The Russian Defence Ministry has seen its orders for Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems met at a significantly accelerated rate, with the CEO of the Machine-Building Design Bureau responsible for producing the systems, Sergey Pitikov, stating at the Army-2023 Forum that “supplies surged
Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu arrived in Belarus on August 16 for a three day official visit, with the press service of the Belarusian Defence Ministry reporting: “Colonel General Li Shangfu, State Councillor, Minister of National Defence and member of the Central Military Commission of the
North Korean Defence Minister General Kang Sun Nam has warned at the 11th Moscow International Security Conference that nuclear war could be imminent, claiming that the United States’ intention to overthrow his country‘s government and escalated deployments of nuclear capable assets to the region
Following a visit by Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu to North Korea in late July to attend celebrations marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean War’s conclusion, speculation has risen that Russian could seek to import a range of armaments from its East Asian neighbour. Reports of Russian
After the loss of a British Royal Navy F-35B operating in the Mediterranean Sea in November 2021, an investigation into the incident has raised serious questions regarding the safety of the country’s operations using the aircraft. The investigation’s 148 page report concluded that one of the
The U.S. Military is planning a major expansion of air defence capabilities on the strategically located Pacific Island of Guam, which hosts leading Navy and Air Force facilities vital to America’s ability to project power into the region as well as a growing Marine presence. Guam Naval Base and
Russia’s Su-57 next generation fighter has begun to integrate a new radio communications suite secured by artificial intelligence, which was designed to improve information transmission between aircraft and ground-based systems operating on very high frequency wavebands. The Russian state owned
The Polish Defence Ministry has confirmed that it will further increase its force deployments on its border with neighbouring Belarus, which has become increasingly tense from 2020 as relations between Minsk and the Western Bloc have deteriorated and moreso from early 2022 as Russia increased its
Russia has begun development of a new aerospace control system able to effectively monitor low speed and compact unmanned aircraft, after the Ukrainian Military launched successful strikes on Russian targets including the capital Moscow using such assets repeatedly. CEO of the Rostec state owned
The Belgian Defence Ministry has refused deliveries of the first to F-35A stealth fighters ordered in October 2018, with the aircraft reportedly found to be “technically unsatisfactory” and requiring further software improvements before meeting the Air Force’s standards. Belgium was notably not a
