In a move that could redefine South Asia’s airpower balance, Russia has reportedly offered India its most lethal long-range air-to-air weapon—the hypersonic R-37M—for integration with the Indian Air Force’s frontline Su-30MKI fighter fleet.

In a significant development underscoring Southeast Asia's accelerating airpower modernisation, two of America’s key treaty allies in the region—Thailand and the Philippines—have concurrently confirmed the acquisition of new-generation fighter aircraft to boost their aerial deterrent amid rising geopolitical tensions with China.

In a landmark defence development set to reshape the strategic aerial balance of South Asia, China is reportedly poised to deliver its next-generation J-35A stealth fighter jets to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) within the coming months.

In a revelation that has sent shockwaves through South Asia's strategic circles, former Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari disclosed that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had locked onto 20 Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter jets on the first night of the recent military conflict—but chose to fire on only six of them.

In a stark and unsettling assessment, a newly released report by France’s prestigious Institut Français des Relations Internationales (IFRI) has cast serious doubt on the operational edge of the country’s air combat capabilities—highlighting that the pride of the French Air and Space Force, the Rafale multirole fighter, is now increasingly seen as "falling behind" when measured against the rapidly advancing fifth-generation fighter platforms currently dominating the global defence marketplace.

Faced with the accelerating deployment of stealth-capable fifth-generation fighter aircraft by China and Pakistan, India is reportedly finalizing a high-level government-to-government deal with Russia to acquire one of the world’s most powerful long-range surveillance assets—the Container-S Over-The-Horizon (OTH) radar.

In a potentially game-changing development with far-reaching implications for regional air dominance, reports from Turkish defence circles allege that Pakistan has deployed the KORAL electronic warfare (EW) system—developed by Turkish defence powerhouse Aselsan—to blind Indian Air Force fighter radars prior to their engagement and destruction by Pakistan Air Force (PAF) assets.

The Pakistan Navy has launched a sweeping two-day maritime exercise across its coastal and port infrastructure, reinforcing its defensive posture against sub-conventional and asymmetric maritime threats—an imperative sharpened by a history of Indian submarines repeatedly attempting to breach Pakistan’s territorial waters.

A political storm is brewing in India following explosive claims that the country’s prized Rafale fighter jets may have been shot down by Pakistani aircraft during recent cross-border hostilities, with a senior Telangana state minister and former Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot demanding full transparency from the central government.

In a dramatic escalation of the global fifth-generation fighter jet race, Russia is now aggressively courting India with an offer that could reshape the balance of airpower in Asia: the export of the Su-57E stealth fighter with full source code access.

In the wake of a deeply embarrassing series of reported aerial losses in the recent conflict with Pakistan, India’s refusal to allow French auditors access to its Rafale fleet has raised red flags across the global defence community.

In a rare and highly consequential admission, India has acknowledged for the first time that it suffered fighter aircraft losses during its recent high-intensity conflict with Pakistan, although New Delhi has chosen not to disclose the number of aircraft lost.

In a move that underscores the militarization of Russia’s private sector in support of the war effort, twelve Russian servicemen have been awarded a total of 15 million rubles (approximately US$195,000) by the industrial firm Fores for reportedly shooting down the first U.S.-supplied F-16 Fighting Falcon operated by Ukraine.

In a move that may signal a major shift in Southeast Asia’s strategic airpower calculus, Indonesia appears poised to dispatch its Air Force (TNI-AU) pilots to China for operational training on the Chengdu-built J-10C multirole fighter jets.