F-15EX Eagle II jets

Boeing Ends Indonesia F-15EX Fighter Deal, Forcing Jakarta to Rethink Its High-End Airpower Strategy in Contested Indo-Pacific

Boeing’s decision to formally terminate its pursuit of selling the F-15EX Eagle II fighter jet to Indonesia marks a defining inflection point in Jakarta’s long-term airpower modernisation trajectory. What was once envisioned as a cornerstone programme to elevate the Indonesian...
ROKAF F-15K

Boeing Secures $2.8 Billion Contract to Transform South Korea’s F-15K Slam Eagles into Near-F-15EX Standard Warplanes

Boeing has been awarded a major contract to lead the long-awaited upgrade of the Republic of Korea Air Force’s (ROKAF) F-15K Slam Eagle fleet, marking a significant step in Seoul’s effort to modernize its air combat capabilities amid a rapidly...
Rosoboronexport to Showcase Combat-Proven Russian Weapons at World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh

Rosoboronexport to Showcase Combat-Proven Russian Weapons at World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh

JSC Rosoboronexport, Russia’s state-owned arms export agency and a key subsidiary of the Rostec State Corporation, is preparing to present a broad array of next-generation and combat-tested defence technologies at the World Defense Show (WDS) 2026, scheduled to take place...
Altay Main Battle Tanks

Turkey Advances Armoured Autonomy with 2026 Delivery of 11 Altay Main Battle Tanks as Indigenous Production Scales Up

Turkey is set to deliver 11 ALTAY Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) to its Land Forces in 2026, a milestone that marks a decisive turning phase in Ankara’s decades-long effort to reduce strategic vulnerabilities arising from reliance on foreign defence suppliers....
Su-57

India Can Breathe Easy: S-400, Su-57 Acquisition Plans Secured; Russia Counters China with Full-Cycle Domestic Microwave Chip Production

The governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Denis Pasler, has announced a significant milestone in Russia’s defense technology capabilities: the design and construction of the country’s first factory capable of serial production of microwave microchips across the full technological cycle. According to...
UK-French

Once Enforcers of Unequal Treaties, UK and France Re-engage Beijing 166 Years After the Opium Wars That Defined China’s ‘Century of Humiliation’

For much of modern Chinese political consciousness, history begins not with triumph but with trauma. It began with the Opium Wars of the 19th century, when European imperial powers forced China’s Qing dynasty into a series of humiliating defeats that...
US Navy AIM-174B air-launched missile

US Navy’s AIM-174B Emerges as Counter to China’s PL-15 and PL-17 in Expanding US–China Long-Range Air Battle Over Indo-Pacific

The United States Navy’s public unveiling of the AIM-174B ultra–beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile during the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 exercise marked a rare and deliberate disclosure of a capability normally kept shrouded in ambiguity. Far from a routine weapons...
Chinese military

China’s Military Faces a Serious Leadership Problem Amid Investigations Into Senior PLA Commanders

China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign inside the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has reached its most dramatic and destabilizing phase yet, with the investigation of one of the country’s most senior generals shaking the foundations of the world’s largest military force. The...
KF-21 Boramae

Saudi Arabia Weighs South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae Fighter in Major Airpower Recalibration Airpower Amid Regional Threat Shifts

Saudi Arabia’s growing engagement with South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter programme is emerging as a clear signal of a deeper strategic recalibration in Riyadh’s long-term airpower planning, reflecting both shifting regional threat dynamics and the Kingdom’s determination to diversify and...
MiG-21

MiG-21 to Su-57: How Su-30MKI Experience and Deep India-Russia Defence Ties Could Shape India’s Fifth-Generation Fighter Future

Russia is once again pressing India to take a decisive step in defence cooperation by co-producing the fifth-generation Sukhoi Su-57 stealth fighter. The renewed push comes at a time of shifting global power balances, rapid advances in Chinese and Pakistani...
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