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Naval Platforms

Indian Navy’s second P15B destroyer INS Mormugao starts sea trials

December 23, 2021 GDC 0

INS Mormugao, the Indian Navy’s second indigenous destroyer of the P15B class (Visakhapatnam-class), has officially started its sea trials. The sea trials commenced on 19 December, the Indian Navy reported. INS Mormugao was built at […]

Infantry Weapons

Qatar Becomes the First Export Customer of HISAR SAM

December 22, 2021 GDC 0

Negotiations are reportedly underway between the Qatari Ministry of Defense, accompanied by Barzan Holding, and the Turkish companies Aselsan and Roketsan for the supply of Hisar air defense systems. For the moment, few details have […]

Infantry Weapons

Pakistan Test Fires Domestically Made Babur 1B Cruise Missile With 900KM Range

December 22, 2021 GDC 0

Pakistan’s military has tested a home-grown Babur 1B cruise missile that has a range of more than 900 kilometers (560 miles), twice the distance of an earlier missile of the same model, said a statement […]

Air Platform

Sec. Blinken says U.S. ready to move forward with sale of F-35s, drones to UAE

December 22, 2021 GDC 0

The United States is ready to move forward with the sale of F-35 fighter jets and drones to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), its top diplomat said Wednesday, a day after Abu Dhabi told Washington […]

Europe

MBDA’s Marte ER Anti-Ship Missile Successfully Passes Final Test

December 22, 2021 GDC 0

MBDA’s new Marte ER anti-ship missile successfully completed its final test firing at the end of November 2021. Carried out at an Italian test range in Sardinia, the firing was a key milestone in the […]

Air Platform

The Chinese J-20 fighter flew with a domestic engine

December 22, 2021 GDC 0

The maker of the J-20, China’s most advanced fighter jet, revealed that it recently broke records in terms of aircraft delivery due to high demand, with experts saying on Sunday that the J-20 has entered […]

Air Platform

Finland Ordered 64 Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Jets For $9.4 Billion

December 21, 2021 GDC 0

Finland has chosen U.S. defense giant Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighters to replace ageing F/A-18 combat jets and plans to order 64 planes with weapons systems in a $9.4 billion deal, the government said on Friday. […]

Air Platform

Here’s Why Indian Air Force Declined Russia’s Offer to Buy 117S Engine and Irbis-E Radar?

December 21, 2021 GDC 0

The Su-30MKI is powered by two Lyulka-Saturn AL-31FP turbofans, each rated at 12,500 kgf (27,550 lbf) of full afterburning thrust, which enable speeds of up to Mach 2 in horizontal flight and a rate of […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

New Zealand Received Rheinmetall HX 8×8 Heavy Recovery Vehicles

December 21, 2021 GDC 0

Rheinmetall announced today the delivery of three HX 8×8 Heavy Recovery Vehicles to the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) at an official ceremony on November 25th 2021 at the Trentham Military Camp in Wellington, New […]

Defense Industry

Here’s why, China ditches Russian-made jet engines?

December 21, 2021 GDC 0

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  • India to arm Rafale with HAMMER precision strike missile

    July 26, 2020 0
    India is planning to also equip its new Rafale fighter jets, which already have a deadly weapons package, with the “Hammer” air-to-ground precision-guided munitions amid the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh. The [...]
  • Chinese scholar says Russia’s defeat in Ukraine is inevitable

    April 19, 2024 0
    Feng Yujun, a professor at Fudan University and director of the Center for Russian and Central Asian Studies, has openly stated that Russia will face defeat in its ongoing conflict with Ukraine. Professor Yujun researched [...]
  • Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL) delivers the second project 15B destroyer, to the Indian navy

    January 26, 2023 0
    The second ship of Project 15B guided missile destroyers being built at Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited (MDL), was delivered to the Indian Navy on 24 November 2022. Indian Navy’s second P15B destroyer INS Mormugao starts [...]
  • South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Test Fires Meteor Air-to-air Missile

    October 7, 2024 0
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  • Taiwanese Air Force test-fires locally made cruise missiles

    November 1, 2020 0
    TAIPEI (GDC) — A two-seater Indigenous Defense Fighter (IDF) from the Air Force’s First Fighter Wing on Wednesday (Nov. 11) took off from Tainan to carry out a test firing of the domestically built Wan [...]
  • Indian Navy to house INS Vikrant at a private shipyard

    March 17, 2020 0
    A shortage of modernisation funds to create new bases and projects, the Indian Navy is now going to deploy its frontline aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at a private shipyard in Chennai as its planned base [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Europe

    No SATNAV and datalink: Russia’s special forces using 1940s paper map to navigate in Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK and USA Formally Sign Agreement On Nuclear Submarine

  • Europe

    Chilling Comms and Dramatic Video Footage Shows Killing of Russian Commander Colonel Andrei Zakharov

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian forces destroy a column of Russian multiple launch rocket systems

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy Introduces New Camouflage Uniform

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistani Shipyard Laid Keel For Third MILGEM Warship

  • Europe

    Ukraine equips maritime drones with R-73 air-to-air missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine uses a new type of kamikaze drone to strike Russian targets

  • Africa

    South African Army Displays New Badger 8×8 Armored Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Started Building Second NGAD Site in Saint Louis

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter Class Frigate Is In Troubled Water

  • Americas

    Raytheon, Rafael to build new Tamir missile production facility in Arkansas

  • Air Platform

    Slovenia purchased Leonardo C-27J Spartan tactical transport aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Philippine Air Force Will Deploy FA-50 Fighter Jets In Australia For The First Time

  • C4iSR

    Australian Super Hornet Fighter Jets Will Receive New Infrared Search And Tracking System

  • Europe

    U.S. Modern Weapon Will Help Change the War: Ukraine Ambassador

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    IP Theft By China: Australia To Tighten Export Control Laws To Protect Research Data

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    Europe

    Poland sets to order Rak Self-propelled Mortars

  • Air Platform

    Boeing, MHI Partner on State of the Art Upgrades to Japan’s F-15J fleet

  • Land Platform

    Indian Army’s T-90 Tank Lost Multi-nation Tank Biathlon Due To Engine Oil Leaks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese Navy commissions first Type 054B frigate

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine war: Iraq grounds Mi-17 and Mi-28NE helicopters, purchases American helicopters

  • Europe

    Untrained Russian Conscripts Struggling To Operate Tanks And Armored Vehicles

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Started Show Treason Trials Of Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientists

  • Europe

    Swedish DMA Extends Gripen Maintenance Contract With Saab

  • Americas

    President Biden Commissions Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine, USS Delaware

  • Central Asia

    Afhgan Air Force Strikes Killed 45 Pakistan-backed Taliban militants : gov’t

  • Europe

    Ukraine Strikes Russian Black Sea Fleet HQ With A Kamikaze Drone

  • Europe

    World-first, Turkish Akinci drone test fires Cakir cruise missiles

  • Air Platform

    Germany blocks Eurofighter jets sale to Saudi Arabia over Yemen conflict

  • Air Platform

    Myanmar Air Force Received Russia’s Su-30SME Fighter Jets

  • Middle East

    Syrian rebels capture central city of Hama in severe setback to president Assad

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Pass Through Dover Strait

  • Defense Industry

    Royal Navy To Build Five More Type 26 Frigates Amid Ukraine War

  • Europe

    South Korea’s DAPA to Develop Naval L-SAM Program for KDDX Destroyer

  • Europe

    Russian Retreating From Northern Ukraine Exposed Russian Propaganda About Its Military Might

  • Americas

    Austal USA Breaks Ground On The New Steel Manufacturing Line

  • Defense Industry

    Japan loosens arms exports control as geopolitical tensions in the Indo-Pacific heats up

  • Americas

    Ingalls Shipbuilding awarded a contract to build LPD 32 for US Navy

  • Europe

    Turkey new stealth drone undergoes 1st internal weapon bay test firing

  • Air Platform

    Indian Cabinet Approved The Procurement of 56 C-295MW Transport Aircraft

  • Europe

    Turkey successfully test-fires domestically produced long-range Siper missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Type 625 Anti-air Gun System

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aerospace’s Anka UCAV Flew Over 30 Hours Setting A New Record

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese soldiers moved beyond Ladakh border

  • Defense Industry

    Sukhoi And MiG Merge Into United Aircraft Corp To Avoid Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • Europe

    Hyundai Rotem favored to land $9 billion K2 tank deal with Poland

  • Air Platform

    Royal Australian Air Force Plans to Join British-led Global Combat Air Program Sixth-gen Fighter Jet Consortium

  • Air Platform

    Chinese spy offered Taiwanese pilot $15 million to defect with a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter

  • C4iSR

    AN/TPQ-53 or Q-53 Radar Systems

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