Monthly Archives: December 2023

Ukraine Fears This Soviet Cruise Missile: Air Force Highlights Kh-22s Impossible to Shoot Down Amid Increasingly Desperate Air Defence Situation

Ukraine Fears This Soviet Cruise Missile: Air Force Highlights Kh-22s Impossible to Shoot Down Amid Increasingly Desperate Air Defence Situation

Shortly after an unprecedented series of mass missile strikes across Ukrainian territory on December 29, which is considered the largest missile attack in Russian history, Ukrainian Air Force Command spokesperson Yury Ignat singled out the capabilities of the Soviet Kh-22 cruise missile which he

Pushing Ukraine Past Breaking Point: How the Largest Missile Strike in Russian History Just Unfolded Over 18 Hours

Pushing Ukraine Past Breaking Point: How the Largest Missile Strike in Russian History Just Unfolded Over 18 Hours

Following major advances on the frontlines in Eastern Ukraine by Russian Army units, including the capture of the strategically located town of Maryinka which was at the centre of Ukrainian forces’ regional presence, the Russian Armed Forces on December 29 the Russian Armed Forces launched their

U.S. Stakes Massive New Claim to Arctic Resources: This is How Russian Air Power Has Prepared to Contest It – Part Two

U.S. Stakes Massive New Claim to Arctic Resources: This is How Russian Air Power Has Prepared to Contest It – Part Two

Continued From Part OneBearing almost sole responsibility for the security of the Arctic among Russian combat aviation assets, the MiG-31 is by far the largest, fastest and highest flying manned fighter or interceptor anywhere in the word, with a cruising speed of over Mach 2.3 being totally

U.S. Stakes Massive New Claim to Arctic Resources: This is How Russian Air Power Has Prepared to Contest It – Part One

U.S. Stakes Massive New Claim to Arctic Resources: This is How Russian Air Power Has Prepared to Contest It – Part One

On December 19 the United States government officially published maps revealing expanded territorial claims to a very large continental shelf in the Arctic Sea, the Atlantic, the Bering Sea, the Pacific Ocean, in addition to two sections in the Gulf of Mexico, and near the Mariana Islands, which

North Korea Demonstrates Ability to Strike U.S. Mainland on Short Notice: Hwasong-18 Brings ICBM Program Into New Phase

North Korea Demonstrates Ability to Strike U.S. Mainland on Short Notice: Hwasong-18 Brings ICBM Program Into New Phase

On December 19 the North Korean state run Korean Central Television aired footage of an intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM) launch which had occurred the previous day, with this confirming that the previously unknown projectile fired from the vicinity of Pyongyang at 8:24 a.m. had been