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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on April 23 confirmed that the Royal Air Force would forward deploy Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft to Poland, stressing that London and Warsaw had strengthened security ties considerably amid joint support for the Ukrainian war effort. It remains uncertain how long the aircraft will remain […]
On April 22 the Korean People’s Army conducted its first ever known drills simulating a nuclear counterattacks and the use of the country’s “system of command, management, control and operation of the whole nuclear force,” which included the country’s nuclear launch trigger the “Haekbangashoe.” The exercises involved the country’s KN-25 rocket artillery […]
Following video confirmation on April 21 that Russian ground units had captured a Leopard 2A6 tank during clashes with Ukrainian forces, new footage and information have provided further details on the operation and the future of the vehicle. The Leopard 2A6 is by far the most capable variant of the […]
The paramilitary wing of the Lebanese political party Hezbollah on April 21 used a surface to air missile to destroy an Israeli Hermes 450 drone over Southern Lebanon, marking the latest development in over six months of escalating hostilities between the two opposing forces. “Islamic resistance fighters shot down an […]
Russian state media outlets have revealed that the production of gas turbine engines for the T-80 main battle tank has been resumed at the engineering plant Kaluzhsky Engine – known colloquially as Kaluga. The GTD-1250 multi-fuel gas turbine engine was confirmed to be in full scale production, with this representing […]
Footage released on April 21 has confirmed that Russian ground units have captured a Leopard 2A6 tank during clashes with Ukrainian forces. The footage showed the vehicle appearing to be under evacuation from a combat area in a rural area and relatively undamaged, although missing tracks from both sides. Russian […]
The U.S. Air Force has forward deployed two B-1B strategic bombers to Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, with the aircraft from Bomber Task Force 24-2 landing in the Eastern European state on April 15 amid escalating hostilities in neighbouring Middle Eastern countries. The Air Force reported that the bombers seamlessly […]
On April 19 the Russian Air Force lost a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber during operations in the Ukrainian theatre, with the aircraft’s crash and ejection of its three crewmen confirmed by multiple Russian sources. The incident was subsequently credited by Western and Ukrainian sources to a shootdown by a Soviet S-200 […]
The U.S. Air Force on April 15 deployed 12 B-2 Spirit intercontinental range stealth bombers for a major show of force, with 12 of the service’s small fleet of just 20 aircraft taking part in a large fly-off exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The B-2 has notoriously high […]
On April 19 at approximately 3:00 AM local time the Israeli Defence Forces launched drone strikes on targets in and around the Iranian city of Isfahan. Iran’s Tasnim news agency has reported that nearby nuclear facilities remained completely safe, with local media reporting that air defences targeted several small drones […]