Tag: Military Watch

<p >Following the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy’s <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/how-powerful-chinese-fleet-far-seas-two-carier-ops" target="_blank">first ever deployment </a>of two aircraft for simultaneous operations beyond the Second Island Chain from June 10, new details have continued to emerge regarding these unprecedented dual-carrier operations. A number of details were provided by the Japanese Ministry of Defence, which […]

<p >The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-35 ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft, which were reported on June 25 to have been handed over by the state run United Aircraft Corporation under the ongoing State Defence Order. Built at the <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russia-leading-fighter-fourth-phase" >Komsomolsk on Amur Aircraft Plant </a>in the […]

<p >The Russian Aerospace Forces have received a new batch of Su-35 ‘4+ generation’ fighter aircraft, which were reported on June 25 to have been handed over by the state run United Aircraft Corporation under the ongoing State Defence Order. Built at the <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/russia-leading-fighter-fourth-phase" >Komsomolsk on Amur Aircraft Plant </a>in the […]

<p >The British Foreign Office has announced “the biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation,” confirming plans to procure “at least” 12 F-35A fifth generation fighters, with the intention to “join NATO’s dual capable nuclear mission.” The <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/britain-considers-restoring-second-nuclear-f35a" >procurement</a> “reintroduces a nuclear role for the Royal […]

<p >The British Foreign Office has announced “the biggest strengthening of the UK’s nuclear posture in a generation,” confirming plans to procure “at least” 12 F-35A fifth generation fighters, with the intention to “join NATO’s dual capable nuclear mission.” The <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/britain-considers-restoring-second-nuclear-f35a" >procurement</a> “reintroduces a nuclear role for the Royal […]

<p >Following Israel’s <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israel-launches-major-strikes-iran-capital" >initiation</a> of open hostilities with Iran on June 13, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched increasingly powerful missile attacks against a range of Israeli targets, with both sides escalating attacks on one another’s military facilities and key infrastructure over an 11 day period. On June […]

<p >Following Israel’s <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/israel-launches-major-strikes-iran-capital" >initiation</a> of open hostilities with Iran on June 13, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched increasingly powerful missile attacks against a range of Israeli targets, with both sides escalating attacks on one another’s military facilities and key infrastructure over an 11 day period. On June […]

<p >The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force has for the first time demonstrated its ability to utilise its new fleet of YY-20 aerial tankers to refuel its H-6 strategic bombers, extending the range of its large fleet of very diversely armed long range combat jets. The YY-20 was developed […]

<p >In December 2021 the Finnish Defence Ministry confirmed that the F-35A had been <a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/european-lost-finland-signs-f35" target="_blank">selected as the winner</a> of the HX tender to supply 64 fighters to replace the country’s F-18C/D Hornet fourth generation aircraft. The F-35 won the tender by a considerable margin over the competing Swedish […]

<p >In the late hours of June 23 the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missile strikes on Al Udeid Airbase in Qatar. Footage has confirmed the large scale use of U.S. Army MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence systems to intercept the strike, with explosions filmed from the skies […]