Following the initiation of widespread offensives against Israeli positions in October 7, personnel from the Palestinian Hamas militia group have used drones to strike Israeli armour and gained at least one kill against an Israeli Merkava main battle tank. Footage taken by the unmanned aircraft
A growing number of lawmakers in the United States House of Representatives have raised concerns regarding the ability of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), which manages the development of the Western world’s sole production stealth fighter, to fix serious issues with the aircraft’s availability
The U.S. Air Force has withdrawn its F-35A fifth generation fighters from the Middle East, after forward deploying the aircraft to an unknown facility in the region under the 421st Air Expeditionary Squadron from July 26. The aircraft had been deployed at a time of high tensions with Russia and
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program, indented primarily to develop a next generation replacement for the fourth generation F-16 Fighting Falcon, saw its first aircraft enter service in 2014 when the F-35B variant joined the U.S. Marine Corps. The overwhelming majority of fighters set to enter
The Indian Air Force is set to receive its final two of five ordered regiments’ worth of S-400 long range air defence systems in 2024, according to a statement by Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari. The marshal reported on October 5: “Our contract was for five systems and three
Only four Foxbats were deployed to Iraq for the purposes of targeting Mehrabad, which were supported by 130 technicians and a considerable array of spare parts, spare engines and anti-radiation missiles. Although MiG-25 could reliably conduct operations at Mach 2.83 speeds or lower, making them the
The MiG-25 Foxbat heavyweight interceptor began to be deployed for frontline operations by the Soviet Air Force in 1970, and would provide extremely difficult to neutralise in multiple engagements with Western built aircraft and air defences. In 1971 Soviet-flown Foxbats outfitted for
Entering service from 1992, the T-90 has represented the vast majority of battle tanks produced in Russia since the end of the Cold War with close to 9000 thought to have been built over 30 years. The tank is a derivative of the Cold War era T-72 produced at the Uralvagonzavod factory, and while
Russian Army 1st Guards Tank Army units of the Russian Battle Group West on October 2 captured two Ukrainian Army conscript units near Bakhmut in the disputed Donetsk region, with the Ukrainian personnel coming from the 77th Airmobile Brigade and the 56th Separate Motorised Brigade. Guards units
The F-35 fighter program has completed a series of Pentagon tests critical to gaining approval for full scale production, with the decision regarding production scheduled to be made by the Department of Defence in 2024. The Joint Simulation Environment tests were completed on September 21, with the
