On November 30 Kazakhstan’s Deputy Commander in Chief of the Air Defence and head of the main armaments department Yerzhan Nildibayev stated that his country had chosen to acquire Russian Su-30SM fighters over a competing offer from France to supply Rafale jets. He added that the Kazakh Defence
The Untied States has struggled to finance its large military buildup in the Middle East, which began in early October in response to the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and various Palestinian militia groups based in the Gaza Strip. A primary issue has been a gridlock in the U.S. Congress,
On November 28 Iranian Deputy Defence Minister Mehdi Farahi confirmed that the country had finalised plans to receive Mi-28 attack helicopters, Su-35 fighter aircraft and Yak-130 fighter/trainers from Russia. This follows longstanding speculation surrounding Iranian purchases of Russian combat
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been developed to attach to and operate alongside Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter aircraft, according to an informed source cited by state media outlet Sputnik. “Mini-UAVs to be used for various purposes have been created for the Su-57, which the
Footage released on November 26 showed Russian Navy Su-30SM fighters deployed to neutralise Ukrainian Navy unmanned boats, which have been utilised in growing numbers for attacks on targets in the Black Sea including key infrastructure and military bases. The ships were reportedly deployed using
The Republic of China (ROC) Air Force, the official name of the air arm of Taiwan’s armed forces, currently fields approximately 380 fighter planes divided between six units, with the ROC Defence Ministry having ordered a full units’ worth of F-16 Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon aircraft in 2019 to
The Russian Army has adopted a new strategic for launching strikes on Ukrainian positions using its Iskander-M ballistic missile systems, which involves simultaneous launches of multiple missiles at a designated target. Such attacks involve subsequent follow up strikes executed after calculated
The Russian Air Force has made its first confirmed deployment of MiG-35 ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft for combat operations in the Ukrainian theatre, accordingly to a statement by Chief Designer at the state run United Aircraft Corporation Sergei Korotkov. “In light of the current events,
The U.S. Air Force on November 20 deployed new F-35A fifth generation fighters to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, with the aircraft drawn from the 4th Fighter Squadron based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The service already has F-35As deployed at the facility, namely those from the 356th
North Korea made its first successful launch of a surveillance satellite on November 21, with the state run Korean Central News Agency reporting the following day that a rocket at “accurately put the reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ on its orbit.” The launch was intended as a response to
