China and Russia have put forward a draft resolution at the the United Nations Security Council to ease economic sanctions on North Korea, in particular relaxing the latest rounds of restrictions imposed in 2017 on the East Asian state’s export of statues, textiles, and seafood and its imports of refined […]
Following the overthrow of the Abdullah Hamdok government in Sudan in the final week of October, which had been installed following a Western-backed military coup in April 2019, Sudan’s new interim government has indicated that it will proceed with plans to construct a Russian military base on the Red Sea. […]
The Director of the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), Dmitry Shugaev, haas elaborated on the possibility of Russia exporting its S-500 long range air defence system. “We are considering India, as well as China and all the states with which we have a longtime partnership and predictable mutual […]
The Chengdu Aircraft Corporation’s test airfield has been home to most of China’s most innovative fighter jets in their early development stages, and has recently housed a new aircraft which resembles concepts seen in the U.S. for a next generation air dominance fighter. The sighting follows the unveiling of two […]
One of multiple sixth generation fighter programs being pursued in the United States has been to replace the US Navy’s Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet combat jets, which are currently the services only for the operational fighters that operate from its Nimitz and Gerald Ford class supercarriers. The F-18 is currently […]
Russia has deployed a contingent of Su-35 heavyweight air superiority fighters to Qamishli Airport in northeastern Syria, marking the first ever major deployment of Russian fighters to the facility. The airport is very near the positions of Turkish and U.S. forces, which have deployed alongside various auxiliary militia forces to […]
Just three days after the first images of a new twin seat variant of China’s J-20 heavyweight fifth generation fighter were leaked, the first images of a second new fifth generation fighter unknown designation emerged. The new aircraft appears to be based on the FC-31 prototype which first flew in in October […]
Iran has carried out a rare well publicised exercise demonstrating the capabilities of its MiG-29 fighter jets, which were acquired from the Soviet Union in the early 1990s and represent the most modern combat jets in its fleet. The Iranian Air Force currently fields two MiG-29 squadrons, all comprised of […]
China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s long speculated induction of a twin seat variant of its J-20 fighter jet has finally been confirmed by new leaked footage, with the prototype reportedly carrying out taxing tests and having yet to make its first flight. The J-20 entered service in 2017 as the […]
Since the mid 1980s the possibility of Iran developing a nuclear weapons capability has been a significant concern in the Western world, and one which has only grown with time as the country’s economy and defence sector have modernised and as it acquired a growing number of potentially nuclear capable […]