On March 9 North Korea and Russia both conducted the largest launches of hypersonic ballistic missiles on record, the former as part of a show of force into the Yellow Sea in response to major U.S.-led exercises near its borders, and the latter into Ukraine as part of its ongoing war effort in the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned that a loss of the city of Bakhmut, currently an epicentre of fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces, would provide a major opening to significant further enemy advances on the ground. “We understand that after Bakhmut they could go further.
Defence Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani on March 6 dismissed reports of plans for the country to acquire Russian S-400 air defence systems, with speculation of such an acquisition having grown since it was confirmed that Su-35 heavyweight fighters had been ordered from Russia to
The U.S. Military has made the first ever deployment of AC-130J gunships for exercises in South Korea, with the new aircraft class playing a major role in the ongoing Teak Knife exercises simulating a potential American-led war effort against North Korea. The gunship seen in footage of the
A member of the Turkish Presidency’s Security and Foreign Policies Council, Cagri Erhan, has announced that the country is expected to drop its requests to acquire F-16C/D fourth generation fighter aircraft from the United States. He cited the fighter’s “$20 billion cost package,” and the
As the first Western-built tank class pledged in an aid package to Ukraine, the British Challenger 2 is expected to see the first units delivered by mid-April as Ukrainian personnel continue to train to operate and maintain the class in United Kingdom. Deliveries will make Ukraine only the second
Amid intensive continued fighting around Bakhmut in Eastern Ukraine, which has emerged as a centre of hostilities in the year long Russian-Ukrainian War and where Russian forces have continued to make significant gains, experienced figures have continued to feed back reports from the front of
On March 3 the Swiss Federal Department of Defence announced that Germany was seeking to purchase Leopard 2 tanks from the country, which had previously been acquired by the Swiss Army from Germany, after this had been reported in Swiss papers. “From the army’s point of view, it would be possible
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s 55th Air Brigade has reportedly received J-20A fifth generation fighters, which if confirmed would make it the ninth unit to operate the new fighter class. Based at Jining in southwestern Shandong province, well within operating range of both
The Pakistan Air Force has reportedly inducted its first unit of JF-17 Block 3 fighter jets into service, which represent its second class of fighter with ‘4+ generation’ capabilities following acquisitions of multiple squadrons’ worth of J-10C fighters from China in 2022. Where the J-10C
