Russian Kondor-FKA space radar satellite sees Ukraine twice a day
Russia launched Kondor-FKA radar surveillance satellite. According to official announcement from Roscosmos, the radar is supposed to take a…
Kyiv has received ‘unfit’ M777 howitzers from the US Army stock
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have received non-mission-ready M777 towed howitzers from the US Army stockpile in Kuwait, Middle East, the Pentagon…
New-class Russian stealth corvette 20386 is being redesigned
Severnaya Verf, one of the main shipyards located near St. Petersburg, has begun to rework the Project 20386 corvette of the Russian Black Sea Fleet -…
Many highly trained Eurofighter pilots train J-20 pilots in Asia
A group of well-trained Eurofighter pilots are currently in China. They are German citizens, former Luftwaffe pilots, privy to NATO secrets, as ZDF…
Russia delivers rusted and unequipped T-80BV tanks for repair
Russia is preparing to upgrade outdated and rusty T-80BV tanks to the T-80BVM version. A train set loaded with T-80BV models was spotted at the…
Soviet MiG-21s ‘open a hole’ in Indian squadrons’ availability
India will have to prepare for problem that is emerging but is not being clearly addressed. IAF is facing a reduction in number of combat aircraft in…
CONFLICTS
US-made ‘hit-to-kill’ type interceptor falls among cars in Kyiv
On May 31 videos of a falling missile began to emerge. Later a thorough analysis of the fragments from the falling missile was identified as a PAC-3…
HIMARS hit a poultry farm in Luhansk, 5 killed and 19 injured
At least 5 people killed and 19 injured as a result of HIMARS shelling of a poultry farm on the LPR territory, carried out on the night of May 31 by…
Shoigu: Second US Patriot anti-aircraft missile system hit in Kyiv
During high-precision strikes inflicted on the military infrastructure of Ukraine by Russian military personnel, an anti-aircraft system Patriot was…
North Kosovo clashes: KFOR soldier is hurt, snipers are activated
Just in: Clashes in North Kosovo, KFOR soldier is badly hurt - sources report civilian casualties, sniper soldiers in town halls and destroyed some…
Ukraine has destroyed 22 Russian artillery systems within hours
Ukraine destroyed 22 Russian artillery systems within a day . This is claimed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
No operator: S-350 Vityaz ‘killed’ MiG-29 in fully autopilot mode
No operator: S-350 Vityaz 'killed' MiG-29 in fully autopilot mode, according to an unnamed source of the Russian media Vzglyad, citing a statement…
COMMENTS
In the US: Soviet ‘city killer’ MSTA is a really cool weapon
Soviet 'city killer' MSTA is a really cool weapon, says editor in US, praising capabilities of Soviet gun, which has made a comeback due to the war in…
Six radars and six more remarkable traits of the Su-57 Felon
Russia's 5th-gen Su-57 has not yet entered service at the squadron level, but three full units are expected by the end of current state armaments…
Russian Su-34 is too heavy as a fighter and too small as a bomber
Su-34 is not a typical Russian fighter. Although close in design to Su-27 and Su-35, the Su-34 actually has a very large maximum takeoff weight of…
T-90M tank in real combat – this is how it fights in Ukraine
Watch a video of how the Russian T-90M performs in the war in Ukraine - shooting from a long-range position, what the conditions are like, how it uses…
US-made F-16 in the sky over the Black Sea: predator or prey?
Huge losses of the enemy in aviation forced the Western curators to decide on the potential transfer of F-16 fighters to Ukraine, which are in service…
F-16 is vulnerable target for S-300 or Su-35 – 4x combat vet Davis
The F-16 is not a stealth fighter. It is a highly visible and very vulnerable target for S-300 and S-400 air defenses, as well as the Su-35 fighter…
COMPARISON / DOGFIGHT
T-14 Armata vs Abrams M1A2 – no one knows what the Armata is
T-14 Armata vs Abrams M1A2 - no one knows what the Armata is. Despite the unknown, the public is waiting with interest to see such a tank battle in…
In today’s warfighting environment, the F-35 outperforms the F-22
Which is a better fighter - F-35 Lightning-II or F-22 Raptor? You know, it's not right to compare these two stealth because they are not in the same…
Dogfight: if German Leopard 2 meets Russian T-90M in Ukraine
Sooner or later Ukraine will get Leopard tanks. So - if Leopard 2 meets the Russian T-90M tank who will have the upper hand? Read this our tank…
Four Mirage 2000 fighters shot down four F-16 Fighting Falcons
Four Taiwanese Mirage 2000 fighter jets shot down four F-16 Fighting Falcons in a simulated dogfight. This is what Taiwanese journalist Lu Jiongchang…
Comparison between Altug and BTR-4MV1 armored personnel carriers
Defense Express had opportunity to see Altuğ in detail and compare it in absentia with the latest serial armored vehicle - BTR-4 and its more powerful…
Asian KF-21 Boramae vs. Su-75 Checkmate – what are the differences
The KF-21 Boramae, developed by South Korea, has become an analog of the domestic military aircraft, but with a couple of interesting differences
HUNTING / SELF-DEFENSE / AMMO
H&K unveiled the newest 9mm x 19 SFP9 Striker Fired handgun
At the Enforce TAC, Heckler & Koch presented the youngest member of their family with SFP9 impact locking pistols, learned BulgarianMilitary.com,…
Kel-Tec P50 pistol – bitter candy in a beautiful wrapper
Let's talk about one very interesting pistol - the Kel-Tec P50 pistol. This is a new weapon, which was released in 2021. Manufacturer - USA. Caliber…
Рerfect storm? Beretta CX4 Storm tactical pistol-caliber carbine
Beretta CX4 Storm tactical pistol-caliber carabine is far from new to the market, it appeared in 2011. However, this rifle has not lost its relevance…
Israeli assault rifle TAR 21 – a competitor of AUG, FAMAS and SA80
While Israel is gradually removing the Galil assault rifle replacing it with M16A3 and M16A4 IMI is actively starting to develop TAR 21 rifle of same…
Ruger Mini-14 semi-automatic rifle – still popular and reliable
Development of .223 Remington semi-automatic rifle for the police/civilian market carried out from 1967 to 1973 at Sturm Ruger&Co by designers…
.357 Magnum is a ‘do it all’ cartridge for hunting and self-defense
.357 Magnum is an American cartridge created at the beginning of the last century. It is this cartridge that is the source of the famous "magnum era".
KNOWLEDGE BASE / LIBRARY
TAURUS – the German equal of Storm Shadow long-range missile
The TAURUS aviation cruise missile, that Ukraine wants, full name TAURUS KEPD 350 was developed in the early 2000s by the defense concerns of Germany…
Soviet-build T-55 tank is the basis of the Israeli Achzarit APC
The Israeli army and industry at one time created a rather massive modification of a heavily armored personnel carrier based on the T-55 medium…
How to easily make your own unmanned quadcopter [drone]
Want to build your own drone? Ok, here's a complete technical guide on how to make your own quadcopter (drone) with minimal effort and minimal…
Meet the Polish 120 mm M120K RAK self-propelled mortar
In 2008, the Polish enterprise Huta Staleva Wola presented a self-propelled 120-mm mortar M120K Rak with weapons mounted in a closed rotating turret.
120mm Alkar mortar system for wheeled and tracked chassis
In 2017, the Turkish company Aselsan introduced its brand new 120 mm mortar system AHS-120 Alkar, designed for a wheeled or tracked self-propelled…
Dassault Mirage 2000-9 (Mk 2) multirole combat aircraft
Another modernization of the Mirage 2000-5 was the expansion of strike capabilities, in particular, the provision of the possibility of using weapons…