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Naval Platforms

Indian Navy Ditches Russian Aircraft Carrier Design, Opts For Queen Elizabeth Class Design

April 21, 2021 GDC 0

The UK-India Business Council (UKIBC) has stated an intention to support efforts towards bilateral cooperation on submarines and aircraft carriers with the aim to meet future capability requirements in the Indian Navy (IN). The UKIBC’s […]

Air Platform

UK Wants To Buy More F-35 Fighter Jets

April 5, 2021 GDC 0

The United Kingdom plans to order more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters by 2025, a top Defence Ministry official said. Jeremy Quin, the minister for defense procurement, said the UK would be adding to the 48 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan Hails Royal Navy For Sending HMS Queen Elizabeth To South China Sea

January 16, 2021 GDC 0

Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi on Thursday welcomed Britain’s plan to dispatch an aircraft carrier strike group to waters in the western Pacific amid China’s growing maritime assertiveness. During a video conference with his British […]

Europe

Royal Navy Tests Gravity Jet Packs

January 12, 2021 GDC 0

For decades, science fiction has been telling us that jet packs are right around the corner. But, while it seems there will still be some time before any of us are using them to get […]

Air Platform

Watch Cool F-35 Onboard Aircraft Carriers

October 6, 2020 GDC 0

The F-35 is delivering more than just air dominance, it’s simultaneously delivering tens of thousands of high paying, high quality jobs to American workers across the country, and around the world. According to standard industry […]

Europe

Royal Navy Built Carrier Strike Groups

October 4, 2020 GDC 0

Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth will soon sail with a task group of nine vessels, including a nuclear submarine. HMS Queen Elizabeth will sail with HMS Kent, HMS Defender, HMS Diamond, HMS Northumberland, RFA Tideforce, […]

Europe

RAF and USMC F-35 joins HMS Queen Elizabeth for major exercises

September 23, 2020 GDC 0

F-35B Lightning Jets from the Royal Air Force and United States Marine Corps (USMC) have left RAF Marham to join the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, to take part in Exercise Joint Warrior off the west coast of […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carrier To Play Global Roles

September 10, 2020 GDC 0

The Royal Navy Fleet Commander has said the Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers are “necessary” for Britain’s “global responsibilities”.  Vice Admiral Jerry Kyd said during an online webinar on Monday that the ships are a “symbol of strength”. He said […]

Europe

Royal Navy’s aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth and her crews practice airborne missions

July 27, 2020 GDC 0

HMS Queen Elizabeth and her F-35B jets have been training for any and all eventualities related to carrier strike operations. F-35 jets launched from HMS Queen Elizabeth practised air combat, dogfighting against Typhoons and other F-35A. HMS Queen […]

Naval Platforms

Royal Navy’s Aircraft Carrier Faces Funding Concerns: British Auditor

June 26, 2020 GDC 0

Ambitious plans for the Royal Navy’s two new aircraft carriers – each of which cost more than £3bn – will not be met without proper funding, the government spending watchdog National Audit Office (NAO) has […]

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  • RoK Navy’s Released First Photo Of Envisioned Aircraft Carrier

    January 8, 2021 0
    South Korea’s Navy has shared images of the country’s first aircraft carrier. The unnamed ship, which will carry the vertical takeoff and landing version of the F-35B, will take to the seas sometime in the 2030s. The [...]
  • Misinformation in Kremlin grows as Putin’s chef competes with others for brown nose opportunity

    January 31, 2023 0
    The head of the notorious Wagner mercenary group is locked in a high-profile dispute with former Russian commander Igor Girkin. Wagner will not hesitate to kill Russian commanders, Russian commander Igor Girkin saysDateJuly 19, 2023Putin [...]
  • Serbia negotiating with France to purchase Rafale jets, Mistral SAM and H125M helicopters

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  • U.S.-made HIMARS Destroys Russian Ammunition Depot And Warehouse In Kakhovka

    August 31, 2022 0
    Explosions lit up the night sky as Ukrainian forces reportedly destroyed yet another Russian ammunition depot in Kakhovka, reported the Sun newspaper. Ukraine destroys dozens Russian ammunition depots using HIMARS artillery rocketsDateJune 19, 2023Ukrainian HIMARS [...]
  • A Chinese Man Seeking Political Asylum And Freedom In Taiwan

    May 6, 2021 0
    Taiwan authorities are investigating whether a man from mainland China had managed to cross the Taiwan Strait in a rubber dinghy in a bid to seek political sanctuary. USS Curtis Wilbur Transits Taiwan StraitDateMay 19, 2021Chinese [...]
  • Turkish arms exports to the United States jump 56% as gun control looms

    June 11, 2021 0
    Turkish defense and aviation exports to the United States have surged by 56% during the January-April period of this year, data by an industry trade body showed Monday. Despite Covid-19 Outbreak, Turkish Defense Exports Reach [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

  • Air Platform

    Myanmar’s Rebels Shot Down Karakorum-8 (K-8) Ground-attack Jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese F-2 escorted Tu-95 out of Japanese airspace

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Double Down On M142 HIMARS Artillery Rockets

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Why Missiles Fired From F-22 Raptor And F-35 Are Hard To Detect?

  • Americas

    US Navy Will Retrofit John F Kennedy Aircraft Carrier To Launch F-35 From Deck

  • Africa

    Tunisia Bought 3 Anka-S Drones Worth $80 Million

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian and Chinese Military Commanders Held Meetings To Defuse Border Tensions

  • Europe

    Cars registered in Russia could no longer enter the European Union, says EU commission

  • Europe

    Putin’s new air defense system is nets between lampposts to catch FPV drones, but it doesn’t help

  • Air Platform

    Russia Quietly Dumped AESA Radar and TVC In MiG-35 Fighters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese PLA Spy Cheng Cheng Followed Elon Musk during State Visit to Beijing.

  • Europe

    Cyprus ready to donate T-80U tanks to Ukraine in exchange of Greek Leopard 2 tanks

  • South Asia

    Former Bangladesh Army Chief General Iqbal Karim Bhuiyan admits that the Bangladesh Military is corrupt, inept, and lacks patriotism.

  • C4iSR

    IAI and HHI to Supply Philippine Navy with ALPHA 3D Radar Systems

  • Air Platform

    1970s Mirage 2000 Jets Proved Superior to Russian Air Force in Ukraine War

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army Started Trialling Battery Powered Bushmaster Armored Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aerospace delivers three new armed UCAV to the Turkish Navy

  • C4iSR

    DefExpo 2020: Thales exhibits digital transformation and security solutions for defense forces

  • Middle East

    ‘Suicide drone’ used to attack Israeli ship, report

  • Europe

    Ukraine and Slovakia to jointly build 155mm self-propelled howitzer

  • Air Platform

    India and France are at each other’s throats over the Rafale downing by Pakistan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia to build new $7.4 billion bases for nuclear submarines

  • Air Platform

    Swiss Lawmakers Pass Legislation To Buy 36 F-35A Stealth Jets

  • South Asia

    The US State Department approves NASAMS II and Avenger ADS for India

  • Infantry Weapons

    Ukrainian Fort-221 Assault Rifle

  • Air Platform

    No IFF and datalink: Russian anti-air missiles shot down its own Su-34 and Mi-8 helicopters

  • Europe

    Proxy war: Wagner Group in Belarus possess serious threat to Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshis turned to Virtual Private Network (VPN) as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered DGFI to crackdown on citizens using draconian ICT law

  • Americas

    Sikorsky to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for U.S. Marines

  • Europe

    Ukraine to receive more CEASAR howitzers from France

  • Americas

    BAE Systems Awarded $299 Million Contact To Build Combat Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Received First Batch Of F-16 Fighting Falcon Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Marand Joins Rheinmetall To Build IFV For Australian Army

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Delivered 72 F-35 Stealth Jets in Six Months

  • Africa

    Morocco set to purchase Turkish Bayraktar Akinci combat drones

  • Air Platform

    Vietnam signed agreement with the U.S. to purchase F-16V, ditching Su-57 jets

  • Americas

    Pentagon picks defense-technology firm Kratos to develop hypersonic flight-testing vehicle

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Colonel Captures Russia’s T-90M Tank And Drive Off While Russian Conscripts Watch From Distance

  • Central Asia

    Azerbaijani President Aliyev accuses Russia of shooting down passenger plane

  • C4iSR

    Thales Awarded Contract To Deliver GM200 Surveillance Radar To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Will China Develop J-10D With Advanced Technology?

  • Europe

    Russian casualties crossed 350,000 soldiers, but Kremlin wouldn’t admit fearing domestic uprising

  • Europe

    Russia’s Su-27 Released Missile Near RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    China Arming Pakistan with HQ-19, J-35A Jets and KJ-500 Early Warning Radar to Defend Aksai Chin Disputed Territory

  • Africa

    Swedish Aerospace Company Trelleborg Opens Factory in Morocco.

  • Europe

    Baltic States Call for European NATO Countries to Reinstate Conscription

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

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

  • Naval Platforms

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Start Construction of French Navy’s Chevallier-Class Replenishment Tanker

  • Central Asia

    After Major Corruption Scandals in Bangladesh and South Africa, Armenia Backs Out of Nuclear Energy Deal With Russia’s Rosatom

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    PLA Air Force Carrying GB100 Precision-guided Bomb In Patrol Mission

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