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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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  • Israeli Rafael Awarded Contract To Supply EW Suite And Guns for Philippines

    September 14, 2021 0
    The Rafael Advanced Systems announced that it had won a contract to provide the suite that includes a combat management system, Typhoon weapon systems and Spike missiles for the Philippines Navy. Elbit Systems to deliver [...]
  • Saab To Upgrade Swedish Navy’s Gotland Class Submarine

    September 23, 2022 0
    Saab announced on September 14, 2022 that it has received new orders from FMV (Swedish Defense Materiel Administration) for the upgrade of HSwMS Södermanland. Saab has received new orders from FMV regarding submarine upgrades. The [...]
  • Germany is now Europe’s top defense spender, reported SIPRI

    April 29, 2025 0
    Germany became Europe’s biggest defence spender for the first time since the end of the Cold War last year after spending billions on procurement, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said on Monday. The [...]
  • NIOA Australia Started Manufacturing 30mm Ammunitions For Boxer CRV

    June 9, 2024 0
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  • Babcock Floats Royal Navy’s First Type 31 Frigate HMS Venturer

    December 6, 2024 0
    UK shipbuilder Babcock has revealed that the Royal Navy’s first Type 31 frigate HMS Venturer will be floated off in the first half of 2024. “HMS Venturer is progressing through construction and assembly with the [...]
  • Remote Country Girl Joins Aussie Troops In Afghanistan

    July 6, 2020 0
    Albury Wodonga’s Meagan Crookson used to work in the local aged-care industry, now she’s protecting Aussie soldiers on Operation Highroad as a Guardian Angel in Kabul, Afghanistan.   “We are the force protection for the [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

Turkey and Egypt Sign Major Defense Cooperation Agreement on 155mm Ammo and Missile Production.

February 8, 2026 0

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  • Middle East

    Royal Air Force Shot Down Enemy Drones Over Syrian Airspace

  • Europe

    Russia Blames American Raytheon For Upgrading Soviet-era Tu-141 Kamikaze Drones

  • South Asia

    Afghan Air Force To Fight Back Against Taliban Insurgents Using A-29, AC-208 And Black Hawks

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Blow Up Turret Of Their Own Howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    For the First Time A Fixed-wing Aircraft Take-off from Japanese Aircraft Carrier Since WWII

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carrier To Play Global Roles

  • Middle East

    Israel Army Deploys Troops Near Syrian Border To Create Buffer Zone

  • Europe

    Russia Evacuating Officer’s Families From Tokmak After Ukraine Destroys Russia’s S-400 SAM

  • Air Platform

    In-depth Look At China’s WJ-700 Armed Reconnaissance Drone

  • Europe

    Delusional and demoralized Russian troops tell the commander that Bayraktar TB2 dropped nuclear bombs

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia and Israel progressed in normalizing diplomatic relations, U.S. diplomatic sources say

  • Air Platform

    Dramatic moment British Starstreak missile blasts Russian KA-52 helicopter out the sky

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed Russian navy’s missile boat Ivanovets in Crimea

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed Russian mercenary Wagner group’s headquarters

  • Cruise Missiles

    MBDA Unveils STRATUS Future Cruise / Anti-Ship Weapon (FC/ASW).

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Sends Warships To South China Sea To Stop Chinese Fishing Flotilla Entering Its EEZ

  • Air Platform

    Croatia Donates Fourteen Mi-8 Transport Helicopters To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian government launches strategic review into the Australian defense forces

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Defense Industries Expedite Development Of TFX MMU

  • Air Platform

    United Arab Emirates Officially Joins South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Program Replacing Indonesia

  • Air Platform

    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Stealth 5th Generation Fighter jet

  • Air Platform

    Germany purchases F-35 stealth jets worth €10 billion

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall, Thales Awarded Contract to Support Tiger Helicopter Simulators in France and Germany

  • Europe

    Fincantieri Began Construction of Italian Navy’s U212NFS Submarines

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Video Shows Russian TOR-M2 Missile System Fired Warhead at Itself

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army Deploys M1A2 Abrams SEP V3 Tanks

  • Europe

    Ukrainian ATACMS strikes destroyed a Russian oil depot in Luhansk region

  • Infantry Weapons

    Exocet MM40 Block III Anti-ship Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Double Down On M142 HIMARS Artillery Rockets

  • Europe

    Russian Wagner mercenary shot down two Russian helicopters and IL-22 plane during mutiny

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar to receive first Su-30SME this year

  • Air Platform

    Germin Company Says It Will Investigate Use Of GPS Tech In Bayraktar TB

  • Europe

    Airbus pursuing Luftwaffe’s maritime P-3C patrol aircraft replacement programme

  • Air Platform

    Realty Of Russian Aerospace Industries: China upgrades Russian-made Su-35 for PLAAF

  • Europe

    Prime Minister Sunak ordered the deployment of military assets to the eastern Mediterranean

  • Middle East

    Saudi Navy Received Second Avante 2200 Class Corvette

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier could challenge the US and Australian Navy

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan to ditch Chinese JF-17 jets and join Turkish KAAN fighter jet project

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Coast Guard Deports Russians Escaping Putin’s Conscriptions

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Delivered 500th F-35 to the USAF

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Buys 12 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Block III Aircraft

  • Americas

    US Navy christens future USS Marinette

  • Cruise Missiles

    KONGSBERG acquires Zone 5 and enters development and high-volume production of affordable missiles.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    New Close-up Image Shows North Korean Shipyards Was Inept and Lacked Technical Know-how on Launching Destroyer

  • Europe

    Ukranian hackers altered Putin fanatic’s Aliexpress account and placed £20,000 worth sex toys order instead of drones

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Group Awarded Contract To Supply RBS70 Missile To Lithuania

  • Middle East

    President El-Sisi Of Egypt Secretly Ordered 40,000 Rockets For Russian Army

  • Europe

    Russian nuclear missile failure makes Putin’s threats of the use of nukes more vague than actual

  • Americas

    President Trump warned that the airspace above and near Venezuela should be considered closed.

  • Land Platform

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

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