Recent satellite imagery from 04APR14 acquired by Astrium shows the former Indian Su-30K still at the Baranovichi-based 558th Aircraft Repair Plant. It’s been a rollercoaster ride. The sale of 18 x Su-30K from the Indian Air Force have bounced back and forth in the press with various countries being offered the aircraft at discounted rates. However, they […]
The latest satellite imagery from April 2014 acquired by Digital Globe shows several additions to Belarus’ 61st Fighter Airbase, a location less than 90 and 80 miles from the Polish and Lithuania borders, respectively. While both Russia and NATO countries always say their respective deployments are not aimed at one another, it’s not too difficult to read between the […]
The recent deployment of Russian SU-27 fighters to the 61st Fighter Air Base may have allowed Belarus to redeploy a flight of fighters to a key location around Minsk. According to the most recent satellite imagery from 24APR14, a flight of MIG-29 are now deployed to Machulischi, home of the 50th Mixed Air Base and Headquarters […]
Ukraine Leading up to the referendum which will undoubtedly provide Russia with the justification to annex the Crimea, the United States and Europe find themselves in a precarious position — what to do about Russia? Militarily, the West is at a loss. No one wants to use force and let the issue slip into a […]
Starting on the civilian side, DigitalGlobe imagery from 28APR12 shows the site for Belarus’ Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) which is officially under construction thanks to a Presidential Decree signed on 02NOV13. Belarus is the first nuclear “newcomer” country in Europe, and the second country after the United Arab Emirates, to start the construction of its first NPP […]
Belarus and Russia will now jointly patrol Belarusian airspace in an attempt to operationalize the joint air defense agreement ratified by Belarus previously in February 2012. Last month, Russia deployed the first four Su-27P (FLANKER-B) fighters to Baranovichi’s 61st Fighter airbase, located in Brestskaya Voblast, approximately 130 and 140 kilometers from the Lithuanian and Polish […]
