The formalisation of Finland’s accession to the NATO alliance on April 4 was within 72 hours followed by the announcement that the country had made a request to the Israeli Defence Ministry to provide the David’s Sling missile system, under a contract estimated at 316 million Euros which could be
On April 7 the Israeli Defence Ministry confirmed that it had received a request to acquire the David’s Sling missile system, which is widely considered the world’s most capable long range multirole air defence platform that is NATO compatible and is expected to revolutionise the country’s aerial
The Chengdu J-10 is today in production in greater numbers than any other fighter class in the world aside from the American F-35, and has over close to 20 years played a central role in the modernisation of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force. The aircraft has now been flying for
On April 5 the first images were published clearly showing the J-20 fifth generation fighter flight testing WS-15 next generation engines. The fighter was first seen flight testing the engine in January 2022, with multiple further sightings having been made since, although all images before April
On April 4 NATO diplomats handed over documents pertaining to Finland’s accession to the bloc to the United States, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken announcing that “with receipt of this document of accession, we can now declare that Finland is the 31st member of the North Atlantic treaty.”
The Russian Airborne Forces have begun for the first time to integrate TOS-1A thermobaric rocket artillery systems, which according to multiple sources including on multiple recent occasions the Russian Defence Ministry have consistently proven highly effective in combat in Ukraine. The ministry
The U.S. Military’s fleet of F-35 is reportedly suffering from very lower availability rates due to a range of maintenance issues and performance defects, with the manager of the fighter program Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Schmidt reporting that only around 30 percent of the aircraft F-35s
The Syrian Arab Army has thwarted a major attempted advance by militants from the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terror group, which made two attempts to gain ground with major assaults in the country’s northwestern Idlib province. Deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the
Poland’s K2 Black Panther main battle tanks newly delivered from South Korea have carried out their first live fire drills, marking a major landmark in the modernisation of the country’s ground forces as well as the wider advancement of NATO’s capabilities on its eastern flank. The Polish Army
