Throughout much of the Cold War the Soviet tank industry was estimated to be larger than those of the rest of the world combined, with an annual output over 4000 vehicles per year in the 1980s from five separate tank factories, the largest three of which were the Malyshev and Omsktransmash
On January 16 Ethiopia was confirmed to have become the fifteenth country to operate the Russian Su-30 twin seat heavyweight fighter, with the state-owned Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation reporting an undisclosed number of the aircraft had been received. A least two of the aircraft are currently in the country, which has the same blue camouflage scheme as the older Su-27 fighters the country already operates. It has long
Two of the United States Air Force’s primary strategic weapons programs are facing the growing risk of failure and cancellation, with the development of the Sentinel intercontinental range ballistic missile facing serious cost overruns and developmental difficulties, while an ambitious deep
New evidence has revealed that the British Armed Forces have provided significant support to the ongoing Israeli war effort against Palestinian militia groups through surveillance flights over the Gaza Strip. Since the outbreak of hostilities on October 7 Western countries have provided significant
The Russian Armed Forces on the evening of January 16 were reported to have launched a missile strike targeting the headquarters of predominantly French European foreign fighters in Ukraine. Russian sources subsequently reported that the personnel targeted were military contractors, and that the
On January 15 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps made its first combat deployment of the Kheiber Shekan medium-range ballistic missile to strike positions of the East Turkestan Islamic Party jihadist group in Syria. The new missile carries a warhead with an estimated 800kg weight and has a long
In the aftermath of the White House’s announcement on January 4 that Russian forces were utilising North Korean ballistic missiles in their ongoing war effort in Ukraine, the possible future avenues that growing defence cooperation between Moscow and Pyongyang could take have gained growing
North Korean state media on January 15 announced the first test launch of a new class of intermediate range ballistic missile the previous day, with the new asset having the potential to revolutionise the country’s ability to launch strikes against targets across much of the Pacific as far as
The Slovak Air Force has received its first two F-16 fighters from the United States, with these ordered with 12 more of the aircraft under a $1.8 billion contract signed in December 2018.The aircraft were delivered at Lockheed Martin’s Greenville, S.C., production facility, and will arrive in
Russian state-owned defence conglomerate Rostec has announced that it is set to place the PBK-500U Drel 500kg precision guided cluster bomb into serial production in 2024, with the weapons system having “already undergone all types of tests specified by the customer.” The bombs were designed to
