Defense Forum at DefenceTalk.com Global Defense forum, discuss topics on air force, army, navy, missiles and global military news updates in internet's most professional defence forum. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:58:10 +0000 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:58:10 +0000 Defence Forum & Military Photos - DefenceTalk https://www.defencetalk.com/military/ The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:47:57 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/the-russian-ukrainian-war-thread.15283/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/the-russian-ukrainian-war-thread.15283/ invalid@example.com (Feanor) Feanor I tried looking for the last one of these we had but it seems to be buried pretty deep, so I'll start a new one. This is a catchall thread for the ongoing military and geo-strategic stalemate in eastern Ukraine.

As of late there have been increasing indicators that something might be brewing. Mostly pro-Russian sources have been pointing out increasing movements of Ukrainian troops, including armor, towards the front line. Now there are indications of rearmament of frontline units with...

The Russian-Ukrainian War Thread]]> 14596 Australian Army Discussions and Updates Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:34:28 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/australian-army-discussions-and-updates.5526/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/australian-army-discussions-and-updates.5526/ invalid@example.com (mickk) mickk James Button, London
November 24, 2006



HE REMEMBERS every detail: a massive explosion in the helicopter, a smell of cordite, bullets ricocheting off the walls, his door gunner trying to get a shot at their attackers, and his co-pilot noticing blood pooling in his lap and realising he had been shot through the chest.

"He was amazing," Scott Watkins says of his co-pilot that day in Iraq, Keith Reesby, whose heart escaped a bullet by two...

Australian Army Discussions and Updates]]> 12239 Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 12:02:03 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-australian-navy-discussions-and-updates-2-0.15429/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-australian-navy-discussions-and-updates-2-0.15429/ invalid@example.com (OPSSG) OPSSG 1. This Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0 thread is a continuation of the older thread (starting 20 Nov 2021). The older RAN thread at 1,500+ pages is a bit too long and further discussions should continue here. Some prior posts before this was moved here from the RAN thread to seed future...

Royal Australian Navy Discussions and Updates 2.0]]> 15089 Philippine Navy Discussion and Updates Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:53:40 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/philippine-navy-discussion-and-updates.11183/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/philippine-navy-discussion-and-updates.11183/ invalid@example.com (gforce) gforce Philippine Navy Modernization

DND rushing acquisition of Navy vessels
(The Philippine Star) Updated May 16, 2010 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - Outgoing Defense Secretary Norberto Gonzales is rushing the acquisition of one or two multi-role vessels through a government-to-government contract at a cost of from P5 billion to P10 billion... either from Singapore or South Korea...

Philippine Navy Discussion and Updates]]> 789 Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:53:50 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-australian-air-force-raaf-news-discussions-and-updates.6007/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-australian-air-force-raaf-news-discussions-and-updates.6007/ invalid@example.com (Todjaeger) Todjaeger Thought I'd start a general RAAF thread, since many of the existing ones end up shifting back and forth despite the initial start of the topic. That and I have a question that doesn't quite seem to pertain to any active thread at present.

Currently the Project Wedgetail (AIR 5077) for the E-737 is ongoing but behind 18+ months. Delivery from what I've last read is now expected in early 2010, although some are already in Australia. As part of the program, 4 were ordered, with options...

Royal Australian Air Force [RAAF] News, Discussions and Updates]]> 10514 Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) News and Discussions Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:44:06 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-canadian-air-force-rcaf-news-and-discussions.13518/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/royal-canadian-air-force-rcaf-news-and-discussions.13518/ invalid@example.com (John Fedup) John Fedup As there seems to be no RCAF thread, I will start one. Today's Ottawa Citizen is reporting the RCAF is looking at a combination of Predators and Avengers to meet Canada's drone needs.

A Predator C Avenger drone for the RCAF? | Ottawa Citizen

Mod edit: Fixed thread title.
-Preceptor]]> 2104 6th Generation Fighters Projects Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:16:51 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/6th-generation-fighters-projects.15234/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/6th-generation-fighters-projects.15234/ invalid@example.com (Sandhi Yudha) Sandhi Yudha If i'm not wrong there isn't a thread yet for new and future 5,5th and 6th generation fighterjet programs, so lets start one.

The sixth-generation jet — planned by the U.K., Sweden and Italy and set to enter service after 2030 — will bristle with new technology, from its weaponry and propulsion to a virtual cockpit projected inside the pilot’s helmet.

But the group set the bar high in October by announcing the fighter’s radar would process a quantity of data equivalent to nine...
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6th Generation Fighters Projects]]> 366 Turkish Air Force - Türk Hava Kuvvetleri Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:06:06 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/turkish-air-force-tuerk-hava-kuvvetleri.3768/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/turkish-air-force-tuerk-hava-kuvvetleri.3768/ invalid@example.com (musti) musti AIR FORCES COMMAND

Total Personnel: 60.000
Reserves: 65.000

Structure:

Four main commands: 1st Tactical Air Force Command (HQ Eskisehir), 2nd Tactical Air Force Command (HQ Diyarbakir), Air Training Command, Air Logistics Command.

TACTICAL FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

TYPE-NUMBER-REMARKS

F 16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 50 - 76 - Peace Onyx II program, assembled in Turkey.

F 16C/D Fighting Falcon Block 40 - 104 - Peace Onyx I program, assembled in Turkey.

F 16C/D Fighting...

Turkish Air Force - Türk Hava Kuvvetleri]]> 89 Taiwan Tests Himars. 4 fail to launch Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:07:18 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/taiwan-tests-himars-4-fail-to-launch.16056/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/taiwan-tests-himars-4-fail-to-launch.16056/ invalid@example.com (76mmGuns) 76mmGuns
In this article, Taiwan tested it's himars system and fired 32 missiles westward, with 4 failing to launch.

Is such a rate of failure normal?

btw 32 sounds like far more than most Western nations usually fire to test. This sounds quite substantial.]]> 0 Military Aviation News and Discussion Thu, 11 Jun 2026 23:09:52 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/military-aviation-news-and-discussion.13643/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/military-aviation-news-and-discussion.13643/ invalid@example.com (ngatimozart) ngatimozart I've started this thread so that military aviation news can be posted and discussed. this is more about the equipment in general rather than placing it in one another air force's and / or navy's thread. This way it isn't repeated or lost. This is not an aircraft vs another aircraft argument thread - see the guidance.]]> 1250 Middle East Defence & Security Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:38:49 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/middle-east-defence-security.13210/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/middle-east-defence-security.13210/ invalid@example.com (MaenZ) MaenZ It's funny to call this a crisis because we have always been at war.

Anyway, Does you have any strategic insight to share about the growing ISIL threat in the region?

I'm particularly interested with Jordanian defense capability against the group. As voices inside Jordan claim that ISIL cannot possibly break into Jordanian defenses. However outside neutral sources claim that Jordan cannot handle ISIL on it's own.

Jordan is claimed to be the best trained Arab fighting force on the...

Middle East Defence & Security]]> 1979 Indonesia: 'green water navy' Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:32:48 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/indonesia-green-water-navy.3897/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/indonesia-green-water-navy.3897/ invalid@example.com (Supe) Supe After reading this (quite interesting) thread on Indonesian aspirations for a 'green water navy' , it left me wondering about the capabilities of the Indonesian Navy as it stands now and the direction it wants to take. World Navies today website lists quite a few assets, particularly of amphibious ships. It looks like they have a decent amphibious...

Indonesia: 'green water navy']]> 3558 UK Defence Force General discussion Thu, 11 Jun 2026 12:21:33 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/uk-defence-force-general-discussion.14714/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/uk-defence-force-general-discussion.14714/ invalid@example.com (t68) t68 I could not find a UK general discussion thread so I thought I’d make one

Looking at the news today in relation to Brexit I came across this from Ex MI6 head Sir Richard Dearlove and apparently some unknown attachments to the withdrawal agreement, would dearly love to see what he actually found, anyone seen anything about this...

UK Defence Force General discussion]]> 144 ADF General discussion thread Thu, 11 Jun 2026 10:12:27 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/adf-general-discussion-thread.11750/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/adf-general-discussion-thread.11750/ invalid@example.com (Todjaeger) Todjaeger With the recent release of the interim ADF Posture Review, it was IMO rightly suggested that a general ADF discussion thread should be created. Having looked at some of the recommendations and how some appear to be tri-service in nature, it seemed like a non-service specific thread would be good.

Having done a quick read through, a few things do jump out at me.

One of the first was the suggestion...

ADF General discussion thread]]> 3975 US Navy News and updates Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:20:19 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/us-navy-news-and-updates.7961/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/us-navy-news-and-updates.7961/ invalid@example.com (AegisFC) AegisFC Navy Secretary Donald Winter announced Friday that the new amphibious assault ship known as LHA 6 would be named America, granting the wish of veterans of the aircraft carrier America, who have lobbied for another ship to take the name after theirs was sunk as a target in 2005.

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/06/navy_america_name_063008w/

New amphib to be named America

By Philip Ewing - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jul 2, 2008 13:13:02 EDT

Navy Secretary Donald...
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US Navy News and updates]]> 4008 KAI KF-21 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:25:43 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/kai-kf-21.12460/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/kai-kf-21.12460/ invalid@example.com (Eeshaan) Eeshaan KFX/IFX jet fighter to be build by Indonesia and South Korea - UPI.com

That's interesting. This I think will be the first Asian 4.5 gen fighter, developed to rival the likes of Eurofighter and Rafale. It will be designated the F-33 when production begins.

South Korea has the technology and experience with operating and maintaining Western fighter...

KAI KF-21]]> 408 The Indonesian Army Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:03:13 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/the-indonesian-army.10167/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/the-indonesian-army.10167/ invalid@example.com (DavidDCM) DavidDCM There are lots of threads in this forum related to the Singaporean and Malaysian Armed Forces, yet very few about the Indonesian military, despite being the biggest player in Southeast Asia.

In the last few months there were quite a lot interesting new developments, which in my eyes are worth being discussed.

One of the more interesting things that happened was a speech by the general who is the current commander of the Indonesian armored corps (or cavalry corps, as it is called in...

The Indonesian Army]]> 1401 United States Marine Corps Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:40:46 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/united-states-marine-corps.13872/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/united-states-marine-corps.13872/ invalid@example.com (vonnoobie) vonnoobie Couldnt find a USMC thread and figured the marines deserved there own one, For now I have put it in the army section but not 100% sure where it belong's considering the have similarities and ties to every branch (Air, Naval, Land).

Recently the USMC announced they would be experimenting with the squad size's which currently stand at 13, To my understanding the main experiment has to do with adding a 14th member that for the most part would be a dedicated UAV controller.

Personnaly I...

United States Marine Corps]]> 152 NZDF General discussion thread Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:14:14 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/nzdf-general-discussion-thread.6137/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/nzdf-general-discussion-thread.6137/ invalid@example.com (NZLAV) NZLAV If a new government came into power in New Zealand and had the vision of making New Zealand a regional power, what could they to to make this happen?

New Zealand's army is very well trained as in equipt with modern weapon such as:

Armoured Vehicles

105 x NZ Light Armoured Vehicle (NZLAV)
352x Pinzgauer Light Operational Vehicle (LOV)

Missile Systems

12 x Mistral anti-aircraft missile
24 x Javelin Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) launchers

Support...

NZDF General discussion thread]]> 9308 Unmanned and Autonomous Air Vehicles Tue, 09 Jun 2026 23:30:17 +0000 https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/unmanned-and-autonomous-air-vehicles.15943/ https://www.defencetalk.com/military/forums/t/unmanned-and-autonomous-air-vehicles.15943/ invalid@example.com (hauritz) hauritz There doesn't seem to be a thread dedicated to Unmanned and Autonomous Air Vehicles. There probably should be. There seems to be a lot of information about what UCAVs can and can't do. Generally I think we tend to overestimate the capabilities of these aircraft, or at least where the technology stands today. Certainly we have seen a rapid advancement in this technology in even just the last few years but I would hesitate at calling it game changing, at least not yet.

A store bought FPV...

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