This comes on top of a reported $4 billion loss in destroyed air defense systems.

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Il-76 heavy transport aircraft as well as an experimental A-60 airborne laser platform, according to Robert "Madyar" Brovdi, commander of Ukraine's Unmanned ...

Two ultra-rare Russian aircraft have been destroyed in an attack on aircraft manufacturer Beriev’s plant near the Black Sea city of Taganrog. Alongside damage to Beriev’s facility itself, which is a ...

Rare Il-38N ASW aircraft reportedly destroyed as Kyiv targets high-value enablers behind the front line. Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) has released footage showing a drone strike against a Russian ...

Ukraine said it destroyed two Russian jets inside a hangar by sneaking in undetected. It adds to a long string of Ukraine's claimed kills against Russian jets. Aircraft have proven vulnerable in this ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. Just a year ago, Russian state media were still reporting that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write on defense, strategy, the profession of arms, and aerospace. As diplomats and other country representatives continue to ...

A new analysis argues that the West could meaningfully accelerate Russia’s decline as a producer of modern fighter aircraft. A report by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) finds that the ...

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