The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned two more Type 055 Class destroyers into service, bringing the fleet size up to five with three more having been launched but not yet made operational. With no formal announcement of their commissioning having been made, the warships Anshan and Wuxi […]
On April 20 Russia test launched the Sarmat ground based intercontinental range ballistic missile (ICBM), which marked the first ever flight of the long anticipated weapon and saw it strike a target test range on the Kamchatka Peninsula nearly 6000km across Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the capabilities of the […]
Russian precision strikes on Ukraine’s western Lviv region have reportedly destroyed large caches of European and American armaments less than a week after their arrival, as both armaments and combatants from Western countries have been prioritised as targets. This notably follows reports of S-300 air defence systems delivered to Ukraine from […]
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has released footage of a test launch of a hypersonic ship launched ballistic missile integrated onto a Type 055 Class destroyer. Reportedly designated YJ-21, the missile can be accommodated in the vertical launch cells of the ships which currently deploy the YJ-18 and […]
On April 19 the first clear footage showing the Chinese People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) latest variant of the H-6 bomber, the H-6N ballistic missile carrier, was released, with the aircraft providing what will almost certainly be the country’s longest ranged strike capability by aircraft. The missile armed aircraft was first […]
On April 19 images confirmed the long rumoured deployment of the J-20A fifth generation fighter under the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Western Theater Command for the first time. The 111th Air Brigade based in Xinjiang province in China’s far west received the new stealth aircraft, transitioning from the J-11A […]
On April 19 the Russian Navy’s Pacific Fleet launched maritime exercises simulating the defence of oil tankers from potential Western efforts to seize them at sea. This comes amid growing calls in the West for moves to apprehend Russian civilian vessels, much as was previously done to a ship in […]
The U.S. Air Force on April 16 dispatched F-15C long range fighters armed with live AIM-120C and AIM-9M air to air missiles from Kadena Airbase in Okinawa, Japan, for flights widely interpreted as a show of force to China. The flights followed a visit by American lawmakers to Taipei, which was seen […]
Seventy years after its first flight on April 15,1952, the B-52 Stratofortress is still considered the most capable bomber ever to have served in the United States Military or that of any western country, with the aircraft having been produced from 1952 to 1962 and seen extensive improvements to its […]
The Soviet MiG-25 Foxbat entered service in 1970 as what was widely considered the most potent fighter/interceptor aircraft of its time, and retains the title of the fastest combat aircraft in the world today despite production having ceased in 1985. In spite of its extremely high operational costs far exceeding those of […]