The U.S. Military’s X-37B unmanned spacecraft landed at Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on November 12 after completing a classified 908 day mission which saw it operate in space the entire time. The aircraft broke its previous record of 780 days in orbit, and flew for the first time with a
Monthly Archives: November 2022
The MiG-31BM/BSM Foxhound heavyweight interceptor reportedly saw its first ever air to air engagements in October, which represented a major landmark for Russian tactical combat aviation 41 years after Foxhounds first became operational. Although the MiG-31 first entered service in 1981, and has
The United States is working to organise the acquisition of 100,000 155mm artillery shells from South Korea to equip the Ukrainian Military, according to unnamed U.S. officials familiar with the deal. Amid growing strain on both Russia’s and Ukraine’s ammunition supplies, and with the supplies of NATO
On November 10 the second prototype of the South Korean KF-21 Boramae fifth generation fighter made its first flight from a Korea Aerospace Industries’ facility near Sacheon Airport. The fighter spent 35 minutes in the air, and was flown by a pilot from the Air Force’s 3rd Flying Training Wing. The
The announcement by the Republic of Korea (South Korean) Defence Military on November 9 that a North Korean missile fired across the two countries’ de facto maritime border had been identified, and had come from an S-200 air defence system, has been seen by analysts a sign of a successful ruse by
The Russian Air Force has begun to deploy its heaviest class of tactical combat jet for operations against Ukrainian targets, according to reports from number of Western media outlets, with the MiG-31BM/BSM Foxhound making its debut in the eight month long war. These reports claim that the Foxhound
Since the outbreak of large scale hostilities between Russia and Ukraine in February the participation of foreign fighters from across the Western world has been well publicised. Foreign personnel have generally fallen into three groups. The first are active members of foreign militaries and
The head of the U.S. Strategic Command Admiral Charles A. Richard has warned that a great power war “is coming,” claiming that the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian War in which U.S. personnel and equipment have played a central role is a “warm up.” The Department of Defence published the admiral’s remarks
Senior aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Mikhail Podolyak, has called for an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran after the Middle Eastern country supplied Russia with key precision guided assets to support its ongoing war effort against the Ukrainian Military. “I believe it’s
Six years after the first public appearance of J-20 fighter jets from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force, when a pair conducted a brief flypast at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Zhuhai Air Show, the aircraft’s presence at Zhuhai 2022 has given further insight into the secretive