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2025 12 12 Boeing November Deliveries Drop 17%, Lagging Behind Airbus 0

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U.S. Bombers Fly with Japanese Jets After China-Russia Drills

USAF B-52 bombers joined Japan’s F-35s and F-15s over the Sea of Japan, signaling allied resolve amid rising regional tensions. U.S. nuclear-capable B-52 bombers conducted joint flights with Japanese F-35 and F-15 fighter jets...

2025 12 10 Russian Bombers Join Chinese Patrol Near Japan Amid Rising Tensions 0

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Russian Bombers Join Chinese Patrol Near Japan Amid Rising Tensions

Japan scrambles fighter jets as Moscow and Beijing step up military cooperation in the Pacific. Japan scrambled fighter jets on Tuesday to monitor Russian and Chinese air forces conducting joint patrols around its territory,...

2023 04 26 Chinese Carrier Shandong Pushes Into Second Island Chain 0

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PLAN’s latest deployment brings carrier strike group within 400 nautical miles of Guam

PLAN’s latest deployment brings carrier strike group within 400 nautical miles of Guam The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has demonstrated its expanding power projection capabilities by deploying its second aircraft carrier, Shandong, to...

2023 04 12 Pentagon Warns Budget Gridlock Could Cost U.S. Edge Over China 0

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Pentagon Warns Budget Gridlock Could Cost U.S. Edge Over China

Spending plans in the US Congress are frequently subject to intense scrutiny, primarily as a result of political factionalism. This often poses as a significant obstacle for the Pentagon. Congressional Deadlock Threatens Military Modernization...

USAF F-15EX Eagle II takes flight 0

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F-15EX Eagle II takes flight

US Air Force asks for 72 fighters in 2024, and it might happen again An F-15EX Eagle II takes flight for the first time out of Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., on April 26,...

2023 03 31 China's PLA 73rd Group Army demonstrates advanced operational capabilities 0

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PLA’s 73rd Group Army receives ZBL-09 vehicles

The Eastern Theater Command (ETC) of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has inducted China North Industries Group Corporation’s (Norinco’s) ZBL-09 (also known as Type 09) armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) in an equipment awarding ceremony...

2023 03 10 Why Bloated US Military Spending Can't Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China 0

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Why Bloated US Military Spending Can’t Ensure Its Dominance Over Russia, China

The White House has requested a whopping $842 billion for the Pentagon for fiscal year 2024, which is $69 billion more than the Department of Defense received for FY2023. What’s behind the hike and...

2023 02 28 Beijing Accuses Washington of Jeopardizing Peace in Taiwan Strait 0

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Beijing Accuses Washington of Jeopardizing Peace in Taiwan Strait After US Spy Plane’s Flyover

Tensions between China and Taiwan escalated last year following an array of trips to the island by US and European officials. China, which sees the island as its breakaway province, criticized the visits as...

China Air Force (PLAAF) subsonic H-20 stealth bomber, 20 November 2020 0

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China’s new stealth bomber H-20 will allow it to make ‘truly intercontinental’ strikes, report says

China’s subsonic H-20 stealth bomber will give the country a “truly intercontinental” capacity expanding its reach far beyond the country’s seaboard, according to a report by a leading think tank. The bomber is still...

Nigerian Air Force L-39ZA (NAF-354), 27 November 2020 0

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CAS Inspects ongoing in-Country Reactivation of L-39ZA, Reiterates Commitment to Ensuring Protection of Nigeria’s Airspace

The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the ongoing in-country Life Extension Programme (LEP) on 3 L-39ZA aircraft at the 403...