Sean Spoonts

Sean Spoonts is the former Editor-In-Chief of SOFREP.com. He is a military analyst, writer, and commentator whose work has appeared in Newsweek, CNS News, Ukrinform and various military/veteran media networks and professional publications such as the Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin. He is a U.S. Navy Veteran: serving as an Aviation Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator and Search and Rescue Helicopters Aircrewman.

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An SR-71 Blackbird Left Andrews Air Force Base in 1984 With Its Own Afterburner Blowing 1,500-Degree Flame Into the Wing. The Pilot Dumped 14,000 Pounds of Fuel to Get the Weight Off and Set 13 Acres of Maryland on Fire.

The right SR-71 afterburner attachment section blew out on a low pass over the runway, driving flame into the nacelle and peeling titanium off...

Sean SpoontsSeptember 28, 2026

A P-8A Poseidon assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16 is seen in flight over Jacksonville, Fla. (U.S Navy photo by Personnel Specialist 1st Class Anthony Petry)

Aerospace & Defense

I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Lockheed P-8 Poseidon Has Flying Torpedoes and Is Ultimate Submarine Hunter That Makes Russian Admiral Sweat

The P-8's AN/APY-10 radar has synthetic aperture and inverse synthetic aperture modes that produce video-quality images through rain, clouds, and fog, and it can...

Sean SpoontsSeptember 28, 2026

Aerospace & Defense

I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Lockheed P-3 Orion Was the Ultimate Submarine Hunter That Made Russian Admiral Sweat

Lockheed built the Orion from its Electra airliner after a 1957 Navy call to replace the P-2 Neptune, shortening the fuselage and adding a...

Sean SpoontsSeptember 25, 2026

A U.S. Army Abram’s M1A2 System Enhancement Package version 3 (SEPv3), with the 1st Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (1-7 CAV), fires the main gun at Fort Hood, Texas, Feb. 23, 2026. The 1-7 CAV operated a new gunnery progression to test the new TiC 2.0, Transforming in Contact, initiative which involves new technology for electronic warfare. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. Addison Shinn)

Aerospace & Defense

The ‘Greatest’ Tank That Almost Was: The US Army’s M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams Would Have Been Helpless Against Drones and Only 7 Will Ever Be Built

It had a programmable round that could airburst over an anti-tank team, AI targeting that warned a gunner he might be aiming at a...

Sean SpoontsSeptember 23, 2026

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Aerospace & Defense

An SR-71 Blackbird Left Andrews Air Force Base in 1984 With Its Own Afterburner Blowing 1,500-Degree Flame Into the Wing. The Pilot Dumped 14,000 Pounds of Fuel to Get the Weight Off and Set 13 Acres of Maryland on Fire.

Aerospace & Defense

I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Lockheed P-8 Poseidon Has Flying Torpedoes and Is Ultimate Submarine Hunter That Makes Russian Admiral Sweat

Aerospace & Defense

I Was a US Navy Anti-Submarine Warfare Operator: The Lockheed P-3 Orion Was the Ultimate Submarine Hunter That Made Russian Admiral Sweat

Aerospace & Defense

The ‘Greatest’ Tank That Almost Was: The US Army’s M1A2 SEPv4 Abrams Would Have Been Helpless Against Drones and Only 7 Will Ever Be Built

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