Following an official statement from the Iranian Air Force in September that Russian Su-35 heavyweight fighters were being considered for purchase, U.S. officials indicated on December 9 that pilots from the Middle Eastern country began training to operate the aircraft in Russia earlier in the year with
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has one of the most modern inventories of combat aircraft of any large military force, with the overwhelming majority of jets in both the Air Force and the Navy produced after 1995 and the large majority produced after the year 2000. China emerged in March
The T-72 tank has formed the backbone of the Russian Army’s armoured units since the 1990s, with the vehicle having been one of three third generation tank classes developed in the Soviet Union alongside the T-64 and T-80. The T-72 was developed as a less costly and less maintenance intensive
The Russian Army has begun fielding a new variant of the T-72 tank with much improved armour protection, which appears to have been developed in response to heavy losses among its T-72B3 and T-72B3M tanks primarily to man portable anti tank missiles in Ukraine. These T-72 older variants form the bulk
The induction of the B-21 Raider intercontinental range strategic bomber into service in the U.S. Air Force in the late 2020s is expected to revolutionise the service’s strike capabilities, with the aircraft expected to enjoy a production run of over a decade potentially beyond the 2030s should
The unveiling of the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider intercontinental range strategic bomber on November 2 marks a milestone in the history of the U.S. Air Force, and for the strike capabilities of the NATO alliance as a whole, as the much anticipated aircraft is set to revolutionise American strike
On December 2 Northrop Grumman unveiled the first prototype of the B-21 Raider intercontinental range strategic bomber, an aircraft which is expected to replace the U.S. Air Force’s fleets of B-1B and B-2 aircraft and potentially form entirely new bomber units. The bomber is the first to be
The Russian 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment has been announced as the first frontline unit to receive the new Su-57 next generation fighters, with the regiment’s deputy commander Lieutenant Colonel Ilya Sizov having confirmed that the unit’s pilots are undergoing theoretical training on the
A Pentagon estimate publisher on November 29 has projected that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s arsenal of nuclear weapons will reach 1500 warheads by 2035, up from a current estimate of around 350 warheads. A “dramatically accelerated pace” of nuclear development was predicted, although
The United States is reportedly considering transferring Patriot air defence systems to the Ukrainian Military, which would mark an unprecedented provision of long range air defence systems to the war torn country as its ability to sustain a war effort against Russian is increasingly brought to
