Since its entry into service in 2014 the Russian Su-35 has gained a reputation as a ‘4++ generation’ fighter optimised for engaging fifth generation stealth fighters, with the capabilities of its sensors to do so widely highlighted. These include its Irbis-E radar, which can reportedly track
South Korea’s KF-21 fifth generation fighter is expected to be a strong performer on global export markets, and since its first flight in July has seen renewed interest from abroad. Although using relatively weak engines and having a more limited flight performance than leading fifth generation
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War in February questions have been widely raised regarding the absence of top end Russian tanks from the battlefield, with speculation that this signified either that they were not ready for service or else were being conserved to confront more powerful
October 6 2022 marks 45 years since the first flight of one of the most iconic fighters of the Soviet Air Force the MiG-29, an aircraft which has seen intensive use in combat over the past seven months due to the outbreak of war between Russian and Ukraine. The MiG-29 was one of four Soviet fourth
North Korea and South Korea today continue to overwhelmingly base their defence planning on the need to protect their respective territories from a potential attack in the event of a new Korean War – the former by the United States and its allies and the latter by North Korea itself. Both countries
The Korean People’s Army Air Force (KPAAF), the official name of North Korea’s Air Force, has deployed fighter and bomber aircraft for operations near its border with South Korea, prompting a southern deployment of 30 of its F-15K fighters which took part in an hour long standoff at the border. The
The first aircraft carrier of the Gerald Ford Class, the USS Gerald Ford, has begun its first ever operational deployment after it left Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia on October 4, two days behind schedule, to join the U.S. Navy Second Fleet for deployments in the northern Atlantic. This marks
The Russian Air Force has allocated three newly built Su-35S fighter jets to the 185th Combat Training and Combat Application Center of the Aerospace Forces based at Privolzhsky Air Base near the city of Astrakhan – unit tasked with simulating the capabilities of enemy aircraft in combat to provide
One of the most iconic fighter/interceptors of the Cold War era, the MiG-25 Foxbat which entered service in the Soviet Armed Forces in 1970 was the first in a new generation of heavyweight combat jets which could fly much higher and faster, carry higher weapons payloads and employ larger more
Ukrainian air defences near Lyman have neutralised a Russian Su-34 strike fighter, with photos confirming that the aircraft from the from the 21st Air Division based in Shagol Airfield in the Chelyabinsk region serial number RF-81852 was destroyed. The Su-34 became operational in the Russian Air
