China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has deployed at least one H-6 bomber to fly along the mountainous Indian border, with footage of the flight broadcast on state media outlet CCTV. This comes after H-6s were reported in September 2020 to have been redeployed to bases near the border […]
A British F-35B single engine fighter crashed into the Mediterranean Sea on November 17th during operations from the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth. The Ministry of Defence stated confirmed that a“British F-35 pilot from HMS Queen Elizabeth ejected during routine flying operations in the Mediterranean this morning,” stating […]
Just four months after the fighter’s unveiling in July, the General Director of Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yuri Slyusar has announced that the first flight prototypes of the Checkmate next generation single engine fighter are currently under construction. “I would like to hint that the plant at Komsomolsk has […]
Following the unveiling of the Checkmate stealth fighter in July, many aspects of the export-oriented weapons program have been speculated ranging from which engine will power the aircraft to which parties could be the first clients. Although it has been marketed as a lightweight aircraft with low operational costs, serving […]
Following an announcement by the Russian Defence Ministry on November 9th that a new air defence system, the S-550, was under development, new details regarding the weapons system have been announced. Speaking to the Ria Novosti news agency, sources in the defence industry stated that the S-550 would become the […]
The Russian Defence Ministry announced on November 9th the development of the S-550 air defence system, which state media outlets implied could be related to the S-500 as pictures of the older system were published with the announcement. The statement indicated that during meetings in Sochi from 1-3 November Russian […]
In November 1971 the Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat saw its first combat when deployed for reconnaissance missions over the Israeli held Sinai-peninsula in Northeast Africa. The Foxbat had entered service just a year before, and at the time was operated by the USSR alone. The aircraft would be developed into multiple […]
North Korea’s armed forces have held artillery exercises “inspecting and evaluating” performance “in order to increase their mobile artillery combat capabilities,” the Korean Central News Agency state media outlet reported on November 7th. The drills were held the previous day, and saw the Korean People’s Army (KPA) demonstrating its firepower […]
Intense competition between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, and an arms race in all major areas of their defence sectors from armour to ballistic missiles, saw both states contend to develop the most capable fighters and interceptors for air to air combat. Each viewed the other […]
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force has long been reported to have turned hundreds, and possibly thousands, of J-6 fighters into remotely piloted attack drones since the type was retired from frontline service. The J-6 is an indigenous derivative of the Soviet MiG-19, and was at the core of […]