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  • [ March 21, 2023 ] British special air services troop numbers are significant low, defense expert warns  Europe
  • [ March 21, 2023 ] Rheinmetall offers next-gen KF-51 Panther main battle tanks to Ukraine Europe
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Air Platform

Croatia Donates Fourteen Mi-8 Transport Helicopters To Ukraine

November 23, 2022 GDC 0

The Croatian Ministry of Defense is going to transfer a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported by the local publication Jutarnji. Croatia donated 14 Mi-8 and Mi-8MTV helicopters to Ukraine. The […]

Europe

Mi-8 Helicopter Crashed in the Kronotsky Nature Reserve In Russia

August 13, 2021 GDC 0

A Mi-8 helicopter with 13 tourists and three crew members on board has crash landed in Kamchatka, the helicopter of the Disaster Medicine Center is heading to the crash site of a tourist helicopter, the […]

Air Platform

Russian pilot Alexei who crashed Su-57, previously crashed Su-30, MiG-29 and Mi-8 helicopters: report

August 1, 2021 GDC 0

The pilot Alexei who crashed Su-57, previously crashed one Su-30, one MiG-29 and two Mi-8 helicopters says Gen. Valery Gerasimov, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, reports RIA Novosti .  Russia’s […]

Europe

Russian Air Force’s Mi-8 Crashed In The Leningrad Region

June 25, 2021 GDC 0

Russian Air Force’s Mi-8 helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region. The reason for the crash of the Mi-8 Rosgvardia helicopter was the intense heat of the engine, subsequently the failure of the engine. According to […]

Middle East

China Shipping Arms To Conflict Region Via Africa

April 19, 2021 GDC 0

Chinese-made missiles have downed at least three Syrian army helicopters during the country’s ongoing conflict, defense observers told the Global Defense Corp, noting such publicity will raise the image of Chinese defense products on the […]

Europe

Russian Citizens Caught Smuggling Ukrainian Turboshaft Engine For Mi-8 Helicopters

November 6, 2020 GDC 0

Counterintelligence officers and investigators of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) have thwarted an attempt of illegal supply of spare parts to military of Russia, reported Kyiv post. “During a pretrial investigation, it was established […]

Air Platform

Why did China buy Russian Mi-171sh helicopter when it has Z-10?

September 26, 2020 GDC 0

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) could receive the new Russian helicopter gunships, Mi-171Sh. A CGTV program, China displayed visuals of a Russian helicopter factory with Mi-171Sh helicopters that were painted with PLA colour scheme […]

Middle East

Turkey shot down a MiG-29 and a Mi-8 helicopter in Libya

September 9, 2020 GDC 0

A video appeared about the Russian MiG-29 fighter shot down over Libya, which, according to Turkish sources, was hit by the anti-aircraft guided missile of the Turkish MiM-23 “Hawk” air defense system. On the presented […]

  • Top Five Weapons Exporter In 2015-2019

    March 12, 2020 0
    International arms transfers in the five years 2015 to 2019 increased by 5.5% compared with 2010 to 2014, with the US, Russia, France, Germany and China leading arms exports, according to research from the Stockholm [...]
  • Saab to Upgrade Swedish Gotland-class Submarines

    March 31, 2022 0
    Saab has signed a contract with the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) for the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the third Gotland-class submarine, HMS Halland. Saab Group Lays Keel For Swedish Navy’s Blekinge-class SubmarineJuly 19, 2022Saab [...]
  • Leonardo Awarded Contract To Supply Presidential Helicopter For Colombia

    January 20, 2021 0
    The Leonardo AW139 intermediate twin-engine helicopter will be the new Presidential Transport helicopter in the Republic of Colombia. The aircraft, in a special VVIP configuration, is expected to be delivered in spring this year and [...]
  • More HIMARS Pain For Putin As U.S. Sends 18 HIMARS To Ukraine

    October 22, 2022 0
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  • China Delivers FK-3 (HQ-22) Anti-air System To Serbia

    April 11, 2022 0
    Russian ally Serbia took the delivery of a sophisticated Chinese anti-aircraft system in a veiled operation this weekend, amid Western concerns that an arms build-up in the Balkans at the time of the war in Ukraine could threaten [...]
  • Biden Administration Needs to Supply B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers to Australia to Save AUKUS Alliance

    November 25, 2022 0
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Europe

Ukrainian artillery destroys Russian rocket launchers with precision strike

March 20, 2023 0

The Ukrainian military has released ariel footage showing Ukraine’s artillery destroying Russian Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launcher systems with precision strikes. According to the Ukraine Weapons Tracker OSINT group, three Russian BM-27 Uragan 9P140 220mm multiple rocket […]

Europe

Sweden And Finland Deliver Additional Ammunitions To Ukraine

March 18, 2023 0

The Swedish government announced on January 20 that Swedish Minister for Defence Pål Jonson and Finland’s Minister of Defence Mikko Savola signed a Finnish-Swedish letter of intent that will enable Finland to provide Ukraine with heavy military […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin ramps up production of HIMARS artillery rockets amid high demands from European nations

March 15, 2023 0

Lockheed Martin’s mobile rocket launcher plant in Camden, Arkansas is gearing up to boost production of the HIMARS system after its success on the battlefield in Ukraine drove up demand from other nations, executives said […]

Europe

Ukraine started firing 110km range Vilkha artillery rockets

March 7, 2023 0

Ukraine has used an indigenous guided artillery rocket with greater range than the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) provided by the US and allies, a Ukrainian official revealed. The Vilkha-M can strike a target […]

Europe

Estonia Purchases 12 K9 Thunder Howitzers

March 7, 2023 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

HIMARS: Australian Army Will Grow By Another Artillery Regiment

March 7, 2023 0

For the first time in its history, the Army will have the ability to accurately hit surface targets hundreds of kilometres away with guided missiles. The high mobility artillery rocket system (HIMARS) will be acquired […]

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries To Build Fourth America-class Amphibious Assault Ship

  • Europe

    British Eurofighter Typhoon Joins Air Combat Exercises With Swedish Gripen And Finish F/A-18 Hornet

  • Naval Weapons

    RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwan stacks up large quantities of ground and air-launched precision strike missiles

  • South Asia

    India sent troops and equipment to the disputed border with China

  • Africa

    Nigerian Navy Takes Delivery Of FBP 72 Patrol Boats

  • Infantry Weapons

    Russia Finally Admits Pantsir ADS Useless Against Drones

  • Defense Industry

    China Promotes JF-17 Block III and L-15 Aircraft in Singapore Air Show

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia Ran Out Of Precision Guided Missile, Used 1960s Kh-22 Anti-ship Missile At Land Targets

  • Naval Platforms

    In-depth Look At Damen OPV 1900 (PNS Yarmook)

  • Europe

    Saab Offered 12 Gripen C/D With MRO Facility To Croatia

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi To Deliver 11 Su-35 To Egypt By Next Year

  • Europe

    Why Russia Didn’t Help CSTO Member Armenia In Nagorno-karabakh Conflict?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China displays FK-3 and FK-2000 (Sino Pantsir) air defense systems

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The RAN Warship Joins Multinational Military Exercise In South China Sea

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shoot Down A Su-35S Using Stinger MANPAD

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Counter-offensive Wreck Havoc On Russian Troops In Kherson

  • Americas

    U.S. Sends ScanEagle Drones, Howitzers And Carl Gustaf Recoil Rifles To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shot Down Russia’s Su-25 Fighter Jet Using Anti-air Gun

  • South Asia

    US, Maldives Defense Pact: Both Nations Complete First Ever Defense And Security Dialogue

  • Air Platform

    The U.S. Asked Egypt to Supply 50 MiG-29M2 to Ukraine in Return of F-15EX

  • South Asia

    Indian ATS Arrests A HAL Employee For Supplying Aircraft Information to Pakistan

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan vows to “fight to the end” if China attacks

  • Air Platform

    GE Aviation delivers the first F414-GE-400K engine to KAI for KFX fighters

  • Defense Industry

    First smoothbore gun enters production for Challenger 3 upgrade program

  • Europe

    Humiliating Defeat: Putin’s Army Withdraws From Kherson City And Surrendering Areas

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Lightning Fast Counteroffensive Forced Russian To Flee Eastern Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Conducts Joint Exercises With Egyptian Rafale Fighters

  • Europe

    Poland Buys M1A2 Abrams Tanks To Replace PT-91 Tanks

  • Middle East

    U.S. to name Qatar as a major non-NATO ally

  • Europe

    Lockheed Martin Awarded MK41 VLS Contract For German Navy

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korea, India and China Turned Myanmar Navy Into A Blue Water Navy

  • Air Platform

    Swedish Government Announced Plans For Gripen, UCAV And GlobalEye AEW&C

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines intends to procure truck-mounted Brahmos supersonic anti-ship missile system from India

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s HIMARS Strike Destroyed Two S-400 Batteries And One S-300’s Radar Station

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard (Thief): A Band of Morons

  • Europe

    HENSOLDT to Provide Optronics Suite for German and Norwegian Type 212CD Submarines

  • Europe

    Britain says Ukrainian forces defending Bakhmut under increasingly severe pressure

  • Europe

    Russia lost more than 20,000 troops in January 2023

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese military base in Vanuatu would be a great concern for Australia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    F-35B releases StormBreaker smart weapon for the first time

  • Defense Industry

    Polish Defense Industry And Its Future Growth

  • Middle East

    President Erdogan Normalizes Ties With Egypt And Saudi Arabia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Vietnam Ordered 12 Yak-130 Training Jets Worth $350 Million From Russia

  • Europe

    Ukraine Used Javelin To Destroy Russian Rocket Launchers

  • Air Platform

    Forget the Clunky Airframe of Su-57, Su-57’s Cockpit Will Never Make It A Fifth-Gen Fighter

  • Americas

    Navy christens USS Fort Lauderdale transport dock ship

  • Air Platform

    French Government To Spend $2.3 Billion To Develop F4 Standard For Rafale Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Saab starts Gripen E/F production in Brazil

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Looking An Alternative Submarine Than French Barracuda Submarine

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