Following over two months of escalated hostilities between Israeli forces and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, which were initiated by the latter in response to Israel’s initiation of ground operations into the Palestinian Gaza Strip, Hezbollah has reportedly begun to target Israeli air defence
On December 19 the North Korean state run Korean Central Television aired footage of an intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM) launch which had occurred the previous day, with this confirming that the previously unknown projectile fired from the vicinity of Pyongyang at 8:24 a.m. had been
Following weeks of stringent opposition to provision of further aid to the Ukrainian government from Republicans in the U.S. Senate, the White House has warned it only has enough funding left for one more aid package which will be announced later this week. White House National Security Council
An Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Su-22 strike fighter was reportedly lost in an accident on December 16, with the incident occurring in southern Fars province. The aircraft crashed near Lake Persian in the Kazerun district, with the pilot ejecting safely without injury. The Revolutionary Guard
A new missile regiment has entered combat duty in the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, according to a statement by the forces’ commander Colonel General Sergey Karakayev. “A missile regiment has gone on combat duty within the Bologovsky missile compound, which is equipped with a RS-24 Yars mobile
On December 16 the Russian Defence Ministry has released footage showing reconnaissance and attack drone operators tracking and neutralising Ukrainian infiltrators in the direction of the city of Bakhmut. While the country’s drone fleet was highly limited in its capabilities when full scale
The LGM-35A Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) currently under development for the United States Air Force is facing growing prospects of deep cuts and possible cancellation due to tremendous cost overruns very early in development, which have fuelled concerns that fielding such
The Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai on December 14 has moved its fourth Type 075 carrier for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy out of dry dock, with a ceremony marking the event which brings the combined carrier fleet to close to 360,000 tons. The fleet of Type 075 Class ships was
American lawmakers and defence officials have revealed in a new wide-ranging hearing on the F-35 fifth generation fighter that the United States was able to surge supplies and accelerate the provision of upgrades to the Israeli Air Force in the wake of the escalation of hostiles between the country
The air forces of neighbouring Pakistan and Iran in 2023-24 have both moved to induct new generations of fighter aircraft into service, with the former acquiring the JF-17 Block III in parallel to smaller numbers of the larger J-10C, both of which were acquired from China to fulfil complementary
