Under the administration of President Omar Al Bashir, a field marshal who came to power in 1993, the Republic of Sudan emerged over the next 25 years as a leading military industrial power in Africa with the third largest defence sector on the continent centred primarily around the state-run
On September 13 the first reports emerged indicating that Iranian-made drones had been deployed by Russian forces to the frontlines in Ukraine, following months of reports that such sales had been made. The Iranian Shahed-136 loitering munition is the only class confirmed to have been used, and
The British Armed Forces’ F-35 fifth generation fighters are scheduled to move fully past the limitations of their Initial Operating Capability to reach Full Operating Capability in 2025, with the delay from 2023 having been confirmed by Minister of State for the Ministry of Defence James Heappeyon on
The Russian Air Force has now received six serially produced Su-57 fifth generation fighter jets, the first of which was delivered in December 2020, with production lines at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant in the country’s Far East continuing to expand to accommodate more units. Despite the
Entering service in the U.S. Air Force, the F-4 Phantom served as America’s primary fighter until the 1980s, with over 5000 airframes produced over 23 years from 1958 to 1981 and exported to ten clients across four continents. Although initially a troubled aircraft, which was intended primarily for
The Russian Air Force has received a new batch of Su-35S heavyweight fighters from the United Aircraft Corporation, which were manufactured at the Komsomolsk-on-Amur aircraft plant in the country’s Far East where the class has been in production for 13 years. The new batch completes the Ministry of
Since entering service in 2015 the F-35 fifth generation fighter’s Pratt & Whitney F135 turbofan engine has represented a major cause for concern in the U.S. Military, with performance issues belying its impressive 20 ton thrust and near unrivalled weight/thrust ratio. One of the leading issues
Entering service from 1970, the MiG-23 Flogger variable swept wing fighter remained in production in the Soviet Union in 1985 and was the country’s firth fighter jet with third generation capabilities. The aircraft was in many ways ahead of its time, with an engine which surpassed that of the
Despite the Pivot to Asia initiative initiated by the Barak Obama Administration at the beginning of the last decade, which saw the bulk of overseas U.S. forces redeployed to the Asia-Pacific region and away from the Middle East and Europe, the balance of power in the Western Pacific has shifted
September 7 2022 marks 25 years since the first flight of the world’s first fifth generation fighter the F-22A Raptor, with the aircraft designed as a twin engine heavyweight platform to succeed the F-15 Eagle and F-4D/E Phantom as the Western world’s prime air superiority fighter. Developed
