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East Asia and Pacific Region

JMSDF’s High-tech Warships Can Dismantle Low-tech Chinese Submarine

September 28, 2020 GDC 0

Japanese forces chased a Chinese Jin-class submarine out of Japanese waters in July 2020. Officials in Tokyo characterized the sub’s infiltration as part of China’s escalating land-grab across the western Pacific. A Japanese “destroyer”—actually, the […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

RAN’s high-tech stealth shortfin Barracuda can dismantle Chinese Jin-class submarine

September 15, 2020 GDC 0

China’s navy is on the rise, steadily adding new ships and submarines. The Royal Australian Navy with its 17,000 sailors and 50 or so large ships isn’t big—for comparison, the U.S. Navy’s payroll is more than […]

  • Russian paratroopers to get high-speed buggies based on armored vehicles

    August 7, 2020 0
    MOSCOW (GDC) — Russia is developing a new high-speed buggy for paratroopers based on the latest family of Strela armored vehicles, Airborne Force Commander Colonel-General Andrei Serdyukov said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s [...]
  • India Air Force Losing Advanced Rafale Fighter Jets to Pakistani AMRAAM Was Significant Strategic Mistake

    August 3, 2025 0
    Just after midnight on May 7, the screen in the Pakistan Air Force’s operations room lit up in red with the positions of dozens of active enemy planes across the border in India. Indian Media [...]
  • Russia Losing 40-50 Tanks Per Week, 45% Spikes Since Ukraine’s Counteroffensive

    October 7, 2022 0
    The Russian army probably just had its worst single day ever in tank losses, according to official Ukrainian estimates and international military monitoring groups. Undignified Death of T-14 Armata Main Battle TankDateFebruary 21, 2020Ukraine is [...]
  • German Startup to Deliver Hypersonic Missile for Bundeswehr in 2029.

    February 14, 2026 0
    German startup Hypersonica claimed a “significant” step toward delivering Europe’s first sovereign hypersonic strike capability by 2029, after the company’s first hypersonic test flight in Norway pushed its missile prototype to more than Mach 6 [...]
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    Austal Awarded Contract to Build Six Cape-class Patrol Boats for Royal Australian Navy

    May 2, 2020 0
    The Australian Government is investing in a programme for the production of six new Cape Class Patrol Boats for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). With an investment of approximately A$350m, a total of six vessels [...]
  • New Gripen E is now flying with a more trapezoid to carry four RBS-15 and more bombs

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan ATACMS deal expands island’s long-range strike power.

July 19, 2026 0

The U.S. Army handed Lockheed Martin roughly $439 million to begin building the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, along with the launcher hardware needed to fire it, and once the two sides finish […]

Europe

Poland purchases 46,000 upgraded GROT assault rifles for its soldiers.

July 6, 2026 0

Poland has ordered nearly 46,000 of its domestically produced MSBS GROT assault rifles in the latest A3 configuration, signing a contract worth approximately $160 million with the state-owned manufacturer Fabryka Broni “Łucznik” Radom, with all […]

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 […]

  • Europe

    Swedish Navy Receives HSwMS Gävle After Mid-Life Upgrade

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils DF-26 Ballistic Missile System That Can Reach Guam.

  • Air Platform

    Royal Navy to modernize fifth-generation F-35B fighter jets to Block 4 standard

  • Americas

    The U.S. Navy Orders 10th Virginia-class Submarine

  • Cruise Missiles

    Turkey Unveils 1000km-range Gezgin Cruise Missile.

  • Americas

    General Atomics completes first flight of Gray Eagle 25M unmanned aerial system

  • Infantry Weapons

    Egypt unveils domestically developed 40km range Raad 200 multiple rocket launcher

  • Americas

    Why doesn’t the U.S. Army buy the Swedish CV90 after ditching the M10 Booker vehicle?

  • Air Platform

    Spectacular and Crashing Defeats of Armenia, Thanks to Turkish and Israeli High-tech Drones

  • Defense Industry

    Netherlands and Belgium agree on building $4.4 billion ASW frigates

  • Europe

    Aselsan SHARP Dual Remote Weapons Station

  • Europe

    Leonardo Company’s Proteus Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Flight.

  • Europe

    Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department 18 CH-53K Helicopters For Israel

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Cheaply Built Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Destroying Russia’s Mult-billion Warships And Naval Infrastructure

  • Air Platform

    Volvo RM12 Engine Guarantees More Than 300,000 Flying Hours For Gripen

  • Europe

    Ukrainian drone army killed 1060 Russian troops, destroyed 66 artillery systems and 78 vehicles in one day

  • Europe

    Russia counterattacks Ukrainian forces in Avdiivka despite losing 6000 troops and 400 vehicles

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Modernize F-22 Raptor’s Head-up Display (HUD)

  • C4iSR

    Thales Awarded Contract To Deliver GM200 Surveillance Radar To Ukraine

  • Africa

    Libyan Army Completes Turkish Army’s Training

  • C4iSR

    Saab Integrated Arexis Jamming Pod Into Gripen E Making Gripen More Lethal

  • Defense Industry

    Australian air force’s plan to buy $9 billion turboprop transport aircraft is simply a crazy idea

  • Air Platform

    France and UK discussing to deliver Mirage 2000D fighter jet to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Germany and Norway jointly started building six Type 212CD submarines

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman to modernize US Navy’s E-6B Mercury Fleet

  • Middle East

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

  • C4iSR

    Active Electronically Scanned Array (ASEA) Radar

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Delivers 8th Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat to Australia

  • Europe

    Russia deploys Soviet-era T-34 tanks in the Ukraine war

  • Anti-air Missiles

    China Unveils Extended Range HQ-16FE Surface-to-air Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Saab Receives Order for Situational Awareness System of RAN’s OPV

  • South Asia

    India Plans to Buy 36 Additional Rafale For Its Air Force: Report

  • Ballistic Missile

    Pakistan Navy’s Zulfiqar-class frigate Test Fires Locally Produced Anti-ship Ballistic Missile.

  • Naval Platforms

    The Italian Navy’s Submarine Warfare Capability

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye will build six prototype KAAN fighter jets for AESA and avionics tests

  • Europe

    Denmark Delivers Harpoon Anti-ship Missiles To Ukraine, Game Over For Russian Navy

  • Infantry Weapons

    Russia’s S-400 is a disgrace in Syria, says Brigadier General Abdolrahim Mousavi

  • Air Platform

    Greece Acquires Six Additional Rafale F3R Fighter Jets

  • Infantry Weapons

    Qatar Becomes the First Export Customer of HISAR SAM

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US assesses China not planning to invade Taiwan in 2027 after missile, radar and fighter jet debacle in Iran, Pakistan and Venezuela.

  • Europe

    UK to buy German-made new artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveiled American MQ-9 Reaper Copycat KVD002 Drone

  • Middle East

    Top Hamas commander killed as Israeli army pushes deeper in besieged Gaza

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS strikes destroyed five Russian MSTA-S howitzers in key counteroffensive

  • Air Platform

    Sec. Blinken says U.S. ready to move forward with sale of F-35s, drones to UAE

  • Middle East

    The U.S. to Build Kuwait Armed Forces HQ Worth $1 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Plans to Buy KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jets.

  • Europe

    KGB Putin reeling as elite 331st airborne regiment decimated, amid Ukrainian fightbacks

  • Americas

    Textron Systems Awarded Contract to Build Tsunami USV for the US Navy.

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