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  • [ April 22, 2026 ] Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile. Europe
  • [ April 22, 2026 ] U.S. intelligence detects signs that China considered providing Iran with JY-27A radar systems. C4iSR
  • [ April 22, 2026 ] Australia will invest $7 billion in drone and counter-drone technology. Anti-drone System
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Air Platform

Russian Il-76 transport aircraft exploded after the failed pressure test

March 8, 2023 GDC 0

The Aviastar factory in Ulyanovsk, home of Russian military transport planes, was the site of an incident during which one worker was killed, and six were injured. A new-made Il-76 ‘Candid’ cargo plane exploded after […]

  • BJP Leader Warns India Not To Buy S-400: Subramanian Swamy

    August 10, 2020 0
    BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said that the Government should also check for ‘Chinese software and apps’ in the S-400 deal signed with Russia. A day after the Centre announced its decision to ban 50 Chinese [...]
  • Boeing delivered 20th Super Hornet After Block III Conversion

    August 18, 2020 0
    Boeing has inducted its 20th F/A-18 Super Hornet into Service Life Modification (SLM) supporting U.S. Navy readiness needs for mission-capable aircraft. Two SLM jets have already been delivered back to the Navy. The first two [...]
  • Ukraine To Receive Switchblade 600 Anti-armor Loitering Munitions

    September 28, 2022 0
    According to information published by the United States Department of Defense (DoD), the United States awarded a contract to the American company AeroVironment for the acquisition of Switchblade 600 anti-armor loitering munitions that can be delivered to [...]
  • Biden Administration To Review Weapons Sale To Saudi Arabia And UAE

    January 30, 2021 0
    The United States is reviewing weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorised by former President Donald Trump, a move that Secretary of State Antony Blinken said was “typical” of a [...]
  • Indian Navy Ditches MiG-29K Dud, Trials Rafale M On INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier

    January 3, 2022 0
    With countdown already begun to commission indigenous aircraft carrier as INS Vikrant in August 2022, the Indian Navy will conduct flight trials of Rafale-Maritime fighter at Shore Based Test Facility at INS Hansa in Goa [...]
  • Bulgarian Pilots Will Be Trained in USA to Operate F-16V Fighter Jets

    September 8, 2021 0
    Two military pilots will join the second and third groups that are earmarked to go to the US to be trained to pilot F-16 fighter jets, said Deputy Defense Minister Atanas Zapryanov at the sitting [...]
Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

  • Europe

    U.S. will withheld F-16 sale until Turkey approves NATO bid for Sweden and Finland  

  • Europe

    Finland And Sweden Formally Apply For NATO Membership

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    HHI Plans to Export Littoral Mission Ships (LMS) to Malaysia

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy to buy 31 additional Rafale-M fighter jets.

  • Europe

    Ukraine launched the biggest drone attacks on Crimea and Shaykovka air base

  • Americas

    Canada to diversify weapons import and reduce reliance on US weapons

  • Cruise Missiles

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

  • Middle East

    Israel May Have Given Up Golden Opportunity To Kill Iran’s Nuclear Program

  • Middle East

    Syria’s Russian-made radars reportedly of little use against alleged Israeli and Turkish strikes

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkey and Greece join European Sky Shield missile defense project

  • C4iSR

    Rheinmetall delivered high-tech reconnaissance system to Ukraine

  • Loitering Munitions

    Israeli Aerospace Industries Awarded $145 Million Contact To Produce Loitering Munitions For Undisclosed EU Nations

  • Europe

    Australian Combat Medic Killed In Ukraine By Russian Troops

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA Deutschland increasing production capacity and developing new capabilities

  • Europe

    Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian rocket launchers with precision strike

  • Europe

    Rocketsan Test-fires New Coastal Defense Variant Atmaca Anti-ship Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57: 5th Generation Fighter Jet in Making

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian patriot missile downed one Su-35 and one Su-24 fighter bomber, and Russia shot down its own Su-35, with seven aircraft losses in three days

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    How China Influenced Military Coup In Myanmar?

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Armed Drones And Its Variants

  • Air Platform

    A huge fire destroyed Russia’s only Su-57 serial production factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers Find New Way To Use Javelin ATGM Busting Wagner Group’s Bunker In Bakhmut

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China Reverse Engineered Ukrainian Supersonic Cruise Missile “Bliskavka”

  • C4iSR

    CAPTAS 4 Sonar Suite

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar’s mass exodus to neighbouring countries prompted junta to introduce mandatory conscription

  • Africa

    Denel Dynamics T5-52 155mm Howitzer Achieved 60km Firing Range

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia delayed S-400 missile delivery to India by two years

  • Americas

    Argentine Army Received First Stryker Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

  • Europe

    Russian navy’s northern fleets admiral Kuznetsov and admiral Kakhimov are inoperable

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Sent To Jail After Complaining About Poor Training

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Starts Production Of T-7A Red Hawk

  • Americas

    China wants to redevelop JY-27A, JYL-1, Type 305A and H-200 radars after Venezuela failure.

  • Europe

    NATO Confirmed Ukraine’s Bid To Join The Transatlantic Military Alliance

  • Europe

    Turkey Confirms Delivery Of Bayraktar TB2 To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

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

  • Middle East

    Iran’s space ambition is a covert ICBM programme

  • Europe

    Russian FSB Seized Millions of Dollars Swiss Watches in Retaliation For Western Sanctions

  • Africa

    Kenya received Israeli SPYDER anti-air missile system.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s ATACMS strikes destroyed two Russian duds S-400 surface-to-air missiles, 96L6E radar and command center

  • Europe

    Russia Can’t Hold Out for Another Year: Ukraine Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    HGK and KGK integration into Turkish ANKA+ and AKSUNGUR UAV begins

  • Cruise Missiles

    France and the UK authorize the use of Storm Shadow/Scalp Cruise Missiles Deep Inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    Poland To Buy 48 FA-50 Fighter Jets And 180 K2 Tanks From South Korea

  • C4iSR

    Why Does Russia’s EW Lack behind Western EW?

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s An-26 Transport Aircraft in Crimea.

  • C4iSR

    Evolution of Airborne Electronically Scanned Array Radar

  • Air Platform

    RAAF’s F-35 Will Start Diversion Training Over Canberra

  • Europe

    A large number of Russian casualties related to alcohol abuse, British intelligence report

  • Europe

    Ukrainian soldiers shot down Chinese-manufactured Mugin-5 drone using AK-47 rifle

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky-Boeing Defiant Compound Helicopter is Undergoing Flight Tests for US Army

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