Russia’s Su-57 fifth generation fighter program has become a prominent symbol of delays and a struggle to move past Soviet era designs in the country’s military aviation sector, with the country expected to field its first squadron of the aircraft only in 2023 while only six airframes have been
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters on September 30 that the sabotage of Russian Nord Stream gas pipelines were seen in Washington as a “tremendous opportunity” to reduce European energy imports from Russia. This follows years of calls by the U.S. under multiple administrations to
September 30 2022 marks seven years since the beginning of Russian military operations in Syria, with the country’s involvement widely credited with turning the tide of the war and thereby transforming the balance of power in the Middle East. Drawing several stark contrasts to the current Russian
Since the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War in February 24 Russia’s air defence suppression efforts have been widely criticised as somewhat underwhelming, with Ukraine’s network built up primarily around Soviet-built S-300 variants and supplemented by low altitude handheld launchers such as the
Since shortly after the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian War in February widespread calls began to emerge in the West to supply the Ukrainian Army and possibly Kiev-aligned militias and contractors with Western main battle tanks to enhance their armoured warfare capabilities. Ukraine has since
The Argentine Air Force has for over a decade been considering a range of options to modernise its fighter fleet, with no major acquisitions having been made since the Falklands War in the 1980s leaving its fleet of combat jets in a poor position today even by regional standards. While sixth
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has clarified prior widely circulated comments claiming that the sixth generation fighter program the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) had begun its engineering and manufacturing development phase (EMD), which he had first stated in June. Explaining his
The Indian state run Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has begin work developing an indigenous active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar for the country’s Su-30MKI heavyweight fighters, which currently form the backbone of the Air Force’s combat fleet with over 270 in
Entering service in 2002, and with the latest orders for additional units having been placed in 2020, the Su-30MKI was developed specifically for the requirements of the Indian Air Force and today forms the backbone of the fleet with 11 squadrons in service. The fighter is a derivative of the Su-27
North Korean ambassador to the United Nations Kim Song criticised the “hostile policies” of the United States for forcing Pyongyang to abandon the no first use policy governing its nuclear arsenal, which it had previously been one of just three nuclear weapons states to adhere to alongside China
