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Some really good images of Japan Self-Defense Force's Hyper Velocity Gliding Projectile (HVGP) transporter-erector launcher vehicle. 👍🏽👇🏽

Waiting for a structural engineer to provide some BDA. I'd assume this is quite bad?

Considering the strategic environment, esp. the uncertain trajectory of the U.S., and Russian neo-imperial ambitions, ~5 % of GDP on defence would be a prudent starting point

Another great scoop from Jerome Starkey 🎩 Front runner Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Knighton to become the new head of UK armed forces

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As I wrote for the Wavell Room in 2018, Russia was discussing in 2003 how to target Western states with air & missile attacks on CNI, use of information warfare, etc. The Russian threat has not just emerged since 2022. Check out what I wrote 7 years ago: wavellroom.com/2018/09/05/fir…

HMS Ark Royal. Fondly remembered

From The Kyiv Independent: “According to data obtained by HUR, Moscow is now producing 60 to 70 Iskander-M — the ballistic version of the missile — and 10 to 15 hypersonic Kinzhals per month.” kyivindependent.com/exclusive-russ…

There is some chatter around the PLAAF may have received its First J-35A; at least the original poster agreed to a comment, that this satellite image was taken at the Wuhu AB with the Wanghai Brigade (9th Air Brigade).

Updated BDA as of Noon EST June 4th from SBU 5 minute video 2x Damaged A-50 14x Damaged or Destroyed TU-22M3 10-12x Damaged or Destroyed TU-95 1x Destroyed An-12 1x Damaged IL-76 Total: 28 to 30 aircraft from the video That's excluding 1x TU-22 that they hit twice, and

The UK Royal Navy has outlined its ambitions for the Maritime Integrated Air and Missile Defence and Strike (M-IAMDS) capability and associated Type 83 destroyer host platform planned for delivery under the FADS programme 🇬🇧 Story by Richard Scott navalnews.com/event-news/cne…

#LATEST 🇮🇩#Indonesia is assessing purchasing🇨🇳China’s J-10 fighter jets, taking into account the aircraft’s recent combat success.👀👀👀 "We have had talks with China and they offered us a lot, not just J-10, but also ships, arms, frigates," said Deputy Defence Minister and

This is utterly disgraceful, even hinting at imposing sanctions on Ukraine for defending itself from Russia

HMS EAGLE leads HMS BULWARK, HMAS MELBOURNE and HMS VICTORIOUS during the Flag Officer Tactical Exercise (FOTEX) Far East Station March 1965. credit RN Ships

The RAF King Air Shadow Programme – A Deep Dive into Its Origins, Systems, Role, Challenges, and Future 1/25 Origins of the Shadow R1 The RAF’s Shadow R1 programme, based on the Beechcraft King Air 350CER, began as an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) in the 2000s to meet

On 1 June 2025 Ukraine launched an unprecedented attack on at least four Russian airbases using short-range explosive-laden UAVs focused against Russia’s missile-carrying bomber fleet that is used extensively against Ukraine. The IISS has assessed individual aircraft losses

This appears to be the first official confirmation of what has been rumored for some time. Ukraine’s conventional ballistic missile program has been at an advanced stage for a while, and the system has reportedly been tested through launches into Russian territory.

🔥 The Security Service of Ukraine has released new exclusive footage from its “Pavutyna” operation. The video shows an SBU FPV drone flying from the roof of a modular building to strike a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber at the “Belaya” airbase—one of four targeted strategic sites.

If you need a distraction..and I do..I just found out we can share this from last year. A memorial flyover for Col. 'Evil' Peck, first commander of the secretive Red Eagles. Mig-21 leading, I was flying the Mig-29 along w/F-22s. You will never see a formation like this again.

Such a shame that the original CV HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, had been cancelled in 1966. Whilst it can be argued that the Falklands War wouldn’t have happened, one can imagine the impact CVA-01’s air group would have had