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F-16 Block 50/52

Air Platform

Pakistan’s F-16 Gets Major Boost as the US Approves New Upgrade Package.

December 12, 2025 GDC 0

The United States has approved a $686 million sale of advanced technology, support, and equipment for Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jet fleet, a move Washington says will strengthen Islamabad’s counterterrorism capabilities and reinforce military interoperability between […]

South Asia

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

May 11, 2025 GDC 0

In the middle of the night, Ayesha Farooq, not knowing she would make a run on 6 May 2025, took her F-16 Fighting Falcon to the skies over Pakistan and took her best shot to […]

Air Platform

Trump Administration Approves Training and Equipment for Ukraine’s F-16 Jets

May 5, 2025 GDC 0

President Donald Trump‘s administration on Friday approved a deal with Ukraine for training and equipment on F-16 jets, whose delivery former President Joe Biden green-lighted following Russia’s invasion. The State Department notified Congress that it […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s F-16 launches ground strikes on Russian targets

March 28, 2025 GDC 0

Ukraine is using F-16 fighter jets to launch ground strikes on Russian targets, Kyiv’s air force announced Wednesday. The Ukrainian air force published footage of an interview with an F-16 pilot, who outlined how the […]

Air Platform

Netherlands sent three more F-16 to Romania to train Ukrainian pilots

March 25, 2025 GDC 0

The Dutch Armed Forces delivered three additional F-16s to the European F-16 Training Center (EFTC) in Romania, which was established last year at the 86th Lieutenant Aviation George Mocorlat Air Base in Borcea. This transfer […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s F-16 Pilot Downs Six Russian Cruise Missiles Making Amazing History

January 8, 2025 GDC 0

Ukrainian pilot of a Western-supplied F-16 fighter jet shot down a barrage of Russian cruise missiles last month in what has been described as a historic first by Kyiv. After a long wait, Ukraine announced […]

C4iSR

Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

September 19, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine’s latest batch of F-16s have been equipped to conduct “full-spectrum electromagnetic warfare,” allowing them to rebuff jamming efforts and other electronic attacks by Moscow on the battlefield. The US Air Force has successfully updated […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s F-16 should be allowed to strike inside Russia, the same way Iran allowed its missiles to strike inside Ukraine

September 12, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine is seeking formal permission to use donated Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to strike targets inside Russia. Joining fellow national leaders at NATO’s annual summit on 11 July, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his […]

Air-Launched Weapons

U.S. Considers Supplying 370km Range JASSM Missiles to Ukraine, Which Could Alter Course of War

September 4, 2024 GDC 0

The U.S. is close to an agreement to give Ukraine long-range cruise missiles that could reach deep into Russia, but Kyiv would need to wait several months as the U.S. works through technical issues ahead […]

Europe

President Zelensky Fires Ukraine’s Air Force Chief

August 31, 2024 GDC 0

Volodymyr Zelensky has dismissed the chief of Ukraine’s air force days after an F-16 pilot was killed defending against a large-scale Russian attack. In the first known Ukrainian loss of the US-made fighter jets, Lieutenant […]

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  • Ukrainian forces fired ground-launched small diameter bombs for the first time

    February 16, 2024 0
    Ukraine’s American-made, ground-launched glide-bombs are in action—and at a critical time. Boeing will deliver long-range ground-launched small diameter bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine this monthDateFebruary 1, 2024Occupied Crimea is within the reach of U.S.-supplied ground launched [...]
  • Russia ramps up Iranian-designed Shahed drones under the name Geran-2 kamikaze drone production

    July 22, 2025 0
    Russian state media has aired footage from a major drone production facility in Yelabuga, Tatarstan, where Moscow is domestically manufacturing Iranian-designed Shahed drones under the name Geran-2. Russia’s Geran-3 Kamikaze Drone Fitted With 50 Foreign [...]
  • PLA Navy Sends Guided-missile Destroyer Changsha to Bangladesh

    November 29, 2022 0
    With the approval of China’s Central Military Commission (CMC), the guided missile destroyer Changsha (Hull 173) attached to a naval destroyer flotilla under the Southern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) set [...]
  • Pakistan Air Force Received First Chinese CH-4 Drones

    January 28, 2021 0
    Pakistan Receives CH-4 Drones from China A shipment containing an unspecified number of CH-4 Drones from China was received in Pakistan on January 15. Pakistan Received Five CH-4 Drones From ChinaDateSeptember 5, 2021Pakistan sent commandos [...]
  • Fincantieri Signed Agreement With Italy To Build Two Next-generation Submarine

    August 17, 2021 0
    Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and the Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere d’Armement (OCCAR), the European organization for joint armament cooperation, will sign a contract today for the construction of two next-generation U212NFS submarines for the [...]
  • Myanmar’s raging civil war creates human catastrophe for displaced Karen, Kachin and Rohingya

    November 8, 2024 0
    Myanmar is mired in crisis as conflict escalates, with criminal networks “out of control” and human suffering at unprecedented levels, a United Nations report has warned. In a hypothetical war between Bangladesh and Myanmar, who [...]
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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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

December 26, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

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

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

  • Infantry Weapons

    Rafael Spike LR II Missile System: The Ultimate Tank Killer

  • Europe

    Germany Selects Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet to Replace Aging Tornado

  • Air Platform

    Aero Vodochody delivers first three of L-39 Skyfox training aircraft to Hungary

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Combat Exercise Cobra Gold Reaffirms Ties Between the US and Thailand

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Thai Army captured Chinese-made GAM-102LR guided anti-tank missile system.

  • Middle East

    Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone struck an Israeli oil tanker

  • Air Platform

    South Korean TFX Is On Track Despite Lack Of Financial Contributions By Indonesia

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    Air Platform

    Sikorsky Delivers Future Long-range Assault Aircraft Proposal to U.S. Army

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Delivers First Musherib-class OPV to Qatar

  • Americas

    US Navy’s Columbia-class submarine project moves forward

  • C4iSR

    China delivers new intelligence gathering spy ship to Pakistan navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal delivers 2nd Evolved Cape-class patrol boat to RAN

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Selects Patria AMVXP 8×8 Armored Vehicles

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian Special Forces Destroyed Russia’s Electronic Warfare System in Bakhmut

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rheinmetall awarded contract to deliver Skyranger 30 short-range air defense systems for the Royal Danish Army

  • Europe

    Russia sending 1970s T-72 tanks to fight modern Leopard, Challenger and Abrams tanks

  • Infantry Weapons

    US Approves Possible Sale of 1,000 TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia

  • C4iSR

    In-depth Look At Saab 340 Erieye AEW&C

  • Americas

    Maxar cuts Ukraine’s access to critical satellite imagery

  • South Asia

    U.S. State Department Approves Sale of 31 MQ-9B Predator Drones, Missiles and Support Equipment to India

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan to Replace All F-5s Within Three Years

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Northrop Grumman Completes Second Successful AARGM-ER Test

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation to accelerate Rafale production amid high market demands

  • Europe

    Serbia Behind $1.6 Billion PULS Artillery Contract With Israeli Elbit Systems.

  • Air Platform

    Outdated and Unreliable Su-57 Forced Russia to Send 12 Years Old ‘Prototype 054’ Su-57 to India, China and UAE

  • Air Platform

    UK-based Aeralis designing a new modular next-gen training aircraft

  • Europe

    British Army Received Europe’s Most Modern Battle Tank, The Challenger 3

  • Americas

    Elbit Systems to upgrade U.S. Army’s next-generation Bradley infantry fighting vehicle

  • Naval Platforms

    US Navy FFG(X) Frigate Specification

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thales Awarded Support Contract for Australian Navy’s Anti-submarine Torpedo

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Beaver Kamikaze Drone Just Destroyed Oil Depot In Sochi Near Putin’s Billion Dollars Mansion

  • C4iSR

    Australian-built Drone Jammer Helping Ukrainian Soldiers Fight Russian Drones

  • Europe

    Pentagon to equip Ukraine’s F-16 jets with JDAM precision-guided bombs

  • Europe

    UK will send starstreak, NLAW, howitzer and loitering munitions worth £100 million to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Pyongyang Conducts Tactical Ballistic Missile Tests

  • Defense Industry

    Israeli Aerospace Industries acquires Greek defense company

  • Industry

    Shenyang WS-10B Taihang Doesn’t Solve China’s Engine Nightmare

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Unveils Deck-based KF-21N Fighter Jet

  • Europe

    Ukraine War: Russia Lost Global LNG Export Markets By 15 Percent

  • Middle East

    Ukraine War: Russia Lost Its Fighter Jet Export Markets In the Middle East, Asia and Africa

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean KN-23 failed in the Ukraine war, but that didn’t stop Kim Jong Un from having a photo opportunity with the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces captured Russian T-80BVM tanks in Kherson

  • Europe

    France and Germany to manufacture next-gen main battle tank.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea lifts martial law order after parliament voted to defy president

  • Europe

    North Korean troops received AK-47, but no winter clothes, helmets or body armor to fight in Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Rocketsan Unveils BURC Anti-air Gun and Missile System

  • Europe

    Ukraine received more heavy rocket launchers from France

  • Americas

    US slaps restrictions on dual-purpose technology exports to China amid concerns over military use

  • Africa

    Algeria To Receive 14 Su-34E Medium Bombers

  • Europe

    Russia’s military restructuring is a response to NATO expansion, says General Valery Gerasimov

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