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  • [ June 2, 2026 ] Canada Considers Reducing F-35A Fleet to 30 and Orders 60 Gripen E/F Fighter Jets. Air Platform
  • [ June 2, 2026 ] U.S. Army Targets $2.9 Billion Counter-Drone Systems Acquisition Following Battlefield Drone Surge. Americas
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Americas

Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson Who Became First Person to Destroy A Satellite In Space Flying A F-15

October 20, 2020 GDC 0

The date September 13, 1985 marks as an important day in history. 35 years ago, Maj. Gen. Wilbert “Doug” Pearson Jr. put a rather prominent blip in the history of defence aviation after carrying out […]

  • Ukrainian troops blow up Russian BTR-82A armored vehicles convoy in Skadovsk

    November 15, 2023 0
    Ukrainian military claims a successful strike on a convoy of Russian troops near Gladkivka, Skadovsk, in the Kherson region. The strike, captured in footage circulating online, showcases a column of Russian military vehicles on the [...]
  • China unveils copycat German Boxer armored vehicles.

    December 7, 2025 0
    New images have surfaced online of a Chinese armored vehicle that closely resembles the German-Dutch Boxer platform, reigniting speculation about China’s push to develop modular armored solutions for export markets. Rheinmetall Completed delivery of the [...]
  • China’s Tokamak Nuclear Reactor Generated Whopping 101 Million Degree Celsius

    June 11, 2021 0
    China’s “artificial sun” tokamak has sustained a plasma reaction for a whopping 101 seconds at 120 million degrees Celsius, setting new records in the field of nuclear fusion. The breakthrough could pave the way for a [...]
  • South Korea displays K3 next-gen concept main battle tank

    October 2, 2023 0
    South Korean firm Hyundai Rotem has shown off a concept of their next-generation tank with various high-tech solutions. South Korea Begins Development of Hydrogen-powered K3 Main Battle Tank.DateNovember 23, 2025South Korea to upgrade K1A2 main [...]
  • Serbia negotiating with France to purchase Rafale jets, Mistral SAM and H125M helicopters

    July 7, 2024 0
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  • EU Slaps Sanctions On Russia’s Wagner Group

    December 14, 2021 0
    The EU Council today adopted a set of restrictive measures against the Wagner Group, a Russia-based unincorporated private military entity. The measures target the Wagner group itself, and eight individuals and three entities connected to it. Putin Linked Russian mercenaries [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

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

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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  • Middle East

    Israeli Submarine Passes Through Seuz Canal

  • Americas

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

  • Europe

    Ukrainian SHARK drone locating Russian positions for HIMARS to destroy them

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Ramp-up LRASM Missile Production.

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Upgrade Package For Pakistan’s F-16 Fighter Jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea’s nuclear submarine would be a “natural expectation”, Admiral Daryl Caudle said.

  • Air Platform

    China’s Foreign Ministry Refuted Pakistan’s Claim That J-10C Were Used in India-Pakistan War

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones set the largest fire at Russian oil depot since the war began

  • Europe

    Russia’s strike pattern suggests that Russia is low on Iskander ballistic missiles

  • Air Platform

    Faulty Engine, Design Deficiencies Resulted Third MiG-29K Crash: Indian Navy

  • C4iSR

    Aselsan delivers “DragonEye” electro-optic systems

  • Air Platform

    United Arab Emirates Officially Joins South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Program Replacing Indonesia

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye plans to purchase additional F-16V block 70 fighter jets.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Killed Or Injured More Than 75,000 Russian Soldiers, Report

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Turkish Firtana 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean military orders new command vehicles from Hyundai Rotem

  • Europe

    Another Ukrainian Drone Struck Oil Tanker At Kursk Airfield Deep Inside Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Intruding Taiwanese Airspace Is Easy, But Loitering There Proved Difficult For PLAAF

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Ka-52 Helicopter In Kherson

  • Europe

    Russia secretly approached Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Syria and Belarus to buy back weapons and helicopters engines it sold past years

  • Europe

    Russia Evacuating Officer’s Families From Tokmak After Ukraine Destroys Russia’s S-400 SAM

  • Air Platform

    Russian army’s Belarus-made armed drone was shot down in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Huge explosion ripped through Putin’s warehouse storing Satan-2 rockets

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy commissions 26th Virginia-class nuclear submarine.

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Fears Assassination After Russian Forces Withdraw From Kherson

  • Europe

    200,000 Military-age Russian Men Fled To Kazakhstan, Georgia, Latvia And Finland

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo UK secured a contract to supply AW159 wildcat ASW helicopters to Philippine Navy.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroyed Russia’s S-400 dud launcher in Zaporozhye region

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Air Force will modernize 38 F-16 to F-16V Block 70 standard

  • Air Platform

    Indonesian Rafale Procurement Delayed By Funding Shortage

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine to receive AGM-158 JASSM, AGM-154 JSOW, AGM-120 AMRAAM with F-16 fighting falcon

  • Air Platform

    Dramatic moment British Starstreak missile blasts Russian KA-52 helicopter out the sky

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Decommission Armidale-class OPV

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Heavy Attack Bayraktar Akinci Drone Started Bombing In Syria

  • C4iSR

    Germany to purchase Saab GlobalEye airborne early warning radar aircraft.

  • Europe

    A Russian Deserter Escaped With Machine Gun, Became Rambo And Fighting His Own War

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Hasina’s Son Sajeeb Wazed Joy: A Covert Billionaire, Cult of Personality Charged with Drunk Driving, Drug, and Unlicensed Firearms Possession in The U.S.

  • Europe

    Kadyrov’s troops using Tesla Cybertrucks in the Ukraine war

  • C4iSR

    The APG-82(V)1 AESA radar for F-15E platform optimization

  • Europe

    Turkiye to deliver advanced Bayraktar Akinci combat drones to Somalia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Army Unveils ASCOD Command Vehicle With Elbit’s Turret

  • Europe

    Russian arms industries vanished in the Ukraine war, corruption, tanking ruble and no export orders

  • Air Platform

    Inexpensive Turkish armed drones reshaping warfare

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Havelsan Developed Kamikaze Drone that Kills Enemy Drones

  • Europe

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

  • Defense Industry

    Australian companies to supply parts for Hunter class frigates

  • Americas

    TKMS, Embraer, Atech awarded contract to build Brazilian Tamandaré frigates

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    United States and Japan unveiled plans to strengthen security cooperation in the face of shared worries about China.

  • Africa

    Tunisia ordered Turkish Anka-S Drone

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