On September 25 Ukraine received its first batch of American M1A1 Abrams tanks, with President Volodymyr Zelensky stating that the vehicles “are already in Ukraine and preparing to reinforce our brigades.” The Ukrainian Army is expected to field 31 of the vehicles, with the numbers received so far remaining uncertain. […]
The United States and Vietnam are reportedly discussing the possible sale of F-16 fighter planes to equip the Vietnam People’s Air Force, according to two figures familiar with the matter cited anonymously by Reuters. The negotiations are still in the “early stages,” and have reportedly been “a key topic” of talks […]
A Russian reconnaissance team was reported on September 24 to have captured a German speaking tank crew after destroying a Leopard tank in Ukraine’s Zaporozhye region. The team leader stated in a report to state media on September 23: “When we curbed another offensive and ATGM-ed [destroyed with an anti-tank […]
Beginning years before the escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict into a full scale war in early 2022, the post-2014 Western-aligned leadership in Kiev has received very considerable support from across the NATO alliance to bolster its position military and economically. This ranged from laying the ground work for joint operations […]
The head of the Ukrainian Army’s Main Intelligence Directorate Kirill Budanov has warned that M1A1 Abrams tanks set to be delivered by the United States next week may not last long in combat unless reserved for use in very specific kinds of operations. If the American tanks are deployed “on […]
New footage from the frontlines in Ukraine has shown Russian Lancet drone strikes to neutralise two German made Leopard tanks in Ukraine’s Kupyansk region. The Russian Defence Ministry on September 22 reported that strikes by the country’s western military group neutralised the tanks and three other vehicles, with the commander […]
The Norwegian Air Force has become the first service in the world to operate F-35As from highways, which is a potential game changer for the survivability of the aircraft in the event of a major conflict when airbases are likely to be targeted. Chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force […]
In the early stages of the North Korean ballistic missile program the country relied heavily on relatively relatively simple liquid fuelled designed based heavily on Soviet technologies. These included the short range Hwasong-5, 6 and 9 based on the Scud B and C, the solid fuelled KN-02 Toksa based on […]
Although having a negligible industrial base at the beginning of the 20th century, Russia emerged as one of the world’s leading industrial powers during the 1930s and 40s under a Stalinist economic program which paved the way to its military ascendance. Rapid economic and industrial growth and modernisation from 1928 […]
During the 1990-91 Gulf War the F-15C/D Eagle fighter and MiG-25PD Foxbat interceptor were the most capable aircraft fielded by the air forces of the United States and Iraq in terms of their air to air combat capabilities. The former was undisputedly the top fighter fielded by any Western air […]