British Defence Sources Warn of High Vulnerability to Ballistic Missile Strikes: How Capable Are Existing Defences?
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Naval
An independent panel leading a government commissioned strategic defence review in the United Kingdom has been “deeply concerned” by the country’s vulnerability to ballistic missile attacks, according to defence sources cited by the Times. The sources noted that the state of the country’s missile...
Pukkuksong-2 Missile Launch and London Skyline
Russian Air Force Deploys Su-34 and Su-35 Fighters For New Strikes on Ukrainian Forces in Kursk
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft
The Russian Air Force has deployed Su-34 strike fighters and Su-35 air superiority fighters to launch renewed strikes on Ukrainian forces in the Russian Kursk region. The Russian Defence Ministry reported on January 8: "A Su-34 multirole supersonic fighter-bomber, escorted by a Su-35S fighter, took...
Russian Su-35 (top) and Su-34 Fighters
Ukraine Strikes Major Blow to Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet: Key Fuel Depot in Flames
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft
On January 8 a Ukrainian long range drone strike successfully targeted the Kombinat Kristall fuel depot near the primary operational facility of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, Engels Airbase, sparking a large scale fire which engulfed large parts of the facility’s associated storage tanks. The attack is...
Tu-160 and Explosion Near Engels Airbase
Iran Deploys Elite Revolutionary Guard Units For ‘Great Prophet 19’ Exercises: Warns Israel to Avoid ‘Large Scale War’
Middle East , Ground
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is currently holding the ‘Great Prophet 19’ large-scale military exercise in the country’s Kermanshah province, a territory that faces the country’s leading regional adversaries Israel and Turkey. The exercises are intended enhance the combat readiness of elite...
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Personnel
North Korea Launches Mach 12 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: Hwasong-16B Aims to Counter Missile Defences
Asia-Pacific , Missile and Space
The Korean People’s Army has conducted a new test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle, which has demonstrated the ability to manoeuvre at speeds of over Mach 12 to evade enemy missile defences. The missile was launched on January 6, with images released and an announcement made the following day,...
Hwasong-16B Launch on January 6
North Korean Bulsae-4 Anti Tank Missile System Takes Out Ukraine’s Mobile Artillery in Kursk
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Ground
Footage released on January 6 has provided further insight into the use of the North Korean Bulsae-4 anti tank missile system in the Russian-Ukrainian War, with one of the systems filmed firing on and destroying a Ukrainian Army 2S1 Gvozdika mobile artillery system. The Bulsae-4 was first observed being ...
North Korean Bulsae-4 Launch and Impact on Gvozdika Artillery System
British Defence Sources Warn of High Vulnerability to Ballistic Missile Strikes: How Capable Are Existing Defences?
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Naval
An independent panel leading a government commissioned strategic defence review in the United Kingdom has been “deeply concerned” by the country’s vulnerability to ballistic missile attacks, according to defence sources cited by the Times. The sources noted that the state of the country’s missile...
Pukkuksong-2 Missile Launch and London Skyline
Russian Air Force Deploys Su-34 and Su-35 Fighters For New Strikes on Ukrainian Forces in Kursk
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft
The Russian Air Force has deployed Su-34 strike fighters and Su-35 air superiority fighters to launch renewed strikes on Ukrainian forces in the Russian Kursk region. The Russian Defence Ministry reported on January 8: "A Su-34 multirole supersonic fighter-bomber, escorted by a Su-35S fighter, took...
Russian Su-35 (top) and Su-34 Fighters
Ukraine Strikes Major Blow to Russia’s Strategic Bomber Fleet: Key Fuel Depot in Flames
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Aircraft and Anti-Aircraft
On January 8 a Ukrainian long range drone strike successfully targeted the Kombinat Kristall fuel depot near the primary operational facility of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet, Engels Airbase, sparking a large scale fire which engulfed large parts of the facility’s associated storage tanks. The attack is...
Tu-160 and Explosion Near Engels Airbase
Iran Deploys Elite Revolutionary Guard Units For ‘Great Prophet 19’ Exercises: Warns Israel to Avoid ‘Large Scale War’
Middle East , Ground
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps is currently holding the ‘Great Prophet 19’ large-scale military exercise in the country’s Kermanshah province, a territory that faces the country’s leading regional adversaries Israel and Turkey. The exercises are intended enhance the combat readiness of elite...
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Personnel
North Korea Launches Mach 12 Hypersonic Glide Vehicle: Hwasong-16B Aims to Counter Missile Defences
Asia-Pacific , Missile and Space
The Korean People’s Army has conducted a new test launch of a hypersonic glide vehicle, which has demonstrated the ability to manoeuvre at speeds of over Mach 12 to evade enemy missile defences. The missile was launched on January 6, with images released and an announcement made the following day,...
Hwasong-16B Launch on January 6
North Korean Bulsae-4 Anti Tank Missile System Takes Out Ukraine’s Mobile Artillery in Kursk
Eastern Europe and Central Asia , Ground
Footage released on January 6 has provided further insight into the use of the North Korean Bulsae-4 anti tank missile system in the Russian-Ukrainian War, with one of the systems filmed firing on and destroying a Ukrainian Army 2S1 Gvozdika mobile artillery system. The Bulsae-4 was first observed being ...
North Korean Bulsae-4 Launch and Impact on Gvozdika Artillery System
British Defence Sources Warn of High Vulnerability to Ballistic Missile Strikes: How Capable Are Existing Defences?
North America, Western Europe and Oceania , Naval
An independent panel leading a government commissioned strategic defence review in the United Kingdom has been “deeply concerned” by the country’s vulnerability to ballistic missile attacks, according to defence sources cited by the Times. The sources noted that the state of the country’s missile...
Pukkuksong-2 Missile Launch and London Skyline
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