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Europe

UK must spend 2.5 percent of GDP on defense, says departing armed forces minister

April 9, 2024 GDC 0

The departing Armed Forces minister said the UK must ‘urgently’ invest more in defense. James Heappey, who announced he would quit the government, issued the public demand from the Commons despatch box yesterday. He wrote […]

  • Indonesia cancels Qatari Mirage 2000 order amid corruption allegations

    November 8, 2024 0
    The Indonesian Ministry of Defense announced that it had canceled the purchase of 12 second-hand Mirage 2000-5 fighter jets from Qatar due to budget constraints.  MMRCA V2.0: Indian Air Force Might Go With Rafale Again, [...]
  • China’s big reverse-engineering fail in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela as HQ-9B, HQ-16, CM-302 and YJ-21E destroyed by American air strikes.

    April 8, 2026 0
    China reverse engineers foreign technology primarily to accelerate industrial modernization, bridge massive technological gaps, and achieve military and economic self-reliance. This copycat strategy, often taking shortcuts in technological development, produced products that were worse than [...]
  • Russia increases defense budget to $125 billion amid Ukraine war

    November 30, 2024 0
    Lawmakers in Russia’s upper house have given final parliamentary approval to a plan to boost military spending by almost 30 percent next year. Russia announced $166 billion defense budget for 2026.DateNovember 30, 2025Kremlin proposes record [...]
  • Russia Invaded Ukraine Three Times After Ukraine Gave Up Nuclear Missiles

    April 26, 2025 0
    In 1994, Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons in exchange for security guarantees. Russia invaded anyway. Now, more nations ask: Why disarm if those promises mean nothing? Despite US President Trump’s claim that “it would [...]
  • Corrupt and Inept Defence Australia Blew Up Royal Australian Navy’s Hunter-class Frigate Program

    June 14, 2025 0
    The question I have to raise is, what on earth did Defence Australia select the Type 26 Global Combat Ship when it was in third place among three options? Did Defence Australia receive kickback or [...]
  • KGB Putin Commits Genocides in Ukraine, Xi Jinping Calculates The Cost of Invading Taiwan

    March 5, 2022 0
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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

May 6, 2026 0

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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 […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

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

April 22, 2026 0

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  • Americas

    Saab’s Gripen C/D shines in Alaska Red Flag exercise

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA to develop MHT/MLP Missile For French Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Submarine Race In Asia-Pacific Region

  • Cruise Missiles

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

  • Europe

    Demoralized Russian Troops Killed Their Commander And Surrendered To Ukrainian Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Saab Awarded Security Systems Contract For Sydney Opera House

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s PAK DA Bomber Is In Design Phase, report

  • Air Platform

    Kuwaiti Prosecutor To Investigate Corruption Allegation In Eurofighter Procurement

  • Europe

    Germany Unveils New Leopard 2A8 Advanced Battle Tank.

  • Air Platform

    Inside Israeli Air Force’s Training Centre That Produces Brilliant Pilots

  • Land Platform

    Syria wants to replace Russian MLRS with Belarusian MLRS

  • Americas

    USS Gerald R. Ford successfully completes final shock trials

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS rocket artillery takes out the Russian drone team

  • South Asia

    6 percent of Pakistan’s GDP is stolen by the military, civil services and politicians due to corruption, Ponzi schemes and Embezzlement.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Japan deploys Type 88 anti-ship missiles amid China tensions

  • Industry

    The Grand Ambition of Turkish Defense Industries

  • Americas

    Russia bans Ecuadorian ‘banana’ after Ecuador agrees to transfer Russian-made arms to Ukraine via the U.S.

  • Americas

    Pentagon Unveils $151 Billion Missile Defense Program.

  • Air Platform

    China tests new FL-62 wind tunnel

  • Europe

    Ukraine navy chief says Russian Navy is leaving Crimean hub in Black Sea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Air Force To Join Desert Flag Exercise in UAE

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin to Develop New Hypersonic Weapons For US Marines

  • Air Platform

    MQ-9 Reaper Flying With Eight Hellfire Missiles

  • Europe

    American-made HIMARS Destroys 69 Ammo Delivery Trucks Of Russian Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia finally cancel Su-35, seek F-35 from the US

  • Europe

    Russian Investigators Released The Cause Of Su-35 Accidents

  • Europe

    Ukraine Launches New Neptune Anti-ship Cruise Missile

  • Europe

    Swedish Government Pushes Gripen E And GlobalEye To Finland’s HX Competition

  • Americas

    Russia Turn-down Argentine Interest In Su-35, Instead It Offered MiG-29M2

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Cancels Critical Air-launched HALO Hypersonic Missile Citing Cost Concerns

  • Air Platform

    Turkish President Erdogan Travels to Qatar, Seeking to Buy 24 Used Eurofighters.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Tu-141 Drone Struck Russia’s Nuclear Airbase Again, Reputational Damage For S-400 SAM

  • Europe

    Ukraine develops new type of kamikaze unmanned ground vehicle

  • Europe

    Ukraine Thwarts 32 Russian Air Attacks Over Kyiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Now Claims Russian Vladivostok And Nepalese Mount Everest Of Theirs

  • Air Platform

    Australian Army Welcomes Two More Chinook Heavy-lift Helicopters

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    L3Harris Unveils Red and Green Wolf Miniature Cruise Missiles.

  • Naval Platforms

    Australia begins construction of six Cape-class OPV

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Destroying More Than 150 Iranian Anti-air Missiles, Missile and Drone Factories are Blessings for Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russian-born Australian Army Soldier Kira Korolev And Her Husband Charged With Espionage For Russia

  • Americas

    Boeing Started Manufacturing E-7A AWACS for US Air Force

  • Europe

    Royal Navy To Receive First Type 31 Frigate In 2025

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin awarded contract to provide eight MH-60R maritime helicopters for the Spanish Navy

  • Middle East

    Russian S-400 Watches As The Israeli Air Force Bombs Latakia Port Destroying Iranian Weapons Cache

  • Air Platform

    Germany Set to Order Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet Fighters for Luftwaffe

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Launches Arafura-Class OPV (SEA 1180) Programme

  • Middle East

    Syrian Rebels Capture Russian Pantsir System, Helicopter, L-39 Albatros Aircraft and Syrian Army General Malik Hassan Muhaybar

  • C4iSR

    Germany to purchase Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning radar aircraft.

  • Air Platform

    Russia Supplying 24 Su-35 Fighter Aircraft To Iran Originally Destined To Egypt

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine to receive first F-16 fighter jets by December 2023

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