January 2022 – Page 14 – Global Defense Corp

The Philippines Buys Two Corvettes From South Korea Worth $556 Million

January 3, 2022 GDC 0

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Israeli Could Strike Iran As It Struck Iraqi And Syrian Nuclear Reactor

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

Tensions are escalating between Iran and Israel. Israel has said it had destroyed nearly all of Iran’s military capabilities in Syria. It was reportedly retaliation for an Iranian missile attack on the Golan Heights. Israeli […]

Exposed: Export Variant Su-57E Borrows Radar, OLS From MiG-35 And Engine From Su-35

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

The day before, at a meeting in Sochi on military topics, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to conclude a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 fighters by 2028 and thereby re-equip three aviation regiments of […]

South Korea Next In-line to Built Nuclear Submarines With Domestic Reactors

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

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Malaysia Negotiating With Kuwait to Buy Legacy F/A-18 Hornet

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

Malaysia is hoping to buy Kuwait’s entire fleet of Boeing F/A-18 Hornet multi-role fighter jets, although discussions between both governments over the sale have yet to begin. Speaking during a question-and-answer session in Malaysia’s parliament, […]

Chancellor Merkel’s last-minute approval sees German arms exports peak at $5.6 billion

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

After a last-minute approval of arms deals in the billions by Angela Merkel’s departing government, Germany’s weapons exports reached a record level in 2021, despite the government only acting in an executive capacity at the […]

Ukraine, Denmark Signs MoU On Developing Multipurpose Naval Vessel

January 1, 2022 GDC 0

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Ministry of Infrastructure of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defence of Denmark concerning cooperation on developing and enhancing Ukraine’s maritime capabilities. Under the MoU, a consortium […]

President Biden Approves $770 Billion Defense Spending

January 1, 2022 GDC 0

U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, authorizing nearly $770 billion in military spending, including a 2.7% pay raise for service members, for the fiscal year 2022, […]

Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II: The Ultimate Fighter Jet

January 1, 2022 GDC 0

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Umka-2021: Russian Nuclear Submarines Were Forced To Surface, Lacks Countermeasures, Says Maxim Klimov

April 18, 2021 0

Russian nuclear submarines were vulnerable to the western submarines, Vietnamese newspaper Soha reports. Modern Russian nuclear submarines have proven to be quite vulnerable to Western submarines. According to preliminary information, even newly built submarines can [...]
Japan sets to procure more AMRAAMs

August 31, 2020 0

Japan will buy another lot of 32 AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM), with support, for an estimated cost of US$63m, with Raytheon Missile Systems acting as the prime contractor. The State Department has made a determination [...]
Ukraine Created Tank Battalion Using Captured T-62, T-72, T-80 And T-90 Tanks

October 30, 2022 0

According to information published on Social Networks, the Ukrainian armed forces would have captured around 500 Russian Main Battle tanks (MBTs) including T-62M, T-62MV, T-64A, T-64BV, T-72A, T-72AV, T-72B, T-72B3, T-72-B3M, T-80BV, T-80 BVK, T-80U, [...]
Saab Integrates Mixed Reality into Gripen Simulators

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Sweden agrees to extend Gripen lease with Czech Republic

June 4, 2025 0

On June 3, 2025, the Czech Ministry of Defence announced its acceptance of a renewed lease offer from Sweden for the continued operation of 12 Saab JAS-39 Gripen fighter jets through 2035. The contract proposal [...]
Indian Army’s HAL Dhruv Helicopter crashes into Ranjit Sagar Dam

August 7, 2021 0

Today an ALH Dhruv helicopter of the Indian Army crashed into the Ranjit Sagar Dam located in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. Initial reports suggested at least five were on board the chopper, [...]