The U.S. Air Force’s sixth generation fighter currently being developed under the Next Generation Air Dominance Fighter program has been confirmed to have a cost measured in the hundreds of million of dollars, making it by far the most costly fighter in world history with a price tag likely several
Entering service from December 2020, only five Su-57 next generation fighters are currently though to be in service in the Russian Air Force out of a total order of 76 fighters placed in the summer of 2019. As the first Russian fighter to become operational which is not based on a Soviet-era
Following reports that the first Russian T-90M battle tanks had been deployed to Ukraine in the final week of April, the first footage emerged on May 4 showing that at least one of the vehicles had been left inoperational after engaging in combat in the theatre. The T-90M is considered the most
Speaking at a Lockheed Martin missile plant in the state of Alabama, U.S. President Biden declared in May 3 that the world was at a historic “inflection point [that] comes along every six or eight generations,” the beginning of which was marked by the Russian-Ukrainian War which broke out on
The Serbian Defence Ministry has begun to consider options for acquisitions of new fighter aircraft to modernise the country’s ageing air force, which has contracted in recent years with the retirement of the MiG-21 fighter leaving only a single squadron in service formed of 14 MiG-29s. With the
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force owes much of its success it becoming a world leading service to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the country’s ability to subsequently acquire vast sums of the some of the world’s most capable armaments and technologies from cash
As work continues in the United States on the development of the country’s first sixth generation fighter the F-X, which is expected to replace the fifth generation F-22 in service providing a high end air superiority capability, questions regarding the affordability of the platform have
In the latest of multiple missile strikes targeting depots for Western armaments recently supplied to Ukraine, the Russian Military has deployed P-800 anti ship missiles for a land attack role to neutralise caches at a military airfield near the Black Sea port of Odessa. Russian Defence Ministry
On April 30 the Serbian Military’s new HQ-22 air defence systems were put on display for the first time after arriving in the country early in the month, with the weapons platform representing by far the most formidable asset now guarding the country’s airspace. Reports first emerged on April 9
Polish media outlets have revealed that approximately $7 billion worth of military equipment has been transferred to Ukraine since the outbreak of war between the country and Russia on February 24, with Warsaw having long taken one of the most hardline positions against Moscow and been a leading
