Defense Industry
Turkish Defense Exports Reached $8.5 Billion in 2024.
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Air Platform
Ukraine’s kamikaze drone destroyed Russia’s only Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft.
Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) said it disabled a Russian Il-38N maritime patrol aircraft ahead of a separate operation that destroyed a Russian Kilo-class submarine in the port of Novorossiysk. The disclosure reveals a two-phase operation […]
South Asia
China’s CCTV Surveillance Empire at Home and in Nepal Built on American Technologies.
The white dome of Boudhanath rises like a silent guardian over the chaotic sprawl of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu, crowned by a golden spire that pierces the sky. Painted on each of the spire’s four sides […]
Air-Launched Weapons
Sweden’s Gripen Test Fires Taurus KEPD Cruise Missile For Deep Strike Capability.
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Europe
Nordic Air Defence to trial Kreuger interceptor drone in Ukraine.
Nordic Air Defence plans winter flight tests of its Kreuger interceptor drone, followed by trials in Ukraine, according to company officials. Nordic Air Defence confirmed in an interview with Defender Media that it will flight-test […]
Africa
Pakistan has struck a $4 billion arms deal with Libyan National Army, including JF-17 fighter jets, Super Mushak trainer and other equipment.
Pakistan has reached a deal worth over $4 billion to sell military equipment to the Libyan National Army, four Pakistani officials said, despite a U.N. arms embargo on the fractured North African country. The deal, […]
Americas
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build Peru-class Next-Generation Submarine.
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Europe
Turkish shipbuilder delivers the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy.
On December 20, 2025, Türkiye formally delivered the MILGEM corvette PNS Khaibar to the Pakistan Navy during a ceremony in Istanbul led by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. The handover underscores Ankara’s expanding defense export footprint […]
Europe
Russia’s Su-30 and Su-27 Fighter Jets Caught Fire at Lipetsk Airbase.
Ukrainian military intelligence says two Russian fighter aircraft were disabled during a fire at a military airfield near the city of Lipetsk overnight on Dec. 20–21, in what Kyiv describes as a sabotage operation carried […]
Anti-air Missiles
Germany Purchases Additional Arrow-3 Missile Defense System Worth $3.1 Billion.
On December 18, 2025, the Israeli Ministry of Defense announced the signing of a new defense contract with Germany valued at approximately $3.1 billion to expand the Arrow-3 air defense missile system. The agreement builds […]