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Chinese Indigenous Air-to-Air Missile

December 10, 2019 GDC 0

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  • Taiwan Considers $10 Billion Weapons Purchases From The U.S.

    February 19, 2025 0
    Taiwan is considering a multi-billion dollar arms purchase from the U.S., sources say, seeking support from the new Trump administration amid rising military pressure from China. U.S. Approves SLAM-ER And MS-110 Reconnaissance Pods For TaiwanDateApril [...]
  • Turkish Aerospace Industries opens first Southeast Asian office in Malaysia

    December 5, 2021 0
    Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on Wednesday opened a new engineering and design office in Malaysia. Malaysia purchases three Anka drones from Turkish Aerospace IndustriesDateAugust 28, 2023Turkish TAI Offers Attractive Packages For Malaysian Light Combat Aircraft [...]
  • China’s massive military buildup near Dokhlam

    August 31, 2020 0
    Despite the disengagement efforts between India and China, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has built two air defence positions near the 2017 Doklam stand-off region and Naku La in Sikkim.  Information about the Chinese activity [...]
  • Malaysia Achieves Initial Operational Capability With ANKA-S Surveillance Drone.

    August 20, 2025 0
    Malaysia’s first ANKA-S drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) mark a strategic milestone, with Labuan Air Base set to become the country’s forward outpost for ISR and strike operations in the South China Sea. Malaysia [...]
  • U.S. Air Force Successfully Conducted Hypersonic Weapons Test

    May 18, 2022 0
    The United States Air Force says it has conducted a successful test of a hypersonic weapon, which flew at five times the speed of sound. Raytheon Awarded $985 Million Contact To Develop Hypersonic Attack Missile [...]
  • The UK Wants Turkish-styled Drones For Its Military

    March 31, 2021 0
    The UK’s military is expected to embark on a new armed drone programme in response to Azerbaijan’s controversial use of the technology in its victory over Armenia in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Defence officials believe that [...]
Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

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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 […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Started Serial Production Of Hurjet Trainer/Light Attack Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Student Getting Better At Military Modernization, China Showcases J-20 In Sino-Russia Exercises

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Receives Two T129 ATAK Helicopters From Turkey

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia Evaluates Offshore Patrol Boats of Damen and SwiftShips

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan’s Ground Self-Defence Force received Finnish-built Patria AMV XP combat armored vehicle.

  • Europe

    Loss Of Lyman: Pro-kremlin Commentators Called Putin A Pathological Liar

  • Europe

    Russia accused the West and Ukraine of orchestrating anti-semitic protests in Russia’s Dagestan

  • Air Platform

    Will AUKUS Bring B-21 Raider Long-Range Stealth Bombers To Australia?

  • Land Platform

    South Korea Deploys K2 Black Panther and K9 Howitzers in Qatar for Multi-national Exercises

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 could change the dynamics of the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    Hungary wants to produce KF51 Panther main battle tanks

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian troops shoot down Russian Mi-8 helicopter using RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Israeli-made Loitering Munitions, Simulators Draw Interest In Middle East

  • Air Platform

    Canada Selects Gripen E/F Fighter Jets, Reducing F-35A Orders.

  • Europe

    Dramatic Footage Shows One German Leopard Tank Took Out Column Of Putin’s T-90M Proryv Tanks And BTR-82A Armored Vehicles

  • Europe

    Greece intercepted two Turkish F-16 fighter jets

  • Naval Platforms

    South Korean Navy’s KDDX Future Destroyer

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Debris Collected From North Korean Air Defense System Shows Noth Korea Uses Soviet-era Technology

  • Air Platform

    Chinese spy offered Taiwanese pilot $15 million to defect with a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Excludes Su-57 From Defense Expo

  • Uncategorized

    Canada On Track To Select An Winner Of FFCP Programme Next Year

  • Air Platform

    Portuguese Super Lynx Helicopter Delivery Delayed To 2021

  • Middle East

    Analysis: Had The U.S. Secretly Approved Sale Of F-22 Raptor To Israel?

  • Weapons

    Common Anti-air Modular Missile (CAMM) missile systems

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Rocketsan added 30 high-tech products to its sales portfolio

  • C4iSR

    CETC Group’s Type 305A and Type 305B AESA Radar

  • Europe

    BAE Systems To Upgrade CV90 IFV Of Dutch Army

  • Middle East

    Israeli IAI, Rafael Exhibit Military Equipment at Dubai Air Show

  • Central Asia

    Uzbekistan test fires FD-2000 air-defense missiles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Begins Shipbuilding of the Philippine Navy’s First Corvette

  • Europe

    Thyssenkrupp to Build Six Type 212 CD Submarines For Germany And Norway

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Strikes Killed Hezbollah’s Weapon Smuggling Chief Suhail Hussein Husseini

  • Europe

    U.S. and Germany sent more artillery to Ukraine

  • Americas

    Bipartisan Senators Ask U.S. Department Of Defense To Transfer Two Batteries Of Iron Dome Missiles To Israel

  • Europe

    Australia sends 20 more armored vehicles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    The US State Department Approves Javelin for Poland

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Navy says Chinese warship fired weapons grade laser at US aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s AOR Supply Ship Starts Sea Trials

  • Uncategorized

    Russian men escaped to Alaska by boat to avoid Putin’s draft

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    India Buys 1000 R-27 Air-launched Missiles

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to acquire Vector satellite assets

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Asalsan Named Among the Top 50 Defense Company in the World

  • Land Platform

    FNSS-PT Pindad Kaplan MT Medium Tank

  • Europe

    KNDS Deutschland awarded contract to produce 48 Boxer vehicles for the German Armed Forces.

  • Middle East

    An Israeli ADS shot down a Su-22 fighter over Syria

  • Americas

    Panama to Cut Ties With China’s Belt and Road Initiative, Grant US Ships Free Passage Through Panama Canal

  • Europe

    Desperate Putin To Meet Tyrant Kim Jong Un For New Shipment Of Ammunitions, Tanks And Missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Considers Supplying 370km Range JASSM Missiles to Ukraine, Which Could Alter Course of War

  • Defense Industry

    Russia Plans To Sell Su-57E To Myanmar and Vietnam At $100 Million Apiece

  • Europe

    Ukraine to localize the production of Czech CZ BREN 2 assault rifles

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