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Americas

Why I admire Admiral William McRaven?

January 31, 2021 GDC 0

“Good men and women don’t last long”,- Former US Navy Admiral William McRaven William Harry McRaven was born in November 6, 1955 is a retired United States Navy four-star admiral who last served as the […]

  • Turkey celebrates as Bayraktar drone hits new milestone achieving 200,000 flight hours

    March 30, 2021 0
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  • Taiwan plans $40 billion defense budget with new missiles and drones for coastal strike missions.

    November 29, 2025 0
    Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has announced a seven-year, roughly 40 billion dollar supplemental defense budget to harden the island against a potential Chinese attack and accelerate an asymmetric shift in its military posture. The move [...]
  • Turkish arms makers showcase drones and helicopters aiming for export contracts at Paris Air Show

    June 22, 2023 0
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  • Ukraine destroys so called invincible S-400 surface-to-air missile battery

    January 22, 2023 0
    The Russian Armed Forces reportedly have lost its S-400 surface-to-air missile system.  Ukraine destroys Russia’s S-400 surface-to-air missile in Belgorod using HIMARS rocket artilleryDateJune 3, 2024Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks destroyed three S-300 surface-to-air missile launchersDateAugust [...]
  • U.S. Air Force Awarded $4.9 Billion Contract To Develop Next-gen Adaptive Engines

    September 12, 2022 0
    The US Air Force has awarded five companies $4.9 billion in contracts to develop next-generation fighter jet adaptive engine prototypes. F-16V To Be Sold As A Standardized PackageDateDecember 1, 2020Pratt & Whitney hits a key [...]
  • Russian IL-76 transport aircraft crashed near Moscow

    March 15, 2024 0
    In the Ivanovo region of Russia, A Russian military transport plane, the Il-76, has crashed near its home base in Ivanovo, Russia. According to numerous photos and videos capturing the moment of the plane’s descent, [...]
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 […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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  • Air Platform

    President Zelensky Confirms American-made F-16 Shoot Down Russian Cruise Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    French Kiss: Egypt Becomes The Largest Customer Of French Weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Boeing Defense received contracts to build P-8As Poseidon for South Korea and New Zealand

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves 23 F-model Chinook Helicopters For Egypt

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian soldiers show off captured Russian TOR anti-aircraft systems

  • C4iSR

    L3Harris Delivered 10,000th Enhanced Night Vision Goggles To U.S. Army

  • Europe

    Boeing Signs Drone Deal with Ukrainian Firm Antonov at Farnborough Airshow

  • Ballistic Missile

    South Korea Starts Ship-Launched Ballistic Missile Development

  • Europe

    British Eurofighter Typhoon Joins Air Combat Exercises With Swedish Gripen And Finish F/A-18 Hornet

  • Europe

    Russia’s Flagship Admiral Makarov Frigate Struck By Ukrainian Neptune Anti-Ship Missile

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic Donates Mi-24 Helicopters To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s HIMARS blew up North Korean-made 240mm M1991 rocket artillery

  • South Asia

    China launches fourth and final Type C13B corvette for Bangladesh Navy (Thief)

  • Middle East

    United Arab Emirates to get F-35 and MQ-9 Reaper drones

  • C4iSR

    Airbus selects Saab Gripen’s Arexis EW suite for Eurofighter EK (Electronic Combat) variant aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Germany and France cancelled the joint FCAS fighter jet project.

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy Launched AIP-powered TCG Muratreis at Golcuk Naval Shipyard

  • Air Platform

    Peru has overturned the decision to buy Gripen in favor of F-16V Block 70 to become major non-NATO ally.

  • Europe

    Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers cardiac arrest, collapses in bedroom: Telegram channel reported

  • C4iSR

    IAI and HHI to Supply Philippine Navy with ALPHA 3D Radar Systems

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine signs defense cooperation agreement with Swedish Saab

  • Middle East

    Turkey agrees to provide Bayraktar TB2 drones to Egypt

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine supplied air defense systems to Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    U.S. to Replenish Polish MiG-29 Inventory With F-16, If Poland Transfers MiGs to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. State Department Approves Javelin For Australia

  • Americas

    Biden Administration decided to lift the ban on American military contractors deploying in Ukraine

  • Europe

    BAE System’s ARCHER 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce NLAW For Finnish Army

  • Europe

    Russia Exposed: Captured Russian Pilots Admit That RuAF Distributed Garmin GPS and Pronebo Mobile App To Navigate In Ukraine

  • South Asia

    TKMS links up with Indian firm to work on submarine weapons technologies

  • Air Platform

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

  • Middle East

    IRGC commanders abandon posts, conscripted troops forced to guard IRGC position amid US and Israeli strikes – report

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems To Provide Next-gen Missile Approach Warning Systems for Apache Helicopters

  • Europe

    Russian invasion in Ukraine is not going according to plan, says Jens Stoltenberg

  • Europe

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Breaks Altitude Records Of 33,000 Feet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Says Indonesia Still In KFX Programme Despite Rafale And F-15EX Procurement

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shot Down Russian Su-34 Fighter-bomber

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russian Su-27 Aircraft Near Kyiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan scrambles F-16 to intercept Chinese KQ-200 MPA

  • Europe

    Ukrainian soldiers captured Russia’s armored vehicles in the Donbas region

  • Air Platform

    Emirati F-16s struck Iran dozens of times based on Israeli intelligence during the war, WSJ reported.

  • Americas

    President Trump sends nuclear submarines towards Russia over provocative statements by drunk Medvedev

  • Air Platform

    Sweden Considers Sending Gripen ‘Sukhoi Killer’ Fighter Jets To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Eurofighter Typhoon Fires Storm Shadow Cruise Missile First Time

  • Europe

    Turkish TB2 Drone Strike Killed Kurdish Leader in Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Republic of Korea Navy Launches First Four PKX-B Batch-II Patrol Vessels.

  • Air Platform

    The Philosophy Behind the Fighter Jet Design

  • Americas

    Boeing Started Factory Trials of QEAF F-15QA Fighter Jet

  • Europe

    Ukrainian ace pilot ‘ghost of Kyiv’ killed in plane crash

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rising Maritime Ambitions Of China, Where Does The West Stand?

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