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Europe

Detained former Russian commander Igor Girkin announced his presidential bid to challenge Vladimir Putin

November 19, 2023 GDC 0

Detained former Russian commander Igor Girkin has announced his plan to challenge Vladimir Putin for the Russian presidency, after having previously called the current leader “too soft.” Igor Girkin, a prominent ultranationalist in custody in […]

Europe

Russian Navy Has Degraded Significantly That It Cannot Defend Crimea Anymore: Igor Girkin

November 8, 2023 GDC 0

An ex-Russian officer has said Vladimir Putin’s forces are ‘deteriorating’ in Ukraine as the Crimea was hit by up to 17 drones. Igor Girkin, an imprisoned Russian nationalist, said Putin’s forces would be “even less […]

Europe

Putin Arrested Russian Nationalist and Former FSB Igor Girkin For Criticising Ukraine War

July 22, 2023 GDC 0

Russian investigators have detained prominent Russian nationalist Igor Girkin, who had publicly accused President Vladimir Putin and the army’s top brass of not prosecuting the war in Ukraine harshly or effectively enough. Friday’s move, reported […]

Europe

Ex-Russian Commander Igor Girkin Admits Ukraine Successfully Repelling Putin’s Troops

May 11, 2023 GDC 0

Former Russian commander Igor Girkin admitted on Sunday that Ukrainian troops were able to “successfully” fight Russian forces throughout the month of April as the war continues to drag on. In a Telegram post, Girkin […]

  • Lithuania plans to buy 120 Vilkas infantry fighting vehicles

    May 1, 2022 0
    Lithuania has planned to exercise an option to acquire more Vilkas fighting vehicles, according to Vice Minister of National Defence Vilius Semeska. Lithuania to Receive More Boxer Armored Vehicles From German ConsortiumDateNovember 18, 2024Lithuania purchases [...]
  • Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict: The World Learnt New Drone War

    March 6, 2021 0
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  • Yevgeny Prigozhin Admits Ukrainian Troops Still Controls The City Of Bakhmut

    February 6, 2023 0
    The founder of the Wagner Group, a Russian paramilitary unit, admitted on Sunday that Ukrainian troops are not backing down from Russian advances in Bakhmut. Yevgeny Prigozhin admits battle of Bakhmut severely degraded Wagner mercenary [...]
  • Australia, Japan, South Korea And New Zealand To Deepen Cooperation With NATO Amid China Tensions

    July 22, 2024 0
    The plan by the United States to “institutionalise” four Asia-Pacific countries within the Nato framework is likely to hinge on a raft of factors such as the course of the Russia-Ukraine war, China’s continued “aggression” [...]
  • Israel-India Military Cooperation Reaches New High

    February 20, 2020 0
    JERUSALEM — India was Israel’s largest purchaser of arms in 2017 alone, though purchases here decreased in 2018. According to Israeli Ministry of Defense, Israel exported $7.5 billion defense products in 2018, 46 percent went to Asian [...]
  • Ukraine’s Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bomber.

    January 29, 2026 0
    A unique video recently surfaced showing Ukrainian soldiers using a U.S.-supplied Patriot air defense system to set up an ambush against Russian Su-35 and Su-34 planes over the Black Sea near Snake Island, according to [...]
Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

Europe

Ukraine unveils latest 2S22 Bohdana 155mm self-propelled howitzer.

February 11, 2026 0

Ukraine’s defense industry displayed the latest version of its 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer at the World Defense Show 2026 in Saudi Arabia. The debut signals Ukraine’s push to position a combat-proven artillery system […]

Africa

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

February 8, 2026 0

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Europe

Aselsan and Excalibur jointly produced Korkut air defense system.

February 7, 2026 0

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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 […]

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft: Too Late, Too Little and Too Expense

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    EU To Block Merger Of Korean Shipbuilding Giants, Daewoo And Hyundai

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Short-range FB-10A Anti-air Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Arms Export Record High to $5.5 Billion Amid Ukraine War

  • Naval Platforms

    France’s FDI Frigate Will Accommodate 32 Aster 30 Missiles.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Defence Minister Richard Marles wants to increase military spending by up to $25 billion to pay for new warships

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Air Force Inducts Dassault Rafale F3R Fighter Jets

  • C4iSR

    Royal Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail AWACS Received Paint Scheme

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $7.8 Billion Contract To Produce 126 F-35 Stealth Jets

  • Defense Industry

    Airbus Awarded Contract to Supply A330 MRTT Aircraft to Spain

  • Europe

    Australia Sends 30 More Armored Vehicles to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    BAE Achieves Key Production Milestones For The F-35 Stealth Jet

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Develops Counter-Electronics High Power Microwave Advanced Missile Project (CHAMP) That Could Destroy Iran’s Nuclear Facilities

  • Europe

    Serbia Unveils 300km Range Sumadija Rocket Artillery.

  • South Asia

    Leaked Conversation: Indian High Commissioner To Bangladesh Reach Out To General Waker-Uz-Zaman Night Before Hasina Ousted And Ask Him To Listen To Sheikh Hasina And Shoot Protesters

  • Europe

    Russian Cargo Ships Stealing Grains From Ukrainian Port

  • C4iSR

    Mitsubishi Electric Landed First Australian Contract To Produce Laser Surveillance For RAAF

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Zero design changes is the way forward for Royal Australian Navy’s tier 2 frigates

  • Industry

    India is the second largest arms importer in the world: Report SIPRI

  • Defense Industry

    BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to Design Royal Navy’s Future Submarines

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aerospace Industries Will Develop Hurjet Trainer Further For Frontline Air Power.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan scrambles F-16 to intercept Chinese H-6 bomber

  • Middle East

    Navantia Launched the Fifth Avante 2200 Corvette For Royal Saudi Navy

  • Europe

    No IFF: Russia shoots down its own Mohajer-6 drone over Crimea

  • Middle East

    President-elect Joe Biden Won’t Be A Savior For Palestine

  • Air Platform

    Baykar Defense to develop an advanced derivative of Bayraktar TB2 UCAV

  • Europe

    Ukraine launched major drone attacks on Russia

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-25 Aircraft Using Igla Shoulder Launched Missile

  • Americas

    US Allies Should Not Buy Russian Weapons, Secretary Blinken

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Prime Minister Albanese, Here Is The Strategic Plan For Australian Defense Forces (ADF)

  • Air Platform

    Greece signs deal to buy 20 US-made F-35 jets in major military overhaul

  • Europe

    Ukraine War, Diminished of Black Sea Fleet and Destroyed Shipyard Sent Russian Navy Back to 1990s

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MHI Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon Awarded $2 Billion Contract To Develop Air-launched Nuclear Cruise Missiles

  • Air Platform

    China Pitching JF-17 Thunder To Argentine Air Force, Can China Deliver Jets?

  • Naval Platforms

    Saab’s Visby-class Corvette: Ultimate Stealth at Sea

  • Middle East

    Israel, US, Jordan and UK forces help shoot down Iranian Muhajer-10 drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles over Jordan, Syria, Israel and Iraq

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Five shipbuilders to outline their opening pitch for the Australian navy’s new $10 billion frigate project

  • Industry

    Ukraine To Nationalize Jet Engine Producer Motor Sich From Chinese Skyrizon

  • Industry

    Saudi Arabia To Invest $20 Billion In Domestic Defense Industry

  • Middle East

    what are Iran’s ballistic, cruise missile and drones capabilities?

  • Europe

    Facebook’s parent company Meta bans Russian state media outlets for spreading disinformation and propaganda

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Korean New Infantry Fighting Vehicle (K-NIFV) as K21 Successor

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Rolls Out Homegrown KF-21 (KFX) Fighter Jets With Huge Export Potentials

  • Cruise Missiles

    Japan purchases 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles worth $1.7 billion

  • Air Platform

    Turkey’s first homegrown TFX fighter jet began taxi trials

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia lost 15 batteries of the prized S-400 missile system since the beginning of the war worth $20.5 billion

  • Middle East

    Cyber attacks hit Iranian government websites and nuclear facilities

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    20 Indian Soldiers Killed In A Violent Clash With Chinese Soldiers

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