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During the Cold War the United States and Soviet Union both developed a number of combat and reconnaissance aircraft capable of operating at extreme speeds. Of those which entered service, the most notable where the Soviet MiG-25 which had interceptor, reconnaissance, strike and SEAD variants, its successor the MiG-31 which […]
The British Royal Navy today fields two sizeable 65,000 ton Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers, which entered service in December 2017 and December 2019, making the country’s carrier fleet larger and more capable than it has been since the early years of the Cold War. While the Navy fielded a sizeable fleet during the Second […]
The Algerian Air Force has long been a leading client for high-performance Russian and Soviet combat jets, with the country’s fleet considered to be the most capable in Africa and the Arab world. The country has invested particularly heavily in aerial warfare and air defence over the past decade, after […]
Following multiple reports from 2018 from sources in Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence Production that the acquisition Chinese HQ-9B (FD-2000) surface to air missile systems was under consideration, the delivery of the first units has been confirmed. The HQ-9P, which is thought to be an export variant of the HQ-9B tailored […]
Following its eviction from the F-35 fighter program the future of the Turkish Air Force has long been in question, with the country holding talks with Russia to acquire Su-35 jets and having shown a strong interest in the newer Su-57. Turkey’s ability or willingness to integrate modern Russian fighters, […]
Russia’s Su-57 next generation fighter saw its its first combat deployment in February 2018, when the aircraft were briefly dispatched to Syria to test their capabilities under combat conditions for the very first time. The aircraft deployed were notably prototypes rather than serial production fighters, and had only a very limited initial operating capability, although […]
China reportedly carried out its first successful test launch of an intercontinental range hypersonic glide vehicle in August, with the Financial Times reporting that the previously unknown test “caught the U.S. government by surprise” as the Pentagon refused to make any specific comment on the incident. Russia was previously the […]
For over 40 years the F-4 Phantom third generation fighter has formed the backbone of the Iranian Air Force, with the Vietnam War era twin engine jets relied on to perform a number of roles for the Islamic Republic’s defence ranging from air superiority to reconnaissance and in recent years even […]
Amid signs of a stalemate in talks between China and India over their dispute at the Ladakh border area, India’s main federal opposition Congress Party warned that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) reported deployment of Russian-made S-400 air defences systems at the border seriously challenged Indian security interests. “This […]
Since entry into service in March 2017, when it became the first non-U.S. fifth generation fighter operational anywhere in the world, China’s J-20 heavyweight stealth jet has been surrounded by considerable speculation in Japan and the Western world in particular. Estimates for the number of J-20 is in service have […]