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The looming conflict between Russia and Ukraine has begun to dominate the world’s attention, to say nothing of the community of analysts who follow...
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The looming conflict between Russia and Ukraine has begun to dominate the world’s attention, to say nothing of the community of analysts who follow...
Russia’s Tu-22M3 Missile Truck Is Back to Its Old Tricks: Russia’s Tu-22M3 ‘missile truck’ is relevant again. Known by its NATO moniker Backfire-C, the...
Russia’s Tu-160 Bomber: Just How Capable Is It? A tricky challenge in defense analysis is grasping a potential adversary’s own perceptions of military capabilities and...
Su-35 Is the Lead Russian Dogfighter Making an Entrée into Iran: Not every fighter jet in your arsenal can be stealth. Russia hopes to...
Tu-160: A History – As tensions escalate between Russia and Ukraine, the latter is ironically at risk of being bombarded by aircraft and missiles...
Su-25 Frogfoot, Explained in 3 Minutes: Over five decades after its introduction, the Su-25 “Grach” (NATO reporting name Frogfoot) is one of the longest-lived and...
Will Russia Actually Build the MiG-41? In the technology world, the term “vaporware” refers to a product that is not yet available and remains largely...
Sukhoi Su-27 Fighter, a 2 Minute Explainer: Throughout 2020 and into 2021, the Russian Air Force scrambled its Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jets to intercept and...
Earlier this year, a pair of Russia’s Tupolev Tu-95MS (NATO reporting name “Bear”) strategic missile-carrying bombers took part in a scheduled patrol flight over the Black...
As the Russian military continues to modernize, the Russian Air Force is at the center stage with some of the most ambitious and flashy...