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Europe

Russia’s Su-27 Released Missile Near RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint Aircraft

October 21, 2022 GDC 0

A missile was released from a Russian aircraft near an unarmed RAF plane on a routine patrol over the Black Sea, the defence secretary has revealed. In a statement updating MPs on the war in Ukraine, […]

  • Russia retreats all fighter jets from the Crimean airbase, amid Ukraine’s F-16 arrival

    August 5, 2024 0
    Two Russian air bases in Crimea no longer host aircraft used to target Ukraine, Kyiv’s navy has said, as it plugs away with its campaign of attacks on Moscow’s air bases. Russia lost more than [...]
  • Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russian Su-35 Fighter Jets Far From Kyiv

    May 20, 2023 0
    A Russian Su-35 fighter jet and other aircraft shot down on their own soil were reportedly struck by Ukraine’s powerful Patriot missile system far from the capital city Kyiv. The MIM-104 Patriot missile defense system [...]
  • Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Plan to Buy Rafale Fighter Jets and A400M Transport Aircraft, Retires Russian-made Jets

    November 28, 2023 0
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  • Ukraine confirms downing Kinzhal hypersonic missile using U.S.-made Patriot missile system

    May 7, 2023 0
    Ukraine says it downed a Russian hypersonic missile over the capital Kyiv using a newly acquired U.S.-made Patriot defense system in what would be a first in its ability to intercept one of Moscow’s most [...]
  • Turkey Successfully Tests New Akinci B Drone

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  • Royal Australian Navy Crews Will Be Trained On Astute-class HMS Anson Submarine

    September 2, 2022 0
    Britain’s Royal Navy took charge of its fifth Astute-class nuclear submarine on August 31, but it was news that Australian submariners were going to train on the boat as part of the so-called AUKUS pact [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

  • Americas

    US Navy Awarded A Contract To Build The Largest Virginia-class Submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Saab Awarded Security Systems Contract For Sydney Opera House

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Rocketsan Unveils BURC Anti-air Gun and Missile System

  • Middle East

    Turkiye and Egypt signed agreement to coproduce Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV)

  • Americas

    US Army Selected Swiss Designed APC9K Submachine Gun

  • Europe

    Russia using artillery to compensate for lack of airpower, ground assault capabilities, and poor targeting abilities

  • Air Platform

    Russia shut down Mi-8/Mi-17 series helicopter production and spare parts supplies

  • C4iSR

    Saab Upgrades Giraffe AMB Radar of French Air Force

  • Americas

    Su-57 Grounded: U.S. Treasury Sanctioned 14 People and 28 Companies For Supplying Microelectronics To Russia’s Su-57 Program

  • Europe

    Russian conscripts are drunk, disorderly and refused to carry orders

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Intensifies Attacks on Basij Checkpoints in Tehran as Iranians Directly Send Videos and Locations of Basij Checkpoints to the IDF.

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    Europe

    Russia Deploys Su-30SM2 Fighters In Kaliningrad

  • Europe

    Greek-Turkey tensions are not going away soon

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Started Show Treason Trials Of Russian Hypersonic Missile Scientists

  • Europe

    MKE Delivers First Indigenous 76mm Naval Gun To The Turkish Navy

  • Europe

    Putin Warns Armenia Not to Withdraw From Ceasefire

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall Showcases Skyranger 30 Anti-air System

  • Europe

    Russia cannot manufacture missiles, fighter jets and warships without Western components

  • Europe

    Russian Investigators Released The Cause Of Su-35 Accidents

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo to Deliver 17 HH-139B Helicopters to Italian Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Pacific Command Places HIMARS Artillery Rockets In Japan

  • Infantry Weapons

    Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) System

  • Defense Industry

    India’s BHEL Signs Engine Deal With Ukroboronprom

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS strike killed more than 400 Russian trapped soldiers in Vovchansk aggregate plant in Ukraine

  • Infantry Weapons

    The KM-SAM surface-to-air missile system

  • Europe

    Morale and ‘will to fight’: a precious commodity for Ukraine as winter approaches, supported by western intelligence and night vision equipment

  • Naval Platforms

    Indian Navy’s INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier To Start Basin Tests

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 fitted with advanced electronic warfare suite

  • Loitering Munitions

    Iran fumed after Chinese-made Shahed copycat SF-200 drones were intercepted by America’s Patriot missile system.

  • Europe

    Russia purchased secondhand Chinese-made Guangzhou Fekon motorbikes and deployed motorbikes in Ukraine

  • Africa

    Egypt Will Go To War With Ethiopia Over Grand Renaissance Dam, Says President Al-Sisi

  • Europe

    Turkey Conducted The First Flight of Bayraktar Kizilelma Jet-powered Drone

  • Naval Weapons

    RAN upgrades Phalanx Close-in Weapon Systems (CIWS) For HMAS Sydney

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Seeking $1.5 Billion For NGAD Program

  • Air Platform

    PAC-CAC JF-17 Thunder Multi-role Combat Aircraft

  • Air Platform

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

  • Middle East

    Why Saudi Arabia Failed to Intercept Houthi Drones?

  • Europe

    Leopard frenzy: Czech Republic to buy 50 Leopard 2 main battle tanks

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    Europe

    U.S. Lawmakers Urges Biden Administration Not to Sale F-16V to Turkey

  • Europe

    Germany delivers Wiscent 1 mine clearing vehicles to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan vows to strengthen missile defense after North Korea parade missile

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye’s Hurjet advanced jet trainer enters mass production phase.

  • Europe

    Russia’s Ka-52 attack helicopter crashed due to technical malfunction.

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkiye donates Dogan-class fast attack craft to Maldives

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh tribunal indicts ousted dictator Sheikh Hasina over deaths of 1,400 protesters

  • South Asia

    Systemic corruption, Ponzi scheme, and Russian and Chinese companies bribing, but European and American companies don’t bribe: a retired Bangladesh army general exposed the inside story.

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall To Bid For Future German Air Defense System

  • Americas

    President Trump cements his legacy with a new class of battleship for US Navy.

  • Europe

    Fincantieri cuts steel for French Navy’s logistics support ships

  • South Asia

    Kashmir is a disputed territory: General Qamar Javed Bajwa

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