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The latest speculation about the future of Russia-Iran defense relations is that Tehran might procure Russian Su-35 Flanker fighter jets in return for supplying Moscow with various types of its indigenously-produced drones. On Aug. 2, an open-source intelligence Twitter account cited unofficial sources claiming that “Iran has sent the first …

Turkish defense firm Baykar has announced that it would donate three Bayraktar TB2 drones to Kiev after a successful crowdfunding campaign. The TB2 UAVs have been very popular in Ukraine, but as EurAsian Times reported, they have also been highly vulnerable to Russian defense systems.  One of the reasons behind the …

Tell your super fund to get out of Russian assets, says letter writer MARTIN GORDON, of Dunlop. I FIND those silly industry super advertisements irritating and a waste of money. It’s worse though when the same super funds invest in Russia.  Write to [email protected] It has come to light that …

Last week, many political and military experts predicted that the Russians would be successful in their invasion of Ukraine.  However, the war is clearly not going as the Kremlin planned. Their gains have been small, and they have been met with fierce resistance. As the conflict continues, they are also losing on …

A video and reports this week indicated that Russia deployed its stealthy Okhotnik drone to the Tiyas base in Syria near Palmyra. This may have happened several years ago but it also shows an increase in Russian drone activity in Syria. Russia’s Orion drone and its S-70 Okhotnik (“Hunter”) drone …

Russian drone developer Fixar has obtained Latvian start-up visa, selecting Latvia as a starting point for the company’s development in international market, LETA learned from the company representatives. Konstantin Siniushin, the chairman of directors council at Fixar, said that Latvia has been selected because it has a strong history of …

Here’s What You Need to Remember: Such an engine arrangement represents a major source of radar signature and could ruin the drone’s stealthiness from the side and rear aspects. It appears the Russian warplane-make Sukhoi has a plan to fix the most obvious flaw in the design of its new Hunter …