North Korea wants its neighbors—and the United States—to fear it. That’s difficult to do when one sees how backward its military is. North Korea is a place of contradictions. Barely able to feed its ...

"The MiG-21, upgraded by Russia has an onboard radar and a wider range of guided air-to-air missiles. By its combat capabilities and flight parameters it is an equal of the F-16 version at the dis ...

A stroke of luck for China and the Soviet Union came when a damaged MiG-17 returned with an unexploded Sidewinder missile embedded in its fuselage. Though China couldn't reverse-engineer it ...

Thunderchief pilots faced three formidable enemies over North Vietnam: antiaircraft guns, SA-2 surface-to-air missiles (SAMs), and MiG-17s and -21s. On a recent visit to the National Air and Space ...

One Kh-47M2 Kinzhal aeroballistic missile launched from a MiG-31K fighter jet in the airspace of the Tula region, Russia; ・Six Kh-69 guided aviation missiles launched by tactical aircraft from ...

there is a Mig-21. The fighter has no markings but the serial number “676″ (in Arabic) on the left side of the tail and carries two AA-2 Atoll missiles and two UB16 pods for 16 57mm rockets.

Mirage-2000 fighter jets equipped with Spice-2000 bombs struck JeM’s largest training facility, killing an unknown number of terrorists. The IAF executed the mission with precision, using Netra AEW&C ...