti-Hamas faction to emerge during the war in Gaza, marking the first signs in the conflict that Palestinians were taking up…
Rusted rifles found by Israeli troops after clashes with terrorist cells in Rafah on November 26. (IDF) On November 25, Hamas released the body of Dror Or, an Israeli who was killed during the attack on Israel led by the group on October 7, 2023. Or was one of three deceased hostages still held in Gaza, despite…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. An Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon belonging to the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team crashed this afternoon in California, the Air Force said. “On December 3, 2025, at approximately 10:45 a.m., a Thunderbird pilot safely ejected from a…
Israel Defense Forces Major General Rafi Milo (left) visited the Golan on November 30 and met with Israeli troops. (IDF) Tensions between Israel and Syria have continued in the wake of a November 27 raid in southern Syria by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). On December 4, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), a state media…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between November 17 and November 23, 2025. Israeli activities last week constituted a significant qualitative escalation over prior weeks. While most operations, including strikes on Hezbollah assets and personnel involved in the organization’s regeneration efforts, were concentrated in south Lebanon (and specifically south…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Boeing has made good on its promise of completing a first live-fire weapons shot from its MQ-28A Ghost Bat drone, with an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) launched over the sprawling Woomera Range Complex (WRC) in…
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) was at the Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates during November to showcase its YFQ-42A Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). The company is currently undertaking a tour of the Middle East that’s designed to build upon the strong interest it sees in the region for CCAs. Company President David…
Sheikh Amr Bin Habriesh, the head of the Hadramawt Tribal Alliance and Hadramawt Protection Forces in Yemen’s Hadramawt Governorate. Bin Habriesh and his forces are at odds with the Southern Transitional Council. (Sheikh Amr Bin Habriesh Alalie on X) Southern Transitional Council (STC) forces captured the city of Seiyun and other important civilian and military…
The US State Department’s Rewards for Justice poster featuring Osama Mehmood and Atif Yahya Ghouri. The US Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program has offered a $10 million bounty for Osama Mehmood, the leader of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), and a $5 million reward for his deputy, Atif Yahya Ghouri. AQIS,…