Screengrab of the video showing the Su-24 Fencer carrying the new guided bomb [in red box] on its right wing’s hardpoint. (All images credited to Telegram) Given the need for a large number of air-launched land-strike munitions and the limited supply...
The USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in navigation. (Image credit: U.S. Navy) The ships and aircraft of the USS Eisenhower’s Carrier Strike Group had an eventful deployment with lots of lessons learned that are now being used to inform the U.S. Navy...
Screengrab of the overhead video showing the GJ-11 Sharp Sword flying overhead. In box, the GJ-11 mounted on a truck during the Oct. 2019 parade of the PRC’s 70th anniversary, where it was officially unveiled. (Image credit: X/Telegram) Experts previously said...
A Yak-52 in flight on Aug. 19, 2007. (Image credit: Yankees Foundation/Wikimedia Commons) The Yak-52B2 upgrade includes electronic warfare systems and multifunctional displays that will allow it to combat reconnaissance and attack drones. After Ukraine began using its Soviet-era Yak-52 training...
The photograph by an Airbus satellite on Google Earth from Feb. 2024 showing the flying-wing aircraft or drone at the radar test facility near Baoding, in eastern China’s Hebei province. (Image credit: Google Earth) The Chinese mystery aircraft might not be...
Screengrab of the footage from the Ukrainian drone with the stick as it approaches the Russian ZALA UAV. (Image credit: Defense of Ukraine on X) Both Ukrainian and Russian armies are using their expendable UAVs not only to strike targets on...
A B-52H Stratofortress from the 20th Bomb Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., makes its initial landing at Mihail Kogălniceanu Air Base, Romania, in support of Bomber Task Force Deployment 24-4, July 21, 2024. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman...
The H-6K carrying the four 2PZD-21/KD-21 ALBMs (Image created by The Aviationist using @南部空军 photos from Weibo via A Rupprecht) Launched from high-altitudes by the H-6K, the missile would have a significantly improved range, with powerful kinematic performance in its terminal...
The A-100 Premier in flight during a test flight. (Image credit: X/Telegram) The A-100 project had been delayed as sanctions cut Russia’s access to modern Western electronics and microprocessors. The Russian A-100 “Premier” AEW&C (Airborne Early Warning and Control) aircraft, currently...
Screengrab of the video footage from the quadcopter UAV seconds before it strikes the Magura V5 USV. (Image credit: Telegram). This is possibly the first documented case of a strike with an FPV drone targeting an unmanned surface vehicle. May 30,...
