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  • [ May 11, 2026 ] Pentagon prepares F-35 stealth jet for quantum computing threat. Air Platform
  • [ May 11, 2026 ] Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round. Europe
  • [ May 11, 2026 ] Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile. Europe
  • [ May 11, 2026 ] Australia selects Northrop Grumman to assist in establishing sovereign solid rocket motor production capabilities. Defense Industry
HomeMassive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

Massive Ordnance Penetrator (MOP)

Air Platform

US Air Force’s B-2 stealth bombers dropped GBU-57 MOP to Iran’s Nuclear Sites

June 22, 2025 GDC 0

    US President Donald Trump says American forces have conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan and that all US planes are now out of Iranian airspace.     Israel’s […]

Air-Launched Weapons

GBU-57 MOP: The Knockout Punch of The US Air Force

November 2, 2020 GDC 0

The Air Force has given Boeing a mulit-million contract to procure the GBU-57 massive ordnance penetrator – a bomb designed to destroy hardened underground targets like those found in North Korea or Iran. The announcement does not […]

Air-Launched Weapons

U.S. to Sale Bunker Busting GBU-57 Bombs to Israel

October 30, 2020 GDC 0

Two bipartisan House legislators will introduce a bill in the US Congress this week that would require the US Department of Defence (DoD) to consider selling Israel bunker-buster bombs capable of penetrating heavily fortified underground […]

  • Sukhoi Delayed Delivery Of Su-57 Fighters To VKS

    March 27, 2021 0
    The delivery of five Su-57 fighters to the Russian Air Force in 2021 will be delayed due to flight control systems malfunctions during a flight test, learned GDC citing iz.ru newspaper. Russia postponed delivery of [...]
  • MBDA Unveiled Spear-EW Electric Warfare Missile

    October 18, 2019 0
    London — The British Ministry of Defence has tapped MBDA to demonstrate an electronic warfare version of the company’s Spear missile. The idea is to replace the warhead with a miniaturized payload, made by Italian [...]
  • China is offering more missiles to Iran for free to deplete U.S. missiles, as the CIA did in the 1980s Afghan war.

    April 23, 2026 0
    CNN has reported that the US military has significantly depleted its stockpile of key missiles during the war with Iran, and according to experts, this reduction is so severe that it has created a near-term [...]
  • Corrupt British MP Tulip Siddiq will be extradited to Bangladesh to serve prison sentences, Tarique Rahman said.

    February 19, 2026 0
    Bangladesh’s newly elected government will call on the UK to extradite Labour MP Tulip Siddiq over alleged corruption, according to a senior aide to prime minister-in-waiting Tarique Rahman. British Minister Tulip Siddiq, Niece Of Former [...]
  • Russia lacks the industrial capability to manufacture an active protection system, according to a Russian defence expert.

    November 9, 2025 0
    A prominent Russian military analyst says Russia continues to face major technical obstacles in developing and fielding an effective active protection system (APS) for its armored vehicles, despite decades of effort and the growing use [...]
  • Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands together will donate 85 F-16 Fighting Falcon

    March 7, 2024 0
    Norway has become the third European nation after Denmark and the Netherlands to pledge to provide Ukraine with 24 F-16 fighter jets. “We are planning to donate Norwegian F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, and will [...]
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.

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 […]

  • Americas

    Naval Group Delivers Fourth OPV 87 to Argentina

  • Europe

    A Car Bomb Killed Russian Senior General-lieutenant Yaroslav Moskalik in Moscow

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Rebuild Soviet-era Tu-160M Bomber, A Sign Russia Does Not Have The Tech To Build PAK DA

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s New High-tech Attack Submarine Could Wreck Havoc in Taiwan Straits

  • Industry

    Australia ramping up defense production capability

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea launches a ballistic missile from under the water platform

  • Americas

    World’s Most Advanced EW Suite Delivered To US Air Force’s F-15E Strike Eagle Fleet

  • C4iSR

    France’s MERIO develops drone-based laser targeting system.

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Receive 300KM Range ATACMS Missiles, U.S. Department of Defense Reported

  • Europe

    Germany Selects Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet to Replace Aging Tornado

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia Test Fires Nuclear-tipped Air-to-air Missiles

  • Europe

    Russia’s WWI Styled Brutal Battle Failed In Bakhmut And Donetsk Region

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Offers BrahMos Cruise Missiles To Philippines Navy

  • Air Platform

    Future Combat Air System (FCAS): Franco-German-Spanish sixth-generation fighter jet project

  • Air Platform

    China will deliver 30 J-35A Temu fighter jets to Pakistan by 2026

  • Europe

    Ukraine started mass producing thousands of long-range drones in 2024, digital minister says

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy to Start Building Constellation-Class Frigate This Year

  • Europe

    Ukraine Deploys Locally-made 2S22 Bohdana self-propelled howitzers

  • Land Platform

    Norinco VT5 lightweight Tank

  • Europe

    Turkish Army Received ZMA-15 Tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles

  • Middle East

    Rafael confirms first operational use of Spike Firefly surveillance drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal to build two more evolved cape-class patrol boats

  • HMAS Toowoomba
    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s warship HMAS Toowoomba heads to strait of hormuz as part of Operation Manitou

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian Army Started Using Taiwan-made Revolver 860 Drones

  • Europe

    Top 5 Weapons Platform Russia Couldn’t Afford, Aimed At Export Customers

  • Naval Platforms

    Chinese Type 055 destroyer: 12,000 tonnes, 180 meters long with 128-cell VLS mammoth ship

  • Infantry Weapons

    Aselsan SARP Advanced Remote Weapon Station

  • South Asia

    Banned General Aziz Ahmed (theif) and his brother Tofail Ahmed Joseph operate underworld gangs, involved in murder and extortion in Bangladesh.

  • Air Platform

    French-made SAMP/T Anti-air Missile Shot Down Sukhoi Fighter Jet

  • South Asia

    An-12 Cargo Aircraft Carrying 11 Tons Munitions For Bangladesh Army Crashed In Greece

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Diehl Defense awarded contract to produce IRIS-T air defense system for Latvia

  • Cruise Missiles

    Türkiye expands serial production of long-range missiles.

  • Europe

    Corruption Scandals Erupted in the Russian Media for Buying Golf Buggies for War Instead of Armoured Vehicles.

  • Americas

    USS John Finn Tests SM-3 Block IIA to Intercept ICBM

  • Africa

    Egypt Plans To Sign Major Technology Transfer Deal With Belarus

  • 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

  • Middle East

    Iranian General Abolfazl Alijani Killed In Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Navy Sends Guided-missile Destroyer Changsha to Bangladesh

  • Naval Platforms

    Textron Systems armed unmanned surface vehicle (USV) or sea drones for ocean attack

  • Europe

    Baykar Unveils 1000km Range MIZRAK Loitering Munition.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan unveils new domestically developed 105mm Cheetah wheeled tank

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany Delivers Two Skynex Anti-air Gun To Ukraine

  • Americas

    L3Harris Awarded Contract to Join US Air Forces’s AN/ALQ-172 Countermeasures Program

  • Europe

    Russia Running Out Trained Soldiers, Offers Cash Bonus To Russians For Joining Ukraine War

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Melbourne-based Aquaterro awarded $25.9 million for Australian Army’s helmets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippine sets to procure Israeli Spyder GBAD

  • Air Platform

    Egypt Purchases 36 FA-50 Fighter Jets From South Korea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea commissions 2nd Dokdo-class amphibious assault ship ROKS Marado

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. air force to retire its older aircraft and buy F-15EX fighters

  • Middle East

    Turkey Destroyed Syrian T-90 Tank Using Bayraktar TB2 Drone

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