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Year: 2021

Middle East

Russian S-400 Watches As The Israeli Air Force Bombs Latakia Port Destroying Iranian Weapons Cache

December 31, 2021 GDC 0

Israeli air strikes against targets in Syria may be one of the main reasons for the growing crisis between Russia and Turkey since they’re highlighting the Russian-made S-400 air defense systems may not be as effective as Turkey believed. […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin To Develop A New Variant Of F-35 For Unspecified Customer

December 31, 2021 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to design and develop a variant of its F-35 Lighting II Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) geared towards the requirements of an unspecified foreign customer. The US Department of Defense (DoD) […]

Air Platform

Pakistan Buys Chinese J-10C Fighter Jets

December 30, 2021 GDC 0

Islamabad (GDC) –Pakistan has acquired 25 Chinese multirole J-10C fighter jets in response to India’s purchase of Rafale aircraft, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said on Wednesday. The minister told reporters in his home […]

Europe

Fincantieri Awarded $463 Million Contract to Build Second LSS for Italian Navy

December 30, 2021 GDC 0

A consortium led by Italian company Fincantieri has signed a contract with OCCAR (Organization Conjointe de Cooperation sur l’Armement, the international organization for joint armament cooperation) for the construction of a second logistic support ship […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s HMS Portland Receives Major Refit

December 30, 2021 GDC 0

HMS Portland, the Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigate, is ready to take its place on the front line of naval operations after completing 8-month long regeneration. Eight months after emerging from a major refit in its […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China Donates Type 035B Submarine To Myanmar

December 29, 2021 GDC 0

Myanmar commissioned a former People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN or Chinese Navy) Type 35B Ming-class submarine from China last week. The submarine, named “UMS Minye Kyaw Htin” joined the fleet during a ceremony on 24 […]

Europe

Amid Tensions With Russia, French Warship Visits Ukrainian Port

December 29, 2021 GDC 0

A French warship has dogged in a Ukrainian port. The visit by the French anti-submarine frigade to Ukraine as it comes amid mounting tensions with Russia reported Kyiv Post. East-West tensions are at a high […]

Air Platform

Boeing is testing AH-64E Block 2, the new high-speed Apache concept

December 29, 2021 GDC 0

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Americas

U.S. Senate Cleared $4.9 Billion Funding For New Arleigh Burke-class Destroyers

December 29, 2021 GDC 0

The US Senate has authorized the country’s annual defense funding bill, allocating $4.9 billion for the procurement of three Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. The US Senate voted on 15 December for a version of the National […]

Defense Industry

Serbia Plans To Buy New Fighter Jets

December 29, 2021 GDC 0

Croatia announced it will purchase 12 used French Rafale fighter jets for almost a billion EUR. The country cited tensions in the region as the reason why it must establish military deterrence. “This will not […]

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  • Japan’s MHI launches ‘Mogami’ first-in-class 30FFM Frigate for the JMSDF

    March 12, 2021 0
    Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Nagasaki launched “Mogami”, the first-in-class 30FFM, a next generation frigate for the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF). Japan’s First FFM Frigate JS Mogami Started Sea TrialsDateOctober 14, 2021Japan’s [...]
  • Royal Thai Air Force’s Gripen fighter jets bombed Cambodia as fights erupted between both neighbors for border disputes

    July 24, 2025 0
    A Thai Gripen fighter jet destroyed a Cambodian military target after dozens of Thai villages had been evacuated because of Cambodian shelling. Cambodia has requested an urgent meeting with the UN, and Thailand’s embassy in [...]
  • Saab In The Spotlight As It Delivers Third GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System To UAE

    March 18, 2021 0
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  • U.S. Special Forces Seized Chinese Cargo Ship Off the Coast of Sri Lanka Linked to Iran’s Missile Program.

    December 16, 2025 0
    U.S. special forces boarded a vessel in the Indian Ocean and seized Chinese dual-use components linked to Iran’s missile program, according to U.S. officials cited by the Wall Street Journal. Iranian-flag cargo ship Touska was [...]
  • Indian Air Force readies Airbase to welcome Rafale Fighter Jet

    September 10, 2019 0
    Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria takes a sortie in a Rafale jet at French Air Force’s Mont de Marsan air base The Indian Air Force is expected to resurrect its ‘Golden Arrows’ 17 Squadron on September [...]
  • The armed forces of Ireland are not ‘fit-for-purpose’ military in Europe, cannot defend itself

    July 5, 2023 0
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has done wonders for NATO. He has united the alliance in a manner not seen since the Cold War. Moreover, were it not for his invasion of Ukraine, neither Finland nor [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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  • Europe

    Kremlin’s inner circle Oligarchs planning another coup to oust Putin

  • South Asia

    Ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Her Son Sajeeb Wazed Joy And Niece Tulip Siddiq Embezlled $5 Billion From Overpriced $12.65 Billion Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant Through Malaysian Banks

  • Infantry Weapons

    BAE Systems To Manufacturer M777 Light Weight Howitzers In India

  • Europe

    Finland To Donate Leopard Tanks To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Vlad Admits Russia Does Not Have Winter Clothes For Conscripts

  • Europe

    Leaked phone calls revealed Russian politician Akhmedov referred to Putin as “Satan” and “dwarf”

  • Europe

    Turkish Bayraktar TB3 Started Operational Deployment on TCG Anadolu.

  • Europe

    Danish company OMT unveils the 01 family of combat vessels and patrol boats.

  • Europe

    Casualties of S-400 Deal: Turkish Albayraklar Defence seized operations

  • South Asia

    UN Urges Bangladesh To Open Criminal Probe Into Bangladesh Army Chief’s Corruption

  • Defense Industry

    Israel will invest $110 billion to develop independent arms industry.

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan used TB2 drone to destroy twelve 9K33 Osa short-range anti-aircraft systems of Armenia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing awarded $3.1 billion contract to supply Harpoon and SLAM ER

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Repeat Incursions By PLA Air Force Into Taiwanese Airspace

  • Naval Platforms

    RTN’s submarine acquisition stalls as Thai economy hits by Coronavirus

  • Air Platform

    Swedish MP Urges Swedish Government To Supply Gripen Fighter Jets To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italian Army has received its first new-generation SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defense systems.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall To Bid For Future German Air Defense System

  • Europe

    $10.3 billion worth of outdated tech, machinery and parts China supplied to Russia is certain proof that China is using the same outdated tech in its missiles, the Telegraph Reported.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China tests scramjet powered hypersonic weapons

  • Europe

    Turkiye unveils Tayfun Block-4 hypersonic missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Xi Jinping Snubs Vlad For Faltering Ukraine Invasion, Assures Kazakhstan’s Sovereignty

  • Infantry Weapons

    Qatar Becomes the First Export Customer of HISAR SAM

  • Europe

    Ukrainian FPV drones set fire at a Russian warehouse, destroying billions of spare parts for high-value military vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Germany should deliver Panavia Tornado jets to Ukraine instead of sending them boneyard

  • Americas

    Ursa Major successfully tests new Draper engine

  • Air Platform

    Gripen is the first fighter jet to fly in GPS denied environment

  • Africa

    US and Morocco Sign $240 Million Armor Vehicle Deal

  • Air Platform

    Images show Ukraine’s kamikaze drones damaged four Su-24M and two Su-34 bombers at Morozovsk airfield in Russia’s Rostov Oblast

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia Purchases 200 AIM-120D AMRAAM from Raytheon

  • Europe

    Russia lost its first Chinese-made all-terrain vehicles in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Australia To Build Six New Patrol Vessels, Amid Laser Attack On RAAF’S Poseidon Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Greece will purchase additional Rafale F4 fighter jets.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion Contract To Develop Air-launched Nuclear Cruise Missiles

  • Europe

    Russia Omits Su-35, Su-57 and T-14 Armata From Victory Day Parade

  • Infantry Weapons

    National Advanced Surface to Air Missile System (NASAMS) II: The Most Advanced Ground Based Air Defence Systems In The World

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Lists Arafura-Class Patrol Boat As ‘Project Of Concern’

  • Naval Platforms

    German ThyssenKrupp to deliver Invincible-class submarine to Singapore in 2022

  • Americas

    Chinese jets ‘buzzed’ Canadian CP-140 Aurora EW aircraft, risking mid-air collision

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy Destroyer sets sail through South China Sea

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $8.5 Billion Sale Of 60 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters To Germany

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Malaysian Navy launched second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), Raja Muda Nala

  • Europe

    China deploys 200-ton aluminium hull low-tech type 22 boats in South China Sea

  • Air Platform

    China’s focus on external appearance rather than developing sensors, radar, and avionics is appeasing the Communist Party, but not enhancing combat efficacy.

  • Europe

    Romania Received First MIM-104 Patriot Missile Defense Systems

  • Air Platform

    Grim Prospect of Sukhoi Design Bureau

  • South Asia

    India wants to purchase 114 Rafale F5 fighter jets amid tensions with Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Tu-141 Drone Struck Third Russian Airbase

  • Europe

    Ukraine Parades Captured Russian Military Vehicles In Kyiv

  • Americas

    The USAF And RAAF Join F-35 Training Partnership

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