The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force University of Engineering in Xian has made progress towards developing a new hypersonic weapon capable of engaging small mobile targets precisely enough to hit a moving car, according to team leader Yang Xiaogong. He stressed that “important
The Indian Air Force has tested a new enhanced variant of the BrahMos cruise missile, which was launched from a Su-30MKI fighter in the Bay of Bengal and had an extended 450km range. The new missile improves on the 290km range for prior air launched variants, with development occurring as more
On May 17 it was reported that S-300 surface to air missile batteries fielded by the Syrian Arab Army had been confirmed as operational, and may have been used to fire on Israeli Air Force fighter jets to repel an attack on a Syrian research centre. Reports of the missiles having been fired
The F-22A and F-35A were designed to be fielded in parallel as complementary fifth generation fighters, replacing the respective F-15 and F-16 of the fourth generation with the former being a heavyweight twin engine design fielded in smaller numbers, and the latter a light single engine jet that
On May 14 the C919 airliner produced by the state owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) completed its first pre delivery three hour test flight in Shanghai. “This marked a successful test flight of the first C919 plane ahead of its delivery to the first customer,” Comac announced,
Following escalated testing of a range of new ballistic missiles, which has included the world’s first ground launched tactical hypersonic glide vehicle outside China and the first intercontinental range ballistic missile tested since 2017, satellite footage has reportedly shown North Korea taking
The ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War that began on February 24 has seen artillery deployed by both armies play a growing role in determining the balance of power on the ground, with Ukraine receiving growing numbers of tower and self propelled guns as aid from NATO member states to bolster its
With several times more bases overseas that all other air forces combined, the United States Air Force confronts multiple potential adversaries across the world from Iran and Syria in the Middle East to Russia and Belarus in Eastern Europe. While the service currently has two classes of fighter on
The detection of structural damage on at least six of the U.S. Navy’s Independence Class Littoral Combat Ships (LCS), namely cracks in their hulls resulting from design flaws, has drawn the future of the class in service into question. This represents the latest of mute serious issues affecting the
The Syrian Arab Army was considered a priority client for delivery of new Soviet armaments during the 1980s, being the first in the world to receive MiG-25 Foxbat interceptors, S-200 long range air defence systems and T-72 tanks among a range of other armaments. The country’s priority status was a
