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Stalin’s Secret Rocket Plane – Bereznyak-Isayev BI

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The Soviet BI glides midair, its wood-and-metal frame gleaming under the overcast sky. In the cockpit, pilot Grigory Bakhchivandzhi grips the controls. He’s already taken this experimental warbird once before on its maiden flight. Now, it’s time to push it to its limits. The rocket engine projects the BI forward with a force that slams […]

Yakovlev Yak-38 – the Soviet Fighter Everyone Feared (Until they saw It In Action)

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Aboard the deck of carrier cruiser Minsk, the atmosphere was anything but quiet. It was December 1982, and two Yak-38 Forger jets, the Soviet Union’s first—and only—vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, were finally prepping for a mission six years into their operational service. Ahead of them loomed the ship’s distinctive ski-jump ramp, designed to give […]

Ukraine’s New Shotgun-Armed Drones Hunt Russian Soldiers

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Ukraine has started arming its drones with shotguns to shoot down Russian drones and kill soldiers. In video footage posted online by pro-Ukraine bloggers, a drone armed with two shotguns flies across a battlefield. The drone fixes on at least three Russian drones carrying grenades, one after the other, and shoots. Each of the Russian […]

Coalition Sends 30,000 Kamikaze Drones to Ukraine

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30,000 drones will be sent to Ukraine after £45 million worth of contracts were placed by the international Drone Capability Coalition, co-led by the UK and Latvia as the UK steps up leadership supporting Ukraine in 2025. Defence Secretary John Healey announced this milestone alongside Latvian Defence Minister Andris Sprūds at the Ukraine Defence Contact […]

Antonov-AN225 to Rise Again

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In 2022, the world’s biggest airplane, the Antonov A225 Mriya, was completely destroyed by Russian forces during their attack on Ukraine. The damage was so bad that many thought this would be the last time we’d hear about this giant plane from the Cold War. However, the Ukrainian government decided not to let it become […]

Why UK’s Watchkeeper UAV Failed the Test of Time

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The UK government’s decision to send its Watchkeeper uncrewed air vehicles (UAVs) into early retirement marks an ignominious end for a once-ambitious effort to boost the British Army’s airborne intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capabilities. Announcing the step among a tri-service package of decommissioning measures on 20 November, defence secretary John Healey said […]

de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth – the Biplane that Brought a Knife to a Gun Fight

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In the summer of 1940, Nazi Germany’s advance across Europe seemed unstoppable. As the once mighty France teetered on the edge of defeat after a brutal campaign, Britain braced itself for invasion. Faced with this dire threat, British High Command made a bold decision: every aircraft capable of flight would be called upon to defend […]