Bordering both the Soviet Union to the east and Soviet aligned Arab nationalist states to the west, and enriched by a spike in oil prices in the 1970s, Iran emerged as a leading client for top end American and British armaments during that decade providing a major boon to Western defence industries
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has deployed Su-35 fighter jets across the Taiwan Strait, which was reported just minutes before confirmation that the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi had arrived in Taipei on a U.S. Air Force aircraft leading a delegation which Beijing
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed the world’s first ground launched hypersonic glide vehicle designed for anti ship missions, with a variant of the DF-17 described in state media reports as an “aircraft carrier killer.” The revelation comes as the United States Navy has
New Xi’an Y-20U airborne tanker units from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force have begun combat readiness training, marking an important milestone in the country’s military modernisation efforts with the potential to seriously extend the reach of the country’s combat aircraft in to the
July 2022 marks 50 years since the F-15 Eagle heavyweight fighter made its first flight, with the aircraft taking off from Edwards Air Force Base in California as what would become the first fourth generation fighter fielded by a Western air force. The fighter was developed as a successor to the
The German defence sector has gone to considerable lengths to gain a greater market share internationally and compete with entrenched industry leaders such as the United States, Russia and France, albeit often with questionable success. Questions regarding the quality of German armaments have been
Indian media outlets have widely reported that the country’s second battalion of S-400 air defence systems will be deployed on the country’s northern borders facing China, following the activation of the first battalion in December 2021 which was stationed on the western border facing Pakistan. The
As Poland appears set to play an increasingly central role in NATO’s ongoing conflict with Russia, the United States has redeployed F-22 Raptor fifth generation fighters to the 32nd Tactical Air Base in the central Polish city of Lask where they will for the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in
On July 27 Poland and South Korea formalised a long anticipated landmark agreement on the delivery of over 1500 tanks and self propelled howitzers and 48 fighter jets, which represented the largest arms single export contract signed by the East Asian state as it emerges as a leader on the global arms market. The
Poland and South Korea are reportedly close to finalising a major arms deal which will include the sale of 48 Korean F-50 lightweight fighter jets as well as 850 tanks and self propelled artillery pieces, with the sale marking the latest of several successes for the aircraft which first flew in
