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The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Welcome to Bunker Talk. This is a weekend open discussion post for the best commenting crew on the net, in which we can chat about all the stuff that went on this week that we didn’t cover….
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. President Donald Trump has acknowledged that he recently spoke with Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, but offered no details about the conversation. Reports from multiple outlets claim the conversation hit a wall, along with details about the nature…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) conducted numerous operations throughout Lebanon against Hezbollah between November 24 and 30, 2025. Israeli activities this week were markedly less intense and fewer in number than in previous weeks. In part, this may have stemmed from Israel’s desire to de-escalate with Hezbollah after the prior week’s operations culminated in an…
Troops of the 76th Division of the Syrian Arab Army. (@kwnan_Syria on X) On November 19, the government-controlled Syrian army and the predominantly Kurdish, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled in the area of Maadan, east of Raqqa. According to Syrian government sources, SDF forces targeted Syrian army positions in the Maadan area of Raqqa’s…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. The U.S. Navy has chosen the LST-100 from Dutch shipbuilder Damen to be the basis of a new class of Medium Landing Ships, or LSMs. The service’s goal now is to have received the first of those…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Russia has fielded a new version of the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone armed with a single R-60 air-to-air missile. In principle, the heat-seeking R-60 would give the one-way attacker a way to engage Ukrainian fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters,…
Thousands of Venezuelans protest the reelection of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in 2024. (Confidencial on YouTube via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0) On November 13, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Operation Southern Spear amid an increased American military presence off the coast of Venezuela. Hegseth stated that the military and surveillance campaign is…
Troops of the 76th Division of the Syrian Arab Army. (@kwnan_Syria on X) On November 19, the government-controlled Syrian army and the predominantly Kurdish, US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) battled in the area of Maadan, east of Raqqa. According to Syrian government sources, SDF forces targeted Syrian army positions in the Maadan area of Raqqa’s…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. French authorities reportedly took defensive measures against five drones flying over an extremely sensitive base that is home to the nuclear submarines that make up the nation’s second-strike deterrent force. The incident is the latest in a…
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Russia has fielded a new version of the Shahed-136 kamikaze drone armed with a single R-60 air-to-air missile. In principle, the heat-seeking R-60 would give the one-way attacker a way to engage Ukrainian fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters,…