Russia is reportedly attempting to retrieve the MQ-9 Reaper drone that ‘collided’ with a Russian Su-27 aircraft and was forced to crash into the Black Sea.

a Miniature Air-Launched Decoy (MALD), which will meet requirements for all fighters, is not easy for two reasons. First, the fighter must carry the MALD, thus occupying one hot point and reducing the weapon load-carrying capability of the combat jet. Second, the launch of MALD cannot be done arbitrarily.

On March 20, Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claimed that an explosion in the Crimean city of Dzhankoi destroyed “multiple” Russian Kalibr cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail. 

Russian fighters have managed to assemble two makeshift armed unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) to take on Ukrainian infantry and hardened positions in the east. Videos on various Telegram groups show two crudely designed yet highly effective UGVs with heavy machine guns being tested.

Gazprom Neft, the Russian energy giant, has been allowed to form its army, according to an order by Russia’s Prime Minister Mikhail Mistushin.

Russia’s cutting-edge tank support vehicle, the BMPT-72 Terminator, which has displayed an exhilarating combat performance against Ukraine, was finally obliterated by Ukraine’s Armed Forces, according to reports. 

Building and operating a hybrid fleet in the Indo-Pacific Region to meet the Chinese challenge are becoming essential goals for the US Navy.

A former Russian general has urged President Vladimir Putin to use an underwater nuclear weapon to destroy Britain with a 1,000-foot-high radioactive wave if NATO forces set foot in Ukraine. 

Logistics and sustainment in ‘long wars’ with a peer adversary have again caught the imagination of military planners. This possibly indicates the US is preparing to clash with China in the Western Pacific.

Russian and Indian scientists are developing a Marsoplane to investigate the Red Planet, with hopes to test a technology demonstrator by the end of 2024.

The US National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) is worried that China’s rising lunar ambitions might lead it to “take over” and claim large portions as it did in the South China Sea (SCS).

India's share in the $440 billion global space market is just 2% compared to the US's 30%, China's $14bn and Russia's $1bn.