Russia is the global leader in hypersonic missiles and, by the time other countries catch up, is likely to have developed technology to counteract these new weapons, President Vladimir Putin said. Russia and the United States have an approximate parity Read more…
A large blast has occurred near the Iranian city of Natanz, home to the country’s major nuclear site. Iran’s military says the explosion was part of surprise drills testing their anti-aircraft units. A loud explosion northeast of Natanz nuclear power Read more…
US special operators have several ways to get to work. Green Beret teams can do free-fall jumps with oxygen from 25,000 feet, and Navy SEAL squads can spend up to eight hours in mini-submarines on combat dives. One of the least known Read more…
It’s been a busy two months for the American, British, and Japanese navies — especially their carriers. In early October, they were part of a massive exercise that saw the US Navy’s USS Ronald Reagan and USS Carl Vinson, the UK’s HMS Read more…
A Russian warship has carried out a test-fire of a state-of-the-art missile capable of flying many times faster than the speed of sound as part of exercises off the Arctic Ocean, Russian military bosses confirmed on Monday. In a statement, Read more…
The catastrophic sinking of the Russian nuclear-powered Kursk submarine more than two decades ago was the result of a collision with a stricken NATO vessel in the Barents Sea, a former high-ranking navy chief has insisted. The ‘Kursk’ sank on Read more…
A Space Force general said the US’s hypersonic missile capabilities are “not as advanced” as Russia and China have. Gen. David Thompson, the vice chief of space operations, said on Saturday: “We’re not as advanced as the Chinese or the Read more…
The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed that it conducted a missile test that hit and destroyed an old, inoperable satellite one day after the US State Department accused Moscow of being “irresponsible” and “reckless.” According to the ministry, the test Read more…
Russia’s state development corporation has announced it is working on an advanced new unmanned military jet that can soar above the clouds and cloak itself from enemy defenses, while being controlled from the safety of the ground. In a flashy Read more…
The U.S. military said on Monday that it was aware of a “debris-generating” event in outer space and one official said it appeared that Russia had carried out an anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons test. Experts say anti-satellite weapons that shatter their Read more…
Russia has begun supplying India with state-of-the-art S-400 mobile air defense missile systems under the terms of a contract signed in 2018. Moscow has already delivered the top-of-the-range weaponry to China and Turkey. “The deliveries of the S-400 equipment for Read more…
Russia has signed a contract with China to jointly develop a multipurpose heavy helicopter, state-owned Russian Helicopters said on Monday, in a sign of closer technological cooperation between Moscow and the world’s no. 2 economy. Russia will contribute parts for Read more…