20/07/2015 - Iran will unveil its new anti-missile shield to the world next September XNUMXst. This is what General Farzad Esmayeeli, the commander of the "Islamic Republic of Iran Air Defense Force" also known as Khatam ol-Anbia Air Defense, communicated to Farsnews.
20/07/2015 - The Farnesina reports that four Italians have been kidnapped in Libya near the Mellitah Oil and Gas compound.
These are employees of the Bonatti construction company.
17/07/2015 - China will develop a new long-range bomber capable of attacking targets beyond the Pacific zone. The platform will have to be able to hit the "second chain of islands", an area extending from the Kuril Islands through Japan, the Mariana Islands to Southern Indonesia.
17/07/2015 - “The island of Gotland could be an easy target for the Russians in a hypothetical invasion of the Baltic countries. Soon it will no longer be like this ”. The statements by the governor of Gotland Island, Cecilia Schelin-Seidegård, have had great echo in Russia, with the media certainly not using white gloves to respond to the politician.
17/07/2015 - Five years after the scheduled date for Initial Operational Capability, the Pentagon has confirmed that the F-35 is ready for combat although some adjustments will be required which will be resolved later.
16/07/2015 - It is a scene from a Hollywood action-movie that told today on The Jerusalem Post: glasses of champagne, tuxedos overlooking the sea and a sensitive objective to be eliminated in Syria.
16/07/2015 - Four F-16IQ “Vipers” fighters were delivered to the Iraqi government last Monday. The handover is part of a contract signed between the two countries and aimed at strengthening the capabilities of the loyalist government. The four F-16s landed at the Balad base.
16/07/2015 - Summer is a 'dead' season. Sometimes news must be invented just to arouse hype. Taking it with the F-35 is a fashion. Striking all its problems is now a habit and it does not matter that many of them have been solved.
15/07/2015 - The day of truth for the F-35B has finally come. The final Operational Readiness Inspection officially started today. The inspection is taking place at the Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona and will mark the entry into service of the F-35B with Initial Operational Capability. The 'ORI' will last twelve days.
14/07/2015 - The United States is looking for a base in North Africa to deploy surveillance and attack drones as part of an effort to counter the Islamic State in Libya. No country, however, has given availability. This is what the Wall Street Journal headlines today.
14/07/2015 - Eleven years after what was regarded as the fiercest military operation involving Americans since the Vietnam War, Iraqi forces loyal to the Baghdad government a few hours ago began the offensive to retake the Sunni Muslim city of Fallujah, in the hands of ISIS militiamen for 18 months.
13/07/2015 - The Islamic State is intensifying its propaganda efforts in the Russian language, a sign that it is becoming stronger and stronger in the ex-Soviet countries.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recently stated that 2.000 Russian citizens are fighting in Syria or Iraq.
10/07/2015 - Australia has decided not to purchase the F-35B for its two assault helicopter carriers due to the enormous expenses it would have to incur to modify the ships. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbot wanted to use the F-35Bs on the Navy's two 27-ton assault ships.
09/07/2015 - The first real ISIS special department has been unveiled and this time it is not a joke. The elements of this unit (it is correct to call it that considering the ISIS asset) wear blue bandanas and are considered the deadliest soldiers in the Islamic State. They rush towards the enemy shouting "Victory or Martyrdom".
08/07/2015 - No American plane would fight a dogfight anymore. The Pentagon had reassured its pilots, rewritten the doctrine and reworked the entire air-to-air tactics. Too bad that on May 20, 1967, eight US Air Force F-4Cs, on patrol in North Vietnam, collided with fifteen MiG-17s… in close-range duels.
07/07/2015 - The US military wrote Lockheed Martin a billion dollar check for the pre-production of 94 F-35s. This is what they communicate from the US Naval Air Systems Command of the NAS of Patuxent River.
07/07/2015 - While the United States celebrated the Independence Day, two pairs of Russian bombers flew off the coast of California and Alaska forcing the Air Force to raise the fighters to intercept them. This was reported by NORAD to Fox News.
07/07/2015 - "Neither the Northrop B-2 Spirit nor the Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk could escape the Russian missiles, invisibility is a publicity stunt".
This was stated by General Sergei Babakov, commander of the Russian anti-aircraft missile units at Sputnik.
06/07/2015 - The failure of the F-35 dogfight did not surprise the insiders. Indeed, the poor skills in maneuvered combat had already been predicted by the American analyst John Stillion who in his study, Trends in Air-to-Air Combat: Implications for Future Air Superiority, analyzed 1450 air combat from 1965 to 2002.
06/07/2015 - “I have authorized our SAS to any mission in enemy territory. In Iraq, in Syria, everywhere. We will support them with everything we have. I want the head of the terrorists. Dead or alive it doesn't matter ”.