Profiles of several top Chinese weapons scientists have disappeared from the Chinese Academy of Engineering’s website. Those removed include nuclear weapons expert Zhao Xiangeng, radar specialist Wu Manqing, and missile designer Wei Yiyin. No explanation […]
An open-source intelligence tracker has published a detailed accounting of military equipment losses following large-scale airstrikes exchanged between Israel and Iran on February 28, 2026, offering one of the first consolidated battlefield assessments tied to […]
The US Air Force and Navy announced air superiority over Tehran on March 1, 2026, after striking ballistic missile launchers, air defences, and military headquarters in Operation Roaring Lion. Iran mobilised reserves and vowed defiance […]
Russia lost more than 41 batteries of S-400 missile system, including illumination radars, fire control radars, command posts and launchers in the Ukraine war. Iran purchased 3 batteries of Russian-made S-400 missile system in exchange […]
Mass destruction in Iranian cities in coordinated airstrikes by the US and Israel has put the spotlight on the failure of Tehran’s air defence system in intercepting incoming projectiles. The HQ-9B air defence system, which […]
Based on reports from early 28 February, 2026, multiple Chinese-made air defense radar systems, including variants of the YLC-8B (often mentioned alongside the YLC-8B series in discussions about “anti-stealth” capabilities), failed to detect U.S. and Israeli […]
For years, military theorists and political scientists have argued that airpower is overrated and, in some ways, outmoded. Some point to the proliferation of small, cheap unmanned drones as evidence that traditional air superiority—the ability […]
There are propaganda, misleading AI-generated videos, and misinformation about the capabilities of Chinese and Russian-origin Nebo-M, Nebo-SVU, JY-27A, JYL-1B, and JY-8B radars on the battlefield. China reverse-engineered the Nebo series VHF radar it received as […]
America massively ramped up military pressure on Iran today with more deadly naval forces and another formation of EA-18G Growler radar jamming planes and KC-46 aerial refuelling tankers. Guided missile destroyer USS Delbert D Black […]
A bit more than a week after the United States arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in a raid on Caracas, US President Donald Trump is threatening military action against Iran, which is seeing a […]
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