Author: Peter Bass (page 2)

Argentina offers its five second-hand modernised Super Etendard strike aircraft to Ukraine

Argentina offers its five second-hand modernised Super Etendard strike aircraft to Ukraine

Argentinian president Javier Milei approved a plan to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, which launched an illegal war in Europe to fulfil Vladimir Putin's imperial…

17. 06. 2024
T-90M is and remains the most modern Russian MBT deployed in Ukraine

T-90M is and remains the most modern Russian MBT deployed in Ukraine

The T-90 is a well known Russian Main Battle Tank developed in the early 1990s by Uralvagonzavod.  It entered service in 1992. The T-90M is its modernisation carried out…

08. 06. 2024
The French Strategic Air Forces have carried out a first test firing of the Renovated ASMPA missile

The French Strategic Air Forces have carried out a first test firing of the Renovated ASMPA missile

Tests were conducted in France, during which the first launch of the upgraded ASMPA-R anti-ship cruise missile was carried out. This was announced by the French Defence Procurement…

31. 05. 2024
Chinese Rail Gun – claiming world leadership in the domain

Chinese Rail Gun – claiming world leadership in the domain

Chinese scientific and industrial organisations have been working on the subject of railguns since at least the 2000s. Dozens of them have built and tested several experimental…

28. 05. 2024
The MiG 31 Foxhound – the world's fastest fighter jet

The MiG 31 Foxhound – the world's fastest fighter jet

The MiG-31M represents the pinnacle of military aviation development in the USSR, which is why a certain amount of information about it is still confidential…

18. 05. 2024
The BM Oplot – the best and rare Ukrainian Main Battle Tank

The BM Oplot – the best and rare Ukrainian Main Battle Tank

The BM Oplot is the best home made Main Battle Tank of the Ukrainian Army. It is a relatively modern vehicle, yet based on an older Soviet platform. In essence…

11. 05. 2024
Russian paratrooper BMD-2 and BRT-D vehicles overhauled and modernised

Russian paratrooper BMD-2 and BRT-D vehicles overhauled and modernised

Russian defence holding company Rostezh has announced the handover of another batch of BMD-2 Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFV) and BRT-D Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) to the VDV…

27. 04. 2024
Turreted mortars for the British Army – solutions may be provided by Finland, Israel or Poland

Turreted mortars for the British Army – solutions may be provided by Finland, Israel or Poland

British Army representatives have provided information on plans to procure a 120mm calibre turreted mortar system that would be mounted on ARTEC Boxer wheeled armoured…

24. 04. 2024
Norway to increase its military spending and reach 3 % of GPD between 2024 and 2036

Norway to increase its military spending and reach 3 % of GPD between 2024 and 2036

Russia will have recovered all the military capabilities it lost to Ukrainian forces in five to eight years, Boris Pistorius, the German Defence Minister, expects. "A Russian…

11. 04. 2024
Bohdana and CAESAR self-propelled howitzers production is increasing

Bohdana and CAESAR self-propelled howitzers production is increasing

The ongoing conflict in Ukraine is reflected, among other things, in a significant increase in the rate of production of weapon systems. One of the key ones…

06. 04. 2024
Greek F-16s and Mirage 2000s could reinforce the Ukrainian Air Force. Putin is not pleased

Greek F-16s and Mirage 2000s could reinforce the Ukrainian Air Force. Putin is not pleased

The older version of the Greek Air Force’s F-16 Block 30 multi-role aircraft and Mirage 2000 fighters will be retired along with the old F-4 Phantom IIs, the defence minister Nikos…

31. 03. 2024
Is the war in Ukraine the swan song of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter?

Is the war in Ukraine the swan song of the reconnaissance and attack helicopter?

The rise of drones on the battlefield that we witness not only in Ukraine raises the question of the future of attack helicopters such as the French Army’s…

23. 03. 2024