Israel has increasingly raised concerns that the hundreds of billions of dollars worth of armaments being sent to Ukraine are ending up in the hands of third parties outside the country, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning that arms sent by NATO member states have appeared in the hands of
The Chengdu J-20 fifth generation heavyweight air superiority fighter was revealed on June 29 to have made its first flight using the new WS-15 afterburning turbofan engine in twin configuration. The flight ocurred at the Chengdu Aircraft Industry Corporation’s test airfield which is co-located
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has reportedly expanded testing and evaluation of its weapons systems to simulate a total war waged on a global scale, with the recent computer-based wargames and filed tests testing warships in such a way. PLA researcher Fang Canxin referred to a ‘Z-war’
The direction of Serbia’s military modernisation efforts has long been an outstanding security question in the European theatre, with the country’s history in the late 1990s of a major war with the NATO alliance and ongoing standoff with the Western-backed Kosovo enclave contrasting with its
North Korea’s defence sector has long been among the most self reliant in the world particularly among medium sized countries, and although it’s most well-known products have included weapons mass destruction, ballistic missiles, submarines and a nationwide network of hardened tunnel
On June 23 an unknown batch of the Russian Military neutralised a warehouse storing British supplied cruise missiles in Ukraine, which began deliveries in May and quickly began to be used for precision strike on targets far behind Russian lines. The Russian Defence Ministry reported the following day regarding the
In the late hours of June 23 a video emerged from the head of the Wagner Group private paramilitary organisation, Yevgeny Prigozhin, announcing that his forces would march on Moscow to “punish” the leadership, and in particular the Russian Defence Ministry, and “restore justice,” alleging that
The Russian Air Force has received a new batch of Su-35 ‘4++ generation’ fighter aircraft from the Komsomolsk on Amur aircraft plant to fulfil with orders placed with the state owned United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) by the Defence Ministry. Each fighter underwent flight tests in various modes of operation with technical services before being delivered to an
As production of Russia’s Su-57 next generation fighter continues to expand, belatedly beginning to bring the country’s air force into the fifth generation to compete with the Untied States and China, the aircraft’s capabilities and its armaments suite have both continued to grow. While initially intended for entry into service around 2015
The Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter has suffered multiple delays in its development, and while the first squadron was initially expected to be formed in 2015, with 200 fighter expected to be operational in the country by 2025 and over 100 more built for export, the program has fallen far
