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  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Russia’s S-500, S-400, S-300, Pantsir, and Pechora have completely failed against Ukraine’s saturated drone and missile attacks. Europe
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Castellion Awarded Contract to Produce Blackbeard Hypersonic Missiles for the U.S. Navy. Americas
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] Ukraine’s drone attacks on Moscow’s oil refinery embarrass Putin for the second time in a row. Europe
  • [ June 19, 2026 ] India’s DRDO Test Fires Locally-produced Cruise Missiles Based on Soviet-era Kh-31 and Kh-55 missiles. Cruise Missiles
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Europe

Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strike set the oil refinery ablaze, cutting off 70 percent of the fuel supply to Moscow.

June 17, 2026 GDC 0

A Ukrainian drone attack started a fire at the refinery that is the largest fuel supplier to the Moscow region on Tuesday, and two industry sources told Reuters that it had halted operations. Moscow Mayor […]

Europe

Biggest Environmental Catastrophe Unfolding in the Black Sea after Ukraine’s drone strikes set Russia’s oil refinery ablaze.

May 9, 2026 GDC 0

The pollution spreading across southern Russia after Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure exposes the deeper realities of war, repression and environmental collapse under Putin’s system. Southern Russia is facing one of the largest environmental disasters […]

Americas

Trump Admin Sanctioned China’s largest oil refinery tied to Iran’s shadow oil business.

April 25, 2026 GDC 0

President Donald Trump’s administration is placing economic sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and roughly 40 shipping companies and tankers involved in transporting Iranian oil. The move, announced Friday and first reported by The […]

Europe

Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed two of Putin’s oil refineries, reducing 8.8 million tons of refining capacity.

August 3, 2025 GDC 0

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack has sparked a fire at an oil depot in Sochi, the southwestern Russian resort that hosted the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, local authorities say. Ukraine also launched a massive drone […]

Europe

Ukraine’s kamikaze drones hit Russia’s second oil refinery

January 31, 2025 GDC 0

Ukraine early on Tuesday hit with drones an oil refinery near Nizhny Novgorod in western Russia, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said, announcing a second hit at a Russian oil refinery in […]

Europe

Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes blew up Russian oil refinery and reduced Russia’s oil production capacity by five percent

January 30, 2025 GDC 0

Late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning, Ukrainian drones struck the Nizhny Novgorod oil refinery in Kstovo, in central Russia 600km from the front line in northern Ukraine. The blasts triggered what the Ukrainian general […]

Europe

Ukraine launched devastating drone attacks on Russian oil refinery and microchip factory

January 25, 2025 GDC 0

Ukraine says it has struck a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in a huge drone attack that caused fires at the refinery’s production facilities and an oil pumping station. Other drones targeted numerous […]

Europe

Ukraine blew up Russia’s ten vital infrastructure in kamikaze drone attacks

January 20, 2025 GDC 0

Ukraine has hit ten critical infrastructure sites in Russia this week after conducting numerous drone and missile strikes. Kyiv has made a concentrated effort throughout the war to hit numerous Russian oil depots, refineries, manufacturing […]

Europe

A significant fire wreck havoc at Russia’s largest Gazprom Omsk oil refinery

August 2, 2024 GDC 0

On August 1, 2024, a major fire broke out at the Gazpromneft oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, affecting an area of over 300 square meters in the AVT-10 unit, designed for a capacity of 6 […]

Europe

Russia Hit by Gas Shortages as Kamikaze Drones Attack Its Biggest Black Sea Oil Refinery

July 24, 2024 GDC 0

Drones strike blamed on Ukraine has damaged another oil refinery in Russia amid concerns that continued strikes on the country’s energy infrastructure will impact gas prices at the pump for Russian drivers. In the latest […]

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  • PLA Air Force Retires All J-7 Aircraft And Replaces With J-10, J-11 And J-16

    March 15, 2021 0
    The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force decommissioned its fleet of J-7 fighter jets and replace them with more advanced, next generation ones, learned GDC citing CCP run media Global Times. Why Did China [...]
  • Czech, Polish And Bulgarian Defense Industries Making Billions Supplying Soviet-era Weapons To Ukraine

    February 15, 2023 0
    Eastern Europe’s arms industry is churning out guns, artillery shells and other military supplies at a pace not seen since the Cold War as governments in the region lead efforts to aid Ukraine in its [...]
  • 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 [...]
  • AVIC-Antonov Xi’an Y-20 Medium Lift Aircraft: A Reverse Engineered AN-77 Transport Aircraft

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  • Turkish Defense Industries Expedite Development Of TFX MMU

    June 14, 2021 0
    Turkish defense industry companies have combined their capabilities for the National Combat Aircraft (MMU), a fifth-generation indigenous stealth fighter jet and one of the country’s long-awaited technology projects. Turkey Aims To Export TFX Fighter From [...]
  • Turkish Havelsan expands Boeing pilot training capacity with new devices entering testing

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Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

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 […]

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    Australian new defense vessel ‘Reliant’ kicks off maiden voyage

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    China To Export Reverse Engineered Tor SAM Named HQ-17AE

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    Indian Navy’s Deck-based MiG-29K Keeps Crashing On Land And In Sea

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    Russian Troops Started Retreating From Kherson Region Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive

  • Europe

    Russian Army General Fighting For His Life After Ukraine’s Drone Strikes

  • Europe

    Germany Purchases 3,000 Eagle V Armored Vehicles.

  • C4iSR

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  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

  • Americas

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  • Europe

    Canada Sent More Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • Naval Platforms

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  • Europe

    China delivers Shahed-136 copycat Sunflower-200 drones, ammunition and aircraft spare parts to Russia

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  • Naval Platforms

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Start Construction of French Navy’s Chevallier-Class Replenishment Tanker

  • Air Platform

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    Israeli Navy’s Dvora-class fast patrol boat hunts and kills Hamas terrorists naval combat units

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Germany in talks with Israel to buy more Arrow 3 air defense systems.

  • Europe

    Satellite imagery shows Russian dug in anti-tank position in occupied locations in Ukraine

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  • Europe

    Norway purchases two more type 212CD submarines from TKMS.

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  • Europe

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  • Air Platform

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