Russia Delivers Upgraded Su-57 Fighters as Fifth-Generation Fleet Grows
Russia has delivered another batch of upgraded Su-57 fighters, extending its fifth-generation fleet with a revised defensive suite and expanded weapons complex.
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China Names J-35A Stealth Fighter “Cloud Dragon”—What It Signals for Indo-Pacific…
China’s J-35A stealth fighter now has an official nickname: “Cloud Dragon.” The announcement sharpens Beijing’s airpower message, while questions about production, engines and combat…
France Gives Mirage 2000D Rafale’s TALIOS Eye to Preserve Strike Power
France’s certification of the Thales TALIOS targeting pod removes a critical sensor bottleneck from 50 Mirage 2000D RMV aircraft, enabling Rafale-standard targeting, live ground-force video,…
Pakistan’s J-10CE Kill Marks Reignite MiG-29UPG Mystery—and China’s PL-15 Challenge
Pakistan’s J-10CE kill markings have revived questions over an alleged Indian MiG-29UPG loss during Operation Sindoor, as wreckage imagery, conflicting official accounts and the PL-15…
HAL Completes Tejas Mk-1 Order Decade Late as IAF Fighter Crisis Deepens
The final two Tejas Mk-1 trainers have reached the Indian Air Force approximately a decade behind schedule, closing HAL’s original 40-aircraft order while exposing the production and…
Australia Arms Super Hornets With JASSM-ER, LRASM Strike Power
Australia has operationalised JASSM-ER and LRASM missiles aboard its F/A-18F Super Hornets, transforming the RAAF into a long-range maritime and land-strike force capable of threatening…
Houthi Strike Hits Italian Eurofighter at Saudi Air Base, Exposing Gulf Defences
A Houthi attack damaged an Italian Eurofighter at Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd Air Base, placing Rome’s four-fighter deployment and the Gulf’s layered air-defence architecture under…
Indonesia’s First Aircraft Carrier Arrives—KRI Sriwijaya Reshapes Indo-Pacific Power
Indonesia has entered the aircraft-carrier era with KRI Sriwijaya, transforming the former Giuseppe Garibaldi into a mobile sea base for helicopters, drones, humanitarian operations and…
Anduril FQ-44 Fury Reveals Strike Loadouts—Why ‘Fit for Fury’ Could Reshape Airpower
Anduril’s “Fit for Fury” concept reveals how the FQ-44 Fury could evolve beyond air-to-air escort missions into a modular strike, sensing and missile-carrying platform capable of reshaping…
[VIDEO] Houthis Claim Saudi F-15 Kill—Has Yemen’s Air War Changed?
The Houthis claim a locally manufactured surface-to-air missile destroyed a Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 over Marib, potentially exposing a dangerous vulnerability in Saudi airpower as Yemen’s…