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‘Dear Minister Of Defense, Please Pay Our Bonuses’: Russian Bomb Used For An Unprecedented Protest
In an unprecedented protest, Russian military personnel have found a unique way to voice their frustrations over unpaid bonuses: inscription on a glide bomb. As is occasionally seen also in Weste...
RAF Rivet Joint Completes Historic Surveillance Mission Along NATO’s border from Mediterranean to Barents Sea
A Royal Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint has become the first allied aircraft to complete a full transit along NATO’s eastern border, from the southernmost point of Greece to the northernmost poin...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/10/24/raf-rivet-joint-mission-nato-eastern-border/
Insane Videos Show The Moment A Russian S-70 UCAV Is Shot Down by Russian Fighter Jet Over Ukraine
Clips show what is believed to be a Russian Su-57 shooting down wingman S-70 UCAV; claims swirl around loss of control. Videos have started appearing online on Oct. 5, 2024, showing a RuAF (Russi...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/10/05/s-70-ucav-shot-down-over-ukraine/
From Ukraine to Israel: The Crucial Role of Helicopters in Stopping Drones
Helicopters Prove Vital in Air-to-Air Combat Against Drones. On Aug. 25, 2024 some videos showing Ukrainian soldiers shooting down Russian drones from a Mi-8 transport helicopter were shared on X...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/08/27/helicopters-vs-drones/
Ukrainian F-16s Shot Down Russian Cruise Missiles, Says Zelensky
The Ukrainian F-16s were among the assets that countered the Russian cruise missiles and one-way attack drones during the latest major attack. The Ukrainian F-16s may have seen their first combat...
UAVs vs Helicopters War Continues With Mi-8 Hit By Drone And Another Drone Hit By Ka-52
A new video shows a Ukrainian FPV drone attacking a Russian Mi-8 transport helicopter, apparently hitting its tail assembly. A second video shows a Russian Ka-52 helicopter shooting down a Ukrain...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/08/11/drones-vs-helicopters-war/
Russia’s Nuclear-Capable R-33 Air-to-Air Missile Emerges During Readiness Exercise
The Cold War-era nuclear-capable R-33 long-range air-to-air missile was designed to destroy large strategic bombers and supersonic targets, such as the B-52 Stratofortress, the SR-71 Blackbird an...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/08/09/russia-nuclear-capable-r-33-aam/
Ukrainian Drone Attacks Russian Mi-28 Attack Helicopter Mid-Air
A video shows an FPV drone attacking a Mi-28 helicopter during a low altitude flight, apparently hitting its tail rotor, however the fate of the helicopter is unclear. Demonstrating the high flex...
Drone-on-Drone War Ensues As Ukrainian UAV With Wooden Stick Tries Disabling Russian ZALA Drone
Both Ukrainian and Russian armies are using their expendable UAVs not only to strike targets on the ground, but also to strike each others’ drones in flight, in what could be defined as a low-c...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/08/07/drone-on-drone-war-ukraine/
Russian Tu-95, Su-35 And Su-30 Penetrate Japan ADIZ Three Times In Ten Hours
On Jul. 30, the Japanese also reported a Chinese WZ-7 reconnaissance drone performing a provocative flight over the East China Sea. Two Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers conducted a 10-hour fligh...
US, Canadian Fighters Intercept Russian, Chinese Bombers Off Alaska
At least six NORAD fighters, including F-35, F-16 and CF-188 jets, intercepted Russian and Chinese bombers inside the Alaska ADIZ (Air Defense Identification Zone). On July 24, 2024, NORAD (North...
Russia’s Monster FAB-3000 Glide Bomb Shown Employed By Su-34 Bombers
The RuMoD extensively captured in a video the bomb’s loading, carriage, release, flight and final target engagement in explicit detail. Almost a month after it released footage of the massive 2...
https://theaviationist.com/2024/07/16/russias-monster-fab-3000/
U.S. To Deploy Precision Strike, Hypersonic Missiles, SM-6 And Tomahawks In Germany By 2026
In two years, the U.S. will begin episodic deployments of the long-range fires capabilities of its MDTF in Germany. By 2026, the U.S. Army will deploy its new, long-range surface-to-surface miss...
US Developing Cheap, Mass-Producible ERAMs for Ukraine: Here’s Why
The need for the Extended Range Attack Munitions (ERAMs) arises from the advantages Western standoff weapons have provided to Ukraine. However, these benefits could not be fully realized due to t...
Russia Claims It Foiled Ukrainian Attempt To Steal Tu-22M3 Strategic Bomber
Russian pilot allegedly offered $2 million and Italian citizenship to land the bomber in Ukraine. But several details don’t add up. Claims have emerged of Russia foiling a Ukrainian intelligenc...