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East Asia and Pacific Region

U.S. approves $10 billion in medium-range missiles, howitzers, and drones for Taiwan.

December 19, 2025 GDC 0

The Trump administration has announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

October 13, 2025 GDC 0

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher during a major military parade in Pyongyang on October 11, 2025. The system’s close resemblance to the American platform has raised concern over Pyongyang’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Purchases 48 New HIMARS Rocket Artillery For Ship-killer Role.

October 4, 2025 GDC 0

The Australian Army’s appetite for the M142 HIMARS is proving voracious. With the first two of 42 units arriving in Australia only in March, the country is already eyeing another 48 of these U.S.-built rocket […]

Europe

Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes Destroyed Four of Putin’s Choppers Worth $75 Million

March 26, 2025 GDC 0

This is the dramatic moment Ukrainian forces obliterate four of Mad Vlad’s military helicopters inside a hidden Russian airstrip. Extraordinary aerial footage showed four choppers worth $75 million combined being decimated by US-made missiles in […]

Europe

Estonia received six HIMARS artillery rockets

January 24, 2025 GDC 0

Estonia has formally received six new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) from US defense firm Lockheed Martin at the company’s Arkansas headquarters. It follows a $200-million contract signed in December 2022 between the US […]

Anti-air Missiles

Ukraine’s HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Russia’s Upgraded Buk Surface-to-air Missile

October 28, 2024 GDC 0

A newly released video captures the moment a Ukrainian HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) obliterates a prized Russian Buk missile launcher in a dramatic strike. In apparent drone footage shared on Ukraine’s Defense of […]

C4iSR

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

October 15, 2024 GDC 0

According to the ” Come Back Alive ” Foundation, Ukraine’s counterintelligence and the military have struck a Russian 39N6 “Kasta-2E2” radar station using HIMARS rocket artillery. A domestic Shark unmanned aerial vehicle detected the target. Militarnyi reports that […]

Ballistic Missile

Ukraine push for the use of long-range Western missiles to strike inside Russia

September 26, 2024 GDC 0

Zelenskyy hopes to hit assets inside Russia to get the upper hand in negotiations but has not succeeded in convincing NATO allies to share the long-range missiles he needs for this. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Manufacture Munitions For HIMARS In Australia

September 16, 2024 GDC 0

Lockheed Martin has announced a significant expansion of its agreement with Australia regarding the local production of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles. The updated deal allows Canberra to manufacture the rocket motors and […]

Europe

Ukraine’s HIMARS Rockets Hit Russian Training Ground Killing Hundreds of Russian Soldiers

August 27, 2024 GDC 0

Hundreds of Russian soldiers have died close to the front lines in eastern Ukraine after Kyiv attacked a training ground with U.S.-supplied HIMARS, according to a Ukrainian official and media reports. Ukrainian forces fired on […]

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  • Huntington Ingalls Industries Completes Initial Sea Trials of 21st Virginia-class Submarine

    February 15, 2022 0
    Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today the successful completion of the initial sea trials Friday of fast-attack submarine Montana (SSN 794). Huntington Ingalls Christens Virginia-class Attack Submarine USS New Jersey (SSN 796)DateNovember 19, 2021US Navy [...]
  • CATIC Delivered 7 K-8W Training Aircraft to Bangladesh Air Guard

    October 14, 2020 0
    The aircraft was received at the BAG Base Zahurul Haque following the traditional customs of Bangladesh Air Guard. Seven newly procured training aircraft for the Bangladesh Air Guard (BAG) have arrived at Chittagong. Transported by [...]
  • US Air Force tests safer ejection system for new T-7A trainer jet

    May 9, 2025 0
    The U.S. Air Force’s next-generation trainer aircraft, the T-7A Red Hawk, took a major step forward in pilot safety with a successful high-speed escape system test conducted at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. According [...]
  • Rafael I-Derby BVRAAM Air-to-Air Missile

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  • AKINCI Combat UAV Baykar started to develop the AKINCI Combat UAV

    September 11, 2020 0
    Turkey’s Akinci combat drone has completed critical design review held on September 8 and 9. “Critical design review phase within the scope of AKINCI UAV Program has been successfully completed. AKINCI will now undergo qualification [...]
  • Maldives cancels defense contact with India on hydrographic surveys

    December 21, 2023 0
    With Maldives reviewing its defense relations with India, the new government of Maldives this week announced it will not renew its agreement with the Indian Navy on oceanographic surveys.   During a press conference this [...]
Africa

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

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Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

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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 […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Erdogan asked Putin to take back the S-400 missile system to rejoin the F-35 program.

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drone Proven Successful: Polish Defense Minister

  • Air Platform

    Australia received two new Chinook Helo

  • Europe

    Raytheon Awarded $182 Million Contact To Produce NASAMS II For Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Airbus to offer Tranche 5 Eurofighters to replace German Tornados

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Slovakia to buy Israeli-made Barak MX air defense systems

  • Middle East

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 003 Aircraft Carrier Could Be Headache For Indo-Pacific Nations

  • Europe

    Tucker Carlson faces economic sanctions and travel ban from European Union for interviewing war criminal Vladimir Putin

  • Air Platform

    Kuwaiti Prosecutor To Investigate Corruption Allegation In Eurofighter Procurement

  • South Asia

    Six U.S. Congressman Urges President Biden To Ban Bangladesh From UN Peacekeeping Missions As Bangladesh Withdraws Two RAB Officers From UN Peacekeeping Missions For Corruption And Human Rights Violations

  • Americas

    The mighty American military is useless without Australia’s Pine Gap, Tindal airbase and North West Cape space warfare centers

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bombers

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Approves Deadly MQ-9 Reaper Armed Drones For Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine gains foothold in Belgorod as Chechen units surrender to Ukrainian forces

  • Air Platform

    Qatar considers purchasing 24 more Rafale F4 Fighter Jets

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Harpoon And AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles For Philippines

  • Europe

    Russia uses camouflage to hide their Iskanders from Ukrainian drones

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s Type 45 Destroyer Undergoes BMD Upgrades

  • Air Platform

    Russia stopped Su-57 production after USA shuts down smuggling of dual-use American and German electronics to Russia

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-35 wins over Gripen, Eurofighter and Rafale in Europe

  • Naval Platforms

    Izumo-Class Helicopter Carrier Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine Coast Guard Inducts Multi-role Response Vessel MRRV-9701

  • Europe

    Patria and CSM signed an MoU for the supply of armored vehicle

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Military is High on Morale, Low on Air Defense and Fighter Jets

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwanese Air Force test-fires locally made cruise missiles

  • Europe

    Multiple Explosions Rocked Russian Military Base In Crimea Degrading Russian Black Sea Fleet

  • Africa

    Morocco Normalize Diplomatic Relations with Israel

  • Europe

    Turkey seeks approval to locally produce GE F404 engines for KAAN and Hurjet fighter jets

  • Middle East

    Russia offered S-400 system to Iraq to take advantage of diplomatic row between the US and Iraq

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Submarine Race In Asia-Pacific Region

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Anduril Industries To Build XL-AUV For Royal Australian Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Royal Malaysian Air Force Shortlists Eurofighter Typhoon and Dassault Rafale for MRCA Requirements

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin says F-35 stealth jets plays central role in Canada’s air combat strategy.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Wreck Havoc In Russia’s Largest Oil Refinery in Volgograd

  • Americas

    Raytheon awarded $580 million production contract for Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band Jammer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese spies can destroy Australia’s hundreds of billions of dollars of military bases using cheap kamikaze drone attacks from within Australia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS Agreement: Australia Cannot Fix British And American Submarine Industrial Bases Capacity Problem

  • Europe

    Ukraine Used Javelin To Destroy Russian Rocket Launchers

  • Air Platform

    Peru purchased 24 FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea, replacing Russian MiG-29

  • Middle East

    The UAE Ordered 50 F-35A Stealth Jets And 18 MQ-9B Drones Worth $23 Billion

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korea plans to build its first aircraft carrier

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea showcases unnamed new main battle tank

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine wants Long-range AGM-158 JASSM Missiles For Their F-16s

  • C4iSR

    Saab Group Awarded Contract To Produce Giraffe 1X Radars For Royal Navy

  • Europe

    Russian military lost 31,996 pieces of equipment in Ukraine war, but how bad Russia’s equipment losses are?

  • Air Platform

    Thailand’s Defense Minister Recommends Saab Gripen Over F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Africa

    The U.S. Special Forces Captured Second Pantsir-S1 In Lybia

  • Air Platform

    Will China Develop J-10D With Advanced Technology?

  • C4iSR

    NATO members to purchase six GlobalEye AWACS, replacing E-7A Wedgetail.

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