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Air Platform

China’s FC-31 Carrier Based Fighter Jet Shortcomings Impede PLA Navy’s Operations

May 28, 2025 GDC 0

Like China’s other jets, the FC-31 has shortcomings that keep it from matching its US counterparts. China was plagued by engine problems, as apparent in the recent Kashmir skirmish, when one of its J-10Cs’ engines […]

Air Platform

China’s J-20 and J-35A Fighter Jets Are Far From Stealth Jets

November 13, 2024 GDC 0

The new J-35A fighter jet is Airshow China’s star. Every two years, the southern city of Zhuhai showcases Beijing’s civil and military aerospace sector. The J-35A is lighter than China’s existing model, the J20, and […]

Air Platform

China Plans to Export FC-31 Fighter Jets, But Where is the Buyer?

April 22, 2022 GDC 0

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  • Taliban Could Sell Captured A-29, C-130 and UH-60 Aircraft To China, Report

    August 20, 2021 0
    Once the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan’s capital Kabul and airfield in Kandahar, it captured a large number of military helicopters such as U.S.-made Black Hawks and Soviet-made Mi-17s, reported Defense News. U.S. taxpayers donated [...]
  • Bangladesh’s China-made F-7MB Fighter Jet Crashes In Bay of Bengal

    November 15, 2021 0
    DHAKA (GDC) — A Bangladesh Air Guard’s jet today crashed in the Bay of Bengal minutes after it took off from a Zahurul Haque base in the south-eastern port city of Chittagong.“An F-7 fighter aircraft [...]
  • South Korea plans to launch its second spy satellite in April

    March 28, 2024 0
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  • Sanctions buster: Russia imported guidance kits from American Honeywell, Advanced Navigation and German iMAR Navigation

    December 21, 2023 0
    Conflict Armament Research (CAR), an independent organization that investigates arms trafficking and use in various conflicts around the world, uncovers the use of ‘Universal Planning and Correction’ modules (UMPK) attached to Russian air-dropped munitions in [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Delivers HIMARS Rocket Artillery To Poland

    November 12, 2023 0
    Poland has taken delivery of its first high-mobility artillery rocket systems, or HIMARS, according to reports in local media. Poland To Acquire 500 M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) With Domestic Production FacilityDateJune 22, [...]
  • Norinco Delivers 30 Type 59G Tanks To Chad National Army

    May 9, 2021 0
    Army Recognition reported that Chinese-made Type 59G main battle tank of Chad National Army (Al-Jaish al-Watani at-Tshadi, Armée nationale tchadienne) in the streets of N’Djamena after the death of the president in a battle with the [...]
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 […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

  • Air Platform

    Sweden and Ukraine agree to localize Gripen production in Ukraine.

  • Air Platform

    Israeli Air Force’s F-35I stealth jet destroyed Iran’s Matla-ul-Fajr stealth-tracking radar system

  • Anti-air Missiles

    GDELS-Steyr to unveil new short-range air defense system

  • Europe

    Turkish new jet-powered stealth combat drone Anka-3 takes off to perform its maiden flight

  • Europe

    After big wins in Nagorno-Karabakh, demands of Turkish armed drones soar

  • Middle East

    Israeli Female Soldiers Killed More Than 100 Hamas Terrorists

  • Europe

    Biden Admin To Provide Sophisticated NASAMS Anti-air System To Ukraine

  • Americas

    Raytheon Completes Testing of SPY-6 Radar’s Cooperative Engagement Capability

  • Americas

    HII Started Building Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer Jeremiah Denton (DDG 129)

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Indonesia buying Soviet-era Russian-Indian BrahMos missile a problem for Canberra and Washington

  • Europe

    Romania cancelled Gowind-class corvettes project with Naval Group

  • Middle East

    US warns Iran to stay 100 metres away from its warships or interpreted as threat: President Trump

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin To Acquire Aerojet Rocketdyne, Strengthening Position As Leading Provider Of Technologies

  • Middle East

    QEAF and RAF formed a joint Typhoon squadron

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    France Follows UK By Sending Long-range Scalp Cruise Missiles To Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The AGM-154A/B/C Joint stand-off weapon (JSOW)

  • Americas

    Donald Trump Vulnerable to Vladimir Putin’s Blackmail Due to Trump’s Sex Tape in Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Moscow

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China To Develop Naval Variant Of FC-31 Fighter

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves $100 Million To Train Ukrainian Pilots On F-15 And F-16 Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Carried Out First Flight

  • Europe

    Russia to hike defense budget by 70 percent to fight Putin’s war in Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli LORA is the First Western Air-launched Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured 14 2S33 Msta-S Self-propelled Howitzers From Russian Conscripts

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Marines Speak Japanese Language During Exercises With JSDF

  • Europe

    Germany purchased 100 Australian-made Boxer Armored Vehicles

  • Europe

    Finland Cleared To Buy Extended-range Multiple Launch Rocket Systems

  • Europe

    Putin pulled people from Admiral Kuznetsov sending them to the death zone in Ukraine, which will kill Russia’s aircraft carrier dream

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hunter-class Frigate to Receive Anschütz Integrated Navigation and Bridge Management System

  • Infantry Weapons

    Vulnerabilities of Almaz-Antay S-400 Triumf (SA-21)

  • Europe

    Dead, wounded: The voices of desperate Russian soldiers trying to escape Ukraine

  • Ballistic Missile

    Pakistan test-fires 450km range ballistic missile as tensions with India rise

  • Europe

    U.S. approves the sale of NSM Coastal Defense Systems to Romania

  • Middle East

    Israeli drone attacks over Syria, Lebanon and Palestine are act of self-defense

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Boeing Defense received contracts to build P-8As Poseidon for South Korea and New Zealand

  • Africa

    Morocco Ordered 30 Ceasar Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Has Offered Bangladesh Mega Arms Deal Including Super Hornet Block III, MQ-9 Reaper, Apache Helicopter, NASAMS Missile, HIMARS and TPY-4 Radar.

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s F-7BJI Aircraft Crashed on School, Killing 57 and Injuring 200 Civilians

  • Europe

    Royal Navy commissions fourth Astute-class submarine

  • Europe

    Serbia upgrades BTR-82A armored vehicles with new remote weapons station.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Israel Completes Tests of Upgraded Iron Dome Missile System

  • Americas

    USS Gerald R. Ford successfully completes final shock trials

  • Middle East

    US Marines conduct long-range convoys throughout Saudi Arabia

  • Air Platform

    Serbia, India, Egypt, Croatia, Indonesia, Qatar and Greece Received Dassault Rafale F3R Standard With The Full Complement of Modern Avionics, Sensors, AESA And Meteor BVRAAM, UAE Receives F4 Standard

  • Europe

    A Drunk Russian Army Driver Crashed Nuclear-tipped Iskander Missile Launcher Into Road Safety Barrier

  • Civil Aviation

    Saab Awarded Contract to Produce Digital Tower For Lithuania

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey exported unmanned aerial vehicles to 40 countries worth $5.5 billion

  • C4iSR

    Saab’s Ceros 200 fire control director

  • Air Platform

    Boeing begins building P-8A Poseidon for Norway

  • South Asia

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

  • Europe

    Loss Of Lyman: Pro-kremlin Commentators Called Putin A Pathological Liar

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