Algeria has for over a decade consistently been the second largest client for Russian arms exports after India, and has by far the largest defense budget on the African continent over double that of its […]
When Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi visits Russia later this month, it is expected to deepen bilateral ties between the natural allies, besides shaping a long-awaited defence deal between Tehran and Moscow. Raisi is expected […]
Three nations, Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia, are reported to have pulled out of Su-35 fighter jet deals with Russia giving a huge financial setbacks to Sukhoi Design Bureau. The governments of Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia […]
Since the delivery of 17 Su-35 to the Egyptian Air Force, this has fuelled speculation that Russia will sell additional Su-35 to Iran, Egypt or Algeria. However, Egyptian newspaper Arabo reported that following Indonesia, Egypt […]
The day before, at a meeting in Sochi on military topics, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to conclude a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 fighters by 2028 and thereby re-equip three aviation regiments of […]
The Su-30MKI is powered by two Lyulka-Saturn AL-31FP turbofans, each rated at 12,500 kgf (27,550 lbf) of full afterburning thrust, which enable speeds of up to Mach 2 in horizontal flight and a rate of […]
The Su-75 Checkmate is a single-engine, multirole light fourth-generation fighter jet, unveiled during the MAKS-2021 airshow in July. Russian defense giant Rostec published a video promoting the Checkmate fighter. The video depicts the fighter performing […]
In an interview with Russian take-off.ru newspaper, Tikhomirov-NIIP Director General Yuri Bely said the design bureau had delivered 60 BARS-R radars for Su-30SM fighters for the Russian Air Force and developed six prototype N036 Byelka […]
Russia’s Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant has disclosed the radar specification of the Pantsir missile system. According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, Ulyanovsk Mechanical Plant has a data sheet that identifies the interception capability of air-breathing targets […]
Sukhoi Su-57 is one of two fighters under development in Russia. Each of these fighters was developed with different specialties in mind but share a collective focus on a few specific design elements that have […]
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