The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) YLC-8B is a mobile, high-altitude 3D surveillance radar developed independently in China to detect a wide range of threats, including ballistic missiles and aircraft, at a range of 300km. YLC-8B […]
China’s JF-17, J-10C, VT-4 main battle tank, Type 15 light tank, Z-10 attack helicopter, PHL-81 artillery, ZBL-08 infantry fighting vehicle, HQ-17AE, HQ-7A, FK-3, HQ-16, HQ-9B anti-air missile, H-200 fire control radar, Type 305A radar, JYL-1, […]
Venezuela’s Chinese air defense radars weren’t game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro as China has touted the effectiveness in combat of radars like its JY-27A. The lack of effect recently raises questions about […]
Russia had sent a contingent of former Wagner soldiers hired from Cuba to protect Maduro and keep the regime intact, leaving some to wonder what had become of the Russian forces in Venezuela. In the […]
United States forces used Navy EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft during the January 3 strike on Venezuela, employing high-power jamming to disable multiple layers of the country’s air-defense network. The EA-18G Growler’s midband jammer is […]
It “seems those Russian air defenses didn’t quite work so well, did they?” That was Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s assessment of Venezuela’s Russian-made air defenses after a couple of hundred US forces pushed into […]
The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine and warships on Wednesday, after pursuing it for more than two weeks across the Atlantic as part of Washington’s efforts […]
The US operation to arrest Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro serves as a reminder for China to bolster its air defences and counter-intelligence protections, observers say. Analysts in China described Venezuela’s air defences – which rely […]
US attack on Venezuela evokes the Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 by then-US president to cement Washington’s sphere of influence in Americas. United States President Donald Trump has set out to justify the attack […]
This is the moment a Venezuelan soldier allegedly fires a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) missile at a US helicopter over Caracas only to miss – with the chopper returning fire seconds later. The clash […]
Copyright © Global Defense Corp. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.