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Europe

Ukraine’s SBU Hit Kerch Bridge With 1000kg Underwater Explosions

June 3, 2025 GDC 0

Ukraine’s security service (SBU) revealed a new special operation once again hitting Russia’s Kerch Bridge to Crimea, this time in an underwater attack that it said had left the structure “in disrepair”. They published a […]

Europe

Ukraine aims to knock out Kerch bridge after U.S. approves use of ATACMS to strike inside Russia

November 19, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine will aim to blitz dozens of key potential targets inside Russian territory using Western long-range missiles to turn the war around. This includes strategic military bases, airfields and some morale-boosting targets like Putin’s beloved […]

Europe

Ukraine’s kamikaze sea drones set Kerch bridge on fire again

September 13, 2024 GDC 0

Ukrainian unmanned sea drones attacked targets in Crimea, the Ukrainian territory illegally annexed by the Kremlin in 2014. Two sea drones set two pillars of Kerch bridge on fire. According to a Crimean-based pro-Ukrainian group, […]

Europe

Multiple MAGURA V5 sea drones exploded in Sevastopol and Kerch in occupied Crimea, and total closure of the Crimea bridge

June 19, 2024 GDC 0

The telegram channel of the project Radio Liberty Crimea reports that on the night of 17 June, the occupied city of Kerch in Crimea heard the sounds of explosions. A bridge that connects the peninsula […]

Europe

Ukrainian ATACMS tactical missile punched a big hole in the Avangard ferry in Kerch

May 31, 2024 GDC 0

The Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully struck a Russian ferry crossing in the temporarily occupied Crimea. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The strike was reportedly carried out with […]

Europe

Ukrainian ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles fired at Kerch bridge

May 30, 2024 GDC 0

Traffic on the main bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea was temporarily halted as Moscow said Ukraine attacked the peninsula with U.S.-supplied missiles (Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS) missiles. On May 29, […]

Europe

U.S.-made ATACMS pounding in Crimea as Russia shuts Kerch bridge

May 1, 2024 GDC 0

Traffic on the main bridge linking the Russian mainland with annexed Crimea was temporarily halted as Moscow said Ukraine attacked the peninsula with U.S.-supplied missiles (Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS) missiles. “Vehicle traffic on […]

Europe

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

January 19, 2024 GDC 0

 A court on Tuesday sentenced a senior officer in the National Guard to six years in a prison colony after convicting him of buying and deploying equipment unable to protect the bridge which links southern […]

Europe

‘Denazify Ukraine Is A False Narrative’: Putin’s Flirting With NATO Caused 273,000 Russian Deaths And Destroyed Russia Completely In 13 Most Crucial Areas

September 28, 2023 GDC 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin invoked World War II to justify Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying in televised remarks last week that his offensive aimed to “denazify” the country — whose democratically elected president is Jewish, […]

Europe

Ukraine’s strikes on Kerch and Chonhar bridges in Crimea are disrupting Russian logistics ISW reports

September 6, 2023 GDC 0

Ukraine has been targeting the key bridges that connect the Crimean Peninsula with the mainland of the country in order to disrupt Russian logistics, a strategy that seems to be working according to a recent […]

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  • Britain Donates Sea King Helicopters To Ukraine

    November 23, 2022 0
    Britain is sending helicopters to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has said, the first piloted aircraft to be sent by the UK since the war began. Russia’s Su-27 Released Missile Near RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint [...]
  • Turkiye-made fighter jet Kızılelma completes test with afterburner

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  • RAF set to acquire five E-7 Wedgetails to replace E-3 Sentry

    June 13, 2020 0
    “To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the timescale is for the delivery of each E-7 Wedgetail aircraft.” Kevan Jones, MP for North Durham, recently asked in a written Parliamentary question: “The current [...]
  • Satellite imagery confirms significant damage at Russia’s key ballistic missile plant.

    February 23, 2026 0
    New satellite imagery has confirmed extensive destruction at Russia’s Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, a key missile production hub in the Udmurt Republic, following a Ukrainian strike carried out on the night of February 21, according [...]
  • Babcock International Vying to Win South Korean LPX-II Aircraft Carrier Program

    November 2, 2020 0
    According to the Korea Herald newspaper, the UK Government and Babcock International, which led the Royal Navy Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carrier design process, « are said to be actively engaging with their South Korean counterparts ». Babcock would [...]
  • ‘Suicide drone’ used to attack Israeli ship, report

    August 13, 2021 0
    Dubai (GDC) — An attack on an oil tanker linked to an Israeli billionaire killed two crew members off Oman in the Arabian Sea, authorities said, marking the first fatalities after years of assaults targeting [...]
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 […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

  • Americas

    U.S. unveiled $2.6 billion worth of military assistance to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Amid tensions with Russia, Sweden increases defense budget by 40%

  • Europe

    Polish Huta Stalowa Wola Awarded Contract To Deliver Krab Howitzers To Ukraine Worth $700 Million

  • Europe

    Huge Explosion Ripped Through Russian Oil And Gas Refinery In Suspected Sabotage Attack

  • Europe

    Lockheed Martin Awarded MK41 VLS Contract For German Navy

  • South Asia

    United Nations barred Bangladesh’s DGFI, RAB, BGB, DB men from UN peacekeeping duty

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Poland Purchases 23 Batteries Of Narew And CAMM-ER Surface-to-air Missiles From MBDA Worth $12 Billion

  • Counter-drone System

    South Korea Launched Hard-kill Counter-drone System.

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Taiwan Unveils 8kw fiber-optic laser weapon system.

  • Europe

    Denizkurdu 2021: Turkish Navy Conducts Largest Naval Exercises Involving 132 Ships

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves 183 Stryker Armored Vehicles For Bulgaria

  • Americas

    Analysis: Time Has Come For America To Revise ITAR Regulation

  • Europe

    Lithuania purchases 100 CV90 armored fighting vehicles.

  • Air Platform

    Russian Glorified Su-35 Failed to Track J-16 and J-10C in a Simulated Air Battle: PLAAF

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s modernized Su-30SM crashed in Kalingrad due to engine malfunction

  • Europe

    Retired Ukrainian General Predicts Ukraine Will Recapture Crimea By Early 2023

  • Infantry Weapons

    An In-depth Look At The Raytheon’s MIM-104 Patriot Missile Defense System

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    155 Chinese Soldiers Fighting for Russia in the Ukraine War

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean Ballistic Missiles Contain Components From United States, United Kingdom, Japan, China, and Switzerland

  • Europe

    More than 500 North Korean Troops Killed In Storm Shadow Missile Strikes In Kursk Region

  • Air Platform

    Missiles On Demand: Boeing’s New 16 Air-To-Air Missile Carrying F-15EX (2040c / X)

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Hanwha Aerospace to assemble GE F404 engines for FA-50 and KF-21 fighter jets.

  • Europe

    Russia and Iran are terrorist states, President Zelenskyy criticized Iran over both conflicts

  • Air Platform

    BIRD Aerosystems delivers advanced missile protection suite for Israeli Apache helicopters.

  • Europe

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Fire Control System For CV90 Armored Vehicle

  • Europe

    Rostec to unveil a new aircraft at MAKS 2021 airshow

  • Air Platform

    Japan Sending F-35A Stealth Jets to Australia for Exercise ‘Bushido Guardian’

  • Uncategorized

    Ukraine developed kamikaze drones that can hit targets beyond 700km

  • Naval Platforms

    RNLN air-defence frigates to receive new 127/64 LW guns

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Navy’s saves $100 millions dollars as F-35B survived bird ingestion

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Russia’s Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces blew up the Russian heavy 2S5 Giatsint-S artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s shameless meddling in Australia and New Zealand’s defense strategy as New Zealand plans to join AUKUS

  • Middle East

    Saudi Patriot Battery Intercepts Houthi Ballistic Missiles

  • Americas

    President Zelenskyy Visits White House In First Post-Invasion Trip

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Former Air Guard Chief Hannan (Thief) Purchased Multiple Apartments for His Mistresses to Conceal Illegal Wealth.

  • Europe

    UK Sent Precision Strike Capable Brimstone 2 Missiles To Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Independent Investigation reveals about the Pilkhana Killings, Bangladesh Rifles mutiny and Indian RAW Involvement.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers Find New Way To Use Javelin ATGM Busting Wagner Group’s Bunker In Bakhmut

  • C4iSR

    China Arming Pakistan with HQ-19, J-35A Jets and KJ-500 Early Warning Radar to Defend Aksai Chin Disputed Territory

  • Americas

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Mobilized South Korean Government and Industries to Support Canada’s Patrol Submarine Project.

  • Land Platform

    Dutch Army takes delivery of Electronic Warfare Bushmaster Armored Vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s $55 million MiG-35 Fulcrum-F with PESA radar is a total failure even in Chinese standard

  • Europe

    Britain says Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut under increasingly severe pressure

  • Americas

    Convicted criminal Trump orchestrated january 6 riots in Washington, calling President Zelensky a dictator is ludicrous

  • Europe

    Pentagon explained Harpoon AShM adjustment for Ukraine’s Armed Forces coastal defense

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Delivers Falcon 7X Jet to Greece

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia and the UAE will join ground invasion of Iran with the U.S. and Israeli forces: WSJ reports.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Iran war unravels China’s underperforming propaganda-driven military and political purges, which cannot fix the technical problem.

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