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Target Spratly Islands: China’s domestic amphibious aircraft AG600 started sea trial

July 29, 2020 GDC 0

China’s domestically developed large amphibious aircraft AG600 successfully made its first sea-based test flight on Sunday. The test flight demonstrated the aircraft’s ability to operate in challenging maritime conditions and conduct missions, including far sea […]

Air Platform

China rolls out new J-20B fighters with TVC

July 19, 2020 GDC 0

A modified version of China’s copycat F-35 fighter jet, the J-20B has formally entered mass production, with upgrades earning it a place as a new generation fighter jet, according to a military source close to the project. […]

Air Platform

China ramps up production and export of JF-17 fighters

July 15, 2020 GDC 0

China has ramped up production of JF-17 fighter jet, which was jointly developed with Pakistan. In the first half of 2020, the number of aircraft delivered was the most in the past five years, according […]

Naval Platforms

AVIC Shenyang FC-31 Naval Variant To Debut In 2021

July 9, 2020 GDC 0

China’s new-generation carrier-based fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Tuesday, according to Communist party run media Global Times. A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment […]

Industry

One Belt, One Road (OBOR), Plus Grease Payments: Chinese Arms Sales in Asia and Africa In The Name of Development

June 12, 2020 GDC 0

The main focus on of Chinese arms exports remains to its close neighbors. Since 2008, Pakistan (40%) and Bangladesh (13%) together account for over half of all China’s major weapons exports. China has leap-frogged Russia […]

Air Platform

China’s FC-31 stealth fighter jet making new progress

May 27, 2020 GDC 0

New photos of a prototype FC-31, China’s second type of stealth fighter jet, have been appearing frequently on Chinese social media since May, years after disappearing from the public eye. Now painted in a silver […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodia could be the first customer of Chinese FTC-2000G jet

April 30, 2020 GDC 0

Speculation is swirling around the global aviation industry that points to Cambodia as the first buyer of the Chinese-made FTC-2000G multi-role aircraft. This week, Global Times, an English language daily newspaper in China, reported that […]

Air Platform

AVIC-Antonov Xi’an Y-20 Medium Lift Aircraft: A Reverse Engineered AN-77 Transport Aircraft

April 19, 2020 GDC 0

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Industry

China is the world’s 2nd-biggest arms exporter, and it’s closing the gap on the US

April 19, 2020 GDC 0

The ‘One Belt, One Road’ (OBOR) initiative is a Chinese economic and strategic agenda by which the two ends of Eurasia, as well as Africa and Oceania, are being more closely tied along two routes–one […]

Air Platform

China’s GAIC FTC-2000G AJT/Ground Attack Aircraft

April 17, 2020 GDC 0

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  • A spectacular Centenary Flypast Of RAAF

    April 5, 2021 0
    Australian Aviation’s Henry Howard took these incredible photos of RAAF’s centenary flypast in Canberra on Wednesday. RAAF Super Hornet to Showcase Dazzling Flypast during the Christmas WeeksDateDecember 8, 202050 RAAF Aircraft Joins Exercise Arnhem Thunder [...]
  • New Sukhoi Su-57 Fighter Jet Crashes Again During Tests

    March 31, 2020 0
    A Russian Su-57 fighter jet has crashed during tests in the country’s Far East, news agencies reported Tuesday. The incident occurred days before Russia’s Aerospace Forces were due to receive their first serial-produced Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet. [...]
  • Norway purchases two more type 212CD submarines from TKMS.

    December 8, 2025 0
    Norway plans to spend 65 billion Norwegian kroner, or $6.4 billion, to buy two additional submarines on top of four already ordered from Germany’s TKMS, as well as acquire a long-range precision strike capability for [...]
  • Vietnam Turning Cold War Era MiG-21 mothballs into target drones

    November 12, 2020 0
    After dueling against American pilots decades ago, the legendary MiG-21s of Vietnam War fame may fly again as unmanned aerial vehicles, Viet Defense reports. Libyan War Contributed Lucrative Arms Deal For Russia and China, Financed [...]
  • Biden Administration redirects Patriot missile defense system orders to Ukraine

    June 21, 2024 0
    The US is pausing the delivery of Patriot interceptor missiles to other nations so it can fast-track orders for Ukraine to bolster its air defences against Russian attacks. US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby [...]
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky dismissed Lieutenant General Yuri Sodol amid accusations of incompetence

    June 25, 2024 0
    President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had replaced the Joint Forces of Ukraine’s Armed Forces commander, Lieutenant-General Yuri Sodol, after reports surfaced that he had performed badly in the 28-month-old war against Russia. President [...]
Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

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    Former Iranian Official Confirmed Iran Wants to Build Nuclear Bomb, Iran Cannot Be Trusted with Enriched Uranium.

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