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The Russian Air Force has received the first unit of new Su-34M strike fighters, little over two years after the first orders were placed in the final week of May 2020, with 76 expected to be delivered to the fleet by the end of the current State Armaments Plan. This […]
State trials for a new medium range air to air missile intended to equip Russian Air Force Su-57 fighter jets have reportedly entered their final stages, according to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, with the delivery of the first serial production units for operational service expected by the end of the […]
In over 70 years of war between North Korea and the United States, which marks history’s longest ever war between two industrial powers, July 4 2017 marks a key turning point when the former for the first time demonstrated the capability to strike the mainland of the latter by test […]
A June study by the U.S. Congressional Research Service prepared for the members and committees of the United States Congress has suggested the possibility of offering more advanced classes of fighter aircraft to the Egyptian Defence Ministry should Cairo pledge to refrain from acquiring Russian fighters. Citing specifically Egyptian orders […]
Turkey’s National Defense University in Istanbul, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July 2 pledged that the country would soon field “number one” armed forces in the world. “In the construction of a great and powerful Turkey… there is no threat that the army cannot overcome on land, at sea and […]
On June 29 it was reported by multiple sources that 29 fighters from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) had eight days prior launched a major simulated strike demonstrating the ability to neutralise enemy aircraft carriers near the Taiwan Strait. This occurred amid growing tensions surrounding the strait, and was […]
The U.S. Department of Defence announced on June 30 that a new test of a hypersonic missile in Hawaii ended in failure, marking the latest of multiple setbacks to such development efforts. “The Department remains confident that it is on track to field offensive and defensive hypersonic capabilities on target […]
On June 29 U.S. officials indicated for the first time that Turkey may be granted permission to purchase modernised F-16 Fighting Falcon fourth generation fighters for its air force. Celeste Wallander from the Department of Defence announced that day: “Strong Turkish defence capabilities contribute to strong NATO defence capabilities. The […]
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall has announced that Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program will follow a more traditional and likely much longer development schedule, reversing prior claims that new technologies could allow new fighters enter service much more quickly as they had in the 1950s. The NGAD program […]
Long considered to field the most capable combat inventory in Africa, the Algerian Air Force deploys the continent’s only large fighter fleet comprised entirely of modern fourth generation designs with nine units comprised of Su-30MKA, MiG-29 and Su-24M aircraft. Where Algeria long since retired pre-fourth generation fighters, however, it continues […]