February 2025 – Page 11 – Global Defense Corp

Korean Aerospace Industries Flies Surion Marine Attack Helicopter

February 6, 2025 GDC 0

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Bangladesh Air Guard’s Former Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan Sued For Money Laundering and Corruption

February 6, 2025 GDC 0

On Wednesday, the Anti-Corruption Commission filed three cases on corruption charges against nine people, including Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan. The commission initiated an inquiry against former Air Force chief, Air Chief Marshal Sheikh […]

Turkiye progressed with Eurofighter Typhoon acquisition

February 5, 2025 GDC 0

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President Trump gives orders to ‘obliterate’ Iran if regime assassinates him

February 5, 2025 GDC 0

President Donald Trump said he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. “If they did that they would be obliterated,” the US president said today in an exchange with reporters while […]

Turkiye to export attack helicopters to Germany and drones to USA

February 5, 2025 GDC 0

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GLONASS errors caused Russian cruise missiles to hit Russia’s Lipetsk region

February 5, 2025 GDC 0

Thus is the dramatic moment that a Putin missile targeting Ukraine hits Russia instead after receiving erroneous target data from Russia’s GLONASS guidance system, in an embarrassing multi-million-dollar blunder. The huge explosion reportedly plunged 540 […]

North Korean troops received AK-47, but no winter clothes, helmets or body armor to fight in Ukraine

February 4, 2025 GDC 0

After months of rapt attention focusing on the thousands of North Koreans battling alongside Moscow’s troops close to Russia’s border with Ukraine, Pyongyang’s fighters appear to have vanished. Captured North Koreans told Ukraine’s military intelligence […]

Turkiye to sale tanks, missiles and warships to Saudi Arabia worth $6 billion

February 4, 2025 GDC 0

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Nigeria purchases twelve Alpha Jet aircraft from France

February 4, 2025 GDC 0

On December 4, 2024, General Hasan Abubakar, Chief of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), announced the acquisition of twelve second-hand Alpha Jet E aircraft from the French Air and Space Force (Armée de l’Air et […]

Belarus unveils new low-cost precision missile ‘Ascalon’

February 4, 2025 GDC 0

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Negotiations Breakthrough After Naval Group Submits Revised Proposal For Australian Submarine Programme

March 4, 2021 0

The Morrison government is verging on a breakthrough on its troubled $90 billion submarine program after months of tense negotiations with French company Naval Group over cost blowouts, delays and local content requirements. Egypt Plans [...]
Hensoldt Awarded $241 Million Contact For Eurofighter’s AESA Radar

April 26, 2021 0

Hensoldt has been awarded a roughly $241 million contract to produce active electronically scanned array (AESA) radars for the German air force’s 38 Project Quadriga Eurofighters. Airbus ordered Hensoldt AESA radars for German EurofightersDateJuly 6, [...]
European Union Will Spend $4.3 Billion on Integrated Air Defense System

August 26, 2024 0

European nations say they’re planning a $4.3 billion joint air and missile defense system.Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said creating an Iron Dome similar to Israel’s was “necessary.” Azerbaijan Bought Israeli Iron Dome Missile SystemDateMay [...]
HIMARS Rocket’s Precision Strikes, A Nightmare For Russian Army

July 18, 2022 0

Citing information released by the Ukrainian army, the M142 HIMARS MLRS (Multiple Launch Rocket System) systems donated by the United States are making an impact on the conflict in Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, the rockets fired [...]
Japan’s Soryu-class Submarine Collides With Commercial Ship

February 9, 2021 0

Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine collided Monday with a commercial vessel in the Pacific Ocean off Shikoku, with three crew members on the submarine slightly injured but no major damage reported, government officials said. Japan [...]
Thales Awarded Support Contract for Australian Navy’s Anti-submarine Torpedo

October 13, 2021 0

Defence contractor Thales Australia has secured a contract from the Australian Department of Defense to maintain the Royal Australian Navy’s (RAN) MU90 lightweight torpedo. Thales Australia awarded $160 million contract to build more Bushmasters after [...]

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

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British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]