So far today Russia has lost two fast jets and two helicopters which is on top of a helicopter yesterday. This is causing real panic in Russian military circles; not just because of the number downed but specifically where they have been downed - Crimea yesterday (although that was said to be due to...

To be honest I am not sure the structure really makes much sense. The combined armies of Finland, Sweden and Norway would be very effective in stopping an invasion of Scandinavia just by themselves on land. Where we could assist would be enabling capabilities such as air support, intelligence gather...

Apparently, already been sent. Just a dozen would have a decent chance of wrecking the Black Sea Fleet HQ, several warships in port and the remainder of the Kerch Bridge although I suspect Ukraine will pick less high profile targets:

Just CGI or a sign of things to come? https://des.mod.uk/type-31-contract-mission-test-integration-facility/ The wording of the final paragraph is interesting / a little concerning. Maybe nothing is meant by it but what leapt off the page for me is that there is no mention of a war-fighting role, c...

Speculation that Storm Shadow is imminent and a confident statement that they could be fired by Ukraine's existing aircraft:

A Type 23 carried out NGFS against Libyan artillery pieces and it was also carried out on the Al Faw peninsula in 2003. Yes, anti-shipping missiles have proliferated since then but it is still a relevant and important capability IMO. In fact, much more likely to actually be used than the high-end mi...

Suggestions that the Khinzal misfired, doubt that a Patriot has the capability to take out a fully operational Mach 10+ Khinzal, currently a lot of pressure from US Congress on the MDA to come up with a Glide Phase Interceptor, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman have each won contracts to continue devel...

Still loads of A / B model Hornets knocking around, many of which have been updated to near C / D standard. I have read before that the original Hornets have great reliability and ease of maintenance while the main criticism (too short-ranged) does not really apply to Ukraine as the range they do ha...

The problem I have with this theory is that if Russia had a means to decapitate Ukraine's leadership they would have just done it rather than hold back until they had this 'justification'. They have attempted to assassinate Zelensky before on a few occasions. I just cannot see the motivation for a f...

Trolling turned into an art form. Make a total mockery of Russia's air defences and do it so precisely as to hit the flag on top of the Kremlin without doing any real damage. (Lots of speculation this could be a false flag attack which I'm not ruling out but I don't see how that is compatible with t...

As I understand it, the main rationale for the USN having its old nuclear powered cruisers was so that there were escorts that could keep up with the nuclear powered carriers making sustained high speed transits over considerable distances even if it meant leaving the other escorts behind. In a situ...

Please excuse my ignorance but what is CAAM-EX? Is it a future development designed to have longer range still than CAMM-ER?

JDAM-ER in use. Could make a big difference if supplied in bulk but I suspect the US will drip-feed supplying these:

I am far from convinced this will make any difference at all, even if both countries were to sincerely wish a drastic change in their relationship. Simply too many different regional disagreements such as over Yemen, Iran's influence on Iraq and the Assad regime which is compounded by escalating ten...

Given that Poland has been planning to do this for quite some time I wonder whether these aircraft have received a few discrete modifications such as e.g the ability to fire Storm Shadow.

I am thinking it could be Aspide which was confirmed to be delivered circa six months ago but about which there does not seem to have been any further mention since.

The Israelis will be 'very jittery' about Saudi aquasision of an Aircraft in Tempests category. An aircraft capable of penetrating their Air Defence Systems, very jittery indeed. Such a purchase would likely bring in the Americans on Israel's bequest, with serious pressure to either ensure Saudi Ar...

I have seen a few videos of the 300 version being used (it looks very effective) but can't recall any footage at all of the 600 model. Is that definitely in use already or just scheduled to be delivered?

The logic of replacing attack helicopters due to being too vulnerable relies on an assumption that future combat will be high intensity warfare in a formidable AD environment. In reality, there will also likely continue to be much lower intensity operations for which Apaches et al are well suited.

Not sure where best to put this but an interesting video on how the British Army are teaching infantry tactics:

What happened post 2002 was not imo wise or has it improved the security situation it again imo has made things worse from a security perspective. So I would argue the policy and merits of an interventionist expeditionary defence posture are not wise. The counterpoint to this is that a good argumen...

That 150 mile combat radius would be at what level - high (equalling very vulnerable to AD) or low? Sorry but I don't know enough about a Hawk's performance, fuel efficiency at different altitudes or aerodynamics in general to be properly able to answer the question. What I will say is that I would...

Well if you want an idea of comparison one of the typhoon design points was for it to hold a cap for a couple of hours at 100 nm range. I suspect in combat you could change the hawk radius of action you quote to it range without much loiter time. Agreed but I don't think it negates the point I made...

When people are suggesting planes for Ukraine from turboprop trainers or small jets this is maybe a helpful graphic as no aar is available https://www.mylifeelsewhere.com/country-size-comparison/ukraine/united-kingdom An important point no doubt but not sure it is a determinative one. If this graph...