The United States Navy has deployed a carrier strike group led by the Nimitz Class supercarrier USS Harry Truman to the Mediterranean Sea within operational range of Ukraine, in a move specifically aimed at providing Washington with options for intervention in Ukraine. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said its mission […]
The Russian Military has for the first time deployed its newest medium range surface to air missile system the BuK-M3 for combat operations, with images released on March 21 confirming its presence in Ukraine. The development is significant due largely to prior uncertainty as to whether the BuK-M3 was even […]
The United States will reportedly transfer Soviet-made air defence systems to Ukraine, according to undisclosed government sources cited by the Wall Street Journal, with these weapons intended to bolster Kiev’s forces amid ongoing conflict with neighbouring Russia. The paper elaborated that shipments of a number of systems to Ukraine from […]
In five years since entering service in March 2017 the Chengdu J-20 fifth generation heavyweight fighter has been deployed by seven brigades in the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, with expansions to the scale of production in xx and again in January 2021 resulting in the class being adopted at an […]
In the early hours of March 21 Russian paratroopers gained considerable ground in the suburbs of Kiev, clashing with local military forces and militia units and gaining an important foothold near the Ukrainian capital. “Units of the Russian Airborne Forces forced nationalist battalions and the Ukrainian military out of the […]
As NATO has sought to deliver Soviet military equipment to Ukraine, and particularly aerial warfare systems ranging from Slovakian S-300s to Polish MiG-29s, Washington and Ankara have reportedly discussed the possibility of delivering Russian S-400 systems to support Kiev. This was first reported by Reuters citing multiple anonymous sources, highlighting […]
Russian media outlets have published new footage of Su-35 heavyweight fighters under construction for the Egyptian Air Force to meet an order made in late 2018, which has confirmed that at least 21 of an estimated 24 fighters on order have been completed. This follows indications in June 2021 that […]
As part of its next budget the Pentagon has cut plans for acquisitions of Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighters by 35 percent from 94 to 61 aircraft, diverting funds for more purchases of venerable non-stealthy F-15 Eagle jets namely the latest F-15EX variant. The shift was revealed in the latest […]
On March 20 the Russian Military conducted a second strike on a military facility in western Ukraine hosting combatants from Western countries, with the Defence Ministry reporting that over 100 personnel were killed. “High-precision air-launched missiles struck the training centre for covert operations forces of the Ukrainian military, where foreign […]
On March 18 Russia’s newest strike fighter the MiG-31K saw its first combat mission supporting the country’s war effort in Ukraine with a strike on a Ukrainian arms depot near the Polish border. The attack came as facilities in western Ukraine have increasingly been targeted in a number of precision […]