The five futures that makes Sukhoi's SU-57 an excellent fifth generation war plane.

Despite being assigned to the same generation of fighters as America's F-35, Russia's Su-57 is made with a focus not on stealth, but on excelling in air superiority and other combat scenarios, the media noted.

Russia's first fifth-generation stealth fighter, the Sukhoi Su-57 has finally entered mass production and will soon be inducted into the country's Air Force, as well as hitting world arms market some time later. Their introduction into the Russian military is apparently not good news for NATO, since the jet "can credibly threaten" its assets due to its exceptional capabilities in several areas, the magazine The National Interest noted in a recent article.

The outlet pinpointed five key features contributing to the jet's supreme performance. According to the National Interest, the Su-57 was designed and built as a "class-leading" air superiority platform that excels in dogfighting scenarios and can outperform even the much-touted F-35 – America's fifth-generation jet expected to become NATO's main fighter in the future.

"The Su-57 can more than give Lockheed Martin's F-35 a run for its money in pure aerodynamics, boasting a speed of up to 2 Mach without the use of afterburners and subsonic range of up to 3,500 km", NI said.

In addition, the jet boasts an outstanding integrated avionics package that includes electronically scanned array (AESA) radars and other systems that aid a pilot's situational awareness, the journal said. According to the outlet, the Su-57's design traded its stealth capabilities to focus on another aspect – finding, tracking, and destroying stealth targets. The 101KS Infrared Search and Track system on the aircraft serves the first two purposes, while its exceptional aerodynamic properties allow it to down revealed targets "with brutal efficiency", the media outlet explained.

Armed and Dangerous

The Su-57's armaments are important, although not the only ace in the hole in determining its threat level to NATO assets, according to the outlet. The jet was designed to carry a whole array of weapons for different purposes – from short-range aerial engagements to striking ground targets as far as 150 kilometres away. In addition to this, the Russian jet can carry the upcoming Vympel R-37M hypersonic missile and already introduced nuclear-capable Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile, NI stressed.

Another distinctive feature of the Russian fighter is the innovative Okhotnik-B drone. The latter can follow the Su-57 anywhere and be used for both forward recon operations and even limited strike missions. The magazine suggested the drone might be utilised by Su-57 pilots to venture into territories deemed too dangerous for the fifth-generation jet itself.

 with all of these advanced capabilities, the Su-57 still has one last advantage over its competitors – its price, The National Interest said. According to the latest estimates, a single Russian fighter will cost around $42 million, just a bit more than its predecessor, the Su-35, but almost two times less than the cheapest variant of the F-35, its closest competitor. The price tag for the American fighter starts at a whopping $78 million per jet. This last advantage might eventually make the Su-57 a more desirable fifth-generation jet for foreign buyers on the global arms market, the outlet suggested.

Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah is expected to appear in a New York court this Wednesday and charged with concocting a 9/11-style terror plot involving flying a hijacked airliner into a skyscraper in a major US city.

 terror suspect is reported to be affiliated with al Shabaab, a Salafi Wahhabist jihadist group based in East Africa with direct links to al-Qaeda.

Kenyan national Cholo Abdi Abdullah is expected to appear in a New York court Wednesday and charged with concocting a 9/11-style terror plot involving flying a hijacked airliner into a skyscraper in a major US city.

Abdullah, 30, faces six counts of terrorism-related offenses, including conspiring to provide material support to a designated terrorist group, conspiring to commit aircraft piracy, conspiring to kill US nationals, conspiring to destroy aircraft, and conspiring to commit acts of terrorism across national boundaries. Each individual charge carries with it a penalty of between 20 years and life in prison.

In a statement released Wednesday, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York indicated that Mr. Abdullah was arrested in the Philippines in July 2019, and transfered to US custody on December 15, 2020.

While in the Philippines, Abdullah was said to have obtained pilot training, and to have researched the means to hijack a commercial jetliner, as well as information about the tallest building in a major US city, and the procedure for obtaining a US visa.

Three ADF rebels killed

 

Three ADF rebels lost their lives on the night of Tuesday 15 to Wednesday 16 December 2020 in Beni territory in North Kivu. The announcement comes from the spokesperson of the FARDC in the operational sector Sokola 1.

Lieutenant Antony Mwalushayi explains that it was a military patrol team that came into contact with the enemy near the Semuliki and Taliya rivers, on the southern operational axis. The military spokesman also claims that 2 weapons that were recovered by the armed forces.

"3 terrorists fell on fire from the FARDC. During their combat patrol operations on the night of December 15 to 16, the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo neutralized 3 ADF / MTM terrorists and recovered 2 weapons of war type AK47, "he wrote.

Despite rebel reprisals, Antony Mwalushayi continues to reassure the determination of the FARDC to secure the region.

Last weekend, around ten civilians were killed in Nzenga, in the same territory of Beni.

To challenge the Congolese leaders and to sympathize with the families of the victims of these atrocities, the living forces decreed Tuesday December 15 and Wednesday December 16, days of mourning throughout the area of Rwenzori

three congolese soldier die in an ambush in virunga national park

 At least 3 soldiers of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC) were killed in an ambush by unidentified rebels in the heart of Virunga National Park, near Kibumba in the territory of Nyiragongo on Monday, November 23, 2020 .

The information was confirmed  by Major Guillaume Ndjike Kaïko, spokesperson for the Sokola 2 North Kivu operational sector.

“It was a patrol of our elements. Attackers from Rugari looted 12 cows from the population. So our elements tried to pursue these rebels who fled into the Virunga Park and that is where they were ambushed. We lost 3 items, and still got a cow. As I speak to you, we are continuing the search to recover all the other cows, ”he said.

Local civil society is outraged by the persistence of rebel groups in this region despite ongoing military operations. She suspects the Hutu Rwandan rebels of the FDLR as perpetrators of this attack

  Eighteen (18) people died in a new attack attributed to rebels of Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) in the town of Baeti, nearly 20 kilometers west of Oïcha, capital of Beni -territoire (North Kivu), on the evening of Wednesday, October 28, 2020. Civil society in Mamove which delivers the information, explains however that this assessment is still provisional. It indicates that besides the dead, many houses including churches were set on fire by the attackers. “There was an attack around 7pm (Wednesday). Our sources speak of 18 people killed. We are waiting for the end of the research to have a final assessment, ”said Kinos Katuo, president of said civil society. This attack is the nth to be recorded in the entity. In eastern DRC, more than 3,000 people have already died in carnage attributed to the ADF since 2014, according to several reports from citizen organizations in the region.

Part of the mapping report

 During the attack, AFDL / APR soldiers indiscriminately fired at the FAZ, ex-FAR / Interahamwe and refugees. 22 Nov 1996, AFDL / APR killed several hundred refugees in Chimanga camp, Bukavu, after rounding up the victims. mapping report

 Kenya Air Force receives third and last Spartan cargo plane 29 10, 2020 The last Spartan cargo plane ordered by the Kenya Air Force from Leonardo has just been delivered to Kenya, after being requisitioned for long months in Italy. It will strengthen the airborne capabilities of the Kenyan forces engaged in the face of Al-Shabaab.

 Russian BRDM armored vehicles are already out of service 29 10, 2020 BRDM-2 armored vehicles have been armoured tanks delivered by Moscow to the Central African Armed Forces. © Presidency of the Central African Republic Two of the ten refurbished BRDM-2 armored vehicles delivered by Moscow to the Central African Armed Forces (FACA) on October 15 are already at a technical standstill.

 The United States of America and the Democratic Republic of the Congo signed this Wednesday, October 28, 2020 at the Palais de la Nation in Kinshasa, a memorandum of understanding for American-Congolese military cooperation. According to the US Ambassador to the DRC, Mike Hammer, the realization of this memorandum of understanding is largely due to the commitment of President Tshisekedi and his administration to fight against human trafficking and hold them to account. for any abuse. "By signing this protocol, the United States responds to the will of President Tshisekedi and Minister of National Defense Mukena to meet the demands of a modern army and help the FARDC to professionalize and improve the quality of life of their soldiers, ”said Mike Hammer. This memorandum of understanding, signed by the American ambassador accredited to the DRC and the Minister of National Defense, in the presence of the Deputy Prime Minister of the Interior Gilbert Kandonde who represented the Head of State, is based on 4 pillars (areas) namely: - Civil-military cooperation; - Strategic communications; - Technical support for construction; - And support for learning English. In the 4 aforementioned areas, the country of Donald Trump will help the FARDC to achieve their objectives of improving communication with the civilian population, emphasizing human rights and continuing to professionalize its force, in particular through to English-language programs that "will open even more avenues for military training." According to Mike Hammer, with this Memorandum of Understanding, the United States of America shows its commitment to work with the DRC for the improvement of the armed forces of two countries and the continued growth of relations between the USA and the DRC .

Wife of ADF leader Moussa baluku has been captured

 DRC Armed Forces ambushed the ADF rebels during the night of Wednesday 22 to Thursday 23 October 2020 near Kainama, capital of the Banande-Kainama group, in the territory of Beni in the province of North Kivu. . According to the military spokesman for operations Sokola 1 in Beni, the attack took place in the region of Misingo where the enemy wanted to cross. " I confirm that. Our FARDC elements arrested the wife of ADF leader Moussa Baluku. She was at the head of a group that wanted to cross and that was spotted by our elements, ”Lieutenant Antony Mualushayi said on Friday. He adds that during this ambush "9 rebels were killed, 6 wounded, 98 ammunition recovered, 5 rebels captured and 2 wounded on the civilian side".