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In a major armed conflict, even the most advanced militaries will not be able to stop all incoming attacks everywhere, forcing them to decide what they’re willing to lose, a hard choice. Loading audio narration… The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are previewing possibilities for future fights as…
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said a critical alert designed to prevent runway collisions didn’t trigger before the deadly Air Canada crash Sunday night.The Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X, rolled out between 2003 and 2011, is a ground surveillance system that uses radar and satellite data…
Most of Iran’s best air defenses are no longer factors in mission plans for American air operations, giving US and Israeli air forces space for strikes deeper in the country, the top US general said Tuesday. Loading audio narration… US Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs…
Muscat, Oman, has become the temporary center of Middle Eastern aviation after air travel was thrown into disarray by the US and Israel’s strikes on Iran last Saturday. Loading audio narration… While most Gulf countries have closed their airspace, Oman’s has remained open. Airlines and governments have therefore been using…
Iranian missiles and drones are flying across the Middle East, forcing the US, Israel, and the Gulf states to expend numerous costly interceptors on air defense operations in just a few days and draw on critical weapons stockpiles.Air defense battles get expensive — fast. Official figures for the Middle East…
Some flights from the Middle East have resumed, but confusion still reigns in the wake of the strikes on Iran.12 Etihad Airways flights had departed Abu Dhabi as of around 5 p.m. local time on Monday, even as the airline said operations remain suspended.Nearly 100,000 people tracked the first plane…
The US and Israel’s fight with Iran shows just how key air defenses have become in higher-intensity modern wars, conflicts increasingly defined by long-range missile and drone attacks.The conflict, which killed Iran’s Supreme Leader, has been heavily focused on air defenses, either knocking them out to permit air operations or…
Roughly 200 fighter jets participated in Israel’s widespread airstrikes against Iran on Saturday, the Israeli military said, calling the attack the largest air operation in its history.The Israeli fighter jets dropped hundreds of bombs on 500 targets in western and central Iran, including air defense systems and missile launchers, the…
Ukraine’s interceptor drones now account for almost a third of the Russian aerial threats destroyed, a top officer in the country’s branch for uncrewed air defenses said.”If we take into account the share of interceptor UAVs in the destruction of air targets, we have already reached the mark of 30%,”…
A crewed US Air Force fighter and an uncrewed jet-powered aircraft flew together recently, communicating and showing how autonomous drones might fight in a future air war alongside human pilots.US defense firm General Atomics, a competitor in the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Program aimed at developing and fielding loyal wingman-type…
