Yearly Archives: 2022
Americas
China’s ‘J-20 Problems’: New Report Says Incapable Engines Could ‘Expose’ PLAAF’s Most Advanced Stealth Fighters
China's plan to equip its domestically developed J-20 stealth fighter jet with directed energy weapons (DEW) or lasers could face a hurdle owing to...
Americas
World’s Best Naval Fighters: 47 Aircraft Carriers, 14 Navies But Which Marine Warplane ‘Rules The Roost’?
There are only a handful of countries that have developed their own aircraft carriers. Even fewer have the jets that could actually take off...
South Asia
Indian Air Force Gives Green Signal To Bio-Jet Fuel, But Domestic Policy Bottlenecks Could Play A Spoiler
PM Narendra Modi had pledged to attain net-zero emissions for India by 2070 during COP26 held in Glasgow last year. In line with the...
Americas
US Defense Systems ‘Too Weak’ To Detect Chinese, Russian Hypersonic Missiles, One More Military Expert Admits
There has been a growing acknowledgment by American military experts that the US lags behind China and Russia in hypersonic capabilities.
Last year, at least...
Americas
US Conducts Massive War Drills With Australia & Japan At Guam; China Keeps A Close Watch On Trilateral Exercise
COPE North 2022, the largest multilateral exercise hosted by the US Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), is currently underway at Guam and the Commonwealth of...
Asia Pacific
China Plans To Go ‘One-Up’ On US Black Hawks; Reveals Details About ‘Enhanced Version’ Of Z-20 Helicopters
China’s Z-20 helicopter has often been compared with the American Black Hawk choppers. But the fact of the matter is that the Black Hawk...
Asia Pacific
China Becomes First Country To Use ‘Italian Snow’ For Winter Olympics But Why Are Athletes So Upset?
This year’s Winter Olympics are acutely impacted by climate change. The Beijing 2022 Games will be the first-ever to be almost completely reliant on...
Expert Reviews
India’s $20B Fighter Aircraft (MRFA) Contract: Military Experts Junk US Jets; Bet Big On French Rafales — EurAsian Times Survey
Since the early 2000s, India’s national security strategy, to a great extent, has been focused on the two-front military threat from China and Pakistan....
EurAsian Region
Russian A-100 Early Warning Aircraft (AEW&C) Program Remains Crippled By Western Sanctions — Report
A Russian military publication has claimed that western sanctions imposed on Russia are causing delays to the country's next-generation Airborne Early Warning And Control...
Asia Pacific
After Stealth J-20, China Eyes A ‘Super F-35’ Next-Gen Fighter Aircraft By 2035 To Rival US Warplanes –Top Designer
China is apparently planning to develop its own 'Super F-35' fighter jet with the potential capability of collecting a significant amount of data and...
Expert Reviews
Pakistan To Add 50 JF-17 Block III Fighter Jets To Its Air Force; Aims To Counter India’s Powerful S-400 Missiles
India’s deployment of S-400 air defense systems near the Pakistan border seems to have sent Islamabad into a tizzy. Sensing a threat from the...
Americas
Red Hawk Fighters: Why US Trainer Jet Could Be The Most Sought-After Aircraft Over Rafales, Typhoons & F-35s
By Amit Gupta
Around the world even the richest nations face the same dilemma: there is a growing need for airpower to fulfill missions that...
Asia Pacific
China Prepares To Seize A ‘Trillion Dollar Industry’; Pushing The World Towards Another World War?
Over the last few days, there have been three major geopolitical developments that may reshape the structural paradigm that drives trade and politics over...
South Asia
Indian Navy Hunts For Submarine Rescue Simulators To Train Its Sailors For Deep-Submergence Rescue Missions
The Indian Navy faces several maritime challenges in the Indian Ocean region. With both Pakistan and China enhancing their presence near its waters, it...
India-Pakistan News
With Over 100 Fighter Jets, Indian Air Force (IAF) To Conduct Massive War Drills Near Pakistan Border
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has begun preparing for, what it calls the largest war drills, scheduled to begin on March 5 in Pokhran...
Americas
France To Deploy Its Rafales Fighters To Fortify UAE Airspace Post The Historic Deal To Supply 80 Dassault Jets
France announced on February 5 that its Rafale fighter planes will conduct aerial surveillance for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in order to protect...
Americas
20 French Rafale-M Fighters Go Into Action With F-35 Stealth Jets As Indian Navy Hunts For Its Naval Warplanes
The French Navy's Charles de Gaulle Carrier Strike Group set sail as part of its first operational deployment of 2022 in the Mediterranean Sea....
Asia Pacific
Cruising Under The Great Wall: China’s Unmanned, High-Speed Bullet Train ‘Adds To The Thunder’ Of Winter Olympics
The 2022 Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games have begun. China has initiated several measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 during the event....
EurAsian Region
Deployment Of S-400 Missiles & F-35 Stealth Jets, Eurofighter Typhoons Adds A Strategic Twist To Ukraine Conflict
Amid the Ukraine crisis, Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense Systems have arrived in Belarus, where they will be assigned to combat duty as part of...
Americas
Troubled Waters Of Indo-Pacific: Why America’s Most-Advanced Fighter Jets Are Crashing Near China?
The territorial dispute between Beijing and some Southeast Asian countries over the South China Sea is well known. This has triggered a geopolitical rivalry...
