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By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans
The Taiwanese Army has historically received the least amount of funding out of the Taiwanese Armed Forces’ three main service branches. With a yearly budget of only $19 billion (in 2023), the Taiwanese Ministry of Defence (MoD) is forced to prioritise investments in the country’s air force and navy to have some chance in keeping up with China’s rapid military build-up.
In an epic battle of titans from the past, Ukrainian and Russian forces collide in gripping combat, dusting off deadly relics from the Soviet era. The mighty Strela-10, a short-range air defense system dating back to 1973, proves its deadly effectiveness in a war arena where the titans of war clash in an all-out duel.
Strela-10 in action
Rising from the shadows of the past, the Strela-10 challenges modern NATO missile systems.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that Russia intends to deploy tactical nuclear weapons to its neighboring ally Belarus as ties between the former Soviet states deepen further.
State-run news agency TASS reported on Putin’s remarks on Rossiya-24 TV.
“We have handed over to Belarus our well-known and very effective Iskander system that can carry [nuclear weapons],” Putin said.
The roar of wings and the hum of machinery seal the fate of a drone in a showdown like no other.
A clash on the horizon: The Su-27 challenges the Bayraktar TB2
Turkish media has released a shocking video revealing how a Russian Air Force [VKS] Su-27 fighter deploys its might and audacity in an attempt to shoot down a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drone. The scene is set five days after two Su-27s shot down an American NQ-9 Reaper in the Black Sea, the victim of a fuel leak.
The shocking sequence shows two attempts by the fighter, believed to be a Su-27, to shoot down the drone.
On Monday, British Minister of State for Defense, Annabel Goldie, said that the U.K. would provide depleted uranium armor-piercing rounds for the Challenger 2 battle tanks it plans to send to Ukraine. The depleted uranium rounds are “highly effective in defeating modern tanks and armored vehicles,” Goldie said in trying to justify the decision. The move would represent a significant escalation in the war.
The arrival of Bradley Fighting Vehicles in Ukraine is multi-faceted. It is clear that it could help the Ukrainians carry out impactful applications of combined arms maneuvers in response to Russian mechanized formations. However, their arrival is likely to be hampered by the fact that Ukrainian forces might not get enough of them.
The Bradley Fighting Vehicle
Considering this double scenario, the arrival of the Bradleys presents advantages and limitations.
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with his Belarus’ counterpart Alexander Lukashenko at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 11, 2022. (Photo by Mikhail KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images).
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a new deal with Belarus to deploy and station its nuclear weapons in the neighboring country. Putin shared details of the plan today, saying that control of the weapons will remain in Moscow’s hands, but that the systems will be stationed in Belarus.
HELSINKI – The Nordic countries have decided to intensify cooperation between their air forces to strengthen the region’s air defenses.
The initiative, contained in a Joint Declaration of Intentions (JDI), takes place in the context of persistent security tensions caused by Russia’s war against Ukraine, which affect the Upper North and the Baltic Sea areas.
The JDI, the first of its kind among the Nordic states, was signed on March 16 at the Ramstein airbase (Germany) by the Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, and Danish air forces commanders.
The opera ‘Grounded’ looks at the ethics of drone warfare through the eyes of an Air Force pilot. (Image courtesy Washington National Opera).
Since armed drones became a regular tool in the United States’ arsenal, movies and television shows have been trying to incorporate them and weigh in on the morals of a drone war. Now it’s opera’s time. And a new opera about drone strikes is coming to Washington D.C.’s Kennedy Center.