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
Following the expiry of a United Nations arms embargo on Iran in October 2020, it was widely speculated that the Iranian Air Force could begin to receive new fighter aircraft from abroad to replace the increasingly obsolete Vietnam War era American aircraft that continue to form the backbone of its
Marking the 90th anniversary of the foundation of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), North Korean state media released range of footage showing live fire testing of various weapons systems which notably included training on Su-25 attack jets that serve under the KPA Air Force. The aircraft was seen
On April 26 the first footage emerged showing Russian T-90M battle tanks deployed beyond the country’s borders in Ukraine, marking a major development and providing a significant improvement over the capabilities of all prior Russian tanks used in the conflict. Aside from the next generation T-14
