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Americas

USAF pilot call sign ‘Banzai’ becomes first woman to fly F-35A stealth fighter into combat

June 14, 2020 GDC 0

America has now deployed its first female stealth fighter pilot into combat, the Air Force announced. Capt. Emily Thompson, call sign “Banzai,” made headlines after she became the first female to fly the F-35A Lightning II into combat. […]

  • Russia to accept mandarins instead of money amid payment difficulties related Western sanctions

    October 3, 2024 0
    Russian companies have established a barter trade system with Pakistan to facilitate economic exchanges without the need for monetary transactions, as they seek to overcome challenges with payments. Russia started exchanging food from Pakistan amid [...]
  • Germany delivers new Patriot missile batteries to Ukraine

    June 5, 2024 0
    According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Germany delivered a United States-made Patriot air defence system and air defense missiles to Ukraine at a “critical time” as Kyiv struggled to defend its energy system from Russian [...]
  • Ukraine sinks Russian ship as Moscow accused of forcible deportations from Mariupol

    March 25, 2022 0
    Ukraine received a significant morale boost on Thursday when Ukrainian forces sank the Russian landing craft Orsk in the occupied port of Berdyansk, on the Sea of Azov. Ukraine shoot down a Russian Ka-52 Attack [...]
  • Singapore will purchase eight F-35A stealth jets to complement its fleet of 12 F-35B jets

    February 29, 2024 0
    IThe Ministry of Defense will buy eight F-35A fighter jets, and this will complement the 12 F-35B jets that it has already ordered, Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen said. Italy Procures Five F-35A and [...]
  • Russia’s FM Sergei Lavrov Claims Hitler Was A Jew, Sparking Sharp Criticism From Israel

    May 3, 2022 0
    Israel lambasted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday for claiming Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins, saying it was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust. Israel Considers Sending Iron Dome [...]
  • China Unveils Russian S-500 Copycat HQ-29 Anti-air Missile Launcher

    August 18, 2025 0
    Photographs circulating on Chinese social media appear to show what analysts believe may be a new missile defense system known as the HQ-29. The images, posted on local platforms, captured a six-axle transporter carrying two [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Satellite Images Show Aftermath Of ATACMS Strikes In Crimea Airfield, Destroying Several S-300 and S-400 Launchers

  • Europe

    Russians Fleeing as Sabotage Caused Huge Explosion at Ammunition Depot in Crimea

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Completes Second Successful AARGM-ER Test

  • Europe

    Russia announced $166 billion defense budget for 2026.

  • Europe

    Russia used WWII-era chemical weapons and unknown gas in Kursk offensive

  • Europe

    Putin’s losses ‘catastrophic’: Russian force’s death toll will hit 300,000 by coming winter

  • Europe

    Putin fires General Rustam Muradov responsible for losing 5,000 servicemen in Donetsk region 

  • Americas

    Why Fighter Jet Prices Are Different in Each Purchasing Country?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Dongfeng EQ2050 Mengshi ‘Brave Soldier’, American Humvee copycat armored vehicle

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • Americas

    Chinese-made Tiger Type 2065 armored vehicles falling apart during Bolivia coup attempts

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E Fighter Jet Performs Anti-Access and Area Denial (A2AD) Role Through Superior EW, Situational Awareness, and Cutting-Edge Weapon System

  • Europe

    Russian Rocket Launcher Factory Bursts Into Flames In A Suspected Sabotage

  • Americas

    Boeing’s MQ-25 Autonomous Aerial Refueling Vehicle Completes First Flight

  • Europe

    German Startup to Deliver Hypersonic Missile for Bundeswehr in 2029.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Needs Cruise Missile Killer C-RAM Weapon Systems To Defend Against Russian Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Bayraktar vs Russian Pantsir: Has Turkey Gained Advantage over Russian Weaponry?

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s UAC to manufacture a downgraded variant of the Yak-130 trainer jet.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received 13 Terradyne Gurkha Special Armoured Ambulances

  • Middle East

    Canada to export LAV 700 Armored Vehicles to Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones hit Russia’s Chkalovsky air base near Moscow

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Britain, Canada Sanction Myanmar’s Military Junta

  • Africa

    Raytheon Awarded Contract to Manufacture SPY-6 Radars for US Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia ordered amphibious armored vehicles from Russia

  • Naval Weapons

    RAN upgrades Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) For HMAS Sydney

  • Europe

    South Korea Became Largest Weapons Exporter To Poland

  • Africa

    Morocco to Buy two Avante 1400 OPV from Spanish Navantia

  • Uncategorized

    Turkish arms makers showcase drones and helicopters aiming for export contracts at Paris Air Show

  • Americas

    US Navy Selects Proven Arleigh Burke Class Design For Future Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Luerssen Australia Lays Keel Of Fifth Arafura Class Patrol Boat For RAN

  • Air Platform

    China to expedite delivery of Wing Loong drones to Pakistan

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany in talks with Israel to buy more Arrow 3 air defense systems.

  • Land Platform

    BAE Systems Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia condemns China’s claim of the South China Sea

  • Europe

    Ukraine received new batch of TB2 drones from Turkey

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    M-61A1 20mm Gatling gun

  • Europe

    Wagner Group Will Leave Bakhmut On 10th May To ‘Lick Our Wounds’, Yevgeny Prigozhin Announced

  • Middle East

    Israeli Defense Forces Started Ground Operations In Southern Lebanon

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean KN-23 failed in the Ukraine war, but that didn’t stop Kim Jong Un from having a photo opportunity with the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile

  • Middle East

    Iran wants to build submarines and destroyer

  • Europe

    Serbian Army Tests Modernized T-72MS Tanks

  • Europe

    Turkey To Negotiate With Biden Administration For The Conditions Of Withdrawal Of CAATSA Against Its Defense Industries

  • Air Platform

    Serbia plans to buy Bayraktar TB2 drones

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia assisted North Korea in developing Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile.

  • Europe

    Russian Army Lost 40 Percent of Its Warfighting Capability, Ran Out Of Ammo and Shells

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea to invest $218 million to improve Hyunmoo-5 ballistic missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Delivers 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boats

  • Air Platform

    Australian KC-30A Airborne Tanker Refuelled Japanese F-2 Fighter Jets in an Interoperability Trials.

  • Europe

    NATO Submarines And Frigates Hunt Russian Submarine In Black Sea.

  • Europe

    UK, Ukraine Signed Agreement to Enhance Ukraine’s Naval Capability

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