The FREMM frigate “Alsace” is set to begin its initial sea trials in early October, Naval News learned from Naval Group, the shipbuilder. It is the first of two air-defence frigates known as FREMM DA […]
China’s navy is on the rise, steadily adding new ships and submarines. The Royal Australian Navy with its 17,000 sailors and 50 or so large ships isn’t big—for comparison, the U.S. Navy’s payroll is more than […]
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said in a statement that Yang Manchun (pennant number DDG 973) officially returned to service on 9 September 2020 following a ceremony held at the Jinhae Naval Base […]
Swiss company RUAG Aerostructures has received the final approval for the airworthiness test for the first payload suspension (pylon) for Saab Gripen E/F aircraft. Swiss company RUAG Aerostructures has received the final approval for the […]
U.S. Air Force aerial warfare experts are asking Raytheon Technologies Corp. to upgrade the U.S. Navy and Air Force AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) under terms of a $125 million four-year contract announced Wednesday. Officials […]
Greece plans to arm very heavily and it will spend more than €10 billion in the next 5 years to strengthen its military. What appears to be Greece’s most ambitious military overhaul in nearly two […]
“The time has come to reinforce the armed forces… these initiatives constitute a robust programme that will become a national shield,” the PM said. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Saturday announced a “robust” arms […]
KBP’s Pantsir (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound) series short-range air defence system was thought to have entered service with the Russian armed forces from 2005. Deployments The Pantsir’s were deployed in the Syrian and Libyan […]
Bahrain has become the latest Arab nation to agree to normalise ties with Israel as part of a broader diplomatic push by US President Donald Trump and his administration to fully integrate the Jewish state […]
New Delhi (GDC) — China has amassed over 50,000 troops and a range of aircraft and missile systems across the Line of Actual Control but the top level of the Indian government assesses that the […]
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