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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 […]

  • United Arab Emirates to get F-35 and MQ-9 Reaper drones

    August 27, 2020 0
    The Gulf state has long expressed a desire to acquire the F-35 jet made by Lockheed Martin, which Israel has used in combat. The United Arab Emirates’s accord to normalise ties with Israel should remove [...]
  • Australia plans to transfer ageing ANZAC class frigates to the Philippines Navy

    June 4, 2024 0
    The transfer of HMAS Anzac would improve force projection and maritime security for the receiving Philippines Navy. Its long-range capabilities are ideal for extensive patrols and crucial for securing territorial waters and exclusive economic zones [...]
  • Saudi Arabia and UAE’s Obsession With Anti-air System Driven By Anti-Iran Anxiety

    November 15, 2024 0
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  • Poland Ready Transfer MiG-29 Fighter Jets Via U.S. Base In Germany

    March 10, 2022 0
    Poland is ready to deploy all its MIG-29 jets to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and put them at the disposal of the United States, and urges other NATO members that own planes of that [...]
  • Babcock Started Construction Of Second Type 31 Frigate

    February 24, 2023 0
    Babcock has reached another major milestone on the Type 31 program, to deliver five Inspiration Class frigates for the Royal Navy, as it cut steel marking the official start of HMS Active’s build program at Rosyth. [...]
  • Ukraine’s Kamikaze Sea Drones damaged Russia’s tugboat Smirnov and a barge

    June 10, 2024 0
    Ukrainian naval drones attacked Engineer Smirnov tugboat and ‘Section-179’ barge in Russia’s Taganrog Bay on the evening of June 8, Russian Telegram channel Baza said. Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 sea drone destroyed Russia’s Saturn tugboat that [...]
Europe

Ukraine develops new Zetros-based 155mm howitzer called Marta.

June 22, 2026 0

Germany and Ukraine signed agreements that include €750 million ($870 million) for 200 Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems on Zetros chassis, and those systems now have a confirmed name and barrel specification: defense analyst Jeff, reporting […]

Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s FP-5 Flamingo missiles successfully struck the Titan-Barrikady facility in Volgograd.

  • Europe

    Babcock cuts steel for Royal Navy’s first type 31 frigate

  • Europe

    Desperate Russian army is attaching wooden logs as armor with trucks and tanks

  • Europe

    Explosions in Belgorod: Anti-Putin Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion Took Over Positions in Belgorod

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Aselsan To Replace Canadian Targeting Systems For Bayraktar TB3 Drones

  • Europe

    Ukraine Says It Shot Down Seven Su-30 aircraft and killed 50 special operators

  • Europe

    Doctors Evacute Putin From Meeting, Putin May Have Diagnosed With Abdominal Cancer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea indirectly sent 330,000 155mm artillery shells to Ukraine

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Risks Losing Russia’s Export Markets As Russian Navy And Air Force Completely Failed In Ukraine War

  • Europe

    ATACMS Are Blowing Up Russian S-400 Anti-air Missiles Before F-16 Becomes Operational

  • Europe

    Butchers of Russia: Hundreds are buried in a mass grave in Bucha, near Kyiv

  • Americas

    Why Lockheed Martin Selected Raytheon to Build Distributed Aperture Systems

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Company Test Flies Second Prototype AW249 Attack Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Australia Purchases 12 MH-60R And 29 AH-64E Apache Helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Bangladesh Army Plans to Setup Joint Venture with American Eleris Energy

  • Europe

    Russian Defense Major Heading Towards Bankruptcy Due To Underpayment, High Interest Rate, Oligarchical Corruption And No Foreign Orders

  • Americas

    ‘Blown to hell’: Trump says US will blockade Strait of Hormuz after failed Iran talks.

  • South Asia

    MMRCA V2.0: Indian Air Force Might Go With Rafale Again, Here’s Why?

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Rafale: A True Omnirole Combat Aircraft

  • Europe

    Russian FSB investigated Rosatom-owned company for corruption, selling shoddy equipment to reactors at home and abroad, pocketing profits – Carnegie Endowment finds

  • Middle East

    Israel-Hamas war: Second group of hostages to be freed soon

  • The Thief
    South Asia

    Bangladesh hikes defense spends by 8% in budget for FY2021

  • Europe

    Swedish Gripen fighter jet intercepts a Russian Kilo-class submarine.

  • Europe

    Russia experiences widespread fuel shortages due to Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    KAI, MBDA sign agreement to integrate Meteor BVRAAM missile on to KF-21 fighter jets

  • Air Platform

    Top Ten Fighter Jets In 2023

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Xi Jinping panics during the Iran war concern regarding CIA infiltration and drone bans over Beijing.

  • Naval Platforms

    Iranian Navy Handed Over Auxiliary ship IRINS Bushehr to Sri Lanka, Fearing USS Minnesota.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Wiped Out Russia’s Elite Spetsnaz Unit

  • Air Platform

    Royal Australian Air Force Plans to Join British-led Global Combat Air Program Sixth-gen Fighter Jet Consortium

  • Europe

    Anti-Putin partisans fired rockets in town of Shebekino in Belgorod

  • Americas

    Western Microchips Still Find Their Way To Russian Missile Manufacturers

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Missile (JASSM)

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia prepares Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile to strike Ukraine: report

  • Cruise Missiles

    Russian Kh-101 Cruise Missile Hit Russian Territory Due To GLONASS Guidance Error

  • Air Platform

    China’s J-20 and J-35A Fighter Jets Are Far From Stealth Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia orders 268 upgraded Bushmaster vehicles in $750 million contract.

  • Middle East

    The U.S. and Israel Launched GBU-43 MOAB, GBU-57 MOP, and BLU-109 JDAM Against Iranian Underground Nuclear Storage, Datacenter, and Banks.

  • Americas

    U.S. Ramps Up Patriot Missile Production After Ukraine War Success

  • Middle East

    Israel deploys Dolphin-class submarines amid rising tensions with Iran

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered USS Tripoli (LHA 7) to U.S. Navy

  • Americas

    BAE Systems to delay delivery of Howitzers to US Army

  • Europe

    Ukrainian special forces destroy modernized Russian Tor-M2 SAM system

  • C4iSR

    Saab receives order for ground-based air defence solution from Sweden.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Temu rockets: The Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type-90B rocket artillery exploded after heavy fire.

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Canadian Navy Accepts HMCS Harry DeWolf Artic OPV

  • Infantry Weapons

    Buk Surface-to-Air (SAM) Missile System

  • Americas

    US Air Force’s next-gen electronic-attack jet prepares for first flight

  • Americas

    NATO Link 16 data link that shaped the operation Epic Fury during the Iran War.

  • Middle East

    Russia’s Su-34 Fighter-bomber Fly-in Syria Using American GPS

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