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Air Platform

Air Marshal AK Bharti confirmed the Indian Air Force lost nine aircraft during the Kashmir skirmish

May 28, 2025 GDC 0

The four-day conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan this month ended with a ceasefire, and both claimed victory. Still, it now appears that China’s defence industry might also be an unlikely winner. The latest flare-up […]

Anti-air Missiles

U.S. Approves NASAMS Anti-air Missile And AIM-120 AMRAAM-ER Missiles Sale To Taiwan

October 27, 2024 GDC 0

The United States has approved a potential $2 billion arms sale package to Taiwan, the Pentagon said on Friday, including the delivery for the first time to the island of an advanced air defense missile […]

Air-Launched Weapons

U.S. State Department Approves Potential Sale Of JASSM, AIM-120 AMRAAM And AIM-9X Sidewinder To Poland

March 29, 2024 GDC 0

The US State Department approved the potential sale of 821 AGM-158B-2 air-to-surface missiles worth $1.77 billion to Poland on Tuesday. “The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the […]

Air-Launched Weapons

U.S. State Department Approves 250 AMRAAM For Sweden Worth $605 Million

July 10, 2023 GDC 0

Sweden wants to acquire AIM-120 AMRAAM air-to-air missiles. The potential deal has been approved by the US State Department. The Nordic country wants 250 AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM missiles. The contract is worth $605 million. The deal […]

Europe

Raytheon Awarded $1.2 Billion Contract To Deliver Six NASAMS II Anti-air Missiles System To Ukraine

December 1, 2022 GDC 0

In Washington, a $1.2 billion contract for six National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (Nasams) for Ukraine was awarded to Raytheon, the Pentagon said. The United States has approved sending Ukraine a total of eight Nasams […]

Air Platform

Ukraine To Receive Two Batteries Of NASAMS Anti-air Missiles

October 21, 2022 GDC 0

By the end of autumn, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive two batteries of NASAMS air defense missile systems. The Pentagon once again reminded that the United States is working on supplying air defense […]

Air-Launched Weapons

UK Donates Hundreds Of AMRAAM Missiles For Ukraine’s NASAMS MK2 Launchers

October 19, 2022 GDC 0

According to information published by the British Ministry of Defense, the United Kingdom will donate hundreds of additional AMRAAM surface-to-air missiles used with the NASAMS air defense system, of other types, previously provided, will also be donated […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Biden Administration Approves $1.1 Billion Arms Sales To Taiwan

September 4, 2022 GDC 0

The Biden administration approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan. Chinese embassy spokesman Liu Pengyu said Saturday China was “firmly opposed” to the sales, which “severely jeopardize China-US relations and peace and stability across […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Kuwait Cleared To Buy 60 AIM-120 AMRAAM From Raytheon

August 27, 2022 GDC 0

The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Kuwait of Advanced Weapons in Support of the Eurofighter Typhoon Aircraft Program and related equipment for an estimated […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Why Missiles Fired From F-22 Raptor And F-35 Are Hard To Detect?

January 11, 2022 GDC 0

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  • Indian Navy Selects Rolls-Royce MT30 Propulsion for All Future Warships

    November 1, 2021 0
    As part of the UK’s upcoming Carrier Strike Group tour, UK-based engineering company Rolls-Royce wants to explore opportunities for partnering with the Indian Navy to offer end-to-end solutions for the electrification of future warships. Indian [...]
  • South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Test Fires Meteor Air-to-air Missile

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  • China Upgrades Russian-made Su-35 To Chinese Standard

    September 22, 2021 0
    Chinese military commentator Xi Yazhou revealed that in 2019’s air force exercise, China’s domestic J-10C fighter defeated imported Su-35 fighter in a BVR combat. Russian Glorified Su-35 Failed to Track J-16 and J-10C in a [...]
  • India, A Lucrative Defense Export Market For Russia, America, France And Israel

    March 10, 2021 0
    The report by SIPRI, a think tank, says India’s arms imports from both Russia and the US fell during the five-year period, though the decline was more pronounced in the case of Russian arms deals. [...]
  • Rocketsan Test Fires Tayfun Short-range Ballistic Missile

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  • Egypt, Algeria And Indonesia Pulled Out Of Su-35 Deals

    January 6, 2022 0
    Three nations, Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia, are reported to have pulled out of Su-35 fighter jet deals with Russia giving a huge financial setbacks to Sukhoi Design Bureau. Algeria, Egypt Following Indonesia, Cancelled Negotiation On [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

May 6, 2026 0

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

  • Europe

    Ukraine Credits Kherson Victory To US-made HIMARS Artillery Rockets

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Reshuffles Key Army Positions At Scandal Riddle Directorate General of Defense Intelligence (DGFI) For Human Rights Violation

  • Europe

    Bad News For Ukraine: Putin Learning To Value Competent Andrei Belousov And Removing Incompetent Idiots From Ministry Of Defense

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys dozens Russian ammunition depots using HIMARS artillery rockets

  • Middle East

    U.S. and Israel continue to bomb all over Iran, Ali Khamenei is dead.

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Lays Keel For U.S. Navy’s LPD

  • Americas

    Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Becomes More Advanced With Latest Technology

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK1A vs JF-17 Block II: What if Tejas MK1A face-off with JF-17 Block II at the next Kashmir skirmish?

  • Europe

    Turkey allocates $40 billion for its defense budget in 2024

  • Europe

    Poland Purchased Kia Light Tactical Vehicle (KLTV) From South Korea

  • Europe

    Poland Received 18 New Chunmoo MLRS Launchers From South Korea

  • Europe

    Ukraine wants to manufacture Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles

  • Air Platform

    The Boeing-Saab T-7A Red Hawk: An Advanced Fighter Jet Trainer and LCA

  • Europe

    Russian soldiers gears are not suitable for winter combat, Russian former defense minister Igor Sergeyev says

  • Infantry Weapons

    MBDA-Thales Eurosam SAMP/T Air Defense System: The most advanced missile defense systems

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian Sukhoi Superjet Commercial Airliner Crashed In A Test Flight

  • Defense Industry

    Pakistan’s NESCOM to manufacturer parts for Turkish Anka drone

  • Europe

    Grim milestone: Russia passed 400,000 casualties in the Ukraine war

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Proposes New Security Organization Involving China, Bangladesh and Pakistan.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Kongsberg awarded contract to produce NASAMS and NOMADS air defense for Netherlands

  • Europe

    Belgium delivered retired armored infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Why China’s J-20 and FC-31 Aren’t So Stealthy?

  • Air Platform

    South Korea will upgrade its F-15K Eagle fleet’s radar systems and mission computer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s HMAS Sydney commissioned at sea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Babcock to provide submarine weapons system for South Korean Navy

  • Africa

    The U.S. Builds Drone Mega-base In North African Country Niger

  • C4iSR

    Saab unveils a new mobile high-mast solution for the Giraffe 4A radar

  • Europe

    Russia delivers captured Western small arms and vehicles to Hezbollah and Hamas to blame Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to Buy Six New Built Gripen C/D Fighters From Saab, report

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Royal Thai Navy Parades Chinese-built FK-3 Surface-to-air Missile

  • Europe

    Ex-Russian Commander Igor Girkin Admits Ukraine Successfully Repelling Putin’s Troops

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian ‘zirconium’ powering adversary state China’s ballistic missile, cruise missile and fighter jets.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    L3Harris Awarded Contract To Provide Smart Munition Release System For Morocco, Jordan And Bahrain

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Iraq Purchases 8 M-SAM II Air Defense Missile System Batteries from Korea Worth $2.56 Billion

  • Naval Platforms

    Thyssenkrupp Marinesystems MEKO-class Frigate

  • Ballistic Missile

    Turkey confirms 2,000km range ballistic missile program

  • Defense Industry

    Why Dassault Rafale is selling hotcakes, not Gripen or Eurofighter?

  • Air Platform

    Turkish T929 Atak II Helicopter Started Flight Trials Using Ukrainian Engine

  • Europe

    Major fire at the biggest cold storage plant in St. Petersburg, latest sabotage in Russia

  • Europe

    NATO member Denmark has pledged its “entire artillery” stocks to Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    How India sipped T-90 (T-72BU) poison to save Russian Tank Industry?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 003 Aircraft Carrier Could Be Headache For Indo-Pacific Nations

  • Uncategorized

    Boeing Awarded $3.1 Billion Contract To Produce KC-46A Tankers For Israeli And U.S. Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan’s Soryu-class Submarine Collides With Commercial Ship

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s New Navy Chief Rear Admiral Hammond Discloses Details On AUKUS Submarine And Hunter-class Frigates

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Unveils First Prototype TFX Fighter Jet

  • Air Platform

    Australia to purchase MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drone

  • Naval Platforms

    BAE Systems working on the final piece of HMS Glasgow

  • Africa

    China exports first HJ-12 ATGM to Nigeria

  • South Asia

    Cargo Terminal Fire, Now Metro Rail Bearing Fell Apart: Bangladesh’s DGFI Spy Agency Caught Off-Guard by Indian RAW’s Sabotage Operations Inside Bangladesh.

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