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Earlier this year, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that the Mediterranean nation has initiated efforts to construct an aircraft carrier, further advancing its ambition to become a regional maritime power.
Despite claims by Israel and the United States that they have successfully intercepted most of the suicide drones launched by Iran recently, this is unlikely to diminish the international interest in Iranian-manufactured drones.
In a simulated air combat exercise conducted last year by the Taiwan Air Force, four Mirage 2000 fighter jets were deployed to engage four F-16 fighter jets.
During a military parade marking Iran’s Army Day in Tehran recently, the Iranian military unveiled an armored vehicle named “Heidar-7,” an upgraded version of the Soviet-era BTR-60PB.
Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) is nearing completion of the second prototype of its fifth-generation fighter jet, KAAN, which it is developing to commence flight testing.
The Russian military will soon begin receiving and deploying the S-500 “Prometheus” long-range defense system this year, significantly enhancing its capabilities to intercept hypersonic missiles traveling at speeds up to Mach 10, announced Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu.
A British Parliamentary report critically concluded that the country’s air force has a “too small” number of combat aircraft, leaving it with no chance in case of an armed conflict with Russia.
An Iranian Member of Parliament and a member of the national security committee stated that the country is capable of conducting a nuclear test within one week if instructed to do so by the government.
Russian forces have successfully captured Ukraine’s most powerful tank, the German-made Leopard 2A6, following intense combat in Avdiivka in recent days and took the highly-prized “war trophy” back to Moscow for proper research by Russian weapon experts.
Ten victims, comprising seven crew members and three passengers, tragically lost their lives in an incident involving the collision of two helicopters engaged in a exercise in conjunction with the 90th Anniversary Celebration of the Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) this morning.