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Month: August 2022

Europe

A drunk Russian Iskander-M transporter driver collided with a truck in Armavir

August 20, 2022 GDC 0

A huge transporter carrying tactical ballistic missiles appears to have been involved in a car crash in Russia. An image has emerged on social media that shows the aftermath of a bad car crash involving […]

Europe

Russian Ammunition Depot In Belgorod Catches Fire

August 19, 2022 GDC 0

A Russian ammunition depot located about nine miles from the Ukrainian border caught fire Thursday, forcing residents of two nearby settlements to evacuate, according to local authorities. Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Belgorod region, confirmed […]

Europe

Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery system

August 19, 2022 GDC 0

Ukrainian 44th Separate Artillery Brigade destroyed the Russian 2S5 self-propelled artillery system in eastern Ukraine. The footage, which was released by the Ukrainian military, appears to show the 2S5 Giatsint (Hyacinth) 152 mm self-propelled howitzer […]

Europe

Russian Soldiers Blow Up Turret Of Their Own Howitzers

August 19, 2022 GDC 0

Russian soldiers reportedly “blown up” the barrel of its upgraded 2S7M Malka 203mm self-propelled gun during the large-scale offensive in Donbas, Ukraine. Russia is already facing ammunition shortages due to the high intensity of the fighting […]

Europe

Vladimir Putin Sacks Admiral Igor Osipov After Crimea Blasts

August 19, 2022 GDC 0

Russia has replaced Admiral Igor Osipov, commander of its Crimea-based Black Sea Fleet, a state news agency reported on Wednesday. Russia’s RIA news agency cited sources as saying Osipov has been replaced with Viktor Sokolov. […]

Americas

US Army Successfully Tests Iron Dome Anti-air Missiles

August 19, 2022 GDC 0

US Army soldiers completed the latest Iron Dome Defense System interception test at the White Sands missile range. The tests by the US Army were in conjunction with the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Israeli Missile Defense Organization (IMDO) […]

Air-Launched Weapons

U.S.-made AGM-114 Hellfire Fragmentation Found In Enerhodar, Ukraine

August 18, 2022 GDC 0

U.S.-made AGM-114 Hellfire missiles were used for the first time in the Ukraine war to strike against the Russian position in Energodar, Ukraine. A photo surfaced on social media confirmed the report that the fragmentation […]

Air Platform

German Eurofighter Typhoon Is Coming To Australia For Exercises ‘Pitch Black’

August 18, 2022 GDC 0

Amid the tense situation in the Taiwan Strait, the German air force sent fighter jets to Asia for the first time on Tuesday (Aug. 16) to take part in exercises in Australia and will also […]

Europe

Royal Navy unveils new testbed ship XV Patrick Blackett

August 18, 2022 GDC 0

The 42m, 270-tonne vessel arrived in Portsmouth this week and is named after former Royal Navy sailor and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Blackett. It will be used by the navy’s experimentation and innovation experts NavyX […]

Europe

Turkey Turned Down Russian Offer To Buy Second Batch Of S-400 SAM Amid Sanctions

August 18, 2022 GDC 0

A Russian state news agency said on Tuesday that Russia and Turkey had signed a contract to ship Ankara a second batch of S-400 air defence systems, but a Turkish defence official immediately cast doubt […]

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  • US blocks chip supplies to Chinese Huawei Technologies

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     The Trump administration has moved to block global chip supplies to blacklisted telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies, spurring fears of Chinese retaliation and hammering shares of US producers of chipmaking equipment. Huawei 5G A new [...]
  • Donald Trump Awards Australian Prime Minister Morrison “The Legion of Merit”

    December 27, 2020 0
    Christmas came a little early for Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week when he received an award from outgoing US basket-case Donald Trump. Morrison, the only person who actually would have liked to have received [...]
  • Chinese SH-15 self-propelled howitzers performed worse in Brazilian army’s trials

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  • Turkish Foreign Minister sees strong potential for drone cooperation with Japan.

    June 1, 2026 0
    Türkiye is eager to cooperate with Japan in the field of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said, noting that joint development and production could offer significant opportunities to both countries. Japan to [...]
  • Anti-Putin forces ‘the Freedom of Russia Legion’ plan fresh attacks inside Russia

    July 10, 2023 0
    The commander of the Freedom of Russia Legion says his fighters are planning another cross-border raid into Russia and are seeking to capitalize on disarray inside the Kremlin following the mutiny by Yevgeny Prigozhin. Anti-Putin [...]
Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

  • Europe

    Baykar Defense To Launch Bayraktar TB2 and Alinci Drones Production Line in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia shot down its own S-70 Okhotnik heavy combat drone

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    F-35B releases StormBreaker smart weapon for the first time

  • Defense Industry

    Romania Cancels Warship Deal With France’s Naval Group

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Donates Second Guardian Class OPV To Papua New Guinea

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea dispatched the Cheongung‑II air defense system to the UAE to counter Iranian threats.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Tu-141 Drone Strikes Blew Up Russia’s Airbase And Su-34 Bombers Fleet

  • Americas

    Boeing P-8A Poseidon’s State-of-the-Art Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensors And Radars

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    New Zealand to buy five C-130J-30 Super Hercules transport aircraft

  • Middle East

    Pakistan’s economic trouble worsens as Saudi Arabia and the UAE demand debt repayment as Pakistan failed to keep military promises.

  • C4iSR

    U.S. and Israeli ‘Operation Epic Fury’ Shattered Illusions of China’s Beidou-3 And Huawei’s 5G Communist Technology Based on Plagiarism in Iran.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    FrankenSAM program: Ukraine to retrofit AIM-9X Sidewinder On To Soviet-era Buk Launcher

  • Europe

    Finland Ordered Pre-production Patria 6×6 Armored Vehicle

  • Europe

    Poland, Bulgaria and Slovakia Backflipped on Fighter Jets Transfer to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Amid China tension, IAF ordered 21 mothballed MiG-29s and 12 Sukhoi 30s from VKS worth $780 million

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army To Finally Inducts ‘Owl’ Electric-Powered Kamikaze Drone

  • Europe

    Russians queues at money exchange as new U.S. sanctions forced Russia to halt transaction in dollars and euros

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China places highest-ranking military generals under investigation.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Forces Pushed Russian Troops 70 KM from Kyiv

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli 100kw Iron Beam air defense system is fully operational.

  • Cruise Missiles

    Poland purchases several hundred JASSM extended-range cruise missiles worth $735 million.

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force retires all MiG-27ML from its service

  • Americas

    BAE Systems demonstrates new version of US Marine Corps’ combat vehicle

  • Europe

    Russian Missile Developer Mikhail Shatsky Found Dead Near Moscow, A Huge Setback For Russia, India and China

  • Europe

    Ukrainian F-16 shot down Russian Su-34 fighter bombers in another humiliation for Russia

  • Europe

    Satellite photos show Russian helicopters destroyed in Crimea.

  • Air Platform

    Loss of Sukhoi Su-57 in Ukraine war would be death blow to Russia’s collapsing aerospace industry

  • Europe

    Bulgaria donates 100 BTR-60 armored vehicles to Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Leaked Exchange Reveals Iran’s President Pezeshkian and Vahidi Clash Over U.S. Talks and Crumbling Iranian Economy.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s Air Force Received U.S.-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    The U.S. Deploys More PAC-3 and THAAD Missile Defense System in the Middle East.

  • Middle East

    U.S. Carrier Strike Group Arrives in the Middle East Amid Iran Tensions.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Taiwan Deploys 250KM Hsiung Feng III Anti-ship Missile

  • Europe

    Turkish STM Unveils Fast Attack Craft Design

  • Europe

    Russian troops fled from Ukraine frontline, Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin claims

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Xi Jinping Purged Top Nuclear Scientists, Radar and Missile Designer Amid Chinese-made System Failures in Pakistan, Iran and Venezuela.

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy’s HMS Diamond arrives in Gibraltar with series of ‘kill marks’ on flanks

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian landing ship ‘Novocherkassk’ in Crimea

  • Europe

    Several ATACMS strikes at Dzhankoy airbase destroyed five S-400 launchers, 15 helicopters and killed 30 Russian airmen

  • Europe

    Denmark Bolsters Military Presence in Greenland Amid U.S. Tensions.

  • Europe

    Vladimir Putin “realizes he’s made a mistake” with the invasion of Ukraine, says Commander James Stavridis

  • Americas

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Carl-Gustaf Weapon System For US Army

  • Industry

    Hindustan Aeronautics Shuts Down Production Line Of Su-30MKI Fighters

  • Air Platform

    France Delivers Six Mirage 2000-5F Fighter Jets to Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Netanyahu tells Israel ‘We are at war’ after Hamas fired 5000 rockets at Israel

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CNS Fujian vs USS Ford: here’s why the USS Ford supercarrier is superior to CNS Fujian.

  • Americas

    President Biden To Explore His Ancestors In Irish County Louth

  • Europe

    Putin tastes his own medicine as Ukraine’s SBU destroyed 40 of Putin’s prized Tu-22M, Tu-95 and A-50 Beriev AWACS

  • Americas

    Pentagon-funded research aided Chinese military, congressional report says.

  • Middle East

    Israel deploys Dolphin-class submarines amid rising tensions with Iran

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