DEFENCE

Taliban: “Return the military aircraft and return the pilots to the country”

Taliban: “Return the military aircraft and return the pilots to the country”

Afghanistan is demanding the return of military aircraft from Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, which are in the two neighbouring countries after the chaos in Kabul in August. The Defence Minister of Afghanistan‘s transitional government, Mohammad Yakub Mujahid, stressed that the Taliban regime would not allow aircraft and helicopters – used by the Western-backed government – to […]

USS Missouri: the US nuclear-powered submarine is in Japan because of China

USS Missouri: the US nuclear-powered submarine is in Japan because of China

The US Navy‘s Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Missouri arrived in the Japanese port of Yokosuka for a scheduled visit amid heightened tensions with China in the Indo-Pacific region. The information was published by the US Department of Defense on 10 January 2022. USS Missouri (SSN-780) is the seventh Virginia-class submarine and the fourth ship […]

Two Israeli special forces officers killed by “friendly fire”

Two Israeli special forces officers killed by “friendly fire”

Two officers of an Israeli Army Special Forces unit were killed by “friendly fire” outside their camp in the Jordan Valley, in the occupied West Bank, in the early hours of today. The officers were on patrol or exercising outside their base when they were “misidentified” and “killed by Israeli” gunfire from a soldier who […]

Iran supplies Russia with 36 Su-35 fighters! – “S-400 will follow”

Iran supplies Russia with 36 Su-35 fighters! – “S-400 will follow”

The Iran-Russia deal for Tehran‘s order of advanced Russian Su-35 fighter jets is completed. The threat of war between Israel and Iran forced Tehran to sign a contract with Russia for the supply of a large batch of Su-35 fighters. These fighters will allow the Iranian Air Force to pose a significant threat against Israeli […]

Flights of Russian FSB aircraft to Cuba & Venezuela for future missile development!

Flights of Russian FSB aircraft to Cuba & Venezuela for future missile development!

Russia is seeking appropriate countermeasures to counter the possibility of future US nuclear missile deployment in Ukraine with an equivalent move just off the US coast by placing Russian nuclear missiles in Cuba and Venezuela. In response to NATO‘s refusal to negotiate with Russia on non-expansion, it was announced that Russia could actively negotiate the […]

Assembly of the Turkish Hürjet light fighter aircraft has started

Assembly of the Turkish Hürjet light fighter aircraft has started

Turkish TAI (Turkish Aerospace Industries) has announced that it has started the production (assembly) process of the Hürjet jet trainer and light aircraft. The Hürjet started development in 2017, the first prototype should be completed by the end of 2022, with the first flight expected in March 2023. A total of four prototypes will be […]

H.Akar to NATO: “Lets talk about S-400”

H.Akar to NATO: “Lets talk about S-400”

Turkey is ready to discuss with NATO the concerns over the purchase of Russian S-400 , the difficulties in using the system with F-35 fighters, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said, Ria Novosti reports. “We say: let‘s talk and let‘s decide. We will explain why we bought the S-400. He‘s not threatening anyone. If it […]

Saudi Arabia will jointly build the BiHo II A/A system with South Korea

Saudi Arabia will jointly build the BiHo II A/A system with South Korea

According to information published by the website “Tactical Report” on Saturday 7 January 2022, Saudi Arabia has expressed interest in the local production of the BIHO II air defence system developed and designed by the South Korean company Hanwha Defense. The Tactical Report website says Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) signed a Memorandum of Agreement […]