Yearly Archives: 2022
Americas
China Looks To ‘Early Detect’ US Fighters; Developing New-Gen Early Warning Aircraft Based On Gigantic Y-20 – Report
China is developing a new generation of “strategic airborne early warning (AEW)” aircraft, according to a latest report. Already possessing two dedicated AEW platforms...
Americas
China Vows Full-Scale Modernization Of All Its Armed Forces To Beat ‘Strong Enemies’ – Pentagon
China plans to achieve its complete modernization of both strategic nuclear and conventional air, land, and sea military forces to conduct a full range...
EurAsian Region
Ukraine Repels Massive Russian Air Attack; Claims Shooting Down Su-24 & Su-25 Fighters; Wreckage Of Su-34 Also Found
Ukraine claimed to have shot down two Russian combat aircraft and repelled Russian offensives nearten0 settlements, all within 24 hours.
According to the operational update...
Expert Reviews
If Israel Has Nadav Lapids, India Has Jaichands: Kashmiri Pandit Speaks On The Kashmir Files “Propaganda”
'The Kashmir Files' film, released in the Indian theatres on March 11, 2022, was part of the Indian Panorama Section at IFFI and was...
Asia Pacific
Challenger To India’s LCH ‘Prachand’? South Korean Light Armed Helicopter (LAH) Enters Mass Production
Two big Asian economies, India and South Korea, have bolstered their domestic defense manufacturing for self-sufficiency. Both nations are manufacturing similar lines of products,...
EurAsian Region
Russia Requests India For Aircraft & Helicopter Spare Parts As Moscow Reels Under Crippling Western Sanctions – Reports
Crippled under the sanctions imposed by the collective West, Russia has turned to one of its most trusted defense partners, India, for help. A...
Americas
US Navy To Get More RIM-7 Sea Sparrow Missiles; Raytheon Secures A $400 Million US DoD Contract
The US Department of Defense (DoD) announced on November 28 that Raytheon had secured a nearly $400 million modification contract to manufacture Sea Sparrow...
Americas
Poland ‘Rejects’ US-Origin Patriot Air Defense Systems; Wants Ukraine To Get Them To Thwart Russian Attacks
Poland's Ministry of National Defense effectively declined Germany's offer to deploy Patriot air defense systems along its border with Ukraine and has made a...
EurAsian Region
Russia Rolls Out ‘Most Advanced’ Il-76 MD Aircraft For Its Aerospace Force; Joins Su-30SM2 & Su-35C Fighter Jets
The Russian defense ministry has received another military transport aircraft, Il-76MD-90A, from the United Aircraft Corporation, a division of the state-owned company Rostec.
The latest...
Americas
US Navy’s 7th Fleet Rejects Beijing’s Charges About Intrusion Of US Missile Cruiser Into Chinese Waters
The United States (US) Navy's 7th Fleet denied on Tuesday Beijing's statement about an intrusion of a US missile cruiser Chancellorsville into Chinese waters.
Earlier...
EurAsian Region
Lethal Pair Of Russia’s Su-25 Ground Attack Fighters ‘Fly Deep Down’ To Strike Ukraine’s Heavily Fortified Positions, RuMoD Says
The ongoing Russia-Ukraine war has been dominated by modern Russian fighter jets and their combat against Ukraine's Air Force. However, a Soviet-era ground strike...
Americas
M-777s Are ‘Falling Apart’ In Ukraine War; EUCOM Sets Up Repair Facility For US, Other Western Howitzers In Poland
Washington could send Ukraine a very economical and what could potentially also be a game-changing weapon, dubbed Ground-Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB). This is...
Americas
US Surrounds China With Hundreds Of F-22, F-35 Stealth Fighters; China Responds By Accelerating J-20 Production
In what could significantly raise the stakes for China in the Indo-Pacific, Beijing has decided to ramp up the production of its J-20 stealth...
EurAsian Region
Ukraine War: Improved Tactics Help Russian Aerospace Forces To Dominate Airspace, Strike Hard & Avoid Losses
Based on recent performance, it is evident that the Russian Aerospace Forces (RuAF) are shouldering their responsibility for air dominance and supply and troop...
EurAsian Region
More Drones For Ukraine! Belgium To Supply UUVs To Kyiv After ‘Tasting Success’ Against Russian Military Targets
The Belgian government has authorized a new military aid package to Ukraine, which includes cutting-edge tools like portable labs and Unmanned underwater drones/vehicles (UUV)....
Asia Pacific
Japan Is Bolstering Its Defenses! Conducts Missile Interceptor Drill Near Nuclear Plant Using PAC-3 Missiles
The Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) conducted a missile interceptor drill near a nuclear plant on the Sea of Japan coast in Fukui prefecture...
Americas
$18.7 Billion In Backlog, US Weapons Supply To Ukraine Is Leaving Taiwan Defenseless Against China?
US government officials and lawmakers are concerned that the war in Ukraine is worsening the backlog of weapons due for delivery to Taiwan, further...
Americas
Russia ‘Squeezes’ The Calibre Of Hard To Intercept, US-Supplied, GPS-Guided Artillery Munition, The Excalibur
On November 27, the Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that its air defense units had successfully intercepted an Excalibur precision-guided artillery munition near Miropolye,...
Asia Pacific
All Roads Lead To Beijing! EU Member States Move To Re-Engage With World’s 2nd Biggest Economy – China
Charles Michel, the President of the European Union, is scheduled to visit Beijing on December 1. As council chief, his role is to "represent...
Europe
EU Doubts Ukraine’s Rule Of Law! Is Volodymyr Zelenskyy The Right Man To Lead A Democratic Ukraine?
The Russian invasion of Ukraine may have made President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a hero in the European Union (EU). But the 27-member body of the...