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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, […]

  • Russian tanks and armored vehicles littered the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka

    November 29, 2023 0
    Destroyed and damaged Russian tanks and armored vehicles litter the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka, new footage appears to show, as Moscow’s troops close in on the strategic eastern Ukrainian settlement. Avdiivka Becomes [...]
  • Turkiye-made fighter jet Kızılelma completes test with afterburner

    August 22, 2025 0
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  • President Trump is expected to abolish 1987 arms control treaty to export sophisticated drones to South Asia and the Middle East.

    September 11, 2025 0
    U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unilaterally revise a 38-year-old arms control treaty that would allow the selling of sophisticated Reaper-style and other advanced military drones abroad, Reuters reported recently, citing a U.S. official [...]
  • Raytheon Awarded $182 Million Contact To Produce NASAMS II For Ukraine

    August 29, 2022 0
    The United States Department of Defense has signed a contract with Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a division of Raytheon Technologies, for the purchase of NASAMS short- and medium-range anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) for Ukraine. The [...]
  • Stage Is Set, Putin To Invade Ukraine Under The Cover Of False-flag Operations

    January 15, 2022 0
    Under Putin’s rule, Russia has invaded Ukraine before, occupied Crimea, invaded Georgia in 2008, sent troops to Armenia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. It also intervened in Syria to support the regime of Bashar Assad. In each [...]
  • Ukraine received its first M1 Abrams tanks eight months after requesting American tanks

    September 27, 2023 0
    The first US M1 Abrams tanks have arrived in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, in time to take part in Ukraine’s intensifying counteroffensive. U.S. to deliver M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine in SeptemberDateJuly 31, [...]
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.

April 22, 2026 0

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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 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukrainian Air Force Confirms Use Of JDAM In Battlefield

  • Air Platform

    47th President Trump awards Boeing the contract to build sixth-generation F-47 NGAD fighter jets

  • Naval Platforms

    Indian Navy Wants Rolls-Royce MT30 Marine Propulsion For Its Warships

  • Europe

    German Police Arrested Man For Supply Engines Worth $3 Million For Russian Orlan-10 Drone

  • Europe

    Ukrainian ATACMS tactical missile punched a big hole in the Avangard ferry in Kerch

  • Americas

    Raytheon Developed Sensors Payload For DARPA’s Blackjack Small Satellite

  • Air Platform

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

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation to build stealth loyal wingman for Rafale F5 fighter jet

  • Europe

    Royal Navy To Upgrade Tomahawk Cruise Missile To Block V Standard

  • Middle East

    Biden Administration Pauses Precision Guided Munitions Sale To Saudi Arabia

  • Defense Industry

    Sweden Agrees On Multi-billion Deals To Sale Gripen Fighter Jets To Colombia And Philippines

  • Naval Platforms

    Indian Navy Ditches MiG-29K Dud, Trials Rafale M On INS Vikrant Aircraft Carrier

  • Europe

    Russia admits it no longer has the naval power to defend shadow oil tankers.

  • Europe

    Babcock completes building new assembly hall for Type 31 Frigate

  • Americas

    US blocks chip supplies to Chinese Huawei Technologies

  • Europe

    A Turkish F-16 shot down an Armenian Su-25

  • Americas

    President Biden signs bill reviving WWII lend-lease act for Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s MiG-29 fighter jet wipes out Russia’s drone operations base using Hammer precision-guided bombs.

  • South Asia

    Madam 30 Percent: Former Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sajeeb Wajed Personally Accumulated $7 Billion From 2009 to 2023, Reports Bangladesh’s ACC Case Filing

  • Defense Industry

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    What’s so fuss about supplying arms to Myanmar?

  • Europe

    A Second Ukrainian Drone Strike Destroyed Russian Oil Depot In Crimea

  • Europe

    HIMARS Artillery Rocket Strikes Forced Russian To Retreat From Key Military Outposts Of Kherson

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces have struck and destroyed a Russian military train carrying fuel.

  • Air Platform

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

  • Defense Industry

    China’s FC-20CE To Participate Thailand’s F-16A/B Replacement Bid

  • Air Platform

    Philippines to Buy Six New Built Gripen C/D Fighters From Saab, report

  • No Picture
    Infantry Weapons

    Iran Unveils Fath 360 GLONASS Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System

  • Europe

    U.S. Donates 90 Stryker Armored Vehicles and 50 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Saab offers Gripen E/F fighter jets to the Indian Air Force.

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Received Two H225M Caracal Medium-lift Helicopters

  • Defense Industry

    BAE Systems Awarded $800 Million Contract For Development Of Sixth-Gen Tempest Fighter Jet

  • Air Platform

    Australia cannot deliver F/A-18 Hornet aircraft to Ukraine until 2024

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine Launches American-made ADM-160 MALD Decoy To Deplete Russian Air Defense Systems

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces blew up the Russian heavy 2S5 Giatsint-S artillery system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan to purchase Turkish drones and other arms.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System in Crimea and Belgorod.

  • Americas

    Britain will send warship to Guyana amid tensions with Venezuela

  • South Asia

    Sri Lanka Seized Russian Aeroflot Aircraft, Amid Sanctions And Aircraft Registration Issues

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China parades DF-26 ballistic missiles

  • Europe

    Ukraine Wiped Out Russia’s Elite Spetsnaz Unit

  • South Asia

    US, Maldives Defense Pact: Both Nations Complete First Ever Defense And Security Dialogue

  • Europe

    Turkey’s TCG Anadolu to allow drones to land, takeoff in the world first

  • Americas

    US Navy received final Block 2 Super Hornet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Philippines Received Three Batteries Of Israeli Spyder SAM Worth $141 Million

  • Americas

    Troubled Argentine Air Force Can’t Find Modern Fighter Jets Without British Components Or Influence

  • Europe

    Russia orders evacuation from Belgorod region amid Ukraine’s incursion in Kursk region

  • Europe

    Turkish HISAR O+ Missile Successfully Completes Test Firing

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s sea baby kamikaze drone destroyed another Russia’s shadow oil tanker.

  • Uncategorized

    Saab Australia To Recruit 300 Staff For Hunter Class Frigate Program

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