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Cruise Missiles

Australia purchased 220 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles

August 22, 2023 GDC 0

The acquisition of some of the most powerful and technologically advanced weapons systems the ADF has fielded will enhance Australia’s ability to target enemies at longer ranges. More than $1.7 billion will be invested in […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia purchased 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles for Hobart class destroyers

March 17, 2023 GDC 0

Australia said it’s planning to buy up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States after the U.S. State Department approved the sale Friday. The deal comes days after Australia announced it would buy nuclear-powered […]

Anti-ship Missile

Australia Select Naval Strike Missiles To Replace Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles

February 19, 2023 GDC 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

BAE Systems Awarded $155 Million Contract To Upgrade Hobart-class Destroyers

November 24, 2022 GDC 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

RAN’s $45 Billion Hunter Class Will Hit The Water On Time, Says Defense Minister Marles

September 15, 2022 GDC 0

Australia’s troubled $45 billion future frigate project will deliver the Navy’s Hunter class warships on time, Defence Minister Richard Marles has pledged as he visited shipbuilder BAE’s docks in Glasgow. “We’ve had really frank conversations […]

Defense Industry

Lockheed Martin Awarded $192 Million Sustainment Contract For Australian Navy’s Aegis Destroyer

July 7, 2022 GDC 0

American defence company Lockheed Martin has received a modification to a previously awarded contract for technical engineering and management efforts for the Australia Surface Combatant program. According to the US Department of Defence (DoD) contract […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Australia to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and Hypersonic Weapons

September 20, 2021 GDC 0

Australia on Thursday (Sept 16) announced that it would acquire long-range US Tomahawk cruise missiles, shortly after forging a new alliance with the US and Britain to strengthen military capabilities in the face of growing […]

Defense Industry

U.S. State Department Approves SM-6 And SM-2 For Australia

August 29, 2021 GDC 0

The State Department has approved a Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Australia of Defense Services Related to Future Standard Missile Production and related equipment for an estimated cost of $350 million. The Defense […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

RAN to equip naval fleets with Saab 9LV combat management system

February 13, 2020 GDC 0

The Royal Australian Navy is set to equip its fleet with Saab’s ‘Next Generation’ Combat Management System. Saab’s 9LV naval combat system solutions offer complete C4I for every type of naval platform, ranging from combat […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The US state department has approved foreign military sale of Aegis Combat System to Australia

January 17, 2020 GDC 0

­­­WASHINGTON, January 15, 2020 – The State Department has approved Foreign Military Sale of Aegis Combat System to Australia to upgrade Hobart-class DDG and Hunter-class Frigate for an estimated cost of $1.5 billion.  The Defense […]

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  • Combat Exercise Cobra Gold Reaffirms Ties Between the US and Thailand

    March 13, 2020 0
    “Thailand is the Land of Smiles. Working with Thai officers and learning a little bit of Thai — like sawasdee krub and la korn — are the most important lessons for me,” Capt McArthur of US Marine Corp said. [...]
  • Hungarian Army Receives First Locally Built KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicles

    November 10, 2024 0
    At a ceremony on July 24, 2024, Rheinmetall handed over to the Hungarian armed forces the first KF41 Lynx infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) produced at the Zalaegerszeg site in Hungary. Defense Minister Kristóf Szalay-Bobrovniczky represented [...]
  • Top Hamas commander killed as Israeli army pushes deeper in besieged Gaza

    November 1, 2023 0
    Israel struck over 300 Hamas targets and killed “numerous” terrorists in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, including a senior commander, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday morning. Israeli Air Strikes Killed [...]
  • HMAS Sydney Fired Naval Strike Missile For The First Time

    July 24, 2024 0
    Hobart class destroyer, HMAS Sydney, successfully fired the Naval Strike Missile, Navy’s replacement for the ageing Harpoon weapon system. Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Sydney (V) Completes Sea TrialsDateNovember 12, 2019RAN’s Warship Showcases State-of-the-art Fire PowersDateDecember [...]
  • Putin Linked Russian mercenaries (Wagner Group) abandoned Libyan National Army

    May 26, 2020 0
    Thousands of Russian military contractors in Libya were evacuated on Monday after retreating from fighting on the capital’s front lines learned GDC citing AlJazeera. “An Antonov 32 military cargo plane landed at Bani Walid airport to resume [...]
  • PayPal shuts down its services in Russia, a blow to Russian retailers

    March 5, 2022 0
    Payments company PayPal Holdings Inc has shut down its services in Russia, citing “the current circumstances,” joining many financial and tech companies in suspending operations there. Russia offered S-400 system to Iraq to take advantage [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

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, […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Considers Directly Supplying Arms To Ukraine After Three Years Of Indecisions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

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

  • C4iSR

    Leonardo Awarded $297 Million Contract For German Eurofighter’s E-SCAN Radar

  • Defense Industry

    Israeli Defense Companies Backlog Hits Record High to $80 Billion.

  • Air Platform

    Boeing’s Super Hornet Is Far Superior And Technologically Advanced Than Su-30MKI And MiG-29K, Says Indian Navy

  • Europe

    Royal Navy’s Warships, Submarines and Aircraft Carriers Progressively Ahead of Other European Navies

  • Americas

    US Marine Unit Received New Counter Drone Gun

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops blew up Russia’s newest armored vehicles in Donetsk region

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Spanish Navantia Proposed To Build Three More Air Warfare Destroyer For Royal Australian Navy

  • South Asia

    Narendra Modi Accused U.S. State Department of Deep State Following Adani Corruption Case and Appointment of Sikh Woman Harmeet Dhillon

  • Americas

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

  • Air Platform

    Badass F-15EX: U.S. Air Force wants 72 of them

  • Anti-air Missiles

    China’s HQ-9B Surface-to-air Missile’s Failure in Pakistan and Iran Should Worry the Chinese Communist Party.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    F-35 Launched Stormbreaker Small Diameter Bombs

  • Middle East

    Leaked news reveals China’s CETC Radar Engineers and Military Officers Operating HQ-9B Missile and YLC-8B Radar Killed by Israeli and American Air Strikes on Day 1.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s All Female Crews Take MH-60R To The Sky For The First Time

  • C4iSR

    Swedish Submarines to Get Advanced Electronic Navigation Systems

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    India to arm Rafale with HAMMER precision strike missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine sets to procure Israeli Spyder GBAD

  • Europe

    Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve In Russia

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Alpha Unit Has Destroyed 15 Russian Aircraft Including Su-30, Su-34, MiG-31 and An-26.

  • C4iSR

    Israeli RADA Electronic delivers multi-mission AESA radars to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Italy’s Cavour aircraft carrier successfully completed exercise with F-35B

  • Europe

    Belgium Purchased 9 CEASAR Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukraine Will Soon Receive 25 HIMARS Rocket Artillery

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China supplies arms to Australia’s backyard

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia orders more Tor-M2 missiles as Ukraine keeps destroying them with cheap drones

  • Air Platform

    Saab awarded contract to modernize Gripen C/D fleet

  • Uncategorized

    Russia to relocate black sea fleet naval base to Georgian breakaway province in Abkhazia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Humiliating Russian military, Russia has asked China for missiles, drones, armoured vehicles: Financial Times

  • South Asia

    India, Russia suspend trade in rupees, India’s defense import from Russia takes a nosedive

  • Americas

    Secretary Esper Unveils new military symbols banning confederate flags

  • Europe

    Video Shows Russian Upgraded T-72B3 Tank Suffering Catastrophic Explosion

  • Americas

    Russian FSB human trafficking Cubans to fight Putin’s war in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves AH-64E Apache Helicopters For Kuwait

  • Africa

    Donald Trump brokers peace deal between Israel and Arab league member Sudan

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed another ballistic missile early warning radar

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korea started mass producing KN-24 ballistic missiles to fulfil Russia’s order

  • Air Platform

    Shenyang FC-31/J-31: A Copycat F-35 Through Cyber Espionage

  • Africa

    Raytheon Awarded Contract to Manufacture SPY-6 Radars for US Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Half of Russia’s North Korea-Made Artillery Shells Don’t Work: Ukraine

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine just got JDAM-ER smart bombs that could change everything

  • Europe

    Lockheed Pitching F-35 to Greece, Czech Republic and Spain

  • Air Platform

    Will AUKUS Bring B-21 Raider Long-Range Stealth Bombers To Australia?

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. State Department Approves Sale Of Israeli Arrow-3 Missile Defense System To Germany

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Launched World-first UN Peacekeepers Training Program For Pacific Islands Nations

  • Europe

    CCTV Footage Revealed Turkish MAM-L Munition Strikes At S-300 SAM Of Armenia

  • Loitering Munitions

    Israel’s Aeronautics Group Unveils Orbiter 2 Strike And Surveillance Drone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    HMS Queen Elizabeth Leads Carrier Groups Of Royal Navy

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