Entering service from 2015, the Shaanxi KJ-500’s deployment under Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frontline units represented the culmination of efforts over more than a quarter of a century to develop a world class airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. This had become an
The Russian Army has reportedly recently several hundred T-90M tanks ready for frontline operations, according to an anonymous source cited by state media outlet Sputnik. The announcement closely follows indications by Deputy Chairman Russian Security Council former president Dmitry Medvedev that
March 2023 marks 20 years since the White House announced the beginning of a full scale invasion of Iraq – a decision which had broad reverberations not only across the Middle East but globally. While the invasion was for several reasons considered controversial at the time, primarily due to its
The WS-15 afterburning turbofan engine under development for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s top air superiority fighter the Chengdu J-20 has reportedly entered serial production, according to a statement by an Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) official. The long
On March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that tactical nuclear weapons would be deployed to the territory of neighbouring Belarus, while strongly indicating that these would be integrated into the Iskander ballistic missile arsenal stationed in the country. “We have handed over to
Amid fast growing deployments of T-90M ‘Breakthrough’ tanks by the Russian Army, the Deputy Chairman Russian Security Council former president Dmitry Medvedev has been the latest among officials to express a strong confidence in the performance of the vehicle. The T-90M joined the Russian Army in
The Shenyang WS-20 turbofan engine has reportedly been made ready for operational service, with the power plants expected to enhance the capabilities of the country’s indigenous airlifter the Xi’an Y-20. Images of a Y-20 in the colours of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army integrating these
Footage of a convoy of Russian T-54 and T-55 tanks being transported from the country’s Far Eastern Primorksy Krai region by rail has raised widespread speculation that the vehicles are set to be deployed to the Ukrainian front, with the region hosting the 1295th Central Tank Reserve and Storage
British Minister of State for Defence Annabel Goldie announced on March 20 that her country would supply Ukraine with depleted uranium munitions as part of an aid package to bolster the Eastern European state’s ongoing war effort against Russia. The munitions would be supplied alongside Challenger 2 tanks, of which
In over a year of continuous war in Ukraine the Russian Military has revealed a number of new systems, some of which, like the penetration aids on its Iskander ballistic missiles, were in service beforehand but unknown, while others, such as a new T-72 tank variant with armour closely modelled on
