C-17A Globemaster III

US C-17 Lands in Moscow as Rare Military Airlift Highlights Secretive Washington-Moscow Communications

A U.S. Air Force C-17A Globemaster III landed at Moscow’s Vnukovo Airport on August 25, marking a rare American military-airlift operation into Russia at a time when diplomatic engagement between Washington and Moscow remains constrained and efforts to advance a...
Kangba TV

Kangba TV Officially Launches on Nepal’s Net TV, Broadening New Channels for Nepal-China Cultural Exchange

Kangba TV is set to officially begin broadcasting on Net TV, a mainstream media platform in Nepal, marking a new and significant broadcast outlet for the channel in the country, following its existing presence on Himalaya TV. As a professional...
Shahed Drones

Iran’s Cheap Drones Challenge Gulf Air Defence Strategy, Expensive Interceptors Risk Rapid Ammunition Depletion During Prolonged Conflict

The Arabian Peninsula’s air-defence architecture is confronting a problem that cannot be solved by simply adding more sophisticated missiles: the widening economic gap between inexpensive Iranian drones and the multimillion-dollar interceptors used to destroy them. The challenge has become increasingly...
Saab A3-001 Unmanned Fighter

Saab A3-001 Unmanned Fighter Could Transform Europe’s Gripen E Force With Stealth, Electronic Warfare and Distributed Weapons

Saab has unveiled the full-scale A3-001 unmanned fighter concept, offering a detailed glimpse into Sweden’s plans for a future combat-air system in which crewed fighters, unmanned aircraft, electronic-warfare platforms and airborne sensors operate as a connected combat network. The concept...
PL-17

Is China’s Hypersonic Air-to-Air Missiles Against US AWACS, Tankers and Command Aircraft Across Indo-Pacific?

China has reportedly developed a hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV) capable of releasing an air-to-air weapon during flight, a potentially significant development that could allow the People’s Liberation Army to threaten high-value American and allied aircraft from extreme distances. If the...
Ocean

Ocean temperatures hit ‘very troubling’ record high

The world's oceans have reached their highest temperatures on record and are likely to warm even further in the next few months, putting stress on life in the water and on land. Spurred by a still-growing but already supersized natural...
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent

Operation Economic Outcast: Will US Secondary Sanctions Force China and Other Major Iran Trade Partners to Sever Economic Ties With Tehran?

The United States is escalating its economic campaign against Iran, threatening countries, banks, shipping companies and other entities that continue to maintain commercial ties with Tehran as Washington seeks to cut off the Iranian regime’s remaining financial lifelines. The campaign,...
Strait of Hormuz

US Petroleum Buffer Falls to 41 Days as Hormuz Disruption, Emergency Releases and Exports Strain Energy Security

The United States’ combined commercial crude oil inventories and Strategic Petroleum Reserve have fallen to a level equivalent to roughly 41 days of refinery supply, leaving the world’s largest oil producer with its thinnest combined petroleum cushion in four to...
J-16

China Deploys J-16 Fighters Over 6,000 Kilometres to Egypt, Signalling Expanding Expeditionary Airpower Reach Beyond Middle East

China has deployed its heavyweight J-16 multirole fighters more than 6,000 kilometres to Egypt for the Eagles of Civilization 2026 joint air exercise, marking a significant expansion in the scale and sophistication of Beijing’s overseas military aviation activity. The deployment,...
J-10CE

Uzbekistan’s J-10CE Fighter Deal Signals China’s Growing Airpower Influence as Russia’s Defence Monopoly Weakens Across Central Asia

Uzbekistan has emerged as China’s second known foreign operator of the J-10CE fighter after Pakistan, marking a potentially significant shift in the military balance and defence procurement landscape of Central Asia. Clearer photographs of a light-grey J-10CE carrying serial number...
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