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  • [ March 15, 2026 ] U.S. Deployed 2500 More Marines in the Middle East as IRGC and Basij on the Brink of Collapse. Middle East
  • [ March 15, 2026 ] U.S. Relocates THAAD Missile Defense System From South Korea to the Middle East. Anti-air Missiles
  • [ March 15, 2026 ] Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability. Americas
  • [ March 15, 2026 ] North Korea Fires Ballistic Missile as the U.S. and South Korea Conduct Military Exercise. Ballistic Missile
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Air Platform

Pentagon Wants To Equip MQ-9 Reaper With Directed-Energy Weapons

July 15, 2021 GDC 0

The Department of Defense is looking to equip MQ-9 UCAV with directed-energy weapons such as low-powered lasers and microwave beams, as well as more familiar weapons, such as laser dazzler for UAVs, unmanned ground attack […]

Direct-energy Weapons

The HELWS, PHASER, and THOR weapons system

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  • Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Pass Through Dover Strait

    April 23, 2021 0
    The British patrol ships HMS Tyne and Mersey have recently been called upon to monitor the presence of seven Russian Federation Navy vessels as they sailed through the Channel.  15 Tugboats: What Russia Didn’t Tell The World About HMS Defender [...]
  • Poland, France and Germany vow to make Europe stronger as fears grow over Russia’s invasion and Trump’s presidency

    February 14, 2024 0
    The diplomatic push came after Trump shocked many in Europe by appearing to invite Russia to invade any NATO member not spending enough on its own defense. Only French Rafale Can Solve Ukrainian Fighter Jets [...]
  • BAE Systems Established A New Baseline Design For RAN’s Hunter-class Frigate

    February 14, 2022 0
    The year-long System Definition Review (SDR), involving work by BAE Systems’ engineering teams in Australia and the UK, has established a new baseline design for the Hunter class frigate and builds on the sovereign complex [...]
  • Chinese Navy’s Type 055 Destroyer To Be Armed With YJ-21 Anti-ship Ballistic Missile

    September 2, 2023 0
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  • Russia is spreading a false narrative before using chemical weapons in Ukraine as it did in Syria

    February 8, 2023 0
    Russia’s state Investigative Committee said on Monday it was examining the alleged use of chemical weapons by Ukrainian forces near the towns of Soledar and Bakhmut. A Top Russian General In Charge Of Nuclear Protection [...]
  • Lockheed Awarded $9.8 Billion Contract to Produce 1,970 Patriot PAC3 Missiles.

    September 12, 2025 0
    The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $9.8 billion contract for the production of 1,970 Patriot Advanced Capability – 3 Missile Segment Enhancement (PAC-3 MSE) interceptors and associated hardware. This marks the largest contract in [...]
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 […]

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves M1A2 Abrams Tanks For Romania

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    JASDF Is Routinely Intercepting Chinese Aircraft In Japanese Airspace

  • Europe

    Russia’s vital supply route paralyzed in river dam collapse

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea’s Cruise Missile Design Is Based On Chinese Changjian-10 (CJ-10) Missile

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Awarded A Contract to Upgrade Japan’s F-15J

  • Europe

    Ukrainian special forces sniper achieved the longest kill record

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s AJAX1431 flight became the most tracked flight as PM Sheikh Hasina fled Dhaka

  • Europe

    Ukraine Successfully Destroyed 85% Of Iranian Drones

  • Middle East

    Qatar and Saudi Arabia to Sign an Agreement to Resolve Bitter Disputes

  • Anti-air Missiles

    David Sling, Arrow and Iron Dome: Israel Intercepts 400 Iranian Ballistic Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. Approves FMS of EMALS and AAG to French Navy’s Next-gen Aircraft Carrier Program

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone attack disrupts vital Russian military sites, causing power blackouts in Kursk region

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy deploys Reis class submarine TCG Piri Reis in Bosphorus Strait

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt Overhauls HMAS Canberra’s IFF Antennas

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Paratroopers Wiped Out Dozens Of Russian Elite Commandos In Eastern Donetsk

  • Middle East

    Naval Group delivers the first Gowind corvette to the United Arab Emirates

  • Air Platform

    South Korea To Buy 20 F-35B For LPX-II Program

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops retaken north of Bakhmut days after Wagner mercenaries handed over Bakhmut to Russian army

  • South Asia

    Ayesha Farooq is the first Pakistani top gun female pilot to down an Indian Rafale fighter

  • Europe

    Donetsk region: a tank graveyard of the Russian army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China parades DF-26 ballistic missiles

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine to upgrade Pakistan Air Force’s IL-78 Tanker Aircraft

  • Americas

    AN/APG-77 Multimode Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radar

  • Middle East

    UAE Withdraws Lockheed’s F-35 Deal With The U.S.

  • Americas

    US Navy test fires Trident II D5 submarine-launched ballistic missile

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s Su-57 fighter jets in latest embarrassment for Putin

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Deliveres Six Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) UAVs To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $8.5 Billion Sale Of 60 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters To Germany

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia becomes the first export customer of Turkish MILGEM Istif frigates

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Donald Trump Made Labor Party Great Again in Australia’s Election 2025

  • Land Platform

    Russian Knows how to increase missile ranges without considering effectiveness of radar

  • Anti-ship Missile

    South Korea unveils new supersonic Haeseong‑5 anti-ship missile.

  • Industry

    Saudi Arabia To Manufacture Kalashnikov Rifles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army’s SAS – Who Dares Wins

  • C4iSR

    Saab Group To Build Two GlobalEye AEW&C For Swedish Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Australian Army Selects Boeing AH-64E Apache Helicopters To Replace Tigers

  • Infantry Weapons

    US Army to integrate IM-SHORAD weapons on to Stryker A1 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV)

  • Defense Industry

    Israeli IAI returns Sri Lankan Kfir fighters to service, provision for future upgrades

  • Europe

    More than 500 North Korean Troops Killed In Storm Shadow Missile Strikes In Kursk Region

  • Europe

    Turkey’s 1st local anti-ship missile engine breaks world record

  • Europe

    Turkey considers sending Bayraktar Akinci drones to Ukraine

  • Land Platform

    Hanwha to send two prototypes AS21 Redback IFV to Australia for LAND 400 Phase 3 bid

  • Europe

    Babcock, Saab to collaborate on Swedish Navy’s Luleå-class corvettes

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy To Continue Patrolling In South China Sea

  • Middle East

    Leonardo to Provide Naval Operations Center For Qatari Navy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Navy’s Super Hornet adopts StormBreaker Smart Weapons

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shot down Iranian-made Mohajer-6 Drone

  • Air Platform

    Second Batch Of Rafale To Arrive In India In October

  • Europe

    France To Deliver Crotale NG Anti-air Missiles And Radars To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Denmark Orders SAMP/T NG Air Defense Missile Systems to Counter Ballistic Threats.

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