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Thailand To Upgrade Gripen C/D To MS20 Standard

March 4, 2021 GDC 0

The Royal Thai Air Force’s (RTAF’s) Directorate of Aeronautical Engineering (DAE) has awarded a contract for the upgrade of the service’s 11 Saab JAS 39 Gripen C/D multirole combat aircraft to the latest MS20 standard, reported […]

  • Chinese military aircraft activity around Taiwan has dropped after Chinese military hardware failure in Iran, Venezuela and Pakistan.

    March 10, 2026 0
    Chinese military aircraft activity around Taiwan has dropped significantly as of early March 2026, with almost no incursions detected for nine out of 10 consecutive days. Taiwan scrambles F-16 to intercept Chinese H-6 bomberDateFebruary 12, [...]
  • Germany Wants to Buy F-35 Stealth Jets, Report Deutsche Press

    March 20, 2022 0
    Germany wants to equip its air force with United States-built F-35 stealth fighter jets, government sources have told Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa). Croatia Has Shown Interest In F-35 Stealth JetsDateMarch 25, 2021Swiss Lawmakers Pass Legislation To [...]
  • Sukhoi Cannot Manufacture Su-30 and Su-35 Fighter Jets Due to Material Shortages: Report

    January 5, 2022 0
    Egypt, Algeria and Indonesia have rejected the possible acquisition of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighters. Sukhoi To Deliver 11 Su-35 To Egypt By Next YearDateJune 20, 2021Egypt, Algeria And Indonesia Pulled Out Of Su-35 DealsDateJanuary 6, 2022Russian Su-57 Doesn’t Have Fifth-generation Electronics, Says [...]
  • US-ally Philippines Reports Confrontation With Chinese Coast Guard

    May 1, 2024 0
    Chinese coast guard vessels have fired their water cannons against a routine Philippine patrol Monday morning, further ratcheting up tensions between Beijing and the U.S. defense treaty ally. Two Chinese Coast Guard Vessels Sustained Significant [...]
  • U.S. air strike destroyed Iran’s anti-ship missile site housing CM-302 and YJ-21E after a YJ-21E missile launch malfunction was detected by a satellite.  

    April 3, 2026 0
    As of late March 2026, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed airstrikes targeting Iranian anti-ship cruise missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz, using 5,000-pound bunker-buster bombs. The failure of the Chinese CM-302 anti-ship missile in [...]
  • Desperate Russian army is attaching wooden logs as armor with trucks and tanks

    April 10, 2022 0
    Russian forces appear to be attaching makeshift metal cages to the tops of their tanks in Ukraine in a crude effort to protect themselves against anti-tank missiles.  Analysts say the cages are inadequate protection against [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

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.

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    Rheinmetall delivered high-tech reconnaissance system to Ukraine

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    Russian-made Su-30MK2 Crashed in Venezuela, Pilots Killed

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  • Defense Industry

    Russia Swallows Its Pride, Asks Turkey To Construct Floating Dry Dock For Russia

  • Europe

    Ukraine Receives PT-91 Twardy Tanks From Poland

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Ukrainian startup develops lightweight drone-killer laser system.

  • Europe

    Credit Suisse bank freezes $19 billion in Russian assets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korean Hanwha Wins Australian Army’s IFV Contract

  • Europe

    23 Retired Army Generals Of France Threaten A Coup D’état

  • Europe

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  • Europe

    Russia’s Shahed-136 kamikaze drone crashes in Moldova

  • Europe

    Ukraine navy chief says Russian Navy is leaving Crimean hub in Black Sea

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army takes delivery of six Bayraktar TB2 drones

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia’s Sarmat nuclear ballistic missile has had six failed test launches since June 2024

  • Land Platform

    Merkava Mk4 vs T-90MS and T-14 Armata: Why Merkava Mk4 is the best modern battle tank in the world?

  • Europe

    Fact Check: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin unveils ‘invincible’ nuclear weapons

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Can You Name A Thing, China Didn’t Copy From The West?

  • Europe

    Russia copies Ukraine in creating drone warfare forces

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin Enters U.S. Air Force’s Tanker Competition

  • Africa

    Corruption Hinders Growth Of Kenyan Defense Sectors

  • Counter-drone System

    Ukraine’s Interceptor Drones Hunt Russia’s Shahed Drone on Autopilot.

  • Defense Industry

    Germany, France, Spain To Sign FCAS Agreement Next Week

  • Air Platform

    India wants to purchase 114 Rafale fighter jet, amidst tensions with Pakistan

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy to launch first Istanbul-class (MILGEM project) frigate this year

  • Europe

    Russia’s first moon mission in 50 years crashed, another humiliation for Putin

  • Infantry Weapons

    SKY Dragon 50 Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China assists North Korea in copying American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone with Saetbyol-4

  • Europe

    Germany drafts €377 billion defense blueprint spanning land, air, sea, space, and cyber domains.

  • Air Platform

    Bayraktar TB3 to perform maiden flight in 2022

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s oil refinery in the Kaluga region in fifth successful attacks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Marines Speak Japanese Language During Exercises With JSDF

  • Europe

    The USAF Global Hawk is scanning frequency of Gravestone Radar of S-400 Triumf

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force sends three B-2 stealth bombers to Diego Garcia

  • Air Platform

    History repeats itself as Russian Army faces Stinger missile after four decades in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Greece Signed A Contract To Buy 18 Rafale Fighters

  • Europe

    Ukraine Created Tank Battalion Using Captured T-62, T-72, T-80 And T-90 Tanks

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Industries Demonstrate New Capability With Loitering Munitions

  • Americas

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  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops have full control of the Russian town of Sudzha in the Kursk region

  • Europe

    Wrecked images of Russian military hardware, incompetence, corruption, drunk conscripts and inadequate training in Russia’s disastrous Ukraine invasion

  • Europe

    Russia Blames American Raytheon For Upgrading Soviet-era Tu-141 Kamikaze Drones

  • Europe

    Russia sent three MiG-29 to Armenia

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Modernize F-22 Raptor’s Head-up Display (HUD)

  • Middle East

    Advancing Nuclear Ambitions of Saudi Arabia With China and Pakistan’s Help

  • South Asia

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  • Air Platform

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

  • Air Platform

    Norway, Denmark and the Netherlands together will donate 85 F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Air Platform

    UK Embargoed Sale Of South Korean FA-50 Fighters To Argentina

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    China tests maritime blockade strategy in Miyako Strait near Japan.

  • Air Platform

    Australia to transfer RAAF’s classic Hornets aircraft to Ukraine

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