KF-21 completes first successful aerial refuelling test
Returning to Saudi Arabia's interest in joining GCAP... “I think [joining] the program [GCAP] is important to Saudi Arabia and it’s managed by MoD. And we are part of that from the localization point of view. There is a serious discussion [as] Saudi Arabia is very keen on the sixth-generation fighte...
Jump to postIf Philippines is interested in Tejas Mk1A for a naval strike role due to Brahmos integration, it should be noted that the supply of GE F404 engines to India is expected to be limited to 20 per year for some time. Deliveries of GE F404 engines was scheduled to start in Aug 2023 but was delayed. As ...
Jump to postEstonia Just Found Another Million Shells For Ukraine That’s half the artillery ammunition Ukrainian gunners need for the rest of the year https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/04/06/estonia-just-found-another-million-shells-for-ukraine/ I wonder if the Europeans will buy some of Estonia's sto...
Jump to postJapan’s ruling parties agreed to allow exports of the Tempest. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/15/japan/fighter-jet-export-approval/ The new export rule only applies to the new fighter jet and sales will be restricted to nations that are not at war and that have a defense equipment transf...
Jump to postWhat is needed to turn the tide for good is Diplomacy. It should be blatently obvious to everyone by now that Ukraine does not have the troops on the ground to beat back the Russians. They never did have and they certainly don't now. And the only major Country even contemplating sending their own t...
Jump to postSince this thread is about the T-7 for Japan...have they resolved the ejection seat issue yet? First we must understand the issue. The issue was solely a USAF issue as they had to suddenly allow obese pilots and very small women to fly the aircraft. If they didn't the USAF would be sued for sexism ...
Jump to postMy question is, will Gripen orders shoot up as NATO countries field small squadrons of Gripens To me Gripen use in combat (IIRC in Libya it was used for recce missions) is more likely with Sweden in NATO. Should it perform where Eurofighter/Rafale struggle with poor infrastructure I don't see any N...
Jump to postSouth Korea has announced plans to produce 20 KF-21 Boramae fighters this year, half of the 40 initially planned. The country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has revealed production will be staggered to address feasibility concerns calling for additional tests, according to Yonh...
Jump to postThe go ahead for AMCA prototype building and testing was given 7th March. https://theprint.in/defence/proposal-for-5th-gen-indigenous-fighter-amca-approved-nearly-2-decade-old-journey-formally-begins/1992405/ Schedule estimates would be best taken with a pinch of salt (eg rollout 2026, IAF induction...
Jump to postI think you are avoiding the issue. If it is a war crime to target civilian infrastructure, it is a war crime whoever does it.
Agreed, the magnitude of such crimes committed by Russia dwarfs those committed by Ukraine.
If the role of the ICC is to prosecute enemies of the West, it has no real value.
The international criminal court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian military figures who are accused of being responsible for a missile campaign targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure between October 2022 and March 2023. https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/mar...
Jump to postI'll be travelling to Germany on Monday and it will be my first time renting a car abroad and driving on the other side. I take it that you are from the UK. A couple of tips. An important difference regarding driving 'on the continent' is that by default you give way to traffic coming from the righ...
Jump to postIf Philippines is interested in Tejas Mk1A for a naval strike role due to Brahmos integration, it should be noted that the supply of GE F404 engines to India is expected to be limited to 20 per year for some time. Deliveries of GE F404 engines was scheduled to start in Aug 2023 but was delayed. http...
Jump to postWith the US having cut all promised support, Ukraine is reduced to fighting a losing battle. So much negative waves Moriarty. The US is still providing P-8A, Global Hawk, as well as satellite intel. How else could Ukraine control the black sea and so continuously hitting Crimea bases? bt Sorry, I s...
Jump to postI believe that other, more recent, models would be more efficient in terms of cost and capability. Are any Jaguars still in storage, or have these been scrapped? These are simple, rugged but fairly capable ground attack jets. Well, this here https://www.thunder-and-lightnings.co.uk/jaguar/survivors...
Jump to post"- The state of the Ukrainian Su-24M fleet (supposedly a single-digit number remains)" That's disheartening. I wonder if some could be brought back to life, including from the countries that presumably retired theirs (Uzbekistan? Kazakhstan? Azerbaijan? Iraq?). Would any other existing us...
Jump to postIt is reported that over the last week or so Russia has lost 13 jets. What has changed for losses to have risen so much?
Jump to postPresident Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said the West faced the prospect of nuclear conflict if it intervened more directly in the war in Ukraine, using an annual speech to the nation on Thursday to escalate his threats against Europe and the United States. Mr. Putin said NATO countries that were hel...
Jump to postWriting on the Telegram messaging app, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s army chief, said: “After successful combat operations against an enemy aircraft in the night on Feb 29, two more Russian aircraft were destroyed: Su-34 fighter-bombers in the Avdiivka and Mariupol sectors.” https://www.telegraph.co...
Jump to postA thin sliver of land sandwiched between Ukraine and Moldova asked Russia on Wednesday to provide it with protection, repeating in miniature the highly flammable scenario played out by regions of eastern Ukraine now occupied by Moscow. The call for Russian protection by Transnistria, a self-declare...
Jump to postLast week, HAL has offered `Tejas’ Mk1A to the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp as a naval strike platform with BrahMos NG missile. And HAL has agreed to help in setting up a local partnership for the assembly of the fighter jets there. https://www.financialexpress.com/business/defence-india-g...
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The highly nationalistic Indian media is over-optimistic about Indian fighter programmes. There are reports of HAL offering Tejas Mk1A to the Philippines. I suspect that what is written below is just fantasy: India and the Philippines are in the final stages of firming up the sale of the indigenous ...
Jump to postSEOUL—South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has released its KF-21 fighter aircraft production road map and is expected to sign for the first batch of aircraft in June. Despite a proposal by the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses (KIDA) in November 2023 to halve producti...
Jump to postI am not proposing that countries wishing to offer robust assistance to Ukraine should operate anywhere outside of Ukraine. Russia attacked Ukraine. I see no reason why the UK, for example, should not support Ukraine by attacking the Russian army, and air force within Ukraine. We have an absurd situ...
Jump to postRegarding the PPS question - The UK is a sovereign nation and can form its own alliances as it deems prudent, including participating in collective self-defense as recognized by the UN Charter Article 51. This includes acting in defense of other nations under attack without recourse to existing all...
Jump to postThe Danish Ministry of Defense reported that it is working to prepare Ukraine to receive the first donation of Danish F-16 fighters this summer. “It is difficult to set a fixed timetable for the donation of the F-16 fighters because there are several conditions that must be met before Ukraine can u...
Jump to postThere’s a growing demand among the Swedish opposition for an immediate start to negotiations with Ukraine. Their goal? To send JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets to assist in the current situation, as per the claims that are spreading across social media and regional channels. https://bulgarianmilitary.com...
Jump to postMeeting of European leaders in Paris... Without offering details, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has long opposed military supplies to Ukraine and has taken a position seen by some critics as pro-Russian, said ahead of travelling to Paris that several NATO and EU members were considering sen...
Jump to postAnyone with a degree in political science or similar fields issued anywhere in the world understands that indeed US support is dependent on US interests and domestic politics. No one is dumb enough to go with "trust us, we'll deliver no matter what happens". Thanks for clarifying that. If...
Jump to postAs for abdication, as you know, we just had Margerethe of Denmark abdicating. However I don't think Charles will abdicate since he waited so many years to become king. I don't think that the British royals are too keen on that except as a last resort eg "I know this swell girl/guy I want to ma...
Jump to postWhile the EU, UK, Norway and possibly other countries will not renage on their promises of ongoing support for Ukraine as the US has done, they do not have the right weapons nor sufficient quantities of them to give Ukraine the upper hand on their own in the war. Why doesn't America just do the dece...
Jump to postUkraine's defence intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov says it is "more or less confirmed" that Alexei Navalny died from natural causes - specifically a blood clot. This cause of death has previously been reported by Russian state-controlled media. Speaking on the sidelines of Sunday's Year ...
Jump to postAnalyst's view on what is happening with the Russian economy and the problems and prospects for the Russian rouble, should it be of interest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v15VA5G3UEk
South Korea’s KF-21 Fighters To Get German Air-To-Air IRIS-T Missiles
For what it's worth...
Indonesia, South Korea Agree to Resume Cooperation on KF-21 Fighter Jets Development
The UK could see another Novichok-style poisoning at the hands of Vladimir Putin, Defence Secretary Grant Shapps warns. He blames the Kremlin for the death of Alexei Navalny in an Arctic penal colony. Speaking to The Sun, [ a mass circulation English 'newspaper' ] he said: "Putin has Navalny's...
Jump to postUpdate on historic and future UK spending on the Tempest and GCAP programmes.
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/over-1- ... h-fighter/
Thats strange because from guys I know connected to the Philippine air force, one of Saab's selling points was to deliver the first units within 18 months. The contract was for at least 12 airframes all brand new, as an added "sweetener" Sweden decided to throw in 2 extra Gripens so it be...
Jump to postTAI Kaan takes to the skies!
https://www.dailysabah.com/business/def ... efined#big
PlymSpotter wrote:Excellent news, and about time too!
I mean the Greeks pretty much invented homosexuality... /satire
My point is that the F-35 wins against EVERY fighter it goes up against, EVERY time. No exceptions. None. No matter who does the evaluating, no matter what the goal is, the F-35 wins every time. So far EVERY time F-35 has won in competition it has won against 4G opposition. If you think the KF-21 i...
Jump to post... if the goal is to get the best air defense fighter per dollar, then the F-35 is the answer. For LO performance, yes, for all countries not wanting/able to buy a Russia/Chinese 5G. At the moment. A country selecting a follow on for F-15, F-16, F-18 is likely committing to the replacement for 30-...
Jump to postpetertenthije wrote:It’s Russia, everything’s possible.
Ukraine’s Ambassador to Ankara, Vasiliy Bodnar, stated on CNN Türk that Ukraine plans to procure Turkish fifth-generation fighter jets, the KAAN, in the future. This was reported by the Ukrainian aviation website Wings. “Ukrainian experts are working within the framework of the project to create an...
Jump to postBBC TV reports that Alexei Navalny has died. It cites its source as the Russian prison service.
Jump to postSweden has 14 partially built Gripen C that could be delivered in less than 3 years. Gripen E is scheduled to enter service with the SwAF from 2025; It was reported by SAAB in 2021 that around 30 were under construction so presumably SwAF could start releasing Gripen C from service from 2025 onwards...
Jump to postUkrainian soldiers are withdrawing from positions in the shattered town of Avdiivka after advancing Russian forces breached a critical supply line and threatened to encircle scores of Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian military officials and soldiers said on Thursday. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/...
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