The Republic of China (ROC) Air Force, the official name of the air arm of Taiwan’s armed forces, currently fields approximately 380 fighter planes divided between six units, with the ROC Defence Ministry having ordered a full units’ worth of F-16 Block 70/72 Fighting Falcon aircraft in 2019 to
The Russian Army has adopted a new strategic for launching strikes on Ukrainian positions using its Iskander-M ballistic missile systems, which involves simultaneous launches of multiple missiles at a designated target. Such attacks involve subsequent follow up strikes executed after calculated
The Russian Air Force has made its first confirmed deployment of MiG-35 ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft for combat operations in the Ukrainian theatre, accordingly to a statement by Chief Designer at the state run United Aircraft Corporation Sergei Korotkov. “In light of the current events,
The U.S. Air Force on November 20 deployed new F-35A fifth generation fighters to Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, with the aircraft drawn from the 4th Fighter Squadron based at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. The service already has F-35As deployed at the facility, namely those from the 356th
North Korea made its first successful launch of a surveillance satellite on November 21, with the state run Korean Central News Agency reporting the following day that a rocket at “accurately put the reconnaissance satellite ‘Malligyong-1’ on its orbit.” The launch was intended as a response to
The Belarusian Army has received new units of Polonez-M rocket artillery systems developed jointly with China, with the acceptance of the new assets celebrated in a ceremony attended by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Major General Viktor Gulevich. “Our state’s leadership places
Footage released by the Chinese Ministry of National Defence to mark the 74th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force showed details of the operations of J-16 fighter aircraft in the South China Sea. The footage showed two J-16 fighters under the PLA Southern
China’s Hongdu Aircraft Company has confirmed that the Pakistan Defence Ministry’s entry into talks for the acquisition of an unknown number of L-15 twin engine lightweight fighter aircraft, which are reportedly intended to replace older Chinese supplied J-7PG fighters in the Pakistan Air
The Iranian Armed Forces on November 19 unveiled a new class of cruise missile which is the country’s first with a hypersonic glide vehicle. The state run Islamic Republic News Agency reporting “During the visit of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to the
North Korea has begun ground testing of the first and second stage engines for its first known class of solid fuel intermediate range ballistic missile, according to a report from the state run Korean Central News Agency on November 15. “The missile industry of the DPRK has developed new-type
