During a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday, the F-35 program’s executive officer, Air Force Lieutenant General Eric Fick, said unexpected complications and budget cuts would delay the war plane’s transition from its current Lockheed Martin-designed logistics system, Autonomic Logistics Information System (ALIS), to the upgraded Operational Data Integrated …
Read More »‘Tweeting our launch codes?’ US Strategic Command sends cryptic tweet, setting off panic & speculations
The cryptic 13-character message appeared on STRATCOM’s Twitter on Sunday evening. In about half an hour that transpired before the post was removed, it racked up thousands of retweets. The message prompted a wave of frantic speculations as to whether something relatively benign such as the command’s Twitter password got …
Read More »Iran & China ink 25-year strategic partnership accord as both nations face US pressure
The landmark document was signed during a televised ceremony by visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Javad Zarif. The document was described by the Iranian side as “a complete roadmap with strategic political and economic clauses covering trade, economic and transportation cooperation.” The Chinese minister …
Read More »3 crew dead after catapults accidentally triggered during Tu-22M3 strategic bomber launch in Russia
The deadly accident was reported by Russian media on Tuesday and confirmed by the Ministry of Defence shortly afterwards. The military aircraft’s ejection system activated during pre-flight preparations, sending three pilots to their deaths. “The altitude has been too low for the parachutes to work, and three crew members have …
Read More »Myanmar is a strategic headache for Beijing, but anti-China feeling in the country is not as strong as Western media claims
As unrest rages in Myanmar, over the weekend a number of Chinese-owned factories and businesses were torched by demonstrators in what was a deliberate attempt to blame Beijing for the coup, which saw a Military Junta take power earlier this year. Although China has not officially supported the overthrow of …
Read More »From strategic bombers to combat robots: What Russian weapons to look out for in 2021
RS-28 Sarmat ICBM In 2021, Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces will receive the new RS-28 Sarmat – liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped heavy intercontinental ballistic missiles that will replace the R-36M2 Voevoda systems. Sarmat can effectively hit targets within 18,000 km, which is enough to reach virtually anywhere on Earth. In addition, the missile …
Read More »US withdraws its drones as Iran launches massive drills near strategic Strait of Hormuz – state TV
The exercise in the eastern part of the Gulf of Oman is aimed at improving Iran’s capabilities to repel “foreign threats and any possible invasion,” said Admiral Habibollah Sardari, who is in charge of the wargames. The US had removed its drones from the area of the exercise after a …
Read More »The regional administration spit on the regime’s strategic interests
The election campaign in the regions is coming to an end. Then as they go, says a lot about the situation in the country as a whole. Evident, for example, the enthusiasm with which the local administration to shoot now alternative candidates. Clearly, when in the Arkhangelsk do not allow …
Read More »Auction corruption: the bad “List of strategic companies”
The very concept of “systemically important”, which receives assistance from the Russian authorities, is not only corrupt and ineffective, it is completely divorced from reality A very accurate assessment list of companies that the Russian authorities are going to help in the first place, gave the publicist Mikhail Makogon: “The …
Read More »There is a chance, but they are few: I will fly the strategic bomber Tu-160M2
Some hope for a successful recovery of the production of the legendary aircraft remain, however, not clear whether it is the Russian army As you know, Russia is in full swing creating a Promising aviation complex distant aviation (PAK DA). It is expected that already in 2025 to fly the …
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