Amid growing concerns in Europe that the United States could reduce its military commitment to the continent, follow a blocking of further funding for the Ukrainian war effort since December and as a return of former president Donald Trump to the White House appears increasingly likely, calls have
The United States government has taken control of a Boeing 747 airliner belonging to the Venezuelan cargo airline Emtrasur, with the Department of Justice reporting that the aircraft was being “prepared for disposition” without further elaborating on its future fate. The airliner was impounded by
As part of broader efforts to neutralise Ukrainian defence industrial targets, the Russian military on the night of February 8 launched a major drone strike on the Ekvator Factory in the Mykolaiv region. Among the facility’s primary products were light and lower medium weight drones being used by
The Chengdu J-20 fifth generation fighter was the first non-American aircraft of its generation in the world to enter service, joining the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force in March 2017 after making it first flight jut six years prior. Although the aircraft symbolised China’s
The Ukrainian Army has continued to face a worsening deficit of frontline personnel, according to mulitple officers recently interviewed by the Washington Post, with the seriousness of the issue raising the growing possibility that the frontlines could soon collapse. The manpower shortages are
The British Royal Navy has withdrawn the Type 45 destroyer HMS Diamond from operation near Yemen, citing “technical problems” suffered by the warship. The withdrawal has fuelled speculation that the ship may have been damaged in combat with Yemeni Ansurullah Coalition forces, which claimed to have
The British Royal Navy’s flagship the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has been forced to miss upcoming joint NATO drills due to an unexpected “issue” in one of its propeller shafts. “Routine pre-sailing checks yesterday identified an issue with a coupling on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s starboard
In the final week of December 2023 it was confirmed that two new brigades in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force had received new J-20A fifth generation fighters, namely the 4th Air Brigade based Foshan Air Base under the Southern Theatre Command and the 97th Air Brigade in Dazu
Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union the United States Military gained access to multiple kinds of highly sensitive Soviet weapons technologies through acquisitions from newly independent successor states. This process had begun from 1989 when, following the disintegration of the
The Russian Air Force is scheduled to begin receiving an enhanced new variant of the Su-57 fifth generation fighter from 2025, the Su-57M, which was reported in October 2022 to have begun flight testing and will integrate a new engine designated AL-51F. Although Russia’s fighter aviation industry
