<p >The Russian state owned United Aircraft Corporation has been confirmed to have begun talks on May 21 towards possible co-production of the S-75 Checkmate fifth generation fighter with Belarusian industry. Such an agreement has the potential to revive Belarus’ high end aerospace sector, which has struggled due to a […]
<p >The British Royal Air Force deployed two Eurofighter jets from Malbork Airbase in Northern Poland to intercept a Russian Il-20M intelligence surveillance aircraft, after it reportedly approached NATO airspace near the northeastern boundary of Polish Airspace. The incident occurred on May 24, and was first reported three days later. […]
<p >The Ukrainian Air Force has raised questions regarding the reliability of the MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence system supplied to the country, with the service’s official spokesman Igor Ignat specifically highlighting the system’s shortcomings intercepting attacks by Russia’s primary tactical ballistic missile system the Iskander-M. Ignat stated on […]
<p >The Russian Defence Ministry and the state owned United Aircraft Corporation have been reported by multiple sources to be allocating new investments to the MiG-35 fighter program, the future of which has appeared highly uncertain since 2019. The Russian Aerospace Forces received six MiG-35 fighters in 2019, with previously […]
<p >Russian industry has succeeded in drastically <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russia-expanded-production-iskander-sustain" target="_blank">expanding production</a> of drones, ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, allowing it to comfortably sustain the recently intensified rate of strikes against Ukrainian targets without depleting its arsenals, according to a May 26 report by the London based Financial Times. "Russia is […]
<p >In the early hours of March 26, the Russian Aerospace Forces deployed 10 Tu-95MSM strategic bombers for large scale Kh-101 cruise missile strikes on Ukrainian targets. Six of the bombers took off from Olenya Airbase on the Kola Peninsula near the Finnish border, while a further four took off […]
<p >On April 15, 2012, North Korea unveiled its first class of intercontinental range ballistic missile, the Hwasong-13, which was paraded through Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang during a military parade that day. Although the country had for years been developing short, medium and intermediate range missiles, which […]
<p >A large scale Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian Kursk region on May 20 was reported by Russian sources five days later to have coincided with a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Air defence division commander Yuri Dashkin reported regarding the incident that president while onboard his helicopter […]
<p >A new facility for the production of BrahMos cruise missiles has been opened in the capital of India’s Uttar Pradesh region, the city of Lucknow, as part of efforts to facilitate a more rapid equipping of the Indian Armed Forces with the missiles. Designated the BrahMos Manufacturing Centre, the […]
<p >The Russian Armed Forces have been reported by a number of Western sources to have redeployed a large contingent of approximately 50,000 personnel from the Kursk region to the Ukrainian Kharkiv region. Kharkiv&nbsp;has been a major centre of hostilities throughout much of the Russian-Ukrainian War, with the regional capital&nbsp;Kharkiv&nbsp;City […]