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Europe

France Test-fires M51 Nuclear Ballistic Missile

April 29, 2021 GDC 0

The French Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully conducted a test firing of an M51 nuclear strategic ballistic missile without a warhead from the Landes site of DGA Missile Tests today. Florence Parly, Minister of […]

Defense Industry

Iran Achieved 60% Uranium Enrichment, A Threat To World Peace

April 19, 2021 GDC 0

Iran has produced first batch of Uranium enriched to a purity level of 60% at Shahid Ahmadi Roshan nuclear facility. Production of 60% enriched uranium is currently 9 grams per hour. The enrichment was completed […]

Europe

Lithuania Asked Belarus to Clarify Accidents At Rosatom-made Nuclear Power Plant

January 21, 2021 GDC 0

MINSK (GDC) — Lithuania has asked Belarus for clarification after its new nuclear plant located some 50 kilometres from the country’s capital suffered an incident just five days after launch. Belarusian authorities say the country’s […]

Americas

Amid China and Russia tensions, US considering nuclear tests after 28 years hiatus

May 24, 2020 GDC 0

US officials have debated whether to carry out the first US nuclear tests in 28 years as a way to pressure Russia and China into make a trilateral arms control deal, according congressional aides and […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) Has Conducted Low Yield Nuclear Tests

April 17, 2020 GDC 0

Washington DC (GDC) -The US State Department reported that Beijing may have conducted secret low-level underground nuclear tests, learned GDC quoting Wall Street Journal. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters on Thursday that China […]

  • Putin Blames Russian Rocket Scientists For Patriot Interception And Sent Them To Penal Colony for Treason

    April 22, 2024 0
    Vladimir Putin has boasted about Russia’s hypersonic missile capability, but working on the program that flexes Moscow’s military might is fraught with risk, following the latest jailing of a scientist involved in its research. Vladimir [...]
  • Russia Moves Missiles and Heavy Artillery Near Finish Border, Could Finland be Next?

    April 13, 2022 0
    Russia warned its northern neighbor against joining NATO, and hours later heavy Russian weapons, including missile systems, were seen moving towards the border with Finland. An unconfirmed video uploaded Monday night shows two Russian coastal [...]
  • Turkish drone maker Baykar Defence to manufacture turbofan engine

    October 26, 2024 0
    Turkish drone maker Baykar is devoting resources to bring more component production in-house amid industry supply chain pressures, and will invest $300 million to develop jet engines, its chief executive told Reuters. Baykar Lined Up [...]
  • Russian tanks and armored vehicles littered the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka

    November 29, 2023 0
    Destroyed and damaged Russian tanks and armored vehicles litter the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka, new footage appears to show, as Moscow’s troops close in on the strategic eastern Ukrainian settlement. Avdiivka Becomes [...]
  • The U.S. Departs From Afghanistan, China Cashes In $3 Trillion Rare Earth Minerals

    August 23, 2021 0
    “Afghanistan is a long-term play on the best of days and now that the Taliban have ‘won’, it’s more of a long-term play for Chinese interests.” — Byron King, Agora Financial Taliban Could Sell Captured [...]
  • Russia’s Yak-130 Training Aircraft Crashed In Volgorod Due To Flight Control System Malfunction

    October 12, 2024 0
    One of Moscow’s training aircraft has crashed in the south of Russia, according to national media and unofficial military reports. Russia to deliver twelve Yak-130 trainer to VietnamDateSeptember 8, 2021Belarusian Yak-130 Crashed Killing Two PilotsDateMay [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

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 […]

  • Americas

    The Raytheon Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The U.S. to expedite the sale of drones, missiles, fighter jets and rockets to Taiwan

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman laid flowers at the tomb of Russian war criminals in Moscow

  • Uncategorized

    Rheinmetall sends more Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Bangladesh Foreign Ministry Rattled By Myanmar Showcasing SY-400 Ballistic Missiles

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed delivers 55 Legion IRST Pod to Taiwan.

  • Americas

    US Navy To Upgrade EA-18 Growler’s Mission Systems

  • Air Platform

    India to Develop Domestic UAV and Helicopter

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkiye plans to build ‘Steel Dome’ integrated air defense system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Philippines and Canada sign a new security pact.

  • Americas

    Norwegian Kongsberg wins a contract to supply Naval Strike Missile

  • South Asia

    IAF MiG-29 fighter plane crashes in Punjab, pilot ejects safely

  • Air Platform

    China aiming Turkey as the potential export customer of the FC-31: report

  • Americas

    Why Lockheed Martin Selected Raytheon to Build Distributed Aperture Systems

  • Air Platform

    UK’s Tempest Fighter To Get A Brand New AESA Radar

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Christened 70th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze sea drone sunk Russian minesweeper Kovrovets

  • C4iSR

    India and China deploy drones in Galwan Valley near Ladakh

  • Americas

    Australia transfers Adelaide-class frigates to Chilean Navy

  • Defense Industry

    Raytheon Awarded Contract For SeaRAM Block 2 For Egyptian Navy

  • Europe

    The Royal Air Force declared P-8A Poseidon Operational

  • Infantry Weapons

    S-400 missile: Turkish $2.5 billion money is simply thrown away

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s Ka-52 and Mi-8 helicopters at forward airfield.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Acquire Nuclear-powered Submarine, Scraps Conventional Submarine Project

  • Defense Industry

    Austria Purchases 18 AW169 Multirole Helicopters

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Will Supply S-400 To India In December, The Looming CAATSA Sanctions On India

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Iron Dome Interceptor: An Israeli Super Weapon That Saves Lives

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine To Receive Hand-held Black Hornet Surveillance Drone From Norway

  • Air Platform

    Kuwaiti Government Agrees To Sale F/A-18 Hornets To Malaysia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Delivers 15th Guardian-class Patrol Boats

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Prepares for Dassault Rafale Integration into Indonesian Air Force

  • Europe

    France Delivers Crotale NG Anti-air And LRU MLRS To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine Celebrates Kherson Victory, Russia Destroyed Vital Infrastructure Before Leaving Kherson City

  • Europe

    Russia Repositioned Its Troops Near Kyiv, Intensify Bombing in Ukraine

  • Defense Industry

    BAE Systems Awarded $800 Million Contract For Development Of Sixth-Gen Tempest Fighter Jet

  • Americas

    Canada announces $8 billion acquisition of 70 new trainer aircraft for Canadian Air Force

  • Air Platform

    China’s focus on external appearance rather than developing sensors, radar, and avionics is appeasing the Communist Party, but not enhancing combat efficacy.

  • Central Asia

    Taliban Could Sell Captured A-29, C-130 and UH-60 Aircraft To China, Report

  • Europe

    Royal Navy To Receive First Type 31 Frigate In 2025

  • Middle East

    U.S. Seized Iranian-backed Websites For Spreading Disinformation

  • Europe

    Serbia Behind $1.6 Billion PULS Artillery Contract With Israeli Elbit Systems.

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force destroyed significant numbers of Russian-made S-300 air defense system in Iran attacks

  • Europe

    Ukraine seeks deeper defense ties with Raytheon

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Cluster Bombs Will Help Ukraine Retake Bakhmut and Shorten Trench Warfare in Donbas Region

  • Air Platform

    Newly Released Infrared Footage Shows the U.S. Testing Either F-47 Sixth-gen Fighter or Hypersonic Glide Vehicle.

  • Defense Industry

    Indonesia To Sign A Deal With France To Buy 36 Rafale Fighters

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia Stepped Up The Arrest Of Citizens Involved In Attacking Israel In Social Media

  • South Asia

    Indian-made military hardware falling apart in Bangladesh, Ecuador, Bolivia, Armenia and the Philippines

  • Americas

    US Army Boosts Javelin Missile Order by $1.3 Billion

  • Americas

    Turkey Ready To Abondone S-400 In Return of F-35 And Patriot Missile Defense System: Defence Minister Hulusi Akar

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