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Synopsis: Russia’s post-Soviet arms exports to China were a pragmatic bargain: Moscow needed hard currency and industrial survival, while Beijing needed a rapid modernization...
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Synopsis: Russia’s post-Soviet arms exports to China were a pragmatic bargain: Moscow needed hard currency and industrial survival, while Beijing needed a rapid modernization...
Synopsis: Greece is reshaping its fighter mix around F-35A stealth jets, upgraded F-16 Block 70/72 “Viper” aircraft, and Rafale F3R fighters from Dassault Aviation,...
Summary and Key Points: The U.S. Navy’s F/A-XX—built to replace the F/A-18E/F and fly beside the F-35C—has regained momentum after a pause inside the...
Summary and Key Points: A January 7 video posted on X by Daily CPEC shows two J-35As flying over Shenyang Aircraft Corporation in Liaoning,...
Summary and Key Points: Boeing’s F/A-18E/F Super Hornet is edging toward the end of the production road after Northrop Grumman completed the final aft/center...
Summary and Key Points: The Navy is nearing the end of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet production, underscored by reports that the last fuselages are now...
Summary and Key Points: China’s J-20 is positioned as a centerpiece of a rapidly modernizing PLAAF, with outside estimates projecting a sharp rise in...
Summary and Key Points: Russia’s Su-57 “Felon” is a controversial fifth-generation fighter designed to counter U.S. stealth aircraft, but its design choices sit between...
Russia’s Su-75 “Checkmate” is pitched as a lightweight, single-engine stealth fighter aimed at air-to-ground strike missions and export buyers, built to reuse Su-57 systems...
Washington is signaling that Canada’s fighter decision could trigger real consequences for NORAD. U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra warned that if Prime Minister Mark Carney...