The Russian Airborne Forces have begun for the first time to integrate TOS-1A thermobaric rocket artillery systems, which according to multiple sources including on multiple recent occasions the Russian Defence Ministry have consistently proven highly effective in combat in Ukraine. The ministry
The U.S. Military’s fleet of F-35 is reportedly suffering from very lower availability rates due to a range of maintenance issues and performance defects, with the manager of the fighter program Air Force Lieutenant General Michael Schmidt reporting that only around 30 percent of the aircraft F-35s
The Syrian Arab Army has thwarted a major attempted advance by militants from the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) terror group, which made two attempts to gain ground with major assaults in the country’s northwestern Idlib province. Deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the
Poland’s K2 Black Panther main battle tanks newly delivered from South Korea have carried out their first live fire drills, marking a major landmark in the modernisation of the country’s ground forces as well as the wider advancement of NATO’s capabilities on its eastern flank. The Polish Army
Entering service from 2015, the Shaanxi KJ-500’s deployment under Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) frontline units represented the culmination of efforts over more than a quarter of a century to develop a world class airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft. This had become an
The Russian Army has reportedly recently several hundred T-90M tanks ready for frontline operations, according to an anonymous source cited by state media outlet Sputnik. The announcement closely follows indications by Deputy Chairman Russian Security Council former president Dmitry Medvedev that
March 2023 marks 20 years since the White House announced the beginning of a full scale invasion of Iraq – a decision which had broad reverberations not only across the Middle East but globally. While the invasion was for several reasons considered controversial at the time, primarily due to its
The WS-15 afterburning turbofan engine under development for the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s top air superiority fighter the Chengdu J-20 has reportedly entered serial production, according to a statement by an Aero Engine Corporation of China (AECC) official. The long
On March 25 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that tactical nuclear weapons would be deployed to the territory of neighbouring Belarus, while strongly indicating that these would be integrated into the Iskander ballistic missile arsenal stationed in the country. “We have handed over to
Amid fast growing deployments of T-90M ‘Breakthrough’ tanks by the Russian Army, the Deputy Chairman Russian Security Council former president Dmitry Medvedev has been the latest among officials to express a strong confidence in the performance of the vehicle. The T-90M joined the Russian Army in
