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Europe

Ukraine’s kamikaze drones set Russia’s Su-25 aircraft, Kh-55 and Kh-59 missiles factory in fires

January 23, 2025 GDC 0

A fire was reported at a factory that produces Su-25 ground attack aircraft in Russia’s Smolensk region, shortly after Ukraine launched a massive drone strike on Tuesday morning. The drone barrage is reported to have […]

Europe

Ukrainian UJ-22 kamikaze drones struck Russian Kh-59 anti-ship missile factory

October 3, 2023 GDC 0

Russian media reports that the Smolensk plant was attacked by Ukrainian-made UJ-22 Airborne kamikaze drones. The fact of the strike itself has been officially confirmed by Ukraine. The strike on the aircraft factory was carried […]

  • Wagner Mercenary Group’s Untrained Convicts Dead Bodies Are Litered In Frontline

    February 2, 2023 0
    Late last summer, a five-acre plot in southern Russia began to fill with scores of fresh graves of Wagner mercenary fighters killed in Ukraine. Satellite photos show the site’s rapid expansion, and a Reuters report [...]
  • Chinese PL-17 is the stretched body variant of reverse-engineered Russian R-37M missile.

    January 31, 2026 0
    One of the recent weapons in the arsenal of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF), the PL-17 long-range air-to-air missile, appears to have been shown for the first time at close quarters. The [...]
  • Ukrainian forces fired ground-launched small diameter bombs for the first time

    February 16, 2024 0
    Ukraine’s American-made, ground-launched glide-bombs are in action—and at a critical time. Boeing will deliver long-range ground-launched small diameter bombs (GLSDB) to Ukraine this monthDateFebruary 1, 2024Occupied Crimea is within the reach of U.S.-supplied ground launched [...]
  • U.S. Air Force Successfully Tests AGM-183A Hypersonic Missile

    May 29, 2022 0
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  • Turkish Defense Industries suffer as France, Germany and America stop supplying spare parts and components to Turkish companies

    January 15, 2020 0
    France is blocking Eurosam missile development with Turkey while production of the Altay main battle tank (MBT) has been delayed because of the lack of an engine, İsmail Demir, head of Turkey’s Presidency of Defence [...]
  • The USAF To Upgrade MQ-9A Reaper UCAV

    July 4, 2021 0
    The US Air Force operates a large number of MQ-9 Reaper fleet. Upgrades to the fleet of MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft will increase its effectiveness, the U.S. Air Force announced on Wednesday. US Air [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. Army Deploys 500km Range High Precision PrSM Rocket Artillery to Strike Iran.

March 4, 2026 0

U.S. Central Command has employed the U.S. Army’s Precision Strike Missile in strikes on Iranian military targets, marking the first confirmed combat use of the ground-launched deep-strike system. The debut expands the Army’s role in […]

Infantry Weapons

U.S. M142 HIMARS Rocket Artillery Destroyed Zolfaghar and Sayyad-2 Missile System.

March 3, 2026 0

U.S. forces launched a long-range ATACMS ballistic missile from an M142 HIMARS system, destroying what appears to be an Iranian Zolfaghar short-range ballistic missile and elements of a Sayyad-2 air defense missile system. The strike, […]

Europe

Rheinmetall Unveils Fuchs Tank Destroyer Armed with 24 U.S. AGM-179 Anti-Tank Missiles.

February 27, 2026 0

Germany’s Rheinmetall has unveiled the Fuchs JAGM (Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles) at Enforce Tac 2026 in Germany, a wheeled armored vehicle capable of firing up to 24 U.S. AGM-179 Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles or AGM-114L Hellfire Longbow […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up the Moscow-Volgorod train line

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Former Air Chief Marshal Sheikh Abdul Hannan (Thief) Sued For Money Laundering and Corruption

  • Europe

    South Korea Became Largest Weapons Exporter To Poland

  • Middle East

    Israeli Army Started Localized Ground Incursions Before Full-scale Ground Incursions In Northern Gaza

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine Destroyed Russian Counterbattery Zoopark-2 Radar In Avdiivka

  • Middle East

    Aselsan Displays Full Spectrum Naval Warfare Capability in Qatar.

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Proposes Bullup Rifles for US Army’s NGSW Program

  • Air Platform

    CAIC Zhishengji-10 (Z-10) Attack Helicopter

  • Europe

    Putin’s forces already lost the war, former Russian commander says

  • Europe

    U.S. and Germany sent more artillery to Ukraine

  • South Asia

    India and Pakistan’s nuclear arms purchase networks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Ocean awarded contract to build two Ulsan-class Batch-IV frigates for South Korean Navy

  • Middle East

    Russian Su-35 Dangerously Came Close to P-8A Poseidon Over Mediterranean

  • Europe

    Ukrainian UJ-22 kamikaze drones struck Russian Kh-59 anti-ship missile factory

  • Europe

    Russian commercial airliners grounded most of its aircraft amid Western sanctions and cannibalization of spare parts

  • Infantry Weapons

    EMTAN ramps up rifle production for Israeli Defense Forces

  • Middle East

    Putin’s troops are humiliated in Syria as locals mock and spit at Russians as they flee Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Penske Australia Awarded $40 Million Contract For Australian Army’s Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles

  • Europe

    Video shows Ukrainian MP punch Russian diplomat in the Face for stealing Ukrainian flag

  • Defense Industry

    Sukhoi And MiG Merge Into United Aircraft Corp To Avoid Mikoyan’s Bankruptcy

  • Europe

    Putin recruits Iran proxy Houthis to fight in Ukraine, what Houthis received in return should worry Israel

  • Americas

    Trump expected to name China and Iran hawk Marco Rubio as Secretary of State

  • C4iSR

    U.S. Could Get Significant Intel on Russian EW Capability As Ukraine Captured Krashuka-4 EW System

  • Middle East

    The UAE Ordered 50 F-35A Stealth Jets And 18 MQ-9B Drones Worth $23 Billion

  • Infantry Weapons

    Hezbollah used Iranian-made Almas anti-tank missile for the first time

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Arrow-3 Becomes Top Tier High-altitude Anti-ballistic Missile System.

  • Americas

    U.S. Offers $50 Billion Aid Package To Ukraine

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshi media reports that the relationship between Dictator Sheikh Hasina and Narendra Modi may be romantic following the release of the Epstein files.

  • Air Platform

    Netherlands sent three more F-16 to Romania to train Ukrainian pilots

  • Air Platform

    Norway Sold 32 Second-hand F-16 Fighting Falcon To Romania

  • Air Platform

    US Air Force Tests SEAD Missions Using F-35

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian Sukhoi Superjet Commercial Airliner Crashed In A Test Flight

  • Infantry Weapons

    UAE Acquires South Korean M-SAM Worth $3.5 Billion

  • Naval Platforms

    Construction Of RAN’s Hunter-class Frigate Is On Track

  • Infantry Weapons

    Elbit Systems successfully tests new self-propelled howitzer

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • Central Asia

    We have ‘problems’ with Russia, says Russia’s ally Armenia

  • Africa

    Morocco To Receive First Batch of FD-2000 (HQ-9) SAM From China

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Drone Strike Killed Russian Commander Travelling In A BMP-3 IFV

  • Air Platform

    Japan Wants to Export Sixth-gen F-X/F-3 Fighter Jets to Compensate Development Costs

  • Air Platform

    Delivery of MAF Su-30SM2 Delayed Due To COVID-19

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rheinmetall win a contract to supply 225 Boxer CRVs to Australian Army

  • Europe

    KGB Putin lost nearly 160 generals and colonels among 1,500 officers since Russia invaded Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Completes Delivery Of NH90 Helicopters To Italian Navy

  • Europe

    Baykar Akinci To Integrate 100km Range Cakir Cruise Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese-built KD Keris Has Combat Deficiencies, Says RMN

  • Europe

    Israeli space-age weapons of Azerbaijani military dismantles Russian-origin Armenian weapons

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration Approves $23 Billion F-35 And MQ-9B Sales To UAE

  • Europe

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu admits Russia lacks quality weapons in the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Fact Check: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons

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