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Quarterback in the Sky: The F-35 Is Far More Than Just a Fighter Jet By Stavros Atlamazoglou U.S. Air Force Maj. Kristin "BEO" Wolfe, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team pilot and commander, flies an aerial performance for the 2021 Arctic Lightning Air Show, July 30, 2021, Eielson Air...

German photographer spills the beans: Jordan flew in IDF aerial drill Amman’s participation in the massive Blue Flag exercise had been a secret… until a German military cameraman posted a photo of a Jordanian fighter jet on Instagram...

Russia will bring now air defences. What Ukraine needs now: * Cheap small recon drones. * Suicide drones, which will destroy air defence systems detected by recon drones. * Decoy drones which will distract air defences and provoke them to expose themselves. * SIGINT.

Actually it was quite simple and outdated for its time (900 hp engine, 105-mm gun, no panoramic sight). But despite it it was adequate and did its job..

The Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot” reported that the Israeli army had removed its Merkava-2 tank from regular and reserve service, after nearly 40 years of its use as a main tank in hostilities, in a ceremony attended by former and current officers in the armored units. The Merkava-2 was...

My rank of air forces: Singapore - 520 Thailand - 247 Vietnam - 184 Indonesia - 181 Malaysia - 125 Myanmar - 120 https://defencehub.live/threads/top-48-air-forces-in-2020-based-on-aircraft-quality-and-quantity.3851/ Cambodia, Philippines and Laos lack any serious air force. Navies Singapore...

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The UAE is Iran's top trading partner in terms of imports and the country’s third-largest export partner, indicating that many Iranian companies have put trade with the UAE on the agenda. https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/462057/Trade-between-Iran-UAE-expected-to-hit-20b-by-Mar-2022

Ironically after UAE made peace with Israel, UAE trade with Iran actually increased. Now UAE is #1 importer to Iran.

New plane means big spends on new infrastructures, maintenance problems. You dont buy a new plane unless it gives u a big advantage over existing. Super Hornet, Typhoon and F-16 block 70 are pretty much equal (Gripen weaker).

One of German Typhoons has cool decoration: Blue Flag 2019 pic: Italian Typhoon, US F-16C, Israeli F-15C, Israeli F-35A, Italian F-35A, Greek F-16C, German Typhoon.

Other than urban combat short rifle is also very important when u load/unload APC/IFV. As for weight distribution I prefer bullpup actually. You feel much less fatigue when weight is in the middle.

Su-25 does not have any SDB. A-10 and Su-25 dont have sensor fusion and networking as F-35, nowhere even close. A-10 and Su-25 lack radars so they can't lock on targets as F-35, Su-25 lacks even normal FLIR pod. Only if you bomb enemy which lacks even MANPADs, not talking about other air...

Indeed this picture worth a billion words. No radar, no pod. Its anti tank weapon is Vikhr missiles with 10 km max range. In order to hit one tank you need to fly directly towards it during the whole missile flight time (28 seconds!). That means by the time missile hits tank you will be closer...

A-10 and Su-25 are concepts form 1970-es. There were no UAVs, no SAR radars, no FLIRs. So you needed to fly low and search targets with your own eyes. Today we have all these. Targets can be detected from stand off distance and from UAVs and transferred to pilots. Coming close with subsonic...

I think Iran's main concern is Turkey Azerbaijan Pakistan union. That's why massing of troops happened shortly after joint Tur-Az-Pak drill in Baku. What they are trying to achieve by flexing muscles? - I really dont know, because it's quite clear they wont dare to start a war. Iranians love...

So why there is no problem to show tests to the whole world? OK lets say S-500 is super secret. Where are tests of S-300 and S-400? We need just blindly believe Russian propaganda that S-500 is best even there is absolutely no any data on it?