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 […]

South Korea has increasingly emerged in the post Cold War years as one of the world’s leading producers of NATO-compatible armaments, and among U.S. allies has consistently produced highly competitive products ranging from its Sejong the Great Class destroyer, which is considered the most capable to use the American AEGIS system, […]