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Europe

Russia limits the transportation of military cargo via the railway section of the Crimea bridge

May 8, 2024 GDC 0

Russia appears to be no longer transporting military cargo for its war effort via the railway section of the Crimean Bridge following repeated strikes by Ukraine. The 12-mile crossing comprising a four-lane road and a […]

Europe

Crimea Bridge Attacks: Russia’s Major Domestic Political Problem For Putin

August 19, 2023 GDC 0

As both a symbolic and strategic target for Ukraine, the 12-mile-long Kerch Bridge is posing a growing problem for Vladimir Putin. The Russian president opened structure between Crimea and the region of Krasnodar to traffic […]

Europe

Terrified Russians Watch As Ukrainian Drone Swarms Hit Kerch Bridge

August 14, 2023 GDC 0

Ukraine has launched a missile strike on Putin’s Crimea bridge just weeks after a suspected sea drone attack on the crossing left two dead. Videos appeared to show stunned holidaymakers on nearby beaches watching in […]

Europe

Ukraine fired two Storm Shadow missiles at Kerch Bridge

August 13, 2023 GDC 0

Two Storm Shadow missiles have been fired at a bridge linking Russia to the annexed Crimean peninsula, the Kremlin has claimed. Pictures on social media show plumes of smoke rising near the Kerch bridge with […]

Europe

Russians Fleeing Crimea as Ukrainian Sea Drones Blew Up Kerch Bridge Connecting Russia to Occupied Crimea

July 18, 2023 GDC 0

Thousands of Russians are fleeing Crimea after an attack on the Kerch bridge that connects the annexed peninsula to Russia caused part of the structure to collapse on Monday morning. A couple was killed and […]

Europe

S-400 Failed: Ukraine Destroyed Crimea Bridge Using British-made Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles

June 22, 2023 GDC 0

Ukraine used a British-supplied Storm Shadow missile to hit a key bridge between Crimea and Russian-held parts of the Kherson region in Ukraine, pro-Moscow sources have claimed. Crimea Peninsula is protected by a layered air […]

Europe

Slava Ukraini: Putin’s Pet Project $5 Billion ‘Kerch Bridge’ Blown Out By Explosions

October 8, 2022 GDC 0

The Kerch bridge from Russia to Crimea, a hated symbol of the Kremlin’s occupation of the southern Ukrainian peninsular, has been hit by a massive explosion on the span that carries railway traffic. Images from […]

  • President Trump gives orders to ‘obliterate’ Iran if regime assassinates him

    February 5, 2025 0
    President Donald Trump said he’s given his advisers instructions to obliterate Iran if it assassinates him. US warns Iran to stay 100 metres away from its warships or interpreted as threat: President TrumpDateMay 22, 2020US [...]
  • Poland Orders 96 AH-64E Apache Guardian Helicopters

    September 11, 2022 0
    Poland’s military will buy 96 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters as replacements for its aging fleet of Mi-24 helicopters, defense officials announced this week. India received the last batch of AH-64E Apache helicoptersDateJuly 12, [...]
  • Top 40 Global Defense Spenders

    April 30, 2020 0
    Total global military expenditure rose to $1917 billion in 2019, according to new data from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The total for 2019 represents an increase of 3.6 per cent from 2018 [...]
  • Russian police raided Moscow night clubs, detained men for military service

    December 23, 2024 0
    In a coordinated operation, Russian authorities conducted raids on three of Moscow’s largest and most popular nightclubs on Friday night, detaining hundreds of men and taking them to military conscription offices. The raids, which took [...]
  • BAE Systems Australia to build support warehouse for Australian F-35A stealth jets

    January 17, 2023 0
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  • Saudi Arabia Asks to Join British, Italian and Japanese Sixth-Gen Fighter Jet Project

    January 3, 2024 0
    Saudi Arabia has asked the UK, Japan and Italy to be made a full partner in their joint effort to build the next generation of fighter jets, in a move backed by the British government. [...]
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 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Path to Insanity: South China Sea Explosion Explained!

  • Europe

    COVID-19: Eurofighter Typhoon production lines will be kept Open

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Approves $280 million weapons to Taiwan

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones hit Russia’s Kushchevsk military airfield and Oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar regions

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. Senate Approves $6.5 Military Aid Package For Taiwan

  • Americas

    Boeing P-8A Poseidon’s State-of-the-Art Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensors And Radars

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-24 ‘Fencer’ Fighter Bomber

  • Europe

    Ukraine gains foothold in Belgorod as Chechen units surrender to Ukrainian forces

  • Europe

    Russian forces destroyed their own T-90M tank using kamikaze drone

  • Americas

    Lockheed And Raytheon Awarded Contract To Build THAAD For US, Saudi Arabia

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian MiG-29 Embarrassed Putin’s Military By Shooting Down 15 Aerial Targets Including Su-34 and Su-35 Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukraine just hit Russia’s Ropucha-class landing ship Konstantin Olshansky with a Neptune R-360 anti-ship missile

  • Europe

    American Abrams tanks fighting Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    The first KC-46A constructed for Japan recently refueled another KC-46A

  • Europe

    Sweden places major artillery ammunitions orders

  • Defense Industry

    Indonesian PT Dirgantara to upgrade Turkish CN235 aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Offers P-8A Poseidon Aircraft To Canadian Multi-mission Aircraft Project

  • Naval Platforms

    RAN Hobart-class air warfare destroyers to be upgraded with Aegis combat system

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia orders more Tor-M2 missiles as Ukraine keeps destroying them with cheap drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Boeing Australia Awarded $930 Million Contract to Produce Six Ghost Bat Drones.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. to expedite the sale of drones, missiles, fighter jets and rockets to Taiwan

  • Europe

    France sent Caesar self-propelled artillery systems to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    TAI To Embed AI Into Hurjet 270 Simulators

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chin Brotherhood Forces Seize Control Of Myanmar Junta’s FAB-250 and FAB-500 Bombs Manufacturing Plant, Junta Lost 40 Military Sites To Arakan Army

  • Europe

    Lacroix Defense awarded contract to produce naval decoy for Hellenic Navy

  • Ballistic Missile

    Putin Orders Nuclear Missile Drills As Tyrant’s Ukraine Invasion Failing

  • C4iSR

    Russia imports more than 2000 microelectronics components from Europe, Japan, South Korea and America for all Sukhoi-made fighter jets and Almaz-Antey missiles

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57: 5th Generation Fighter Jet in Making

  • Defense Industry

    UAC Failed To Score An Export Customer For IL-112V Transport Aircraft

  • Europe

    Russian MoD sued Rosoboronexport JSC subsidiary NIMI for corruption and embezzlement

  • Infantry Weapons

    SKY Dragon 50 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Deploys Nuclear Capable B-52 Bombers In Australia

  • Air Platform

     U.S. Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagle Deploy GBU-31 Bunker-Buster Bombs Against Hardened Targets in Iran.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Lockheed Martin to Deliver THAAD Missile Defense to Saudi Arabia in 2023

  • Europe

    Russia cannot manufacture missiles, fighter jets and warships without Western components

  • Europe

    Ukraine war: Russia has four million skilled and unskilled workers shortage

  • Europe

    Putin considers Russian service members to be expendables, with 279,000 dead in the Ukraine war

  • Defense Industry

    Top 100 Global Airborne Drone Manufacturers

  • Europe

    Ukraine received its first M1 Abrams tanks eight months after requesting American tanks

  • South Asia

    Expert believes Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood (thief) is plotting a Ponzi scheme to inflate the pricing of the J-10C and JF-17 to $70 million apiece.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia Transfers AIM-120D-3 AMRAAM Missile to the United Arab Emirates.

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia Invaded Ukraine Three Times After Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Missiles

  • Americas

    Argentine Army Received First Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

  • C4iSR

    Sanctions buster: Russia imported guidance kits from American Honeywell, Advanced Navigation and German iMAR Navigation

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Iran began transferring missile systems to Syria, preparing to strike Israel

  • Europe

    Putin Should Worry Now, Biden Admin Approves HIMARS Precision Rockets For Ukraine Worth $700 Million

  • Europe

    Hellenic Army Purchases Rafael Spike NLOS Missiles

  • Europe

    Turkish ASFAT unveiled heavily armed AS3600 frigate for export market

  • South Asia

    Contested Sky: Bangladesh Air Guard’s (Thief) Uncertain Future

  • Europe

    Bulgaria to deliver 100 armored personnel vehicles to Ukraine

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