Following confirmation from Iranian and U.S. sources that the Iranian Air Force is set to receive Russian Su-35S heavyweight fighter jets by March 2024, speculation has grown regarding the other kinds of Russian assets the country may acquire as the two countries strengthen security ties across a
The U.S. Air Force has conducted its first ever deployment of F-35 stealth fighters to Thule Air Base in Greenland, which represents the Pentagon’s northernmost base facility and is well positioned to place further pressure on Russian forces in the Arctic. The facility is located 1200km north of
The U.S. Army’s sole class of main battle tank the M1 Abrams, which has served since 1980 and remains one of just two Western tank classes in production today, has seen renewed attention drawn to its capabilities after the announcement that the vehicles would be provided as aid to the Ukrainian
Russia has issued a strong warning against the supply of depleted uranium weapons to the Ukrainian Military, amid concerns that a wide range of Western tanks and armoured vehicles set to be delivered to the country are designed specifically to use such munitions. Head of the Russian delegation to
In the early hours of January 29 the Israeli Defence Forces launched a drone strike on a munitions facility near the Iranian city of Isfahan, with one of the three aircraft shot down by air defences while two more crashed into a protective mesh above a military facilities. The Iranian Defence Ministry commented regarding
Head of the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command General Mike Miniha has predicted in a recent two page internal memo that the country is likely to be engaged in a major conventional war with China in the near future, and called for the necessarily preparations. “Unrepentant lethality matters
After close to a year of repeated refusals of Western requests to supply Ukraine with military equipment, Israel has again pressed back against pressure from the Joe Biden administration to transfer U.S.-supplied missiles to the Eastern European state. The MIM-23 Hawk short range air defence system
On January 10 Russian built Su-30 fighter jets landed on Japanese soil at Hyakuri Air Base, 130km north of Tokyo, marking the first ever deployment of Russian or Soviet aircraft to the East Asian country. Flown by the Indian Air Force, which is the world’s largest operator of the Su-30 and uses
On January 15 the deputy head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, Shahriar Heydari, confirmed that the first Su-35s would be delivered by the Iranian new year in March 2024. This follows a statement by the Commander of the Air Force of the Islamic Republic of
The long awaited order contracting of modernised F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth generation fighter jets for the Royal Jordanian Air Force was confirmed on January 19, and has been at the centre of major controversy since due to the extraordinarily high price being paid for the aircraft. Twelve F-16s,
