Newly released footage by Chinese state media outlet CCTV-7 has shown that Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force’s first batch of J-11B heavyweight fighters have replaced Russian-sourced engines with indigenous WS-10B turbofans. This comes as progress in the WS-10 program has effectively ended Chinese combat aviation’s dependance on Russian […]
Amid rising tensions between Russia and NATO over Ukraine, and repeated claims by Western sources that a Russian invasion of its neighbour could be imminent, the British Armed Forces have begun a major airlift to supply Kiev’s forces with light anti armour weapons. This comes as the U.S. is also […]
Entering service in the Soviet Air Defence Forces from 1966, the S-200 surface to air missile system had the longest rang of any platform in the Cold War with the top end S-200D variant produced in the 1980s designed to engage targets 300km away. This remained unmatched globally for systems […]
The United Arab Emirates has finalised a $3.37 billion contract for the sale of KM-SAM Block-II missile systems from South Korea. The agreement was signed during a visit by South Korean President Moon Jae In to the country, and made the UAE the first foreign operator of the missile system. […]
The United States Navy has released details of a possible configuration for a next generation destroyer, which is currently being pursued under the DDG(X) program to succeed the Arleigh Burke Class in production. It is expected that 89 Burke Class ships will enter service, with these currently comprising the entire […]
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has stated that the western alliance has decided to admit Ukraine and Georgia as new members, with the matter having been resolved as early as 2008. He emphasised, however, that the timing of their accession remained uncertain. The expansion of NATO has been a central […]
Amid rising tensions and stalling talks between Russia and NATO, primarily centred around the issue of Ukraine’s potential accession to the Western alliance, expressions of certainty from within Western governments of Russian plans to launch an invasion of its neighbour have grown. On January 15th Tobias Ellwood, chairman of the […]
The United States Army is set to begin conducting irregular two-week-long special forces exercises on January 23rd which will practice tackling a “numerically superior enemy” using guerrilla tactics. Known as Robin Sage, the drills will take place in North Carolina simulating insertion of special forces into a “politically unstable” country […]
Following its commissioning in March 2021, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy’s second Type 055 Class destroyer the Lhasa has been declared ready for combat. This came after months of training for a range of missions which included practicing missile strikes, anti submarine warfare, defence against weapons of mass […]
From December 2021 a number of Western media outlets began reporting that Iran and Russia were on the verge of signing a $10 billion security and defence cooperation agreement which would see high end Russian hardware including 24 Su-35 fighters, two units of S-400 air defence systems, and a military […]