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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia Launches Investigations Over China Luring Australian Pilots

November 9, 2022 GDC 0

Concerns that former Australian Defense Force members are being recruited by China to help train its military have triggered a federal government review. Defense Minister Richard Marles said today information provided to him on the matter warranted […]

Air Platform

Why China’s J-20 and FC-31 Aren’t So Stealthy?

December 25, 2021 GDC 0

The J-20 is one of two fighters being simultaneously developed in China.  The other aircraft is the Shenyang FC-31, a smaller multirole fighter that is being developed by the Shenyang Aircraft Corporation and could potentially […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Waiting Game: China Could Alter Taiwan Invasion Strategy By 2025

May 18, 2021 GDC 0

A military strategy analyst at the National Policy Foundation says the Chinese military might in the near future adjust the tactics it would use in an attempted invasion of Taiwan. Analyst Chie Chung pointed out […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwanese F-16 Pilots Take Chinese Su-30 Pilots To School Over Taiwan Straits

October 18, 2020 GDC 0

TAIPEI (GDC) — Taiwanese Local media on Wednesday (Oct. 15) reported that Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets outmaneuvered a Chinese Su-30 fighter jet over the Taiwan Strait and drove it out of Taiwan’s air defense identification […]

Air Platform

China is negotiating with Russia to buy 12 Su-57

September 5, 2020 GDC 0

China is ready to purchase a batch of 12 Su-57 fighters from Russia reported Russian news agency Avia.pro. The Chinese authorities, despite criticism of the Russian Su-57 fighters, announced that they intend to purchase a […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwanese PAC3 missile shot down Chinese Su-35s fighter jet

September 4, 2020 GDC 0

The Su-35S fighter was shot down by the Taiwanese Patriot missile defense system. Multiple videos circulating on Twitter shows a jet engulfed in thick smoke. The video of Su-35 crashing at an unknown building in Taiwan. […]

Air Platform

Rafale will have a strategic advantage over Sukhoi fighters: Air Chief Marshal Dhanoa

August 3, 2020 GDC 0

The Rafale aircraft will give India a strategic advantage in case of any aerial combat with Sino-Flankers in the mountainous Tibet region as the fleet will be able to use the terrain to its advantage, […]

Air-Launched Weapons

Deathmatch: PL-15 vs Meteor vs AIM-120C air-to-air missile

July 30, 2020 GDC 0

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Air Platform

Realty Of Russian Aerospace Industries: China upgrades Russian-made Su-35 for PLAAF

July 17, 2020 GDC 0

China placed an order of two dozens Su-35 ‘4++ generation’ fighter in November 2015 alongside two regiments of the S-400 long-range surface to air missile system. The People’s Liberation Army began to receive the fighters […]

Naval Platforms

AVIC Shenyang FC-31 Naval Variant To Debut In 2021

July 9, 2020 GDC 0

China’s new-generation carrier-based fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Tuesday, according to Communist party run media Global Times. A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment […]

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  • Ukraine shot down 52 Iranian-made Shahed drones in Kyiv using German-made Gepard anti-air gun

    May 30, 2023 0
    Ukraine said its forces shot down 52 Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia used to attack military and critical infrastructure facilities in the central regions of Ukraine, and the Kyiv region in particular. Ukraine Successfully Destroyed [...]
  • Russia Losses In Ukraine Invasion Is Significant And Damaging To Russian Army’s Warfighting Capability

    June 12, 2022 0
    Russia might take decades to re-capitalize its military as Russian losses in Ukraine war is mounting everyday. Russia has reportedly lost a significant number of military vehicles and heavy equipment so far in its invasion [...]
  • President Trump hosts Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders at the Whitehouse to sign peace treaty between central Asian neighbors.

    August 9, 2025 0
    United States President Donald Trump has hosted his Azerbaijani counterpart Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House for the signing of a peace treaty between the two longtime rivals. Armenia [...]
  • Afhgan Air Force Strikes Killed 45 Pakistan-backed Taliban militants : gov’t

    August 9, 2021 0
    Thirty-three Taliban militants were killed, and 17 others wounded in Afghan Air Force (AAF) airstrikes in two provinces on last Friday using A-29 Super Tucanos, reported Reuters citing the country’s Defense Ministry. The US Air [...]
  • Saab starts production of T-7A Fighter Trainer

    January 23, 2020 0
    On 21 January Saab released a statement that it started production of T-7A fighter trainer for the US Air Force. On January 10, 2020 Saab started assembly of its section of the T-7A aircraft, the [...]
  • South Korean Navy’s KDDX Future Destroyer

    June 11, 2020 0
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Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

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 […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea unveiled Chonma-20 main battle tank.

  • Middle East

    Israeli Super Weapon Iron Dome Anti-air Missile Shot Down Iranian Ballistic Missiles

  • Defense Industry

    Eurofighter Consortium Expects 200 Additional Fighter Jets Order in 2026

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Reaffirmed Support to Indonesia Against Chinese Agression

  • Air Platform

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

  • Industry

    Australia To Build Guided-missile As Part Of Billion Dollar Manufacturing Deal

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Taiwanese company TRC aiding Russia in modifying dumb bomb into glide bomb

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Government Stands Idle As Chinese Norinco Poaching DefendTex Business

  • Ballistic Missile

    Iran Prepares Short-range Ballistic Missile Shipment To Russia

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS blew up Russia’s Ka-52 helicopters ammunition depot

  • Cruise Missiles

    MBDA expands its Deep Precision Strike capabilities with the Land Cruise Missile system

  • Air Platform

    BIRD Aerosystems delivers advanced missile protection suite for Israeli Apache helicopters.

  • Air Platform

    Saab and Bombardier to build Gripen fighter jets in Canada.

  • Air Platform

    France will transfer Mirage-2000 fighter jets to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Begins Building New Zealand’s P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration green light European allies to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 jets

  • Europe

    Russia lost more than 20,000 troops in January 2023

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Offers F-16V Block 70 Fighter Jets To Thai Air Force

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed More Than 5,702 Russian Main Battle Tanks

  • Naval Platforms

    China’s Type 075 will start maiden voyage

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Researchers Find Chinese Submariners Are Suffering From Mental Health Problems

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan inducts most advanced F-16V fighter jets at a ceremony

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Children Of Myanmar’s Military Asked Their Father To Quit Their Position

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey’s TAI builds Europe’s 2nd-largest subsonic wind tunnel

  • Middle East

    Turkey To Establish Military Base In Iraqi Kurdistan

  • Europe

    Sweden scrambles Gripen fighter jets after Russian military plane enters airspace

  • Europe

    Ukraine Captured T-90S Bhishma Tanks Originally Produced For The Indian Army

  • Europe

    Russian Troops Started Retreating From Kherson Region Amid Ukrainian Counteroffensive

  • C4iSR

    Raytheon to deliver 48 PhantomStrike AESA Radar for Polish FA-50 Fighter Jets.

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Negotiating with France to Buy 48 Rafale Fighters

  • C4iSR

    Sanctions Buster: South Korea Must Stop Supplying Gallium Arsenide and Semiconductor to Russia’s JSC Phazotron-NIIP

  • Air Platform

    TAI Unveils New T629 Unmanned Helicopter

  • Europe

    Sweden Purchases Leopard Tanks Worth $2 Billion

  • Europe

    Turkey Delivered Precision Strike Capable TRLG-300 Missiles To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin to acquire Vector satellite assets

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    More Aggression: China Hikes Defense Budget To 6.8% Of GDP

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Another Adviser to the Chinese Communist Party Warns AI Gap With the U.S. After Khamenei Killing in Iran Strikes.

  • Americas

    The U.S. Navy Sends 25 EA-18G Growler EW Aircraft to Boneyard

  • Europe

    Russian Navy’s Captain Caught Stealing Propellers Of His Ship Worth $530,000

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Vice Admiral David Johnston Faces Major Challenge of ADF’s Retention and Recruitment Problems

  • C4iSR

    The Groza Reconnaissance, Jamming and EW Radar Family

  • Europe

    Russian Gazprom’s New Private Military Could Accelerate Death Rate Of Russians In Ukraine

  • Europe

    Nine reasons the Russian Air Force lost more than 26 Su-35, 36 Su-34 and 2 A-50 Early Warning Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    Turkish Air Force Used NATO-compitable Peace Eagle AEW&C And ELINT to hunt and Shot Down Syrian Su-24

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Unveils Type 625 Anti-air Gun System

  • Central Asia

    John Bolton warns Taliban may get nuclear weapons from Pakistan

  • Europe

    Ukraine aims to knock out Kerch bridge after U.S. approves use of ATACMS to strike inside Russia

  • Europe

    Swedish Military Procures THeMIS Cargo Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for Trials

  • Air Platform

    French Rafale F4 Order Backlog Stands At 306 Aircraft, Excluding Anticipated 45 Saudi Orders

  • C4iSR

    Israeli IAI To Provide Airborne Jamming Pod For Indian Air Force

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