Considering Israel’s proximity to hostile neighbors, it is fair to assume the nation has more wants than needs when it comes to arms. From air defense systems and fighter jets to main battle tanks and ...

The U.S. Air Force (USAF) awarded defense contractor Lockheed Martin a $270 million contract to upgrade the infrared sensors ...

As can be expected, the main nation operating the AH-1Z Viper is the United States. In October 2005, the Marine Corps ...

Australia has a sandcastle culture, according to Jim Davidson, one-time editor of Meanjin. His point: we suffer from cultural ...

With many different missions and air forces, let’s make a quick comparison of the toughest and hardest hitting attack ...

Switching to guns raises risks Ukraine's F-16s have been repeatedly seen flying with an air-defense loadout of two AIM-9 Sidewinders and two AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles.

According to former Pentagon consultant Reuben F. Johnson, the F-35 fighter jets, ordered by many countries worldwide, are ...

The AA-11, known in Russia as R-73, is an infra-red, heat-seeking missile roughly equivalent to the U.S. AIM-9 Sidewinder. It is normally carried by jet fighters for dogfights, with a range of ...

Trump is set to unleash a “shock and awe” barrage of over 200 executive actions on his first day in office, aiming to fulfil key campaign promises.

Although the top U.S. military contractors export tech to foreign countries, there's one plane so advanced that the ...

Beside being able to employ unguided and guided bombs and rockets, it can be armed with either a 20 mm cannon or a 7.62 mm machine gun and even AIM-9 air-to-air missiles. Members of the 15th ...

Operational Tornado ADVs carried four Skyflash or AIM-120 AMRAAM beyond-visual-range (BVR) air-to-air missiles (AAM), four AIM-9 Sidewinders or AIM-132 ASRAAM short-range air-to-air missiles ...