Amid China’s PLA Navy commencing sea trials of its third aircraft carrier, the 80,000-ton Fujian, a former Indian Navy chief has proposed that India and France collaborate on constructing a nuclear-powered next-generation aircraft carrier. Fujian is China’s largest warship. Launched in June 2022, it is the country’s first supercarrier and the first domestically developed carrier
The United States has reportedly procured 81 obsolete Soviet-era combat aircraft from Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic, with intentions to supply them to Ukraine. Kazakhstan, like other former Soviet states, inherited a range of Soviet military assets following the disintegration of the Communist bloc in the 1990s. Kazakhstan has gradually modernized its fleet in recent
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced plans to hold an exhibition featuring an array of weapons and military equipment seized by its military in Ukraine. The exhibition, set to take place in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora in Moscow, will open its doors on May 1 and run for a month, offering visitors a
Surpassing the size and role of its present aircraft carrier, the TCG Anadolu, Turkey has begun work on its second such warship. According to media reports from Turkey, Istanbul Shipyard Command said that “both manned and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) of domestic origin will be deployed on the new aircraft carrier.” New Carrier Design Reports quoted officials