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Recently, the Norwegian Air Force deployed two of its fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets to intercept and escort two Russian Tupolev Tu-142MK maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft flying over the Bay of Biscay, off the west coast of France.
In a development indicating the continued strength of defense ties between India and Russia, Moscow is likely to grant New Delhi the green light to conduct maintenance and repairs of the S-400 “Triumf” air defense system within India.
A special department tasked with operating Russia’s nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines equipped with the “Poseidon” nuclear torpedoes will commence operations in the Pacific Fleet early next year.
One week after Russia and North Korea signed a defense pact, Pyongyang announced it would deploy its military units to Ukraine to support Russian forces currently engaged in the conflict there.
Amidst escalating tensions in the Middle East, it has been reported that Egypt has received significant quantity of long-range anti-tank missiles, “Vikhr-1,” for use with its Russian-made attack helicopters, the KA-52 “Alligator.”
A Russian fighter jet is alleged to have shot down a U.S. military drone, either an MQ-9 Reaper or an MQ-4C “Triton,” over the Black Sea airspace.
A Russian Air Force Su-24 fighter jet violated Swedish airspace over the Baltic Sea near Gotland, the largest island of the Scandinavian country, located approximately 300 km from Russia’s exclave of Kaliningrad and 600 km from mainland Russia.
For the first time in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, Russian bombers have dropped a three-ton bomb, dubbed the FAB-3000, equipped with a Universal Module for Planning and Correction (UMPK) guidance kit on targets in Ukraine.
Russia has announced it will offer US$1 million (approximately RM4.5 million) in cash to any Ukrainian pilot who defects and flies an F-16 fighter jet—donated to the Ukrainian Air Force—to Russian territory.
The United States Air Force’s (USAF) MQ-4C “Triton” drone has been deployed to conduct Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions over the Black Sea, specifically to closely monitor Russian military movements in the annexed Crimea region of Ukraine.