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Russia’s ice-class navigation ship Katerina Velikaya caught fire, leaving one dead and three injured

April 9, 2024 GDC 0

Russia’s unique ice navigation vessel Katerina Velikaya caught fire on April 8 while being repaired at the shipyard Dalzavod in Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia’s Far Eastern Prosecutor’s Office claimed. The fire reportedly started at around […]

  • China Deployed and Exported Cruise Missile Filled With Water Instead of Fuel in Major Corruption Scandal

    February 14, 2025 0
    China fielded and exported missiles filled with water instead of fuel and arrays of silos with improper lids — examples of military corruption that led to a dramatic purge of top officials, Bloomberg reported, citing [...]
  • India Offers BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Philippines Navy

    January 11, 2022 0
    The Philippines is set to become the first foreign customer for the BrahMos cruise missile system jointly developed by India and Russia, with the government in Manila recently allocating 2.8 billion pesos ($55.5 million) for [...]
  • China’s Type 075 amphibious assault ship caught fire

    April 25, 2020 0
    China launched its second Type 075 amphibious assault ship, or helicopter carrier, on Wednesday in Shanghai, seven months after the first one. Celebrations marred by fire damage to sister ship two weeks earlier during fitting [...]
  • Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Rafael’s Iron Dome Manufacturing Facility in Northern Israel

    November 23, 2023 0
    Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a Rafael Facility in northern Israel on November 21, 2023. The Prime Minister received briefings from Rafael’s Chairman, Dr Yuval Steinitz, and CEO, Brigadier General (Ret.) Yoav Har-Even, on Rafael’s activities [...]
  • Bayraktar Kizilelma UCAV Enters Serial Production

    March 16, 2022 0
    The first prototype of Bayraktar Kizilelma, National Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle System (MIUS) developed by Baykar Technologies, has entered the production line. Turkish Bayraktar KIZILELMA Unmanned Fighter Jet Completes Critical MilestoneDateJanuary 22, 2025Turkey Conducted The [...]
  • American P-8A Poseidon Provides Maritime Intelligence To Ukraine

    May 14, 2022 0
    When Ukraine successfully targeted Russia’s prized warship last month with anti-ship cruise missiles, it had some help from the United States. Ukrainian TB2 drone destroys Russian ammo store in Snake IslandDateMay 11, 2022Russia’s Flagship Admiral Makarov Frigate Struck By [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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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.

May 11, 2026 0

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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 […]

  • Americas

    US Navy sets to order F-35 for USS JFK

  • Ballistic Missile

    South Korea declassifies its Hyunmoo-V strategic missile system

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy Commissions Havelsan’s Sancar Armed USV.

  • Americas

    US Navy’s Columbia-class submarine project moves forward

  • Europe

    Ukraine provides evidence of Western tech in Russian weapons

  • Europe

    Lockheed Martin and Rheinmetall to develop German variant of HIMARS

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Akinci drone flew at world record 11,594 meters altitude

  • Air Platform

    Germany Considers Cancelling F-35 Contract Over Trump’s Erratic Behavior and Software Controlled ‘Kill Switch’

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Aerospace Industries Hurkus-2 basic trainer completes maiden flight

  • Middle East

    Biden Administration Pauses Precision Guided Munitions Sale To Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    Sweden to Have Operational Patriot Missile Defense Systems by 2025

  • Europe

    UK MoD Delays Upgrade Of Armored Vehicles And Tanks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Copies American C-RAM And Produces LD-3000 CIWS System

  • Europe

    Belarus shot down Russian Shahed drones for violating its airspace

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine Successfully Jammed Putin’s Glide Bombs

  • Europe

    Germany delivers 18 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Portuguese Air Force Adopt Embraer C-390 Millennium For Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Missions

  • Industry

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

  • Europe

    Turkey Delivered Precision Strike Capable TRLG-300 Missiles To Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Cyber attacks hit Iranian government websites and nuclear facilities

  • C4iSR

    Indian RAW backed assailant set $22 million Leonardo Kronos radar on fire in the Cox’s Bazar airbase in Bangladesh

  • Europe

    Polish WZU SA has completed the first Lockheed Martin production readiness review

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Primary Mast Affixed on China’s Type 003 Aircraft Carrier

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian FPV drone destroyed six Russian Buk missile system

  • Infantry Weapons

    India’s PRITHVI Exo-Atmospheric Altitudes Air Defense (PAD) System

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Carried Out First Flight

  • Civil Aviation

    Russia seeks India’s assistance in importing 22 critical Western components for the Sukhoi Superjet 100, thereby circumventing sanctions.

  • Europe

    Fearing Coup: Putin Removes Major General Vladimir Seliverstov From His Position

  • Europe

    Russia’s Belbek air base near Sevastopol is no longer operable after ATACMS strikes

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems unveils smart factory that will build the Tempest fighter

  • Europe

    U.S. says Russian propaganda and disinformation campaign breaking into pieces as Russia suffered 300,000 casualties

  • Europe

    Ukraine has destroyed Russia’s Podlet radar complex in occupied Crimea

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian Sukhoi Superjet Commercial Airliner Crashed In A Test Flight

  • Air Platform

    More Shameful Than Moskva Sinking: Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s MiG-31 Carrying Hypersonic Missile

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Overestimated His Rusty Soviet Military, Gets A Bloody Nose

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian artic-variant TOR air defense system

  • Europe

    Russia no longer deploys warships in the Black Sea after ATACMS strikes in Crimea

  • Middle East

    Israel Gives Thumbs Up To F-35 Sale To UAE

  • Middle East

    Italian forces kicked out of UAE over arms embargo

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received VAB Armored Vehicle From France

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems developed digital twin and 3D printing techniques for Tempest fighter

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany purchases 173 SM‑6 and 577 SM‑2 missiles from the U.S.

  • Naval Platforms

    France’s Naval group negotiating with both MDL and L&T for Indian submarine project 75I

  • Air Platform

    German-made IRIS-T SLM scored first Su-34 fighter-bomber kill

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s strikes on Kerch and Chonhar bridges in Crimea are disrupting Russian logistics ISW reports

  • 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.

  • Middle East

    Syrian Army’s Mi-24 Crashed in Homs

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Air Force to deploy Siper long-range air defense system by end of 2024

  • Europe

    Putin’s war in Ukraine spiraled cost as the defense budget jumped to 282% in January 2023

  • Europe

    Why is Russia losing so many tanks and armored vehicles?

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