Peter Felstead

Defence journo, current deputy editor of (and former editor of Janes Defence Weekly).

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The MBDA Selective Precision Effects At Range (SPEAR) 3 precision-strike missile, part of a programme launched over a decade ago, has finally made a first flight on board a Lockheed Martin F-35B.
https://t.co/3Aq76qoMHe

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A new twin-seat version of Russia’s Su-57 ‘Felon’ fifth-generation fighter recently made its maiden flight. Warsight reports on a platform that could potentially emerge as something more than a conversion trainer.
https://t.co/5K7UfiCnMh

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The appearance of Türkiye’s Global-based Hava SOJ electronic attack aircraft in a recent video provided the clearest view so far of the aircraft post-conversion. Some believe that this means that delivery may be imminent.
https://t.co/wUWTp8PBEU

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The Turkish air-to-air missile effort has crossed a practical threshold with the Bozdoğan within-visual-range missile and the Gökdoğan beyond-visual-range missile completing live warhead validation firings and moving into serial production.
https://t.co/YzyUprYw8f

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On 2 June 2026 Saab held a formal rollout ceremony for the first Gripen F, which is destined for the Brazilian Air Force. The ceremony was undertaken at the company’s facilities in Linköping, Sweden.
https://t.co/oSXI4nxJib

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My aerospace bud and https://t.co/8SOWhuA8J6 contributor Jon Lake has just filed on the Turkish Hava SOJ EW platform (link to come), but when I commissioned that over the phone it sounded like 'Hava-Sausage', so this is the kind of platform I was expecting:

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The Trump Administration is facing a number of hurdles that all need to be cleared before an elusive peace deal can be obtained with a tenacious and obdurate Iran. The situation is not being helped by diminishing US munition stocks.
https://t.co/H4BvOttiab

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May 2026 has seen a reversal of plans to kill off the USAF’s E-7 plans and also witnessed the arrival of a first UK Wedgetail at RAF Lossiemouth, but neither of these developments were particularly good news for a programme that remains troubled.
https://t.co/EsEszAQ5tR

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Record-breaking patrols by Royal Navy SSBNs and the scarcity of the service’s SSN fleet are solemn indicators that some of the UK armed forces’ most crucial missions are being compromised.
https://t.co/ElWnDym1uk

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The announcement that the UK had accepted the final aircraft in its order for 48 F-35Bs clouds the fact that the current UK Lightning force is small and handicapped by aircraft with different configurations and software standards.
https://t.co/2eRzTtIBF2

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@FTusa284 @sylviapfeifer @LOS_Fisher @larisamlbrown @mattotele @haynesdeborah @MattChorley @Rotorfocus @GarethJennings3 @JonA2i @LDO_Helicopters @AirbusHeli @DefenceEye_news @JohnHealey_MP Unite has posted on a deal happening. I wonder what the announcement hold-up is; maybe who in govt can claim it as their win etc

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@GarethJennings3 What a saga. The NMH requirement, as originally envisaged, has alreadu failed!

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@ww2headquarters @almurray @James1940 Al, love your work and can't wait for that. Meanwhile, I tried to contact you guys re. a presentation pitch for the We Have Ways Fest, which I'm hoping you'd like the idea of. Please message me if you'd like to hear it. Best rgds, Pete https://t.co/fQWjBcGWof

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@archie_09081974 Yep, did my own one ;)

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Does anyone know who created this image? I'm looking for permission to use it (I know people just copy these things, but I'm a stickler for adherence to copyright)

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Just decided to do my own ;)

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@securitysplat Yep, I've tried that.

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@chinnychick @POTUS As I've mentioned before, Trump is incapable of being anything other than an A1 c*nt.

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Another first from Ukraine:
https://t.co/Mrp9zgeti8

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Not a good look for democracy in the US:
https://t.co/0eKDndeYWZ