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Amid rising tensions between Belarus and the Western world, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has indicated that his country could purchase S-500 long range air defence systems from Russia to bolster its security. He stated to this effect: “Today we completely cover our borders with our air defence systems … But […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has elaborated on the state of his country’s nuclear weapons infrastructure inherited from the Soviet Union, after highlighting the possibility that Belarus could use this to host Russian nuclear weapons in future. He stated that almost all launchers for nuclear-tipped Topol intercontinental range ballistic missiles in Belarus had […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that the Zicron hypersonic cruise missile would soon become operational in the Russian military. This came two years after the first Zicron missiles were delivered to the Russian Navy in December 2019. The development comes as tensions between Russia and the Western Bloc are […]
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko indicated on December 30 that his country could host Russian nuclear weapons in response to a potential NATO deployment of its own nuclear weapons in Eastern Europe. The president also indicated that Belarus would support Russia in the event of provocations from Ukraine, and for the […]
The U.S. Military has deployed two convoys of around 60 and 40 vehicles into Syria across the country’s eastern border, which reinforce a U.S.-led occupation of the country’s oil rich regions. The convoys included several armoured vehicles. U.S. forces in Syria deploy M1 Abrams and M2 Bradley armoured combat vehicles, […]
North Korea’s defence sector has long been among the most self reliant in the world particularly among medium sized countries, and although it’s most well-known products have included weapons mass destruction, ballistic missiles, submarines and a nationwide network of hardened tunnel fortifications, it also provides a wide range of more conventional […]
The first unit of enhanced Koalitsiya-SV self propelled artillery systems were delivered to the Russian Army in May 2020, and represent one of multiple new potentially revolutionary combat vehicles being delivered alongside the T-14 battle tank and T-15 armoured transport. The new artillery system was optimised during development specifically to […]
The U.S. Air Force has begun utilising its large reserves of retired F-16 fighter jets as full scale aerial targets to test its AIM-260 air to air missiles, which are being developed to succeed the AIM-120 series and bridge the performance gap with foreign missile designs. The AIM-260 remains a […]
Following a reported undersea collisions in the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy’s Seawolf Class attack submarine USS Connecticut reportedly faces the possibility of being scrapped prematurely due to the extent of the damage suffered. The Seawolf Class are the most expensive submarines ever produced outside France, with each costing $3-3.5 billion, and […]
Entering service from 2014, the Su-35 heavyweight fighter is currently the most capable in the Russian inventory and represents the latest of a series of heavily enhanced derivatives of the top Soviet air superiority fighter the Su-27 Flanker. Initially developed for export, the cancellation of the MiG 1.42 fifth generation […]