- February 9th, 2026
India’s announcement in early 2026 that its indigenous Astra beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) family has undergone a dramatic expansion in engagement envelope has sent ripples across South Asia’s tightly contested aerial warfare landscape. Coming less than a year after a...
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...
China’s most powerful long-range air-to-air missile (AAM), the PL-17, has been captured in what appears to be the clearest photograph published to date, offering rare visual insight into a weapon that is reshaping modern aerial combat doctrines. The image, which...
Modern air combat has undergone a fundamental transformation. The romanticized image of close-in dogfights, immortalized by Cold War-era fighter duels, is fast becoming a relic. In its place stands a new paradigm: engagements initiated and often concluded well beyond the...
Indo-Pacific: Japanese electronic warfare and radar specialists have reportedly been granted rare access by India to examine the debris of China’s PL-15 beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missile. The missile fragments were recovered on Indian territory following a recent aerial conflict between...
In a revelation that could reshape global air combat doctrines and recalibrate the strategic balance across the Indo-Pacific, several leading Western intelligence agencies and defense partners have reportedly launched a quiet but urgent bid to study debris from China’s PL-15...
Which Missile Wins the Long-Range War? Inside the Design and Deployment of Meteor, AMRAAM, and PL-15
In the modern battlespace, where wars are fought not just with metal but with networks, code, and precision-guided lethality, the Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile has emerged as the defining weapon of aerial supremacy. It no longer matters who...
Pakistan has publicly credited Chinese-made J-10C multirole fighter jets with helping thwart a recent wave of Indian airstrikes, marking a significant shift in South Asia's volatile security dynamics. The announcement, made by Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in an emergency session...