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Air Platform

Myanmar and Nigeria Ground JF-17 Blunder Fighter Jets Amid Reliability, Quality and Maintenance Issues

January 20, 2025 GDC 0

The Myanmar military junta has declared the JF-17 Thunder fighter planes supplied by Pakistan as unfit for operations. The Burmese Air Force was forced to ground the aircraft due to malfunctions and structural flaws. This […]

Air Platform

Pakistan’s JF-17 Blunder Aircraft Crashed Due To Metal Fatigue And Russian-made Engine Failure

June 14, 2024 GDC 0

A Pakistan Air Force (PAF) JF-17 Block 2 fighter jet crashed last week, with the pilot ejecting safely. Social media often mocks the JF-17, calling it a blunder instead of JF-17 Thunder, for its unreliability […]

Air Platform

JF-17 Blunder: Myanmar Grounds JF-17 Fighter Jets For Structural Flaws And Engine Problems

November 26, 2022 GDC 0

Most of the newly acquired Chinese and Pakistan-made JF-17 fighter jets that the Myanmar regime has delivered have been grounded due to technical malfunctions, according to analysts and former Myanmar Air Force pilots who monitor […]

  • German Aerospace Employee Union Warns Government About Buying Super Hornet

    March 19, 2020 0
    Germany’s biggest aerospace employee union, IG Metall has warned the country’s government that it risks jeopardising the entire European defence industry if it selects a US-built Super Hornet fighter to replace the Luftwaffe’s Panavia Tornado [...]
  • Israel to Ask U.S. for Arms to Offset UAE F-35 Sale: Report

    September 9, 2020 0
    Israel has concluded it can’t block the sale of American-made F-35 stealth fighters to the United Arab Emirates and will ask the White House for other weapons so it can maintain its regional military superiority, Yedioth [...]
  • Turkey and Greece join European Sky Shield missile defense project

    June 19, 2024 0
    Defense Minister Yaşar Güler and Greek Defense Minister Nikos Dendias signed a letter of intent to take part in the European Sky Shield Initiative. European Union Will Spend $4.3 Billion on Integrated Air Defense SystemDateAugust [...]
  • Australia Needs U.S. And British Nuclear Engineers To Work Aboard RAN’s Nuclear Submarine

    February 16, 2023 0
    The Chief of the Defense Department’s Nuclear-Powered Submarine Task Force says any Royal Australian Navy nuclear-powered attack submarines (SSN) will likely require US or UK engineers to serve aboard them until Australia develops its own [...]
  • Zelensky thinks he’ll win the war before the 2024 US election

    May 20, 2023 0
    Volodymyr Zelensky said he believes Ukraine will win its fight against Russia before the next US presidential election according to comments he made during a recent interview on May 10th.  Russian Troops And Artillery Near [...]
  • U.S. To Send Hawk Medium-range Anti-air Missile To Ukraine

    October 27, 2022 0
    The U.S. the Department of Defense and the Biden administration are considering sending Hawk medium-range, surface-to-air guided missile systems to Ukraine. Spain Delivers Apside and Hawk Surface-to-air Missiles To UkraineDateNovember 19, 2022Ukraine is developing a [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Delivers First Tranche of 140mm Towed Mortars to Russian Army

June 5, 2025 0

North Korean 140mm towed mortars have been spotted in use by Russian forces, adding to a growing list of foreign-supplied weaponry now deployed in Moscow’s war effort. The new mortar has a maximum range of […]

Europe

CZ Group Unveils BREN 3 Assault Rifles at IDET 2025 in Brno

June 2, 2025 0

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Europe

British Army Tests Lighter Javelin Missile Launch System at Record Range of 4km

May 28, 2025 0

The British Army has test-fired the latest Javelin command launch unit at a record range of 4 kilometers (2.48 miles). The record shot at Salisbury Plains demonstrated the Javelin’s Lightweight Command Launch Unit’s (LWCLU) enhanced […]

Central Asia

Kazakhstan started building new artillery ammunitions plant

May 26, 2025 0

Kazakhstan has launched the construction phase of a new industrial facility for the production of artillery ammunition in cooperation with a partner from Singapore. The upcoming plant will manufacture 122mm, 152mm, and 155mm caliber artillery […]

Europe

British startup unveils new high-speed ramjet artillery round

May 25, 2025 0

A British defense startup has unveiled a new ramjet-powered artillery round designed to deliver long-range precision effects in future combat environments. Tiberius Aerospace, founded in 2022 and rooted in Silicon Valley practices, introduced its flagship […]

Infantry Weapons

India fields Swedish-made Carl-Gustaf M4 launcher ditching locally-made Nag Mk-2 ATGM

May 25, 2025 0

The Indian Army has begun fielding the Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifle. The deployment follows Saab FFVO India Pvt Ltd, a fully foreign-owned subsidiary of Saab AB, establishing a new production facility in India. According to […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia boost its 155mm ammunition and 500 pounds bomb production

  • Europe

    Russian submarine sunk in Crimean port, four S-400 missile systems destroyed worth $2 billion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PT PAL Begins Construction of Philippines Navy’s LPD

  • Americas

    Dictator in Chief Donald Trump Wants Chinese-style Military Parade in Washington DC

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia Has Less Than 50 Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile , Russia Can’t Make Any Missile Due To Sanction

  • Europe

    Sefine Shipyard, TUBITAK To Build Turkey’s USV Capabilities

  • Africa

    Algeria, Egypt Following Indonesia, Cancelled Negotiation On Russia’s Su-35 fighter jets.

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $2.76 Billion US Army Contracts For M142 HIMARS

  • Air Platform

    Huge Explosions Ripped Through Iranian Missile Factory As Israeli F-35I Adir Stealth Jets Reign Over Tehran Skies

  • Europe

    Ukraine Killed More Than 700 Freshly Mobilized Conscripts In Bakhmut

  • Europe

    Russian Warship Told To ‘Go F**k Yourself’ Sunk By Ukrainian Navy: Report

  • Infantry Weapons

    PLZ52 155mm Self-propelled Howitzer was displayed on 10th Airshow China

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian Special Forces Destroyed Russia’s Electronic Warfare System in Bakhmut

  • Air Platform

    Turkey celebrates as Bayraktar drone hits new milestone achieving 200,000 flight hours

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded $15.3 Million Contract For Swedish Navy’s Torpedo Tube

  • Cruise Missiles

    Indian Company BrahMos Aerospace Assisted Russia In Upgrading P-800 Oniks Supersonic Missile To Strike Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Chief of Army Staff Into The Rendition, Corruption And Money-Laundering Business

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why India and China should be given secondary sanctions?

  • Air Platform

    Boeing awarded contract to build 15 KC-46A Pegasus tankers for U.S. Air Force

  • Europe

    Russia Destroying Its Own T-90M Proryv Tank Using Lancet Drone To Stop Ukrainian Forces Capturing Tank

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Here’s Why Four Regiments Of Russian S-400 Air Defense System Failed To Detect Soviet-era Tu-141

  • Central Asia

    Afhgan Air Force Strikes Killed 45 Pakistan-backed Taliban militants : gov’t

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones hit high-rise buildings in Kazan

  • Europe

    Romania Starts Domestic Production of Piranha V APC

  • Europe

    Lithuania to Receive More Boxer Armored Vehicles From German Consortium

  • Naval Platforms

    After some embarrassing display of submarine incidents, China copy Virginia-class SSN for next-generation submarine

  • Europe

    Russia jailed two senior military officers for purchasing Pantsir-SM air defense system to protect Crimea bridge

  • Americas

    Sikorsky to build nine CH-53K King Stallion helicopters for U.S. Marines

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Harpoon And AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles For Philippines

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russian military training center and vehicle repair facility in Crimea using Storm Shadow missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Navy’s SSN-AUKUS (SSN-A) will receive evolved version of AN/BYG-1 combat control system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India’s DRDO Flight Test New Helina ATGM

  • Air Platform

    Russia postponed delivery of Su-57 to Russian Aerospace Force (VKS) until 2025

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys NASAMS And APSIDE Anti-air Missiles In Kyiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese Navy Possesses The Biggest Threat To Global Maritime Trades

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Air Force Successfully Tests AGM-183A Hypersonic Missile

  • Europe

    Turkey’s 1st local anti-ship missile engine breaks world record

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed North Korean supplied ammunitions in Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea To Boost Defense Exports

  • Uncategorized

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $414 Million Contract For Long-range Anti-ship Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Upgrades Hellenic Air Force’s F-16s To F-16V Standard

  • Defense Industry

    Russia cannot export arms anymore, bleak prospects of Russian arms industries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Vice Admiral David Johnston Faces Major Challenge of ADF’s Retention and Recruitment Problems

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Dubai Airshow: EDGE expands Al-Tariq guidance kit capabilities

  • Europe

    Mystery Fires Ripped Through Putin’s Weapons Research Facility 1000km Inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force activate first overseas F-35A squadron in England

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Officially Enters Sixth-generation Fighter Jet Race

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Coup Or No Coup, Myanmar Will Never Be An Ally Of The West

  • Europe

    Turkey Conducted The First Flight of Bayraktar Kizilelma Jet-powered Drone

  • Infantry Weapons

    India Purchased South Korean K9 Howitzers Relacing Russian-made Howitzers

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