The Russian Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aviation Plant has complete the production of 20 Su-35 fighter aircraft ordered by the Iranian Air Force, with the Iranian Defence Ministry currently paying for their sustainment in Russia before they are transferred to facilities in the country. This follows leaked Russian military industrial correspondence in late 2025 revealing that 16 Su-35s were at the time in production to meet Iranian orders.
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New footage has shown the Russian Su-57 fifth generation fighter in a new air-to-air combat configuration, the purpose of which remains uncertain. The fighter is the sole type of its generation to have been produced outside the U.S. and China, and has been more intensively combat tested than its foreign rivals due to its important role in the Russian-Ukrainian War. The fighter was seen with two R-73/74 short-range infrared-guided air-to-air missiles mounted beneath its wings, together with what appears to be a previously unseen targeting pod beneath the left engine nacelle.
The Republic of China Air Force has achieved a significant milestone in modernising the anti-ship capabilities of its F-CK Ching Kuo fighters with the first test launch of the Hsiung Chia anti-ship missile. The test was conducted over the Jiupeng weapons test range on Taiwan Island’s southeastern coast. Although the Republic of China Ministry of National Defense has not publicly disclosed detailed performance figures, the test suggests the missile has moved from captive-carry and integration trials into live weapon evaluation.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned the US to “muzzle its pets in Tel Aviv” after Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared Iran’s supreme leader was effectively “marked for death.” The exchange comes the same day that indirect US-Iran talks began in Doha, illustrating that diplomatic negotiations and military deterrence are continuing side by side. Of course, the spat raises questions about how durable the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) actually is.
They say you should never meet your heroes. In the U.S. military (and American law enforcement), few cultures are as mythologized, idealized, or as idolized as the ancient Spartans. Author Andrew Bayliss introduces us to the real Sparta in his new book, “Sparta: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Superpower.”
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Bayliss is a Associate Professor of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham.
A new report from The Wall Street Journal alleges that, behind the scenes, U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing for the possibility of a return to military operations against Iran.
According to the report, the president held multiple discussions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine about potential new strikes against Iran, but ultimately decided against them, hoping that peace talks in Qatar and beyond will succeed.
Pompano Beach, Florida – Denys Shtilyerman is the chief designer at the Ukrainian drone firm Fire Point, which designs and produces the famous FP-1 attack drone. This is the same drone that has just hit one of Russia’s largest refineries in the Tyumen region of Siberia. Serious destruction to the site was evident in satellite images of the attack’s aftermath, several of which were published on the Telegram channel Dnipro Osint.
The ongoing military conflict and the increasing drone strikes by Ukraine on Moscow have resulted in a quandary for Russian President Putin.
He’s facing the uncomfortable truth that seemed unfathomable four years ago. The war is slipping away, and the world can see it.
Su-25. Image Credit: Creative Commons.
And worst of all, his hated enemy, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, is openly taunting him with each passing drone strike on Moscow.
Putin has no answers and doesn’t know what to do.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth established a new direct reporting portfolio manager for unmanned offensive and defensive systems — dubbed DRPM-UxS — to serve as the “single joint integrator” for almost all of the Pentagon’s autonomous and drone assets, investments and operations.
In an official memorandum to senior Defense Department and military leaders dated June 29, Hegseth called UxS “the most consequential battlefield innovation of this generation” and laid out instructions to set up the new hub to ensure that the agency is moving “at the speed this moment demands.
Just when you thought the chances for peace were over, it looks like President Donald Trump is reversing course again and reopening indirect talks with the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The forty-seventh president is absolutely living up to his image as a leading reality television star with all this will-we-won’t-we tension over the war.
The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), back, steams alongside the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) in the Mediterranean Sea, April 24, 2019. The John C.