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Why is Serbia rearming itself at an alarming pace?
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Ukraine’s special operations forces captured the Russian Buk battery
Ukraine’s special operations forces reportedly captured a Russian Buk air defense battery equipped with TELAR (missile launcher) vehicle, reload vehicle and target-acquisition radar. The special operations forces’ message on their Facebook account noted that the […]
Air Platform
U.S. State Department Approves Eight F-16V Block 70 Aircraft For Bulgaria
The State Department has approved a sale to the Government of Bulgaria of F-16 Block 70 Aircraft and related equipment for an estimated cost of $1.673 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required […]
Defense Industry
France Replaces China As The Third Largest Arms Exporter
France increased its sales by 59% in the past 10 years, more than any other country. France “substantially” increased its exports of arms in the 2017-2021 period and is now the third biggest exporter of […]
Europe
Failed Intimidation Tactics, Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound Crashes Near Finish Border
A MiG-31 Foxhound fighter jet flying during routine training exercises crashed near the Finnish border in the Leningrad region of northwestern Russia on Friday, but the pilots were safely ejected. and no injuries were reported. […]
Air Platform
Ukraine shoot down Russia’s Newest Su-30S fighter jet, the pilot captured
At least one Russian Su-35S Flanker-E fighter jet was shot down by Ukrainian air defenses in the country’s eastern region. The Ukrainian military says that the aircraft came down on Sunday near the city of Izyum, […]
Europe
Turkey to Build Three Istanbul-Class Frigates Simultaneously
Turkey prepares to build three ISTIF class (I-class) frigates simultaneously in a rare move. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has detailed the plan for such decision. Speaking at the commissioning ceremony of Turkeys first national […]
Middle East
Saudi Arabia Commissions First Avante 2200 Class Corvette
The Avante 2200 corvette Al-Jubail, the first of five corvettes to be built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), has been commissioned. The commissioning ceremony was held today (31 March) at the Spanish Navy’s […]
Europe
China Delivers FK-3 (HQ-22) Anti-air System To Serbia
Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms build-up in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten […]
Europe
UK will send starstreak, NLAW, howitzer and loitering munitions worth £100 million to Ukraine
Boris Johnson was speaking at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following their first in-person meeting in London, hours after Berlin declined to send Marder tanks to Ukraine, arguing that Germany needs them for […]