In the late hours of July 6 the LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program suffered a significant setback when its Mk 21A ICBM reentry vehicle at Vandenberg Space Force base in California failed just seconds after launch. The LGM-35A program has faced widespread criticisms
Following its unveiling in October 2021, the world’s first twin seat stealth fighter developed by China’s Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has been widely reported to be moving towards entry into service in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. The name of the new aircraft remains
The F-35 and F-22 are the only fifth generation fighters to have entered service anywhere in the Western world, and were designed as complementary light and heavyweight aircraft to be fielded side by side with the former forming the bulk of the American fleet and the latter being fielded in a
The Algerian Air Force has reportedly retired its final squadron of MiG-25 Foxbat heavyweight interceptors, with the aircraft making their last fights during celebration of the country’s sixtieth independence anniversary. Fifteen of the aircraft were in service at the beginning of 2022 including 11
The Russian Air Force has received the first unit of new Su-34M strike fighters, little over two years after the first orders were placed in the final week of May 2020, with 76 expected to be delivered to the fleet by the end of the current State Armaments Plan. The Su-34 has been the most capable
State trials for a new medium range air to air missile intended to equip Russian Air Force Su-57 fighter jets have reportedly entered their final stages, according to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, with the delivery of the first serial production units for operational service expected by the end
In over 70 years of war between North Korea and the United States, which marks history’s longest ever between two industrial powers, July 4 2017 marks a key turning point when the former for the first time demonstrated the capability to strike the mainland of the latter after test launching the
A June study by the Congressional Research Service prepared for the members and committees of the United States Congress has suggested the possibility of offering more advanced classes of fighter aircraft to the Egyptian Defence Ministry should Cairo pledge to refrain from acquiring Russian
Turkey’s National Defense University in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 2 pledged that the country would soon field the world’s “number one” armed forces in the world. “In the construction of a great and powerful Turkey… there is no threat that the army cannot overcome on land, at
On June 29 it was reported by multiple sources that 29 fighters from the Chinese Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) had eight days prior launched a major simulated strike demonstrating their ability to neutralise enemy aircraft carriers near the Taiwan Strait. This occurred amid growing tensions
