A new brigade of Iskander-M tactical ballistic systems has been commissioned into the Belarusian Army, with this closely following the country’s entry into a nuclear weapons sharing agreement with Russian and confirmation that the Iskander would be a primary delivery vehicle for potential nuclear strikes. In parallel to
The U.S. Air Force is in the process of re-establishing its forward deployed nuclear forces in the United Kingdom, according to multiple reports from a range of Western sources. The service’s budget justification package for 2024 notes the planned construction of a “surety dormitory” at Royal Air
The Japanese Air Self Defence Force has made its first ever deployment of F-35 fighter jets abroad, with two of the aircraft and 55 personnel arriving in Tindal Air Base in Australia on August 27. The deployment comes as Japan and Western states have increasingly deployed their F-35s to one
The Ukrainian Air Force lost two Su-25 attack jets and an Mi-8 helicopter in intensified clashes with Russian forces, according to a report from the Russian Defence Ministry on August 27. The ministry reported: “Russian fighter jets shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter near the settlement of
The Israeli Air Force from 1968 became a leading client for advanced American combat aircraft, acquiring its first F-4E Phantom heavyweight third generation fighters that year after its major victories over neighbouring Soviet-aligned Arab states led Washington to forge much closer defence ties.
On August 23 the Russian Air Force made a rare deployment of a MiG-29 fighter to intercept a Norwegian Air Force P-8 Poseidon surveillance aircraft near Russian airspace over the Barents Sea. The Russian National Defence Management Centre reported regarding the incident: “On August 23, 2023,
North Korea has for the first time demonstrated the cruise missile strike capabilities of its most capable class of surface warship, the Amnok Class corvette, with a test launch of the Hwasal-2 missile. The missile class and the closely related Hwasal-1 were first seen being launched from mobile
Algeria has reportedly denied access to its airspace to French military aircraft flying into Central Africa, at a time when Paris is considering supporting a military intervention against its former colony of Niger to restore a French-aligned government that was deposed in July. Algeria, which
Since the initiation of large scale ground operations by the Russian Army in Ukraine in February 2022 speculation has been widespread regarding the possible deployment of T-14 Armata main battle tanks to the theatre. The tank class first unveiled in 2015 has introduced revolutionary new
The U.S. Air Force has re-initiated a program to acquire a fighter sized unmanned aircraft with stealth capabilities, which will be used as a target drone to improve the fleet’s capabilities to engage enemy stealth fighters. The firm Advanced Technology International received a $77.2 million
