Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted that his country’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle has negated hundreds of billion of dollars of investment by the United States and its Western allies in missile defence technologies. “If you calculate how much [America’s] well-known missile
The Korean People’s Army on March 13 conducted a demonstration of the capabilities of its armoured warfare capabilities, with exercises intended to evaluate crews’ combat capabilities and increase familiarisation with different kinds of operational missions. including its unnamed latest class of
A European intelligence official speaking to CNN has confirmed that Russia has been able to produce artillery rounds at over 250 percent the rate of the United States and European NATO members combined, with an output of approximately 3 million annually compared to 1.2 million for the U.S. and Europe.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s 125th Air Brigade has been confirmed to have begun commissioning J-16 ‘4+ generation’ heavyweight fighters into service, replacing J-7E third generation lightweight fighters that previously operated under the unit. This marks the fifteenth unit to
A Ukrainian Patriot missile system operating near the Sergeevka locality in the disputed Donetsk region was on March 10 confirmed to have been largely destroyed in a Russian ballistic missile strike. The personnel operating the system, many of whom are reported to have been of foreign origin, were
The Korean People’s Army on March 7 initiated major live-fire artillery drills, which tested the combat readiness of units near the inter-Korean demilitarised zone. The artillery assets tested “put the enemy’s capital in their striking range”, according to the Korean Central News Agency, with both
South Korea has deployed some of its last operational F-4E fighters for an ‘elephant walk’ show of force, as tensions between the country and neighbouring North Korea have continued to rise. The F-4s were deployed as part of the joint Freedom Shield exercise with the United States, which simulates
New footage published by the Russian Defence Ministry on March 9 has shown the destruction of mobile launch vehicles from an Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system near the town of Pokrovsk, 67 kilometres northwest of the Donetsk regional capital. Drone footage showed a large explosion after
The F-35 fifth generation fighter was on March 9 confirmed to be officially certified to carry B61-12 nuclear gravity bombs, marking the first time a Western multirole stealth fighter has been able to employ nuclear weapons. Spokesman for the F-35 Joint Program Office Russ Goemaere stated regarding
New footage released on March 6 has confirmed the destruction of a third Ukrainian Army M1A1 Abrams tank, which is the latest of a significantly larger number of vehicles reported to have been taken out by Russian forces in the disputed Donbas region over the past two weeks. While prior confirmed
