Monthly Archives: February, 2023
Europe
Ukraine War ‘Thwacks’ SAAB; JAS-39 Fighter Jets Take A Hit Due To Pilot Shortage, Export Losses — New Report
The maker of JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets, Saab, is facing an acute supplier shortage, according to a newly published annual report.Â
Air-To-Air Missiles Extend...
EurAsian Region
Ukraine War: Russia Has Exhausted Its Iranian-Origin Suicide Drones; Will China Fill The Void & Arm Moscow?
Russian drone attacks have nearly stopped, according to the Ministry of Defense of Britain, which suggests that Moscow has likely used up all of...
Americas
US Nuclear Submarine, USS Springfield, Makes Port Call In South Korea Amid Flaring Tensions With North
On Saturday, the US 7th Fleet announced the arrival of its fast-attack submarine USS Springfield at the naval base in the South Korean port...
Americas
‘Nasty’ Norway Not Only Sabotaged Nord Stream Pipelines But Also Dragged The US Into Vietnam War? OPED
Earlier this month, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh claimed that Norway helped the United States blow up the Nord Stream pipelines in September...
Asia Pacific
Lightning ‘Strikes’ Asia: F-35 Fighters Proliferate In China’s Neighborhood As New Orders Mount With More In Pipeline
Singapore announced on February 24 that the country would purchase eight additional F-35B Lightning II fighter jets on top of the four for which...
Americas
China Develops Nukes At ‘Frightening’ Speed: Is It Time For US & Russia Invite Beijing To The New START?
Now that Russian President Vladimir Putin has "suspended" Moscow's involvement in the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), US President Joe Biden's foreign policy...
EurAsian Region
Capable Of ‘Tearing Apart’ Drones & Fast Moving Airborne Targets, Russia Military Expert Hails Tor-M2 Air Defense System
Russian military analyst claims its Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system can neutralize hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other complex airborne targets while remaining mobile.
"The...
EurAsian Region
Jubilant Ukraine ‘Hails & Celebrates’ The Arrival Of Leopard-2 MBTs, Europe’s ‘Most Powerful’ Battle Tanks, To Country
Poland became the first country to deliver the first tranche of Leopard-2 main battle tanks to Ukraine on the first anniversary of the Russian...
Americas
Hot Pursuit! Armed With 4 Air-To-Air Missiles, Chinese J-11 Fighter Intercepts US P-8 Poseidon Over South China Sea
According to multiple US media outlets, a Chinese J-11 fighter jet with four air-to-air missiles intercepted an American P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft over the...
Europe
Ukraine Parades ‘Naked’ Iranian Drones Infront Of Israeli Delegation As Kyiv Seeks Military Help From Netanyahu
Israeli political leaders from the ruling coalition, also Members of the Knesset (Parliament), visited a Ukrainian facility where they examined downed Iranian-origin drones. The...
Americas
Revolution In Drone Tech? Researchers Develop ‘Flapping Wing UAVs’ From Taxidermied Pigeons & Pheasants
Scientists from the New Mexico Institute of Technology have created drones using real bird body parts from deceased and taxidermied birds.
The two ornithopters...
Asia Pacific
Undersea Internet Cables Connecting Taiwan To Its Islands Cut Twice! Coincidence Or Chinese Handiwork?
The frequent cutting of undersea internet cables connecting Taiwan-controlled Matsu islands off the Chinese coast and the island of Taiwan hints at Chinese handiwork....
EurAsian Region
‘Nothing Flashy At 1st Glance’, But Ukraine Also Appears To Be Using ‘Made In Iran’ Weapons Just Like Russia
As the Ukraine war enters its second year, Iran has emerged as one of Russia's top allies, with significant arms exports to Moscow. Ironically,...
Americas
China Would ‘Shoot Down’ Dozens Of F-35 Fighters, Over 400 Warplanes If US-China War Erupted Over Taiwan
If Japan and US engaged in military conflict to stop a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, they could lose over 500 fighter aircraft and...
Asia Pacific
It’s Official! India’s LCA Tejas Loses Malaysian Fighter Jet Contract To South Korean FA-50 Fighter Jets
South Korean FA-50 light attack aircraft have outshone India's Tejas fighter jets as Seoul sealed a deal to export 18 Lead In Trainer-Light Combat...
EurAsian Region
China To Supply Hundreds Of Suicide Drones To Russia By April; Will ‘Activate’ Su-27 Fighters: German Media Claims
While the Ukrainians and their western supporters mark a year since Russian tanks crossed the border, Russia is reportedly in talks with China to...
World
End Of An Era! Super Hornet ‘Concedes’ To F-35; Boeing Announces Closure Of Production Lines For F/A-18 Jets
The US Navy signaled in 2020 that it was planning to move beyond the fourth-generation F/A-18 Super Hornets and proposed ending the production line...
Asia Pacific
‘Great Shock’ For Taiwan’s Air Force; Its Indigenous MALE UAV Capable Of Firing AGM-114 Missiles Damaged During Trials
A prototype of Taiwan's homegrown Teng Yun 2 drone, developed by the National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology (NCSIST), had an accident on...
Americas
365 Days Of Russia-Ukraine-NATO War: ‘White Man’s’ Deadliest Conflict Since World War II
February 24, 2023: Unwanted and highly undesirable Russia-Ukraine war is exactly one year old. Putin's declaration of suspending START signed in 2010 (due to...
Europe
UK Could Join European Union’s Next-Generation, VTOL Rotorcraft Program To Be Deployed Post 2035 – Reports
The UK could participate in a European Union-led program to build the technology for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft to be utilized in...
