The Obama administration gave the defense industry the go-ahead on plans to build classic American fighter jets in India. With the support of the current administration, both Lockheed Martin and Boeing have been in talks with the Indian government to build the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the F/A-18 Super Hornet for the Indian Air Force in…
The Ukrainian Army continues to shell the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). Heavy clashes have erupted between Ukrainian soldiers and fighters of the DPR People’s Militia near the village of Staromykhailivka. Last evening and night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched 410 artillery projectiles and mines on the territory of the Donetsk People’s Republic…
The world’s mightiest navy is at risk of being sunk — not by a superior enemy, but by its own inability to acquire ships that work at a price that even the richest military on the planet can afford. The U.S. Navy today has only 272 deployable warships — a decline of more than 50 percent in just the…
Vietnamese pilots will be trained by Indian Air Force instructors in Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets amid bilateral efforts to boost defense ties, Indian media report. Su-30s, in similar versions, form the key part of both countries’ airpower. An agreement to train Vietnam Air Force pilots in India was reached at a meeting between Indian…
The AK-47 (Russian: Автомат Калашникова) was developed in the Soviet Union by Mikhail Kalashnikov in the last year of World War II. The fixed-stock AK-47 was officially accepted by the Soviet Armed Forces in 1949 and adopted by Warsaw Pact Forces. During the Cold War, the Russians sent these rifles to guerilla forces around the world and set up factories in dozens of countries. Decades…
Four-thousand US sailors and marines from the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) have arrived in the Mediterranean Sea after transiting the Suez Canal, according to a release from the US navy. The group, which is comprised of an amphibious assault ship, the USS Wasp (LHD 1), and an amphibious dock landing ship, the USS Whidbey…
