U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria have taken 24 casualties to drone strikes and rocket artillery attacks from October 17-24, with the bulk of these taken at Al Tanf military base in Southern Syria and the remainder taken at Al Asad base in Western Iraq. U..S-led coalition forces were attacked
The Russian Air Force has received a new batch of Su-35S heavyweight air superiority fighters from the Gagarin Aviation Plant in Komsomolsk on Amur, according to a report from state arms conglomerate Rostec on October 24. Rostec First Deputy CEO Vladimir Artyakov stated regarding the delivery: “Our
On October 22 the Russian Air Force launched strikes against three jihadist targets in Syria, destroyed a training camp and a munitions depot belonging to the Jabhat Al Nusra terror group – a former Al Qaeda affiliate. This followed multiple artillery attacks by the militants against the positions
The China’s People’s Liberation Army may be working to field an intercontinental range ballistic missile with a conventional warhead, according to new Pentagon reports, with an annual Defence Department to the U.S. Congress on Chinese defence and security developments highlighting the possible
The Pentagon announced on October 21 that the United States had deployed new high and medium altitude air defence systems to the Middle East, with the report coming 14 days after the outbreak of full scale hostilities between Israel and the Palestinian militia group and political party Hamas.
The primary developer of the F-35 fifth generation fighter Lockheed Martin has revised its delivery target for the fighters for 2023 down to just 97 aircraft, with original deliveries previously expected to have been 61 percent higher at 156 aircraft. Although the firm announced in April that it
Eleven days after the outbreak of full scale hostilities with the Palestinian militant group Hamas, the Israeli Air Force on October 17 bombed the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in the Gaza Strip killing over 500 civilians at a conservative estimate. Overall Palestinian casualties from Israeli strikes over
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on October 18 that he had ordered MiG-31K/I strike fighters armed with Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles to carry out regular patrols over neutral airspace in the Black Sea. “Our MiG-31 planes are armed with Kinzhal missile systems. It is known
Jihadist militants affiliated to UN-recognised terrorist organisations operating in Syria’s Idlib governate are planned to launch offensives against Syrian and Russian forces, according to a report from the deputy chief of the Russian Defence Ministry’s Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing
The Pentagon’s Defence Contract Management Agency has reported that F-35 fifth generation fighter aircraft produced by Lockheed Martin continue to suffer from excessive flaws when delivered to their clients, with these impacting the aircraft’s performance including flight readiness rates. Military
