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  • [ March 24, 2026 ] The Iran war exposed Chinese clandestine involvement in Iran’s nuclear and missile projects. 300 Chinese ZTE and Huawei experts are dead in Iran. Middle East
  • [ March 23, 2026 ] Russia Shuts Down Internet to Prevent Drone Attacks and Limit Access to Independent Information. Cyber
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Central Asia

The U.S. Departs From Afghanistan, China Cashes In $3 Trillion Rare Earth Minerals

August 23, 2021 GDC 0

“Afghanistan is a long-term play on the best of days and now that the Taliban have ‘won’, it’s more of a long-term play for Chinese interests.” — Byron King, Agora Financial Diplomatic observers have said […]

  • India Offers BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Philippines Navy

    January 11, 2022 0
    The Philippines is set to become the first foreign customer for the BrahMos cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia, with the government in Manila recently allocating 2.8 billion pesos ($55.5 million) for [...]
  • Israeli Rafael, Indian BDL Sign MoU To Produce Soft Kill-Hard Kill Decoy System

    February 7, 2021 0
    Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and India’s Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) will be signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint induction of an Anti-Torpedo Defence System called SHADE for the Indian Navy. Indian Army [...]
  • Hezbollah stored $500 million in gold and cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

    October 22, 2024 0
    The Israel Defense Forces on Monday declassified intelligence on the Hezbollah terror group’s finance hub, including a bunker hidden underneath a hospital in south Beirut that it said contains hundreds of millions of dollars in [...]
  • RENK Awarded Contract To Electric Propulsion System For German Navy’s F126 Frigate

    July 20, 2022 0
    The general contractor Damen Naval and RENK have signed a contract to supply gearboxes and innovative electric propulsion systems, initially for four new 126 Class (F126) frigates for the German Navy. In the process, the [...]
  • France authorizes the use of long-range SCALP missiles to strike inside Russia

    November 25, 2024 0
    French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told the BBC that Ukraine can shoot French longer-range missiles into Russia in the “logics of self-defense.” The French Scalp missiles are the same as the UK’s Storm Shadow missiles, which Ukraine [...]
  • PT Pindad and Rheinmetall team up to develop advanced ammunition technologies.

    October 26, 2025 0
    Indonesia’s state-owned defense firm PT Pindad is teaming up with German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall to develop advanced ammunition technologies. Indonesia and Turkey looking to strengthen defense tiesDateMarch 7, 2020Rheinmetall delivers ammunitions for Gepard anti-air gun [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

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, […]

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces unit ‘Sayeret Matkal’ started the first ground offensive into besieged Gaza

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Releases Photo Of New Single Engine Fighter “The Checkmate”

  • Defense Industry

    Israeli Elbit Systems Profit Surges Amid Global Arms Demand

  • Europe

    KMW, NEXTER Demonstrate Next-gen Enhanced Main Battle Tank

  • Air Platform

    Volvo RM12 Engine Guarantees More Than 300,000 Flying Hours For Gripen

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shoot Down Russian Mi-24 Helicopter Gunship

  • Europe

    STADT AS and SH-Defense to Integrate Electric Propulsion Technology into Marine Propulsion

  • Europe

    Misinformation in Kremlin grows as Putin’s chef competes with others for brown nose opportunity

  • Europe

    Turkey is on track to developing a long-range Siper anti-air system

  • Europe

    Serbian Army Tests Modernized T-72MS Tanks

  • Middle East

    Iranian Mullahs are the most vulnerable right now to the Israeli Air Force’s attacks

  • Naval Platforms

    Indonesian Navy’s KRI Gusti Ngurah Rai (332) Has Completed Sea Trial

  • Europe

    Poland Received General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper UCAV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Steals Russian Intellectual property (IP) And Resale to Asian And African Counties

  • Central Asia

    CSTO member Armenia to normalize ties with Azerbaijan after defeat in Nagorno-Karabakh

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s forces blow up Russia’s modernized T-90MS tank

  • Europe

    Russian T-90M Proryv-3 Tank Blew Up In Inexpensive Ukraine’s Landmine

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan Air Force Discloses Procurement Wishlist, Includes Akinci B, TB2 and Wing Loong II Drones

  • Air Platform

    Sweden and Ukraine agree to localize Gripen production in Ukraine.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea has supplied Russia with 3 million 152mm artillery shells, but half of them are faulty

  • Africa

    Senegal moving forward with its acquisition of FA-50 light combat aircraft from South Korea

  • Americas

    US Navy Terminates HALO Hypersonic Missile Program Citing Cost Concerns

  • Middle East

    Italian forces kicked out of UAE over arms embargo

  • Europe

    Ukraine War: Russian Economy Shrinks By 4% In A Single Quarter

  • Europe

    Germany prepares $2.95 billion lethal aid package for Ukraine, including tanks, IRIS-T, armored vehicles and howitzers

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish TAI, Motor Sich ink deal for Atak 2 helicopter engines

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. Prepares $20 Billion Arms Package for Taiwan Amid China Warnings.

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin Delivers SPY-7 Radar to Japanese Navy.

  • Europe

    Ukraine blew up Russia’s ten vital infrastructure in kamikaze drone attacks

  • Europe

    Cyprus National Guard Received Serbian-made Tamnava MLRS.

  • Middle East

    Russian Su-35 Dangerously Came Close to P-8A Poseidon Over Mediterranean

  • Middle East

    China Shipping Arms To Conflict Region Via Africa

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Launches INS Himgiri Frigate

  • Air Platform

    Indonesian Rafale Procurement Delayed By Funding Shortage

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s HMS Portland Receives Major Refit

  • Middle East

    Analysis: UAE And Israeli Diplomatic Relationships

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Indonesia buying Soviet-era Russian-Indian BrahMos missile a problem for Canberra and Washington

  • Air Platform

    President Trump Agrees to Sale F-35 Stealth Jets to Türkiye

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine Detained President of Motor Sich Vyacheslav Bohuslayev For Supplying Helicopters Engines To Russia

  • Americas

    President Trump Seeking $1.5 Trillion Defense Spending in 2027.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkey plans to purchase Eurosam SAMP/T missiles as S-400 missiles do not meet the performance standard

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Ends Partnership With India’s Adani Group For MRFA Competition

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India, China Proxy War Raging in Myanmar’s Rakhine State for Chinese-build Port.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan to Replace All F-5s Within Three Years

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh DGFI And NSI: Mass Murderers And Oppressor Of Freedom

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blew up Russian train carrying Kalibr cruise missiles to naval base

  • Europe

    Explosion in Military Plant: Anti-Putin Troops Sabotage Russian Military Plant in Bryansk

  • Europe

    U.S. To Send Tank Killer Stryker Combat Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    France sends first batch of Mirage fourth-gen fighter jets to Ukraine

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