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India has made another step forward in its weapon export ambitions, this time closing an arms deal with conflict-torn Armenia. Both countries recently signed the arms deal through a government-to-government channel. The latter is slated to receive Indian-made missiles, rockets, ammunitions, and its most prized indigenous “Pinaka” multi-barrel rock launchers. While the value of the […]
The race is on for hypersonic weapons technology. You know, rockets that can fly at an incredible speed of more than Mach 5—and like the space race, the United States, China, and Russia are all competing to build the best of the best hypersonic arsenal there is in the 21st century. Besides speed, these superpower […]
Putin Skirts Sanctions Historically, Vladimir Putin has always been first-rate about finding ways around sanctions. For example, following his invasion of Ukraine, intense pressure was placed upon western companies not to lease aircraft to Russia. That’s a big deal since, as I reported in an article earlier this month, more or less half of Russian […]
Russia just up and left its second most important city, St. Petersburg. In the satellite images procured by Finnish outlet Yle, Russia’s anti-aircraft missile bases were almost emptied earlier this month. Movement around the region’s military base has been monitored over the months, and satellite images show Russia pulling out its missiles and other artillery […]
More, Please As we provide Ukraine with increasingly powerful weapons systems, we are mindful of how they will be used. According to the BBC, the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) we have sent to Ukraine has a maximum effective range of approximately 50 miles. They have been used to good effect to destroy enemy […]
A week after the successful reclamation of the Kharkiv Oblast region, Ukrainian soldiers are riding on the momentum to push most, if not all, Russian troops out of the border. Ukraine has confirmed another counterattack in Kharkiv has begun, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky saying this is “not the time to name the towns where […]
A first-of-its-kind experimental firing test was successfully conducted by the Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office of the Air Force Research Laboratory earlier this week. The firing experiment was part of the air defense bolstering initiative in the US, which resulted in a “key breakthrough” involving three types of powerful missiles fired in a single […]
As Russians struggle to maintain a steady source of ammunition and artillery, they look to their Asian neighbor North Korea for arms. A US intelligence official disclosed an ongoing deal for Russians to purchase rockets and artillery shells worth millions. The official added that they could even source most of their equipment from North Korea […]
China has been actively conducting military exercises around Taiwan for weeks now since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan. Though there has been a stiffening response from Taiwan, with their troops shooting a Chinese “civilian” drone in their air space, China has not reacted more aggressively since this happened last week. However, with the […]
Accusations and Indictments A twenty-five-year-old 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team member stationed at Fort Bliss, Texas, has been arrested for allegedly illegally manufacturing and selling parts that enable an AR-15 to be converted from semi-automatic to full automatic firing. The FBI is accusing Specialist Grant Lee Mosley of selling the parts online. He allegedly manufactured […]