Why Saki Airbase pilots are still at risk
The Crimean air base attack in late summer was a stunning display of Ukrainian martial prowess in the 21st Century. Massive explosions created towers of fire and smoke that rose…
The 5 most sanctioned countries in the world
When countries start violating international agreements, get aggressive or start invading their neighbors, it’s not always a casus belli (a justification to go to war). While violence may not be…
A border village in NATO-allied Poland was reportedly hit by Russian missiles
Poland’s highest-level defense officials scrambled to meet in Warsaw after receiving reports of sudden explosions in a village near the country’s border with Ukraine. The blasts came as Russia launched…
Ukrainian commandos infiltrated deep inside Russia to destroy Russian attack aircraft
Ukraine isn’t content to let its suicide drones strike Russian airbases. Nor are the Ukrainian Armed Forces content with hitting targets in the Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian commandos have struck a…
Ukraine is getting the deadly MQ-9 Reaper UAV to fight Russia
The General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper and its predecessor, the MQ-1 Predator, are perhaps the most iconic unmanned aerial vehicles to date. Their extensive use as surveillance and hunter-killer platforms during…
A former Soviet military officer describes how bad the Russian military actually is
As of this writing, Russia’s disastrous invasion of Ukraine has cost the lives of some 75,930 Russians, at least 2,700 tanks, 277 aircraft, and untold numbers of artillery, ships, and…
Today in military history: Bolsheviks revolt in Russia
On Nov. 6, 1917, the Bolsheviks revolted in Russia. World War I was a disaster for Russia and in March of 1917, riots and strikes broke out over the scarcity…
Comparing the Soviet SKS rifle to the American M1 carbine
Whenever you compare the merits of two firearms against one another, there will be a huge row. Just ask fans of the M1911, designed by John Moses Browning — which served in the American military as the primary sidearm for seven decades — what th…
Russia wanted to take on the F-22 with this unique-looking fighter
In the mid 1990s, Russia had a problem. It was a pretty important one, too, for both pilots and the grunts on the ground. It was a problem they needed to solve very quickly.
Earlier that decade, a United States
That time the USAF intercepted a pilotless Soviet fighter
On the morning of July 4, 1989, alarm bells blared at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands, home of the US Air Force’s 32d Tactical Fighter Squadron.
Within minutes, a pair of armed F-15 Eagles, manned by Capts. J.D. Martin and Bill …