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Europe

Hellenic Air Force To Showcase Rafale Fighters In Air Show

July 28, 2021 GDC 0

Touted as the “greatest air show in Greece” by organisers, Athens Flying Week (AFW) Tanagra International Air Show 2021, will be showcasing a display Rafale fighter jet when it opens at the Tanagra air base […]

Defense Industry

Egypt’s Arms Purchase Surged By 136 Percent After 30 Rafale Order

July 24, 2021 GDC 0

Egypt’s military has confirmed it ordered 30 Rafale jets from French defence firm Dassault Aviation to shore up “national security”. The order, which follows the 2015 purchase of 24 Rafale jets, will be financed through […]

Defense Industry

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

June 8, 2021 GDC 0

Indonesia could become the latest customer for the French Rafale fighters with an agreement expected to be signed soon. The contract is awaiting Indonesian presidential acceptance to route money from the Ministry of Defense account […]

Europe

Only French Rafale Can Solve Ukrainian Fighter Jets Shortage

June 6, 2021 GDC 0

Ukraine, faced with Russian troops on two fronts, has gone public with plans to buy combat aircraft that are not Russian-made. The vulnerable NATO partner plans to become independent of Vladimir Putin’s military in a […]

Europe

French Offers Line Of Credit For Rafale Jets Proposal To Ukraine

June 2, 2021 GDC 0

With all its fighter jets dating from the Soviet era, the Ukrainian Air Force is in dire need of modern equipment. During the annexation of Crimea by Russia, it even lost 45 of its MiG-29s. […]

Air Platform

Croatia Buys 12 Used Dassault Rafale F3R Fighters

May 30, 2021 GDC 0

After an earlier attempt to buy Israeli jets collapsed in 2019, Croatia has finally opted to bolster its airforce capabilities with 12 used Dassault Rafale F3R jets from France, learned GDC citing Balkan Insights. Croatia […]

Air Platform

Indonesian Rafale Procurement Delayed By Funding Shortage

May 26, 2021 GDC 0

The Indonesian Ministry of Defense (MOD) has made further progress in its effort to procure 36 Rafale multirole fighter aircraft from Dassault Aviation but a formal contract may be delayed by a lack of clarity […]

Air Platform

Indian Air Force Rebuilds “101 Squadron” At Hashimara Base

May 18, 2021 GDC 0

At the end of May, the Air Force will have 24 Rafale fighter jets in India, with another seven kept for training purposes in France and only five more to be handed over before the […]

Air Platform

Egypt Signed A Contract To Buy 30 Rafale Fighters Worth $4.5 Billion

May 4, 2021 GDC 0

PARIS (GDC) — Egypt has signed a contract with France to buy 30 Rafale fighter jets in a deal that investigative website Disclose said was worth 3.75 billion Euros (US$4.5 billion). Egypt’s defence ministry revealed […]

Air Platform

France Offers Rafale Jets To Ukraine As MiG-29 Replacement

April 2, 2021 GDC 0

France is considering proposing an alternative to Soviet-era Mikoyan MiG-29 combat aircraft for the Ukrainian Air Force’s future fighter jet, opex360.com reported this week. French military experts also quoted the source saying that French President […]

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  • US Military Exports To Royal Moroccan Armed Forces

    March 26, 2021 0
    Washington is the main supplier of weapons and military equipment to the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces (FAR), and once a year, except in 2020 owing to the pandemic, the US Army’s Africa Corps holds manoeuvres [...]
  • Japan Wants to Build It’s Own Stealth Sixth-generation X-2/F-3 Fighter Jet

    April 2, 2020 0
    TOKYO – Japan wants to develop a stealth fighter domestically, rejecting designs from Lockheed Martin and Boeing in the United States and Britain’s BAE Systems, sources with knowledge of the programme told Reuters. The Japanese Ministry [...]
  • Germany purchases 173 SM‑6 and 577 SM‑2 missiles from the U.S.

    November 15, 2025 0
    The U.S. State Department has cleared a possible $3.5 billion Foreign Military Sale to Germany for 173 SM‑6 Block I missiles and 577 SM‑2 Block IIIC missiles to equip the German Navy’s future F127 air [...]
  • The U.S., Australia and United Kingdom accused Russian G.R.U. of Cyberattacks on Georgia

    February 22, 2020 0
    The United States, Australia and United Kingdom allies on Thursday accused Russia’s main military intelligence agency of a broad cyberattack against the republic of Georgia in October that took out websites and interrupted television broadcasts, in a [...]
  • Myanmar rebels hit Chinese consulate in Yangon

    October 24, 2024 0
    China has condemned last week’s attack on its consulate in Mandalay, urging Myanmar authorities to make every effort to arrest the perpetrators, a spokesperson of its foreign ministry said on Monday. Myanmar rebels seized key [...]
  • Kenya received Israeli SPYDER anti-air missile system.

    December 20, 2025 0
    Kenya has taken delivery of an Israeli-made SPYDER air defense system, a move that expands the Kenya Defence Forces’ ability to counter aerial threats ranging from aircraft to uncrewed systems, according to information provided by [...]
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 […]

  • Africa

    The U.S.-Morocco Defense Cooperation Treaty Should be Cloned To Southeast Asian Countries To Counter China

  • South Asia

    A Surprise Entry to India’s MMRCA v2.0: The US offers F-15EX after Super Hornet and F-21 to India

  • Europe

    The Battle for Bakhmut has badly devastated Russian forces and Wagner group

  • Air Platform

    Pakistan Air Force’s Chinese-made J-10C ‘Temu’ Fighter Jet’s WS-10B Engine Caught Fire During Take-off.

  • Europe

    KGB Putin Is A Victim Of His Own Propaganda As Russia’s Airborne Failed To Capture Kyiv

  • Europe

    Dassault Aviation Stock Plunged Amid Five Rafale Losses in Kashmir Skirmish

  • Europe

    Putin’s Propaganda Reached Its Limit, Most Russians Beleive Now Conscripts have Already Died In Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Bulgaria Plans To Buy Saab Gripen Fighter Jets To Replace Ageing MiG-29

  • Naval Weapons

    Japan Developing Hypersonic Anti-ship Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese Army trials CM-32 armored vehicles

  • Europe

    South Korea Offers Fighter Jets, Submarine, and Drones to Greece

  • Europe

    Russia’s new Su-57 jet exposed as a fraud by IAF–Russia cancelled the production of the Su-57 fighter jet

  • Europe

    Estonian military to receive Turkish-made YÖRÜK 4X4 armored vehicles

  • Air Platform

    Malaysia Will Receive South Korean FA-50M Fighter Jets In 2026

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bomber.

  • Europe

    Russian convict soldier shot dead six commanders using AK-12 rifle

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Austal Showcases New Offshore Patrol Concept 60

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 12th Mogami-class Frigate for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

  • Air Platform

    No FA-50 or JF-17 For Argentina, Only Hope Is Chinese FC-20CE

  • Europe

    Russian Shahed-136 kamikaze drones hit NATO member Latvia and Romania

  • Defense Industry

    Israel eyes privatization of defense giants IAI and Rafael via public share sale.

  • Europe

    Ukraine captures more Russian territory in a week than Russia captured Ukraine’s territory in eight months

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroyed Howitzers and Armored Vehicles Using Bayraktar TB2 Drone in Donbass

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh revokes diplomatic passport of ex-PM Sheikh Hasina

  • South Asia

    Pakistan intercepts Indian Navy’s Kalvari-class submarine in its waters

  • Air Platform

    Sweden Taps GKN Aerospace To Produce Future Fighter Propulsion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce Carl-Gustaf Weapon System For Japan

  • Europe

    Moon Mission: Turkey Unveils National Space Program

  • Industry

    France will Revive India’s Kaveri Engine Program If India Orders 36 More Rafale

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Court Indicted 25 Army Officers, 2 RAB Officers, Former Dictator Sheikh Hasina and Former Home Minister Khan For Crimes Against Humanity.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian, Chinese Soldiers Clashes Near Himalayan Border

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese MoD to Team Up with Private Company to Export Military Hardware

  • Europe

    Putin’s ‘meat grinder’ assault on Ukraine cost Russia 50,000 troops this year, totalling 450,000 troops loses

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshis turned to Virtual Private Network (VPN) as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered DGFI to crackdown on citizens using draconian ICT law

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed Russia’s S-500 missile, radar complex, ships and Su-30SM in occupied Crimea.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Offers Spare Parts And Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Anduril Industries To Build XL-AUV For Royal Australian Navy

  • Africa

    UAE Sends Armed Drones to Support Ethiopia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAAF P-8 Poseidon And US Navy Take Part In An Exercise

  • Europe

    Ukraine Killed Or Injured More Than 75,000 Russian Soldiers, Report

  • Air Platform

    Defence Minister Guido Crosetto says Britain is not sharing Global Air Combat technology with Japan and Italy

  • Europe

    Mutiny Erupted Across Russian Armed Forces, Conscripts Shouting At Four Star General ‘F**king General’

  • Europe

    Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin Had Affairs Multiple Women Including A Cleaner: Report

  • Air Platform

    Türkiye’s Hurjet trainer jet conducts its first flight

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan’s $320 billion defense spending doesn’t address manpower shortage, Japan has the lowest population growth among OECD countries

  • Europe

    Italian Aircraft Carrier Cleared By Joint Program Office To Operate F-35B

  • Central Asia

    After Major Corruption Scandals in Bangladesh and South Africa, Armenia Backs Out of Nuclear Energy Deal With Russia’s Rosatom

  • Defense Industry

    Rohde & Schwarz selected as supplier for Slovak Air Force F-16V aircraft

  • Europe

    Deadly Killing Machine Leopard 2 Tanks Heading Towards Ukraine To Join The Fight Against Russia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India plans to invite Australian Navy to join Malabar exercise

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