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Air-Launched Weapons

Poland Purchases GBU-39B Bombs For F-35 and F-16 Fighter Jets.

October 9, 2025 GDC 0

According to information published by the Polish Ministry of National Defence on September 4, 2025, during the MSPO 2025 defense exhibition held in Kielce, Poland, an agreement was signed between the United States and Poland […]

Air Platform

RAAF F-35A Takes Off With Full Complement Of Weapons

June 11, 2021 GDC 0

Two RAAF F-35s have taken to the skies with a full complement of weapons for the first time. The landmark moment came as the pair were taking part in Exercise Arnhem Thunder 21 last month […]

Middle East

Israeli Army Deploys Deadly Merkava Tanks And APCs In Gaza

May 15, 2021 GDC 0

Fighting raged on Thursday in Gaza as Israel said it needed more time to eradicate cross-border tunnels used by Hamas for attacks, while the Palestinian Islamists demanded the blockade on the Gaza Strip be lifted. […]

Europe

British MoD Authorized £1.4 Billion Arms Sale To Saudi Arabia

March 17, 2021 GDC 0

British officials authorized the export of almost £1.4 billion of weapons to Saudi Arabia in the quarter after the UK resumed sales of weapons that could be used in the war in Yemen. Campaigners accused ministers of […]

Middle East

Biden Administration Pauses Precision Guided Munitions Sale To Saudi Arabia

March 10, 2021 GDC 0

The Biden administration has paused indefinitely two precision guided munition sales to Saudi Arabia, worth as much as $760 million, as part of a new policy aimed at curtailing violence in Yemen, learned GDC citing […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Boeing GBU-39 GPS-guided 113kg (250lb) small diameter bomb

April 20, 2020 GDC 0

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  • Ukraine War: Myanmar Remains the Last True Friend of Russia in Southeast Asia

    February 4, 2023 0
    Russian President Vladimir Putin has oozed a casual resentment when describing the “irreversible and even tectonic changes” that he says have led the West to become a spent force in the world. Myanmar Expands Military [...]
  • One Belt, One Road (OBOR), Plus Grease Payments: Chinese Arms Sales in Asia and Africa In The Name of Development

    June 12, 2020 0
    The main focus on of Chinese arms exports remains to its close neighbors. Since 2008, Pakistan (40%) and Bangladesh (13%) together account for over half of all China’s major weapons exports. China has leap-frogged Russia [...]
  • Turkey To Establish Military Base In Iraqi Kurdistan

    May 22, 2021 0
    Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu announced today that Turkey will establish a military base in Metina, a mountainous area close to the Turkish border in Iraqi Kurdistan, to surveil the broader region. Speaking to members of the ruling Justice and [...]
  • Japan, Philippines sign new defence pacts amid tensions with China.

    January 17, 2026 0
    The Philippines and Japan signed two defence pacts on Thursday, including a deal allowing their forces to exchange supplies and services, the latest in a series of agreements aimed at countering China’s regional assertiveness. Philippine [...]
  • US Army Test Fires Patriot Missiles In Talisman Sabre Exercises

    July 18, 2021 0
    The pair of MIM-104 Patriot missiles were loaded for transport to a launcher at Shoalwater Bay ahead of the exercise in which they will be fired for the first time in the southern hemisphere for [...]
  • Turkey Negotiating With UK To Purchase Eurofighter, Type 23 Frigate And C-130J Aircraft

    March 20, 2023 0
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Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

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 […]

  • Europe

    Elbit Systems to build artillery ammunition factory for undisclosed buyer

  • C4iSR

    Hensoldt and Indra complete the first Eurofighter ECRS Mk1 radar upgrades

  • Europe

    More than 8,000 Russian soldiers were killed in 2023 in the battle for Soledar and Bakhmut

  • Europe

    France will deploy troops to Ukraine’s front line to fight Putin’s troops: President Emmanuel Macron

  • Air Platform

    F-16 Will Detor Russian Airborne Sorties Over Ukrainian Airspace, Veteran F-16 Pilot Says

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Eyes New Air Superiority Program After Losing NGAD Contest

  • Europe

    A Russian Tu-95 Pilot Behind Strikes on Ukraine Shot Dead Inside Russia’s Engels Airbase

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Aims to Become Top 10 Global Arms Dealer.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Purchased Two Scorpene-Class Submarines From France

  • Air Platform

    Thailand Allocates Initial Funding For F-35 Stealth Jets

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes destroyed Russia’s Kasta-2E2 Radar

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 fighter jet downed its own S-70 heavy armed drone in a collateral incident.

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Will Supply S-400 To India In December, The Looming CAATSA Sanctions On India

  • Air Platform

    India to arm 100 Heron drones with missiles

  • Europe

    Finland shut its land borders with Russia indefinitely

  • Europe

    Russian military abandoned tanks and vehicles in Ukraine, amid logistics problems and low morale

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Inks Deal with OCEA for 40 Coast Guard Patrol Boats

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Greece purchases Israeli Barak MX Surface-to-air Missile.

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo sells 40 commercial helicopters for around $504 million

  • Ballistic Missile

    China Test Fires Air-launched DF-21D Anti-ship Ballistic Missile

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Spend $12 Billion To Replace Soviet-era Fighters And SAM

  • C4iSR

    Israeli Rafael Tests Next-gen Sky Shield EW Attack Pod

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up Russian oil refinery and reduced Russia’s oil production capacity by five percent

  • Air Platform

    Italy open to Germany join GCAP sixth-generation fighter jet project.

  • Europe

    Ukraine will receive Bradley infantry fighting vehicles

  • Air Platform

    France Acquires 42 Dassault Rafale F4 Fighter Jets

  • South Asia

    Tarique Rahman Replaces Indian RAW Asset Brigadier General Md Hafizur Rahman and Reshuffles Senior Military Positions to Remove India’s Deep State in the Bangladesh Army.

  • Europe

    Turkey considers sending Bayraktar Akinci drones to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Sweden’s new A-26 Blekinge Class submarines can perform seabed warfare

  • Naval Platforms

    India bought two mothballed Project 11356 warships from Russia

  • Europe

    Ukrainian FPV drone knocked out Russia’s new artillery system

  • Industry

    China is the world’s 2nd-biggest arms exporter, and it’s closing the gap on the US

  • Anti-air Missiles

    South Korea completes development of L-SAM missile defense system

  • Europe

    Germany sends more ammunitions to Ukraine worth $700 million 

  • Europe

    3000 Russian Conscripts Surrendered In Kherson, Russians Fled Like Olympic Sprinters

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Offers Bayraktar TB2 Drones And MLRS To Kyrgyzstan

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract To Build Homes Moon’s Orbit

  • Europe

    Russian kamikaze drone blew up Ukraine’s IRIS-T SLM Mockup

  • Air Platform

    TAI Conducts Full-scale Static Tests On T625 Helicopter

  • Air Platform

    Boeing begins building P-8A Poseidon for Norway

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    CASIC HQ-17AE Air Defense Systems

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China brings in more soldiers, heavy construction equipment to Galwan Valley

  • Air Platform

    Philippine Air Force Will Deploy FA-50 Fighter Jets In Australia For The First Time

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia issued RFP for special forces helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Army Unveils ASCOD Command Vehicle With Elbit’s Turret

  • South Asia

    Indian MoD asks IAF to issue an RFI for 100 Fighter Jets worth $15 billion

  • Europe

    Ukraine launches devastating drone strikes in the Crimean peninsula with over 10 drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS Deal: U.S. Congress Passes Legislation Allowing Transfer of Nuclear Submarines to Australia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rising Maritime Ambitions Of China, Where Does The West Stand?

  • Africa

    U.S. Warns Algeria of Sanctions Over Russian Su-57 Jet Purchases.

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