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Direct-energy Weapons

UK laser weapon could be used against Russian drones in Ukraine, British defense secretary says

April 30, 2024 GDC 0

A new high-tech laser weapon developed by the UK that is capable of shooting down enemy drones and missiles could be sent to Ukraine. The weapon, dubbed DragonFire, was originally slated for deployment by 2027, […]

Direct-energy Weapons

British DragonFire Laser Knocks Drones Out Of Skies For $13 A Shot

January 25, 2024 GDC 0

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Direct-energy Weapons

UK’s Dragonfire Laser Directed Energy Weapon Started Trials

August 11, 2022 GDC 0

Dragonfire, the UK’s Laser Directed Energy Programme (LDEW) led by MBDA, has successfully begun a series of trials to prove the accuracy and power of the novel laser weapon. The first of these trials recently […]

  • Poland will train Ukrainian military unit living in Poland

    June 1, 2024 0
    Poland plans to train a military unit composed of conscription-age Ukrainians living in the country, the Polish foreign ministry has revealed. Only French Rafale Can Solve Ukrainian Fighter Jets ShortageDateJune 6, 2021US Air Force Deploys [...]
  • IAI, KAI Sign MoU for Development of Loitering Munitions

    October 22, 2021 0
    Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on a Loitering Munitions Program. Israel Sold Kamikaze Drones To Saudi Arabia And SingaporeDateFebruary 5, 2021Israeli IAI And UAE [...]
  • Finland To Train Ukrainian Troops On Winter Warfare Against Russia

    December 30, 2022 0
    Finland’s President Sauli Niinistö has said his country can give Ukrainian forces the training they need to take on Russian aggression. UK Signs Security Pact With Sweden and Finland, Amid Russia tensionsDateMay 12, 2022Finland and [...]
  • Shivangi Singh is the first woman set to fly a Rafale for IAF

    October 7, 2020 0
    At 25, the flight lieutenant from Varanasi is about to make history. And she was only 15 when she first framed her dream of ‘wanting to touch the sky’. Indian female pilot to fly Rafale [...]
  • Turkey Successfully Tests New Akinci B Drone

    April 14, 2022 0
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  • Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bombers

    July 4, 2023 0
    The Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat said that five enemy air targets had been shot down in the Bryansk Region. Ukrainian Patriot missile system shot down two Su-34 fighter-bombers and one Su-35 fighter jetDateFebruary 18, 2024Ukrainian [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Air Force shot down 11 out of 11 Iskander ballistic missiles using Patriot missile system

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shot Down Russian Su-34 Fighter-bomber

  • Europe

    Ukraine Claimed That It Shot Down Russian Su-34 and Su-25 Fighter Jets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italy To Deliver SAMP/T Anti-air Missiles System To Ukraine Worth €250 Million

  • Europe

    Ukraine signs French security pact after similar agreement with Germany

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Arrow-3 Becomes Top Tier High-altitude Anti-ballistic Missile System.

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force Deploys AT-6 Close Air Support Aircraft to Cambodian Border

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received First Battery Of Sophisticated NASAMS Anti-air Missiles

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh central banker accuses Sheikh Hasina and her cronies of siphoning out $234 billion with DGFI spy agency help: FT reports

  • Europe

    Turkish Air Force commands and controls UAV And F-16 over Nagorno-karabakh

  • Europe

    Poland signed a $2.6 billion deal to buy 150 South Korean K9 howitzers

  • Europe

    British-provided NLAW anti-tank weapons turned Ukraine into the graveyard of Russian tanks

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian fighter pilot says that he would sell his soul for only the Swedish-made Gripen.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shoot down a Russian Ka-52 Attack helicopter

  • Uncategorized

    Turkish Shipyard Launches First Milgem Corvette For Ukrainian Navy

  • Americas

    Pentagon will invest $1 billion in L3Harris rocket motor firm.

  • Europe

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

  • South Asia

    India hikes defense budget to 19%, demystifying India’s defense Budget

  • Europe

    Patria awarded contract to produce 321 armored vehicles for Swedish army

  • Americas

    World Braces For Brutal Trade War And Security Posture Changes As America Transitions To Trump Administration

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Transfers Cyclone-class Patrol Ships to Philippine Navy

  • Europe

    Putin’s War In Ukraine Hurting Chinese And Indian Military Supplies

  • Cruise Missiles

    Romanian startup develops AI-guided low-cost mini cruise missile.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

  • Air Platform

    Analysis: Evaluation Exercises Amongst Rafale, Gripen, Eurofighter Typhoon And Super Hornet

  • Europe

    Turkey will be amongst the top military spenders in 2024

  • Central Asia

    Czech Republic to modernize Azerbaijan’s Russian-made military equipment

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveiled American MQ-9 Reaper Copycat KVD002 Drone

  • Air Platform

    China flooded the markets with drones as the U.S. just started exporting armed drones

  • Americas

    Raytheon demonstrates counter-UAS solutions effective against drones

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Ukraine’s Neptune Cruise Missile Upgrades Put Putin’s Black Sea Fleet in Crosshairs

  • Europe

    Russia’s new Su-57 jet exposed as a fraud by IAF–Russia cancelled the production of the Su-57 fighter jet

  • Europe

    Wagner boss Yevgeniy Prigozhin threatened to kill Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu son-in-law with a sledgehammer

  • South Asia

    Myanmar’s military junta appears to be in terminal decline as rebels started nationwide offensives

  • Europe

    Dmitry Medvedev says ‘Ukraine is definitely Russia’, rules out peace talks

  • Europe

    Quantum Systems Awarded Contract To Deliver UAS To Ukrainian Army

  • Infantry Weapons

    The UAE and Saudi Arabia Reject Russian S-400 And Opt-in For Israeli Iron-Dome

  • Air Platform

    Saab Offers Gripen and GlobalEye Production in Canada with Technology Transfer.

  • Europe

    UAE-based Streit Group delivers armored vehicles to Russian National Guard.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli Fighter Jets Ready To Launch Space-age Rocks And Rampage Missiles At Iran

  • Europe

    Russia’s lost 22 tanks, 33 armored vehicles and 1040 Russian troops in a day

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Declares KRI Nanggala Has Sunk

  • Americas

    F-16 Video Shows First-Ever Manned F-16 Versus X-62A AI-piloted Aerial Dogfight

  • Naval Platforms

    Russian Akula-class submarine powered by tugboat!

  • Uncategorized

    Rheinmetall sends more Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin prepared the Russian army to use nuclear weapons against Baltic states, Western intelligence

  • Europe

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

  • Industry

    20 Chinese Tech Firms Are Backed By Peoples Liberation Army (PLA)

  • Europe

    Beretta Defence Proposes Next-gen GRAYBURN Rifle for British Armed Forces.

  • Europe

    Ukraine strikes Russian airfield housing 20 Su-34 aircraft in Rostov region

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