Bloomberg
Five years after the U.S.
Author: Michael
Francis P.
A US Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing at
Eielson
Air Force Base, Alaska, lands at Kadena Air Base on 28 March 2023.
(US Air Force/Airman First Class Alexis Redin)
The United States has deployed a squadron of Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II fighters on Okinawa amid the continuing phased withdrawal of ageing Boeing F-15C/Ds from the island.
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The Shaanxi KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft, in service since 2015, results from more than 25 years of Chinese efforts to develop a world-class platform. With the ability to track 100 targets simultaneously, the KJ-500 has seen rapid expansion in the past decade, raising concerns among potential adversaries of China, such as the United States.
KJ-500 Features and Advances
The KJ-500 has significant advances compared to its predecessors, such as improvements in AESA radar and data link technologies.
A second batch of Ukrainian soldiers completed military training in the UK, gaining hands on experience and guided tuition with AS90 155mm self-propelled gun, it was announced on 2 April.
The three-week course culminated in a live firing exercise held in the southern region of England.
This training session for artillery follows the cohort of Ukrainian personnel who completed training with the Challenger 2 main battle tank that was announced 27 March.
The Republic of Singapore Navy’s combatant craft large, seen here in the Singapore Strait. (Singapore Ministry of Defence)
A new type of combatant craft that was first unveiled by Singapore in 2021 is now fully operational, the country’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) told Janes.
The vessel, which has been dubbed the combatant craft large (CCL), is in service with the Republic of Singapore Navy’s (RSN) special forces formation known as the Naval Diving Unit (NDU).
Saudi Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwaili (centre) inspects a Chun-Moo multiple rocket launcher during a visit to Jizan and Najran. (Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia)
South Korean-made Chun-Moo multiple rocket launchers (MRLs) were seen for the first time in Saudi service on 31 March, when Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Fayyad bin Hamed al-Ruwaili visited military units deployed to defend the kingdom’s border with Yemen.
The F-35 Lightning II, America’s most advanced fighter jet, was tested in Eastern Europe during Russia’s offensive in Ukraine in 2022. US F-35A units arrived in support of NATO and accumulated valuable experience on the battlefield.
The mission in Eastern Europe
The main objective of the F-35s in Eastern Europe was to collect as much electronic information as possible from surface-to-air missiles and aircraft in the region to build a map to guide NATO operations. If the situation spreads to NATO member countries, its role would also be adding military might to defend the alliance.