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  • [ June 21, 2026 ] The Peoples Liberation Army’s spy satellite site is now fully operational in Cuba. Americas
  • [ June 21, 2026 ] MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio. Europe
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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea to upgrade K1A2 main battle tank

April 9, 2020 GDC 0

The South Korean Defense Agency for Technology and Quality (DATQ) announced in March that it will conduct “advanced research” between June and October 2020 to determine how best to enhance the Republic of Korea Army’s […]

  • Top 5 Weapons Platform Russia Couldn’t Afford, Aimed At Export Customers

    November 16, 2023 0
    The Russian economy has been flat and underperforming, due to low energy prices and exacerbated by targeted sanctions by forty countries. Russians have weathered multiple crises in the post-Soviet period. The “shock therapy” of 1992, [...]
  • Satellite Images Show Israeli Air Strikes Degraded Iran’s Ballistic Missile Production Capability

    October 28, 2024 0
    An Israeli attack on Iran damaged facilities at a secretive military base southeast of the Iranian capital that experts in the past have linked to Tehran’s nuclear weapons program and at another base tied to [...]
  • Poland Asks Germany To Transfer Long-range Patriot Missile Defense System To Ukraine

    December 29, 2022 0
    Poland’s defense minister has asked Germany to ship a Patriot surface-to-air missile defense system intended for Poland to Ukraine instead, to help its defense against Russia’s invasion. U.S. Army To Deploy IronDome in UkraineDateSeptember 18, [...]
  • Kuwaiti Prosecutor To Investigate Corruption Allegation In Eurofighter Procurement

    February 3, 2022 0
    Italy’s Leonardo said it is not subject of a judicial investigation in relation to the Kuwait Eurofighter program. Kuwaiti Air Force owns the most advanced variant of Eurofighter TyphoonDateDecember 28, 2019Leonardo Delivers First 2 Eurofighter to [...]
  • U.S. State Department approves $304 million sale of AN/TPS-78 long-range radar to Egypt

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  • Ni Hao China! U.S. sends F-22 jets to Australia to train alongside RAAF’s F-35A fighters

    September 12, 2022 0
    As reported by Staff Sgt. Alexander Martinez, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs, in the article Raptors arrive at RAAF Base Tindal for Enhanced Air Cooperation Initiative, the last wave of U.S. Air Force (USAF) F-22 [...]
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 […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Honeywell Aerospace Awarded Contract to Establish AUKUS Industrial Base in Australia

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Enters U.S. Air Force’s Tanker Competition

  • Defense Industry

    Russia imports 80 percent of its missile components from Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Switzerland, USA and South Korea

  • Air Platform

    A Russian pilot tried to defect to Italy with his Tu-22M3 strategic bomber like the MiG-25 Foxbat defected to Japan

  • Americas

    Oshkosh awarded $152 million contracts for JLTVs for NATO allies

  • Europe

    Russia lost average of 540 soldiers per day since Ukrainian counteroffensive accelerate

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy Admiral Visits Taiwan For The First Time

  • Europe

    Russia’s first moon mission in 50 years crashed, another humiliation for Putin

  • Land Platform

    China’s Norinco delivers first batch of VT5 light tanks to Bangladesh

  • Air Platform

    Russia Lost 50 Orlan-10 Reconnaissance Drones In Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Jakarta is negotiating with the US to procure Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II

  • Land Platform

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

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s allies urge European countries to supply F-16 jets to Ukraine

  • Uncategorized

    Canada’s defense giant Bombardier Defense, General Dynamics unite to export new Maritime Surveillance Aircraft

  • South Asia

    Panicked India deploys S-400 missile system and Rafale fighter jets near Bangladesh, which has no meaningful Air Force

  • C4iSR

    Thales Awarded Contract To Deliver GM200 Surveillance Radar To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Kuwaiti Super Hornet Gets Integrated Sniper Targeting Pod

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Thailand Army Receives Israeli Spike-MR Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Greek Patriot Battery Intercepts Two Iranian Ballistic Missiles Over Saudi Arabia.

  • Americas

    US Secretary of Navy Unveils Name of Two Future Aircraft Carrier

  • Defense Industry

    India Bought Barak-8 Missiles Worth $5 Billion

  • South Asia

    Russian Missiles Don’t Work, Says Indian Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Turkey delivers first Bayraktar TB2 UCAV to Ukrainian Navy

  • Europe

    Airbus Eurofighter Typhoon kicks off Finland’s HX Evaluation

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to integrate augmented reality on T-50 trainer aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar’s raging civil war creates instability in neighboring India, Bangladesh, China, and Thailand as the West fixated on Ukraine and Israel

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. Sent 90 Patriot Missile Defense Systems to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s Defense Exports Surged in FY2018-19

  • Americas

    Canada could be the next target of the Russian GRU, warned the head of NATO

  • Europe

    Putin’s FSB setup explosive charge aboard Wagner chief’s plane killing Yevgeny Prigozhin

  • Air Platform

    BAE Systems Awarded Contract to Upgrade RAAF’s Hawk Training Jets

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Proposed Tranche 5 Eurofighter to Luftwaffe

  • Uncategorized

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

  • Europe

    Serbia received four MiG-29 from Belarus

  • Air Platform

    Poorly Maintained Russia’s S-24 Fencer Crashed In Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia Loses 16 Artillery Systems in One Day: Ukrainian MoD

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Gets French Mirage 2000 Fighter Jet Boost From NATO Ally

  • Europe

    Czech Republic and Denmark donate heavy military equipment to Ukraine

  • Americas

    Top 40 Global Defense Spenders

  • Europe

    Ukrainian special forces sniper achieved the longest kill record

  • Europe

    Putin just fired first salvo of tariff on Chinese goods that could destroy Russian economy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Media War Between China And India Begins As India Takes Delivery Of 14 Rafale Jets

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed Multi-billion Russian Equipment in Snake Island

  • C4iSR

    Moldova to get VERA-NG passive tracking system

  • Europe

    Dead, wounded: The voices of desperate Russian soldiers trying to escape Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Retires F/A-18 Hornet This Week

  • Europe

    U.S. Delivered Two NASAMS Batteries To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Formally Requests Swedish Government To Provide Ukraine With Gripen C/D Jets

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Developing KF-21EX, A Stealthier and Heavier Variant of KF-21

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