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In a dramatic escalation that unfolded under the cloak of night between April 29 and 30, four Rafale fighter jets of the Indian Air Force reportedly launched from Ambala Air Base in Haryana, heading west at Mach speeds towards the Pakistan frontier.
In a move poised to reshape the Gulf’s aerial power balance, the U.S. State Department has approved a potential US$3.5 billion (RM15.4 billion) sale of 1,000 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles to long-standing strategic partner Saudi Arabia.
The United States Army’s decision to terminate further procurement of the M10 Booker armored combat vehicle underscores a broader reckoning within the Pentagon over costly acquisition missteps and a growing need for operational agility in an era of great power competition and contested logistics.
A growing storm of allegations from Israeli media accuses Egypt of leveraging China’s advanced KJ-500 airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft during recent bilateral air exercises to covertly monitor Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) deployments, raising alarm bells in Tel Aviv over escalating regional power dynamics.
Amid dangerously escalating hostilities between South Asia’s two nuclear-armed rivals, Pakistan has conducted a high-profile test launch of its short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), the Abdali (Hatf-II), demonstrating its battlefield strike capability with a range of up to 450 kilometers.
The MiG-35 “Fulcrum Foxtrot,” a heavily upgraded multirole fighter derived from the iconic MiG-29 platform, has reportedly completed its final qualification trials with Russian defence authorities, marking a potential turning point in the aircraft’s long-stalled journey toward frontline service.
In a bold demonstration of operational resilience, India’s frontline fighter aircraft—Rafale, Su-30MKI, and MiG-29—conducted take-off and landing exercises on a highway, signalling the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) strategic preparedness to maintain air superiority even if fixed airbase infrastructure is neutralised during wartime contingencies.
The United States has long positioned the F-22 Raptor as the apex predator of the skies, a fifth-generation air superiority fighter so advanced and elusive that Washington’s defence establishment touts it as virtually “invincible” against all known aerial threats.
As South Asia teeters on the brink of open conflict following the deadly Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 26 dead, the impending port call of the Turkish Navy’s TCG Buyukada in Karachi from May 4 to 7 is expected to add fuel to an already volatile geopolitical climate.
In a development that underscores the rapid evolution of Pyongyang’s maritime warfare ambitions, South Korea has accused Russia of supplying advanced technology and possibly financial support to North Korea for the construction of its latest and most formidable warship, the 5,000-ton Choe Hyon-class destroyer.