Bordering both the Soviet Union to the east and Soviet aligned Arab nationalist states to the west, and enriched by a spike in oil prices in the 1970s, Iran emerged as a leading client for top end American and British armaments during that decade providing a major boon to Western defence industries
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has deployed Su-35 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait, which was reported just minutes before confirmation that the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had arrived in Taipei on a U.S. Air Force aircraft leading a delegation which Beijing
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed the world’s first ground launched hypersonic glide vehicle designed for anti ship missions, with a variant of the DF-17 described in state media reports as an “aircraft carrier killer.” The revelation comes as the United States Navy has
New Xi’an Y-20U airborne tanker units from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force have begun combat readiness training, marking an important milestone in the country’s military modernisation efforts with the potential to seriously extend the reach of the country’s combat aircraft in to the
