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  • [ February 12, 2026 ] The U.S. Has Offered Bangladesh Mega Arms Deal Including Super Hornet Block III, MQ-9 Reaper, Apache Helicopter, NASAMS Missile, HIMARS and TPY-4 Radar. Air Platform
  • [ February 12, 2026 ] Sudan’s Army Destroyed Chinese-made FK-2000 air defense system. Africa
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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 […]

  • Singapore Tightened Screws On Myanmar’s Arms Import Through Its Territory

    April 12, 2024 0
    Singapore ‘tightens screws’ on Myanmar generals with arms trade crackdownThe UN says Russia, China and India continue to send weapons to Myanmar even as the Singapore route is blocked. Which Countries Supply Arms To Myanmar’s [...]
  • Finland Prepares to Receive Its First F-35A Stealth Jets.

    January 23, 2026 0
    Long before Finland’s first F-35A reaches Europe, the aircraft’s journey has involved secure U.S. facilities, according to a press release from the U.S. Air Force. As Finland, a NATO member since 2023, prepares to introduce [...]
  • Ukraine blow up Russia’s easy target T-90M Tank using a Swedish AT4 recoilless rifle

    January 18, 2023 0
    Ukrainian Soldiers blow up Russia’s most advanced operational tank with an AT4 recoilless gun in the Luhansk region. Saab Awarded Contract To Produce NLAW For Finnish ArmyDateApril 27, 2023Saab secures $80 million NATO order for [...]
  • The Philippine Navy’s José Rizal-class frigate

    November 10, 2019 0
    South Korean shipbuilding giant Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has launched the second José Rizal-class frigate on order for the Philippine Navy. The Rizal-class is based on HDF-3000 ship design of HHI. A ceremonial launch of [...]
  • U.S. Air Force To Replace F-22 Raptor With Sixth-generation NGAD Fighters

    September 7, 2021 0
    The U.S. Air Force aims to pare its fighter fleet to just four types — and the F-22 Raptor won’t be among them, the service’s top general said. USAF secretly built and flew six generation [...]
  • Bakhmut turned into a death zone for Wagner mercenary group as Ukraine started counteroffensive

    March 12, 2023 0
    The fight in Bakhmut has bought time to plan a future counteroffensive against Russia’s forces, said Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces. Ukraine hails its first counteroffensive success in defense of BakhmutDateMay 16, [...]
Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

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Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

  • Europe

    Turkey Wants to Revive SAMP-T Partnership With Italy and France, Erdogan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India and China deploy thousands of troops over disputed frontier in the Himalayas

  • Europe

    Turkey Could Get Militarily Involved In Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Disputes?

  • Air Platform

    Bulgarian Pilots Will Be Trained in USA to Operate F-16V Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia funds additional $399 million for the development of MQ-28A Ghost Bat

  • Middle East

    UK, Qatar To Operate Joint Hawk T2 Training Unit

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Has Offered Bangladesh Mega Arms Deal Including Super Hornet Block III, MQ-9 Reaper, Apache Helicopter, NASAMS Missile, HIMARS and TPY-4 Radar.

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force’s new B-21 stealth bomber made successful loads calibration test

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force Ordered 83 HAL Tejas Aircraft Despite Aircraft Failed In Crucial Spin and Tight Turn Tests

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    Russia to relocate black sea fleet naval base to Georgian breakaway province in Abkhazia

  • Europe

    British Special Boat Service (SBS) Trained And Equipped Ukrainian Special Forces To Retake Snake Island

  • Middle East

    Hungary-based Israeli Shell Company Supplied Pagers To Hezbollah Terrorists Group

  • Middle East

    SyAAF MiG-29-fleet is in bad shape, as obvious from the recent crash of MiG-29

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army started Boxer CRV Training

  • Air Platform

    RSK-MIG Failed to Repair 19 Polish MiG-29 Aircraft

  • Europe

    China delivers Shahed-136 copycat Sunflower-200 drones, ammunition and aircraft spare parts to Russia

  • Europe

    British Army spent $7.7 billion on a disastrous procurement project that delivered 44 armored vehicles out of 580

  • Europe

    Turkey continues to test 6×6 special ops vehicle

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal New Zealand Navy is struggling to manage its small fleet due to lack of funding

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Royal Navy Begin Upgrading Type 23 Frigate With NSM Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine-Russia War: Russia’s Weapons Export Plummets to Record Low

  • South Asia

    Shivangi Singh is the first woman set to fly a Rafale for IAF

  • Europe

    Saab Gripen Is The Cost-effective Fire Power, Says Croatia

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s largest iron ore production plant

  • Air Platform

    The first KF-21 Boramae serially produced jet nears completion

  • Air Platform

    Russian army’s Belarus-made armed drone was shot down in Ukraine

  • Land Platform

    Indian Army’s T-90 Tank Lost Multi-nation Tank Biathlon Due To Engine Oil Leaks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Abandoned Plans to Build Fifth and Sixth Aircraft Carrier

  • Middle East

    Bangladesh Navy’s BNS Bijoy destroyed in Beirut explosion

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Military’s Cowardly Silence Against Myanmar’s Fighter Jets Firing Eight Rounds Of Rockets At Bangladesh

  • Air Platform

    Spain Orders 16 Airbus C295 Maritime Patrol Aircraft

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijan to Purchase 48 NORA B52 Howitzers From Serbia

  • Europe

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

  • Air Platform

    Rafale will have a strategic advantage over Sukhoi fighters: Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Trump says Taiwan should pay more for defense and dodges questions if he would defend the island

  • Europe

    Turkey deploys T129 attack helicopters to Azerbaijan

  • Air Platform

    Myanmar and Nigeria Ground JF-17 Blunder Fighter Jets Amid Reliability, Quality and Maintenance Issues

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Takes Control of Karakoram Pass Near Galwan Valley

  • Europe

    Turkish first national frigate fires first missile from indigenous VLS

  • Air Platform

    CSTO Member Kazakhstan Auctions 117 Soviet-era And Russian-origin Fighter Jets, Including Su-30SM, MiG-31, MiG-29

  • Europe

    Sweden and Finland to Join NATO Soon, Prompted by Russian Aggression

  • Europe

    Putin underestimated and miscalculated Ukraine’s will to fight back, says Lieutenant General Ihor Romanenko

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Australia Launches First Evolved Cape-Class Patrol Boat for RAN

  • Europe

    Major Explosion Rocks Russian Oil Depot In Long-Range Ukrainian Strike

  • Europe

    German Navy christened fourth K130 corvette in Hamburg

  • Europe

    Sweden places major artillery ammunitions orders

  • Europe

    The US State Department Approves Javelin for Poland

  • Air Platform

    US Defense Department Proposes F-16V and Super Hornet Block III for Indonesia

  • Ballistic Missile

    Ukraine push for the use of long-range Western missiles to strike inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    The TAI Anka-S Armed MALE UAV

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