Following a report from the Canadian parliamentary budget officer on November 2 that the country’s acquisition of Lockheed Martin F-35A fifth generation fighters from the United States would close the country an estimated $53 billion American dollars, the implications of the expense and not insignificant possibility
On November 10 the Northrup Grumman B-21 Raider intercontinental range strategic bomber made its maiden flight, with a video taken outside the U.S. Air Force’s Plant 42 in Palmdale, California showing the first flight prototype take off for the first time heading to to nearby Edwards Air Force
The U.S. Air Force is reportedly considering the commissioning of a new class of lightweight fighter to replace a portion of its ageing fleet of F-16 Fighting Falcons, with a derivative of the Boeing T-7 Red Hawk trainer seen as a leading candidate. The Air Force received its first T-7 trainer for
On November 8 militias from the Yemeni Ansurullah Coalition shot down an American MQ-9 Reaper drone off the country’s coast. The coalition’s Yemeni Armed Forces reported: “Our air defences were able to shoot down an American MQ9 aircraft while it was carrying out hostile, monitoring and spying
On November 7 it was reported that the Russian Armed Forces had used S-400 long range air defences in the Ukrainian theatre to fire missiles with active radar homing, and paired the system with A-50 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) systems to increase situational awareness against
MiG-31 interceptors deployed by the Russian Navy’s Northern Fleet practiced interception of enemy aircraft at high altitude over the Barents Sea, with the fleet’s press service reporting on November 7: “The crews of MiG-31 fighters of the Northern Fleet’s separate combined air regiment have
The Russian Air Force has over the past week conducted multiple strikes against jihadist militant groups supported by the Turkish government in northeastern Syria’s Idlib governate, following renewed attacks by these forces on Syrian government positions and population centres under government
Muslim-majority countries have been at the centre of many of the world’s major conflicts since Cold War, from the Middle East and North Africa where over a dozen major wars have been waged to South Asia where Pakistani and Indian forces clashed multiple times. Although many of the Islamic World’s
The United States Air Force’s new B61-13 tactical nuclear bomb will allow a single F-35 fifth generation fighter to kill over 310,000 inhabitants of the Russian capital Moscow in a single strike, according to a report from New York based media outlet Newsweek. Should the bomb be dropped on central
The U.S. Military has confirmed that it is carrying out drone operations over the Gaza Strip, as part of much broader support being provided to Israeli forces since October 7 for their ongoing operations against local Palestinian militia groups. Confirming the drone operations, Pentagon spokesman
