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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 […]

  • Saab delivers first series-produced Gripen E to Swedish Air Force

    December 14, 2023 0
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  • Indian to become the first Asian country to acquire American armed drone worth $3 billion

    September 25, 2020 0
    A case for the purchase of 30 MQ-9B Guardians has been approved by the Defense Acquisition Council, headed by Indian defense minister Rajnath Singh. Six drones will be delivered soon after contract signing. The Ministry [...]
  • Israeli Arms Export Soars Amid Middle East Conflict And Ukraine War

    August 19, 2024 0
    Months after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that Israel was “one step away from total victory” over Hamas, the IDF remains on high alert for a potential flare-up with Hezbollah and Iran. This past weekend [...]
  • German-made IRIS-T SLM scored first Su-34 fighter-bomber kill

    March 3, 2024 0
    The Eastern Air Command confirmed the downing of another Su-34 fighter-bomber of the Russian invaders. Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, said this on Telegram, Ukrinform [...]
  • South Korea Bans Arms Export To Myanmar Junta

    March 14, 2021 0
    South Korea will suspend defence exchanges with Myanmar and ban arms exports to the country after a military coup and violent suppression of pro-democracy protests, the foreign ministry said on Friday. Myanmar’s General Min Aung [...]
  • Boeing Defense received contracts to build P-8As Poseidon for South Korea and New Zealand

    April 3, 2020 0
    The US DoD awarded Boeing a $1.5 billion production contract for the next 18 P-8A Poseidon aircraft. The contract includes eight aircraft for the U.S. Navy, six aircraft for the Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) and four aircraft [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

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

May 6, 2026 0

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Singapore’s upgraded F-16C/D can fire Israeli Python-5 infrared guided missile

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $492.7 Million Modification Contract For F-35

  • Air Platform

    Croatian Air Force Received Six Rafale Fighter Jets From France

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    Taiwan began developing next-generation fighter jets

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Court Indicted 25 Army Officers, 2 RAB Officers, Former Dictator Sheikh Hasina and Former Home Minister Khan For Crimes Against Humanity.

  • Europe

    PayPal shuts down its services in Russia, a blow to Russian retailers

  • South Asia

    Lockheed Martin to begin supplying F-16 wings from Hyderabad plant in 2020

  • Europe

    Ukrainian ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles fired at Kerch bridge

  • Europe

    Russian FSB has assassinated Serbian Radomir Kurtic for his involvement in supplying ammo to Ukraine.

  • Europe

    Death rate of Russian soldiers at its highest, more than 40,000 Wagner prison recruits are dead, injured or deserted in the Donetsk region

  • Middle East

    Kuwait Purchases Bayraktar TB2 Drones Worth $370 Million

  • Air Platform

    Airbus A400M Cleared For Caracals Refuelling

  • Uncategorized

    Lockheed Martin Awarded $414 Million Contract For Long-range Anti-ship Missiles

  • Middle East

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

  • Middle East

    China is supplying weapons and material support to Iran’s IRGC through Russia, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Trials Australian E-7 Wedgetail As A Replacement For E-3 Sentry AEW&C

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone blew up Russia’s microchip factory that produce missile components

  • Air Platform

    General Electric F414 and F404 engines are powerful, safe and reliable

  • Air Platform

    Poland and Slovakia to provide Ukraine with MiG-29 fighter jets within weeks

  • Americas

    Fincantieri Delivers 21st LCS to the U.S. Navy

  • Europe

    Bayraktar Kizlilelma drone passes another critical milestone

  • Air Platform

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Bureaucratic Red Tape And Politics Of Australian Barracuda Class Submarine

  • Europe

    China test-fires new YJ-21 hypersonic missile

  • Europe

    Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Pass Through Dover Strait

  • Europe

    American Abrams tanks fighting Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine

  • Europe

    Thousands Of Mobilized Russian Conscripts Are Unfit For Military Service In Ukraine War

  • Europe

    ATACMS strikes on Russian Command Center killed three Colonels: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan To Boost South China Sea Deployment

  • Europe

    Australian Army’s Boxer CRV Infantry Fighting Vehicles Reaches Initial Operational Capability

  • Europe

    U.S. Asks Turkey To Transfer S-400 To Ukraine And Get F-35 And Patriot System

  • Africa

    Morocco to Buy two Avante 1400 OPV from Spanish Navantia

  • Air Platform

    Eight Russian Fighter Jets Crashed Since September Due To Technical Malfunctions And Poor Pilot Training

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    Uncategorized

    Ukraine Captured Russia’s Anti-tank Mines In Kharkiv

  • Americas

    Lockheed Awarded the Largest PAC-3 Missile Manufacturing Contract.

  • Americas

    Tom Cruise Received US Navy’s Distinguished Public Service Award For His Role in Top Gun Movie

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s Type 15 (ZTQ‑15 or VT5) light tank is worse than you think.

  • Europe

    Russian Askold Corvette shows massive hull breach after Ukrainian Scalp-EG strike

  • Air Platform

    Polish Air Force Received Two More FA-50 Fighter Jets

  • Air Platform

    Why China’s J-20 and FC-31 Aren’t So Stealthy?

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Lays Keel For U.S. Navy’s LPD

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia down-selected Japanese Mogami-class frigate to replace ageing ANZAC class frigate

  • Infantry Weapons

    Why Did Russia’s S-300 Fail in Syria?

  • Americas

    Nexter’s Ceasar Joins US Army’s Howitzer Competition

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China’s CJ-10 Long Sword / DH-10 land-attack cruise missile

  • Air Platform

    U.S. agrees to sale 40 F-16V fighter jets to Turkey after Turkey approves Sweden’s NATO bid

  • Americas

    Kraken and L3Harris team up for underwater stealth drone

  • Europe

    Russian T-90M Proryv-3 Tank Blew Up In Inexpensive Ukraine’s Landmine

  • Defense Industry

    Thai Air Force Plans To Buy Lockheed’s F-35 Stealth Jet

  • Europe

    British Army To Purchase Extended Range Variant M270 Artillery Rocket

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