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Flying coffin: Indian Air Force will retire Russian-dud MiG-21 in 2025 after 400 crashes and 200 dead pilots

March 17, 2024 GDC 0

After half of the fleet crashing over the years, the last of India’s 40 MiG-21s are expected to retire in 2025. The MiG-21 first flew in 1955 and was retired in 1985 by the Soviet […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Why Did China Send Soviet-era J-7 To Taiwan Strait?

July 13, 2021 GDC 0

The Chinese military’s use of ageing J-7 jets in a Taiwan fly-past last month has raised questions about why the second-generation fighters were deployed alongside more modern warplanes, Taipei-based newspaper the Liberty Times reported. The […]

Air Platform

PLA Air Force Retires All J-7 Aircraft And Replaces With J-10, J-11 And J-16

March 15, 2021 GDC 0

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force decommissioned its fleet of J-7 fighter jets and replace them with more advanced, next generation ones, learned GDC citing CCP run media Global Times. The last J-7 […]

  • The Royal Air Force receives second P-8 Poseidon MPA

    March 14, 2020 0
    The Boeing Defense delivered second of nine Boeing P-8A Poseidon maritime multimission aircraft (MMA) for the Royal Air Force (RAF) arrived in the United Kingdom on 13 March. The P-8 Poseidon aircraft will be operated [...]
  • Dirty work of Indian RAW: Deceased Bangladesh RAB officer Palash Saha was handling the controversial Hindu monk Chinmoy Krishna Das case, in which RAW has vested interests

    May 16, 2025 0
    Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Palash Saha was working in RAB-7. His body was recovered on Wednesday (May 7) noon, said RAB-7 commanding officer Hafizur Rahman. Suspected Of Being Indian RAW Agents, Sacked Bangladesh Army [...]
  • China’s Type 055 Destroyers Are Aimed At Japan And India

    January 23, 2022 0
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  • Russian Tank Manufacturer Uralvagonzavod Added Steel Casing On Top of T-90M Tank To Stop FPV Drone from Dropping Grenades In Open Hatch

    October 16, 2023 0
    In a significant move to bolster its armored capabilities against emerging aerial threats in Ukraine, the Russian army has taken delivery of advanced T-90M Proryv and T-72B3M Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) with enhanced turret protection. [...]
  • Canada to join President Trump’s Iron Dome missile shield programme

    February 11, 2025 0
    Canada is prepared to join US President Donald Trump‘s proposed development of an “Iron Dome” missile defense shield, Defense Minister Bill Blair said Thursday. Israeli Missile Defense Agency Test Fires Iron Dome And David’s Sling MissilesDateDecember 30, 2020Azerbaijan [...]
  • Canada plans to buy 72 4.5 generation fighter jets from Sweden or France

    March 30, 2025 0
    Concerns are growing in both Europe and Canada regarding the strategic wisdom of acquiring high-cost U.S. military equipment, like the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, especially as Western nations reevaluate their reliance on American defense technology [...]
Americas

Brazilian Army trials new remotely operated weapon system.

October 28, 2025 0

The Brazilian Army has conducted field acceptance tests on the second prototype of its upgraded remotely operated weapon system, the UT30BR2, according to the Tecnologia & Defesa. The tests were carried out on October 9 […]

Central Asia

Serbian and Azerbaijan army train with B-52 M-15 Nora howitzers ahead of deliveries.

October 27, 2025 0

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Europe

Estonia purchases South Korea’s K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers.

October 26, 2025 0

Estonia’s Ministry of Defense has signed a defense agreement in Seoul to acquire South Korea’s K239 Chunmoo multiple rocket launchers, expanding its long-range fires beyond the U.S.-made HIMARS. The move strengthens Estonia’s deterrence posture on […]

Europe

EuroSpike Awarded $2.5 Billion Contract to Produce Rafael’s Spike Missile for Germany.

October 24, 2025 0

Germany has finalized a $2.5 billion framework with EuroSpike, the European consortium marketing Rafael’s Spike missile line, through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency. The contract reflects Berlin’s push to rebuild anti-armor capabilities and stabilize long-term […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher.

October 13, 2025 0

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher during a major military parade in Pyongyang on October 11, 2025. The system’s close resemblance to the American platform has raised concern over Pyongyang’s […]

Europe

Kosovo received Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones.

October 11, 2025 0

Containers carrying thousands of Turkish Skydagger kamikaze drones have already arrived in Kosovo, marking an early delivery under a contract with Turkish defense firm Baykar, Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti announced on Wednesday. Dozens of […]

  • Middle East

    Turkey-backed Syrian rebels launched offensive and captured Russian soldiers

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia Sending Prison Inmates To Fight Ukraine, In Return Of Freedom

  • Land Platform

    FNSS-PT Pindad Kaplan MT Medium Tank

  • Infantry Weapons

    Indian Army to acquire RQ-11 UAV and Spike Smart Munitions

  • South Asia

    ভারত, চীন প্রতিযোগিতা বাংলাদেশের সামরিক বাহিনীকে জাতীয় নিরাপত্তার চাহিদা মেটাতে অক্ষম করে দিয়েছে (Translated)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    ARC21: Australia, Japan, France And USA Join Naval Exercises In The West Pacific

  • Naval Platforms

    Damen completes sea trials of Pola-class frigate ‘ARM Reformador’ of Mexican Navy

  • Europe

    Ukraine receives advanced light howitzer from AM General

  • Europe

    Russia cannot manufacture missiles, fighter jets and warships without Western components

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean DAPA Delivers Cheongung SAM System to RoKAF

  • Americas

    US Allies Should Not Buy Russian Weapons, Secretary Blinken

  • Europe

    Russia’s astounding number of military hardware losses in Avdiivka will haunt Putin’s forces next year

  • Middle East

    Hezbollah stored $500 million in gold and cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

  • Air Platform

    Japanese F-2 gets new ASM-3 anti-ship missiles

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Australia tests Sidewinder air-to-air missile on NASAMS launcher

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce CB90 Combat Boat For Sweden

  • Defense Industry

    Thailand Orders 8 Beechcraft AT-6 Light Strike Aircraft Worth $143 Million

  • Defense Industry

    Austria Purchases 18 AW169 Multirole Helicopters

  • Americas

    USS Gerald R. Ford successfully completes final shock trials

  • Air Platform

    AI & ML: US Air Force’s B-21 Raider Takes Technology One Step Ahead

  • Europe

    Ukraine Called Off Strike On Moscow At U.S. Request

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Ukrainian special forces sniper achieved the longest kill record

  • Europe

    British MoD To Compensate For Damages Caused By RAF Typhoon’s Sonic Boom

  • South Asia

    China deploys J-11 fighter jets and Z-10 attack helicopters near Indian border

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan seeking 80 F-16V Block 70 fighter jets and 400 AMRAAM missiles from the United States

  • Middle East

    Leaked documents expose top-secret Israeli drone and Israeli plans to attack Iran

  • Air Platform

    Indian Navy Purchases 26 Rafale M Fighter Jets From Dassault Aviation

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Europe delivered first 155mm artillery barrel to the U.S.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Joins French-led Naval Exercise In The Bay Of Bengal

  • Europe

    Armenian Tor-M2KM surface-to-air missile systems were destroyed: Azerbaijani Defense Ministry

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    What’s so fuss about supplying arms to Myanmar?

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Switzerland Procures Five IRIS-T SLM Air Defense Systems 

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces seize Russian modernized T-72B3 tank on the battlefield

  • South Asia

    American-ally India provided sanctioned goods such as spare parts, medicine, microchips, and machinery to Russia worth $10 billion

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Slovakia Purchases Barak MX Anti-air Missile System From Israel

  • Europe

    ABB to provide integrated power and distribution system for ASW frigates

  • Europe

    Ukraine released photos of M1 Abrams tanks in the front line

  • Air Platform

    TAI Conducts Full-scale Static Tests On T625 Helicopter

  • Europe

    A Quadcopter Drone Crashed Into Russia’s S-400 Surface-to-air Missiles Manufacturing Facility

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Dropped GBU-72 Bunker Busting Bomb On Hezbollah Headquarter, Possibly Killing Terrorist Group’s Leader Hassan Nasrallah

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Has Conducted Low Yield Nuclear Tests

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Melbourne-based Aquaterro awarded $25.9 million for Australian Army’s helmets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Denmark purchases SAMP/T surface-to-air defense missile system over Patriot missile system.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russian R-77 air-to-air missile malfunctioned and missed its target in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Three Ka-52 Attack Helicopters In Kherson

  • Europe

    After Firing 20,000 Round Of North Korean Shells, Russia Started Using 40 Years Old Ammo

  • Middle East

    Russian Su-24 crashed landed at military airfields

  • Uncategorized

    Boeing Awarded $3.1 Billion Contract To Produce KC-46A Tankers For Israeli And U.S. Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Sweden signs a landmark deal with Ukraine to export up to 150 Gripen E/F fighter jets.

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