Political leaders in Western countries have from mid-February increasingly raised the possibility of an overt military intervention in the Russian-Ukrainian War through the dispatch of ground force contingents, raising concerns in both Russia and the West regarding the possibility of an escalation
Less than two years after it entered service in the Russian Air Force in February 2014 the new Su-35S ‘4++ generation’ heavyweight fighter made its first foreign deployment in January 2016 to reinforce Russian forces at Khmeimim Airbase in Eastern Syria. Constructed in August 2015 in preparation
America’s largest defence contractor Lockheed Martin has begun full scale production of the F-35 fifth generation fighter, following several years of delays due to issues with the program and qualitative issues with the aircraft itself. Pentagon acquisition executive William LaPlante approved this
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is expected to unveil the first intercontinental range strategic bomber in the country’s history, the H-20, in mid-late 2024, with new insight into the program having been provided by the service’s deputy commander Wang Wei. The bomber, he stated, would meet
The Ukrainian Armed Forces’ frontline positions in the disputed Donbas regions have been left increasingly vulnerable to Russian air strikes following the loss of MIM-104 Patriot and S-300 surface to air missile systems near the town of Pokrovsk, 67 kilometres northwest of the Donetsk regional capital.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has highlighted that his country’s Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle has negated hundreds of billion of dollars of investment by the United States and its Western allies in missile defence technologies. “If you calculate how much [America’s] well-known missile
The Korean People’s Army on March 13 conducted a demonstration of the capabilities of its armoured warfare capabilities, with exercises intended to evaluate crews’ combat capabilities and increase familiarisation with different kinds of operational missions. including its unnamed latest class of
A European intelligence official speaking to CNN has confirmed that Russia has been able to produce artillery rounds at over 250 percent the rate of the United States and European NATO members combined, with an output of approximately 3 million annually compared to 1.2 million for the U.S. and Europe.
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s 125th Air Brigade has been confirmed to have begun commissioning J-16 ‘4+ generation’ heavyweight fighters into service, replacing J-7E third generation lightweight fighters that previously operated under the unit. This marks the fifteenth unit to
A Ukrainian Patriot missile system operating near the Sergeevka locality in the disputed Donetsk region was on March 10 confirmed to have been largely destroyed in a Russian ballistic missile strike. The personnel operating the system, many of whom are reported to have been of foreign origin, were
