The 24th Chinese naval escort fleet has conducted in the past consecutive days maritime drills of multiple subjects en route to Gulf of Aden and waters off Somalia for escort mission since the fleet departed from Qingdao on August 10. During the drill of rescuing a hijacked merchant ship by force on Monday morning, the […]

The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) of  has today announced it has ordered a third, record-breaking, Zephyr-S Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), as part of a £13-million contract with Airbus Defence and Space (ADS). Zephyr-S is the latest version of a highly sophisticated series of ultra-lightweight UAVs, capable of flying up to 70,000ft – twice the […]

On August 17, 2016, Russian bombers Su-34 took off from Hamedan airbase (Islamic Republic of Iran) with full fragmentation bomb charge and made an airstrike on ISIS terrorist facilities in the Deir ez-Zor province. As a result, 2 command centres and large ISIS field training camps near the Deir ez-Zor city were destroyed, over 150 […]

Two independent sources told EurActiv.com that the US has started transferring nuclear weapons stationed in Turkey to Romania, against the background of worsening relations between Washington and Ankara . According to one of the sources, the transfer has been very challenging in technical and political terms. “It’s not easy to move 20+ nukes,” said the […]

The Indo-Asia-Pacific region is no stranger to U.S. bombers. For more than a decade, the U.S. military has maintained a deployed strategic bomber presence in the Pacific, focused on enabling regional security and stability. To sustain that presence, Eighth Air Force, historically known as “the Mighty Eighth,” provides combatant commanders with the B-1 Lancers, B-2 […]

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has awarded a contract worth around £184 million to ensure the UK’s new supersonic stealth combat aircraft will be equipped with the latest air-to-air missile. Designed and manufactured in the UK, ASRAAM is an advanced heat-seeking weapon which will give Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy F-35B Lightning II […]

Belarusian Air Force and Air Defense  Forces has received the new  large mobile L-band 3D surveillance radar designed by Nizhny Novgorod Research Institute of Radio Engineering (NNIIRT). Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian army, First Deputy Defense Minister, Major-General Oleg Belokonev noted: “It is a historical moment for the radio warfare troops of Belarus. […]

Ukrainian State enterprise Scientific and Production Complex «Iskra» has developed a new variant of its MR-18 mobile 3D air surveillance radar, that was reported by na.mil.gov.ua. The MR-18 is a mobile 3D air surveillance radar for medium and high altitudes with coordinate and track outputs, operating off-line or as a part of regional and national automatic control […]

The the most modern Russian Tu-214R  spyplane escorted by  Su-30SM fighter aircraft was spotted near Idlib Governorate in Syria. Earlier Russian Tu-214R reconnaissance aircraft arrived at Khmeimim airbase, southern Latakia, to control ground and air situation, and also boost the electronic warfare capability. Tu-214R is a joint project between the Tupolev Public Joint Stock Company, Radio-Engineering Corporation Vega and a number of other enterprises […]

The first IA100  basic trainer aircraft completion of testing and verification work from the runway of the factory located in Cordoba, Argentina. That was reported by modocharlie.com. The IA100 is a new basic trainer aircraft being developed ingeniously by Fábrica Argentina de Aviones (FAdeA). The aircraft is intended to meet the basic military pilot training needs, and civilian […]