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Anti-air Missiles

Russia’s Verba man-portable air defense system contains Swiss-made seeker components

March 2, 2024 GDC 0

Russia reportedly integrated Swiss electronic components into its modern Russian Verba (SA-25) shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles, better known as man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS). According to the Militarnyi, the key innovation of the newest Russian MANPADS that […]

Anti-air Missiles

UK delivers 200 Starstreak man-portable missiles to Ukraine after Russia’s mass missile blitz

January 24, 2024 GDC 0

The UK has previously sent Ukraine Starstreak missiles, which travel at three times the speed of sound. Britain will send some 200 air defence missiles to Ukraine to help protect the war-torn country from Russian […]

Uncategorized

Serbia mounts Mistral 3+ MANPADS on Zastava NTV all-terrain vehicle

January 18, 2024 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Ukraine Shot Down Su-24 fighter bomber using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

December 6, 2023 GDC 0

Ukraine’s Air Force reported a downed Russian Su-24M bomber aircraft as it attempted to launch missiles towards targets in Odesa Oblast, the Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force said in a post on Telegram on December […]

Anti-air Missiles

MBDA Deutschland Enhanced Capability of Shoulder-launched Enforcer Missile

December 2, 2023 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Ukrainian forces shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopters using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

July 16, 2023 GDC 0

Ukrainian forces shot down Russian Ka-52 Alligator helicopter on the Donetsk front, according to Ukrainian Telegram channel. “Another Alligator down. A unit from the Air Force’s anti-aircraft missile forces destroyed a Ka-52 attack helicopter on the […]

Europe

Why Did Russia’s Navy Repeatedly Fail To Defend Its Warship?

June 12, 2023 GDC 0

The Russian cruiser Moskva was attacked in the Black Sea on April 13th. There are unconfirmed reports also that the Russian frigate Admiral Makarov was attacked on May 6th.  As details emerge, four important questions […]

Defense Industry

Saab Group Awarded Contract To Supply RBS70 Missile To Lithuania

November 28, 2022 GDC 0

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Europe

Belgian Company Sells 64 Second-hand M109A4BE Self-propelled Howitzers To Ukraine

July 5, 2022 GDC 0

According to information published on the website of the Belgian National Television “RTBF” on June 1, 2022, the Belgian private company Flanders Technical Supply (FTS) delivered to Ukraine a stock of 64 M109A4 howitzers which […]

Air Platform

Ukraine Shot Down Ka-52 Attack Helicopter Using Starstreak Missile

July 3, 2022 GDC 0

Ukrainian paratroopers have shot down Russia’s Ka-52 ‘Alligator’ helicopter with the Starstreak high-velocity missile (HVM) system. The relevant statement was made by the Air Assault Forces Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, an […]

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  • Where Is Indian Tejas MKII And AMCA In The Global Fighter Jets Competition?

    August 25, 2020 0
    The Balakot air strikes in February 2019 and the air combat thereafter in which multiple licensed produced Su-30MKI of Indian Air Force (IAF) had to engage a American-made F-16 of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) has [...]
  • Naval Group Opens Office In Philippines For Prospective Submarine Deal

    August 20, 2021 0
    Naval Group announced the upcoming opening of an office in Manila in the Philippines. The opening which is set for early 2021 will help the French shipbuilder be closer to its potential customer, the Philippine [...]
  • Will an Israeli strike on Iran via Azerbaijani airspace impending?

    July 7, 2021 0
    BAKU (GDC) – Israel’s “go-it-alone” option to attack Iran’s nuclear sites has set the Middle East on edge and unsettled its main ally at the height of Biden Administration and ultra-nationalist Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. [...]
  • EuroTrophy Signs $450 Million Contract to Produce APS for Leopard 2A8.

    January 26, 2026 0
    EuroTrophy has signed a $450 million contract with KNDS Deutschland to supply Trophy Active Protection Systems for the Leopard 2A8 programs of Lithuania, The Netherlands, Czech Republic, and Croatia. The agreement was announced in Frankfurt [...]
  • Russia’s Kuibyshev oil refinery halts production after drone attacks, a big blow to Putin

    March 26, 2024 0
    Two industry sources told Global Defense Corp that the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia’s Samara halted CDU-5, one of two primary refining units, knocking out half of its capacity following a drone attack over the [...]
  • CARAT 2021: US Navy, JMSDF And Sri Lankan Navy Conduct Naval Exercises

    June 27, 2021 0
    TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (GDC) — The 27th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise series between the U.S. Navy and the armed forces of partner nations commenced with CARAT Sri Lanka, June 24. U.S. Navy’s [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

  • Europe

    Turkey Arrested Ten Retired Admirals Over Criticism Of Erdogan Government

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce NLAW For Finnish Army

  • Air Platform

    South Korean FA-50 Wins Malaysian Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Competition

  • Naval Platforms

    Dassault Aviation delivered third ATL2 MPA to French DPA

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Royal Navy Begin Upgrading Type 23 Frigate With NSM Missiles

  • Americas

    The US flew Super Hornet fighter jets over Guyana to send clear message to Venezuela

  • Air Platform

    RAF Received Sixth Out of Nine P-8 Poseidon MPA

  • Europe

    US sending latest generation 155mm M777A2 howitzers to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Army’s $40 Billion Crystal Meth Business

  • Air Platform

    Pylon marking and MICA missile show Pakistan Air Force indeed shot down a Rafale jet using an AMRAAM missile.

  • Air Platform

    German-made IRIS-T SLM scored first Su-34 fighter-bomber kill

  • C4iSR

    Aselsan Delivers First ALP-300G Portable Early Warning Radar System to the Turkish Armed Forces

  • Europe

    NATO fighter jets intercept Russia’s MiG-31 fighter jets over Estonian airspace.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    France considers delivering ASTER 30 long-range anti-air missiles to Ukraine

  • Central Asia

    Afhgan Air Force Strikes Killed 45 Pakistan-backed Taliban militants : gov’t

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured Russian POWs, Tanks And Weapons In Lyman As Russian Fleeing Occupied Territories

  • Europe

    Australian-made Cutting-edge Robot Rocket Launcher ‘Funnel Web’ Soon Be Smashing Through Russian Defenses

  • Air Platform

    DARPA Awards General Atomics ‘LongShot’ Drone Demo Contract

  • Air Platform

    Five Worse Features Of Su-35 Led To The Destruction Of Su-35 In the Ukraine War

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Saab receivesRBS70 NG MSHORAD air defence order from Lithuania

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Underwater Vessels For Singaporean Navy

  • Europe

    Russia’s aerospace forces took control of Belarusian airspace after drone attacks on aircraft

  • Civil Aviation

    Russian commercial airlines are on the brink of collapse as Chinese and Iranian engineers conducting uncertified repairs of aircraft

  • Europe

    North Korea Delivers 1973’s Type 73 Machine Guns To Russian Army

  • Air Platform

    Bulgaria Plans To Buy Saab Gripen Fighter Jets To Replace Ageing MiG-29

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey, Pakistan to enhance military cooperation

  • Europe

    Russian Military Has Lost 850,000 Troops and 10,000 Tanks In The Ukraine War

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-35 wins over Gripen, Eurofighter and Rafale in Europe

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Aerospace Industries opens first Southeast Asian office in Malaysia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Iran unveils Arman air-launched ballistic missile (ALBM)

  • Defense Industry

    Safran, HAL ink deal to develop helicopter engines in India

  • Americas

    Brazil to purchase Polish Borsuk IFV and Piorun Missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAAF joins RIMPAC exercises in Guam

  • Americas

    Boeing’s Orca autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)

  • Americas

    HII Launches Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Ted Stevens

  • Europe

    Russian Military Ran Out of Guided Bombs and Missiles

  • Europe

    Putin’s salary is $110,568 annually, but he wears $8,820 Brioni Italian suit while sending pensioners to fight his war at $48.50 weekly

  • Middle East

    First Sa’ar 6-Class Corvette to Join Israeli Navy in December

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Conducts The Biggest Maritime Exercises

  • Europe

    UK delivers 30 AS90 Braveheart 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia completely destroyed the city of Avdiivka near Bakhmut

  • Air Platform

    HAL Tejas MK1A vs JF-17 Block II: What if Tejas MK1A face-off with JF-17 Block II at the next Kashmir skirmish?

  • Air Platform

    The USAF To Upgrade MQ-9A Reaper UCAV

  • Europe

    A pro-Kremlin writer wounded in car bomb that killed his driver

  • Middle East

    President Trump Deploys F-22 Raptor and F-35 Stealth Jets to Bomb Tehran

  • Europe

    Russia Can’t Hold Out for Another Year: Ukraine Spy Chief Kyrylo Budanov

  • Europe

    Ukraine started equipping locally built drones with guided munitions

  • Air Platform

    The Israeli Air Force’s F-35I Adir is the pinnacle of modern aerospace industries proving Elon Musk wrong about manned fighter jets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Lists Arafura-Class Patrol Boat As ‘Project Of Concern’

  • Europe

    Russian saboteurs destroyed two An-148 aircraft and one Mi-28 helicopter near Moscow

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