Airborne early warning and control system are the most effective means of controlling airspace, timely detection, escort, and identification of air and surface targets, targeting them with tactical aviation, collecting and transmitting information about the situation to ground air, and ship control points. Shaanxi KJ-200 In 2000, the Shaanxi KJ-200 (Kong Jing-200) aircraft was launched … Read more
The MiG-25 in the West is called “Foxbat.” Created in the USSR in the 1960s, the aircraft went down in aviation history as the fastest-speed serial interceptor. This combat aircraft was capable of reaching a speed of three Mach and flying at altitudes of up to 23,000 meters. “Defence View” tells about the missions of MiG-25, … Read more
US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Pentagon Chief Mark Esper met with their Indian counterparts in New Delhi. Following the talks, the parties announced the signing of an agreement on the exchange and development of cooperation in the field of defense. The treaty, in particular, allows India to access navigation data by improving the accuracy of … Read more
In recent decades, Chinese industry has developed a variety of major combat tanks and carried out the rearmament of the army. It is obvious that right now the development of a completely new MBT can be going on, incl. belonging to the next generation. However, official information about this project – if it exists – has … Read more
An American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a 5GAT flying target, will take off for the first time in late October. The planned flight will take place at the Dougway training ground in Utah, the US Department of Defense said. The first prototype successfully completed a cycle of 24 ground tests in six days, the Pentagon … Read more
Defence PSU Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) on Thursday said it signed a Rs 400-crore contract with Tech Mahindra (TM) for implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to support HAL’s ‘Project Parivartan’. HAL CMD R Madhavan said ‘Project Parivartan’ is a comprehensive business transformation exercise initiated by HAL through technology enhancement and centralized ERP. “The exercise will enable HAL to … Read more
Jammu: Security forces have neutralised 182 terrorists in the past nine months and arrested as many as 41 in various combat operations across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Defence sources sharing details said that in the year 2019, total 152 terrorists were killed but this year from January till first week of October, … Read more
At a time when the Indian Air Force (IAF) was contemplating on modernising its somewhat, deserted aerial squadrons of modern fighters jets amid increasing threats from Iron “Brothers” Pakistan and China, it appeared that French President Emmanuel Macron held the key to fulfilling that potential. With the billion-dollar deal to acquire potential new fighters under … Read more
The Ilyushin IL-76 is a medium-range, multi-purpose, military transport aircraft but the latest video from the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation shows that they are more than just the back-end operators. The video shows practical bombing and firing from aerial cannons at ground targets carried out by the IL-76 crews in the Tver … Read more
The United States Navy currently operates eleven nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. No other nation in the world operates more than two aircraft carriers at the present time and apart from the French Marine Nationale’s flagship Charles de Gaulle, none of them are nuclear-powered. However, as China now is building two additional aircraft carriers there are warnings that this … Read more