MOSCOW — The upgraded Tu-160M strategic bomber will become the world’s first aircraft with reverse-launch missiles – they are capable of intercepting targets behind it, a source in the aircraft industry told RIA Novosti.

As reported, the first Tu- made its debut 30-minute flight on January 12 t…

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said extra troops could be deployed to the Baltic nation amid regional tensions with Russia. She also defended Berlin’s decision to not supply weapons to Ukraine.

Germany does not rule out sending additional troops to Lithuania, Defense Minister Christi…

MOSCOW — A Soyuz-2.1a carrier rocket has been launched from the Plesetsk spaceport in Russia’s Arkhangelsk region, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.

“A combat crew of the Space Forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully launched a medium-class Soyuz-2.1a rocket carr…

WASHINGTON — The United States now believes a Russian invasion of Ukraine “could happen at any time,” White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Sunday, in what would be the biggest military operation in Europe since World War II.

“We believe that the Russians have put in place th…

Over the past weeks and months, ‘hypersonic missiles’ have again made headlines in global defence news. On 5 and 11 January, North Korea performed test flights of what it claims is a ‘hypersonic missile’.

The announcement, the released pictures and the flight path suggest North Korea tested a ro…