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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 […]

  • Kim Jong-Un showcases his nuclear warheads and missiles

    April 27, 2023 0
    Kim Jong-Un is ready to up the ante in coming weeks with increasingly provocative and eccentric displays of his military nuclear program. The President Biden would have only 12 minutes to decide nuclear launch-under-attack optionDateApril [...]
  • Bangladesh looks to reduce power prices of Adani deal which ousted Sheikh Hasina favored as Indian company

    December 2, 2024 0
    On November 20, the floor seemed to have fallen out under the Adanis. A Federal court in Brooklyn, New York, unsealed an indictment brought by the United States Department of Justice against Gautam Adani, his [...]
  • Israel And Bahrain Formally Establish Diplomatic Relations

    October 20, 2020 0
    The deal – brokered by the US – was signed in the Bahrain capital, Manama, on Sunday. For decades, most Arab states have boycotted Israel, insisting they would only establish ties after the Palestinian dispute [...]
  • Pakistan moves twenty thousands troops to Indian border

    July 2, 2020 0
    Pakistan has moved almost 20,000 additional soldiers to LoC in northern Ladakh to match Chinese deployments on the LAC in the east. The level of troops Pakistan has deployed is more than what it did [...]
  • Weapons China Copied From Russia, Czech Republic, Germany, France, Italy, Israel and America

    July 6, 2020 0
    Chinese government-controlled Global Times, CGTV and CCTV continuously keep telling the world about China’s fast-emerging aircraft industry. It is also to raise the morale of its own people and to give the impression of becoming [...]
  • France To Deliver Crotale NG Anti-air Missiles And Radars To Ukraine

    October 30, 2022 0
    On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron announced the supply of radar and air defense missile systems to Ukraine in the coming weeks. He did not specify the number and type of air [...]
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 […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • C4iSR

    Saab delivers two signals intelligence (SIGINT) ships to Polish Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China To Launch Third Aircraft Carrier In Late 2021

  • Europe

    Ukrainian SHARK drone locating Russian positions for HIMARS to destroy them

  • Europe

    No ration: Russian conscripts are seen poaching geese from the farm, and Ukrainian forces pound them with shells

  • Air Platform

    No FA-50 or JF-17 For Argentina, Only Hope Is Chinese FC-20CE

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System in Crimea and Belgorod.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall modernizing 27 more Boxer command vehicles for the Bundeswehr

  • Naval Platforms

    India Downselects German Type 214 Submarine Design for Future Submarine Fleet.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Destroyer Escorts Australian Frigate For The First Time

  • Air Platform

    Turkish firm develops mini rocket for micro-UAVs

  • Americas

    Lockheed’s Patriot missile’s success in the Ukraine war silenced most critics of the system

  • Defense Industry

    Indian Navy signs contract for construction of 17 naval vessels

  • Americas

    Saab Proposes To Establish Sensors Production Centre Under Canada’s FFCP Programme

  • Europe

    Ukrainians sell parts of Russia’s new Lancet kamikaze drone as souvenir

  • Europe

    Amid Russia Tensions, U.S. Deploys F-15 Fighter Jets in Poland

  • Europe

    Russian Retreating From Northern Ukraine Exposed Russian Propaganda About Its Military Might

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E records the radar signature of the opponent

  • Europe

    Ukrainian artillery blew up Russian BM-30 rocket launcher system

  • Middle East

    Israeli Defense Forces Gathering Intelligence From Intact Iranian Ballistic Missile That Landed In Israeli Desert

  • Africa

    Morocco, Bangladesh, and Indonesia Deny Reports of Discussions with Pakistan on the JF-17 Temu Jet.

  • Europe

    Patria awarded contract to produce 321 armored vehicles for Swedish army

  • Europe

    France Donates A Large Batch Of Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Americas

    Canada to diversify weapons import and reduce reliance on US weapons

  • South Asia

    Indian Air Force Hunts For Aerial Refueling Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Facebook Bans Myanmar Military’s Facebook And Instagram Pages

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mossad’s Ex-spy Drops Bombshell On Hezbollah and Exploding Pagers at CBS 60 Minutes

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amid Tensions With China, Taiwan Started Building Submarines

  • Middle East

    Israel And United Arab Emirates Strike Historic Diplomatic Agreement

  • Naval Platforms

    Chinese Type 054X Frigate for PLAN

  • Air Platform

    UK Embargoed Sale Of South Korean FA-50 Fighters To Argentina

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The RAN Warship Joins Multinational Military Exercise In South China Sea

  • Europe

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

  • Middle East

    Egyptian Navy Christens ENS Bernees (FFG 1003) Into Service

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-25 crashed during a training flight

  • Central Asia

    Turkish TB2 Drones Are Conquering Central Asia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian military to buy Switchblade 300 suicide drones being used by Ukrainian forces

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese F-2 escorted Tu-95 out of Japanese airspace

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Storm Shadow Missile Strikes Killed Russian Army General and Eighteen Officers In Kursk Region

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s FP-1 long-range drone shot down Russia’s Mi-8 helicopter.

  • Europe

    Russia Begun Deploying Nuclear Capable Iskander-M Missiles To Finish And Swedish Border

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    IP Theft: China Copies Swedish Visby-class Corvette As New Ship Design For PLA Navy

  • Europe

    Turkey Laid Keel Of Third Jinnah-class Corvettes Of Pakistan Navy 8

  • Air Platform

    Japan to arm its F-35 with heavy hitter stealth NSM, LRASM and JASSM

  • Americas

    US Navy commissions new hunter-killer submarine, USS New Jersey

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Sent To Jail After Complaining About Poor Training

  • Europe

    Belgium Formally Joins Lockheed Martin F-35 Programme

  • Cruise Missiles

    Ukraine’s new 3,000km range cruise missile will hit deep inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    Morocco Ordered Airbus H135 Helicopters

  • Americas

    Canada’s Roshel and Swedish Swebor jointly produce ballistic-grade steel in Canada

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