Author: Peter Bass (page 2)

Portuguese Leopards, Spanish Centauros and Cervus anti-drone system in Slovakia

Portuguese Leopards, Spanish Centauros and Cervus anti-drone system in Slovakia

Spanish soldiers operating the B1 Centauro wheeled Fire Support Vehicles and Cervus anti-drone systems, along with Portuguese forces operating the Leopard 2A6 Main Battle Tanks, are actively…

04. 10. 2024
Finland orders more of the XA-300 wheeled armoured personnel carriers by Patria

Finland orders more of the XA-300 wheeled armoured personnel carriers by Patria

The Finnish Defence Forces are acquiring more Patria 6x6 vehicles through the additional purchase option included in the previously signed agreement. In the summer of 2023, Patria and…

29. 09. 2024
A powerful Chinese Navy carrier group monitored by JMSDF near Okinawa

A powerful Chinese Navy carrier group monitored by JMSDF near Okinawa

In recent years, it hasn't been uncommon to see Chinese aircraft carriers Liaoning or Shandong sailing through the Miyako Strait on its way to the western part of the…

26. 09. 2024
F-15J Peace Eagle – Japanese air superiority fighter faces the Chinese incursions

F-15J Peace Eagle – Japanese air superiority fighter faces the Chinese incursions

Over two hundred units of Mitsubishi F-15J and F-15DJ air superiority fighters have been completed for service in the JASDF. Chinese aircraft were responsible for 392 alpha scrambles…

15. 09. 2024
French exports of military equipment fell by 70 percent from 2022 to 2023

French exports of military equipment fell by 70 percent from 2022 to 2023

French arms exports fell to €8.2 billion in 2023 after reaching a record high of €27 billion in 2022. The 2022 record was due to an order for 80 Rafale fighter…

06. 09. 2024
The US 6th generation fighter aircraft project replaced by a light fighter concept?

The US 6th generation fighter aircraft project replaced by a light fighter concept?

Launched by the U.S. Air Force in 2015 to replace the 5th generation F-22A Raptor air superiority aircraft, the NGAD (Next Generation Air Dominance) project aims to develop…

30. 08. 2024
M903 Launchers for Polish Patriot systems. Major contracts to modernise the Polish Army ahead

M903 Launchers for Polish Patriot systems. Major contracts to modernise the Polish Army ahead

A contract for the supply of 48 M903 launchers for Polish Patriot air defense systems was signed in the presence of Polish Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Ministry…

15. 08. 2024
Iranian military capabilites in the context of the current crisis

Iranian military capabilites in the context of the current crisis

What military strength does Iran have at its disposal in the event of open war with the Jewish state and its allies? It is clear that Iran's armed capabilities have been…

10. 08. 2024
Fulcrum: the mighty light frontline fighter, from the MiG-29 to the MiG-35

Fulcrum: the mighty light frontline fighter, from the MiG-29 to the MiG-35

The MiG-29, or Fulcrum, as it is known in NATO, is a supersonic Soviet/Russian fighter aircraft. It was developed in the Soviet Union between 1970 and 1980…

04. 08. 2024
The future of the 6th generation fighter aircraft projects is uncertain

The future of the 6th generation fighter aircraft projects is uncertain

The Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP), a cooperative project involving the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan, an official offshoot of the Tempest programme unveiled by the…

27. 07. 2024
New British Strategic Defence Review to fix the "disastrous state" of the UK Armed Forces

New British Strategic Defence Review to fix the "disastrous state" of the UK Armed Forces

Two weeks after taking office at 10 Downing Street, the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has launched a Strategic Defence Review, the last of which was published in 2021…

19. 07. 2024
Despite it came from the realm of evil the Su-27 was a beautiful answer to the F-15

Despite it came from the realm of evil the Su-27 was a beautiful answer to the F-15

In most conflicts, fighters have been designed to counter those of the enemy, and the Cold War was no exception. And so, faced with the McDonnell F-15A/B Eagle, the USSR responded with…

12. 07. 2024