The skies over Ukraine resemble an aerial version of the World War I Battle of the Somme. In contrast to the first frenzied days over Kyiv, neither side is attempting to penetrate deep into the other’s airspace. Much like the machine guns in the French and German trenches, an array of surface-to-air missiles and defensive […]
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A Bayraktar TB2 UAV carrying Roketsan’s MAM-L and smaller MAM-C laser-guided bombs. Indonesia has shown interest in acquiring similar UCAVs and weapons for its requirements and is seeking foreign lenders to finance the purchase. (Baykar)
The Indonesian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has approved a request from the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) to procure unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) with foreign loans, and the country is evaluating suitable lenders for this.
The US State Department has approved a possible sale of High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) M142 launchers to Poland for an estimated price of $10 billion.
The price would include 18 HIMARS launchers and 468 launcher magazine module kits to be mounted on Polish trucks, according to Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
Iran’s secret underground air force installation, codenamed “Eagle 44,” was made public on Tuesday. According to IRNA, Iran’s state-run news agency, the first such site will house fighter jets equipped with long-range cruise missiles.
The photos show Iranian personnel and US-made F-4E Phantom II fighter bombers purchased before the 1979 revolution inside the facility.
Iran had already revealed its subterranean sites equipped with armed drones and ballistic missiles in official movies and photographs.
The Hughes 9203 BGAN Patrol manpack satcom system shown at the SAE Media Mobile Deployable Communications 2023 conference, London. The white square object is the BGAN modem, which is carried in the backpack. (Giles Ebbutt)
Inmarsat and Hughes have developed a new on-the-move (OTM) manpackable satellite communications (satcom) terminal for use with Inmarsat’s L-Band Tactical Satellite (L-TAC) service.
The conclusion of 12 Squadron’s deployment to Dukhan Airbase will see the Qatari and UK governments make a decision on the future of the joint Typhoon unit. (Crown Copyright)
The Qatari and UK governments are to decide if 12 Squadron is to be extended as a joint Eurofighter Typhoon unit after 2023, or if it will revert to being a Royal Air Force (RAF)-only unit.
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The decommissioning of the Dmitry Donskoy brings to an end the history of the iconic Typhoon class, made famous by the book The Hunt for Red October.
According to state media, the Russian Navy has officially decommissioned the Dmitry Donskoy nuclear ballistic missile submarine. This submarine has been the only remaining example of the iconic Typhoon class in service for years. The Typhoon remains the largest submarine of any class, by displacement, ever built.
(Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)
Though Ukraine is bracing for a looming new Russian offensive, it won’t come through Belarus or be directed against Kyiv, Ukraine’s parliament announced Wednesday.
Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images
China has surpassed the United States in the number of land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launchers it possesses. The assessment comes amid growing concerns over China’s efforts to rapidly expand its nuclear arsenal. On top of that, relations between the U.S. and China are at a particularly low point after a surveillance balloon belonging to Beijing was discovered in American airspace last week.
The data about Chinese ICBM launchers came in a brief letter to the House and Senate Armed Services Committees authored by U.S.