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Europe

France’s Weapons Exports Jumped 72 Percent in 2015-2019

March 12, 2020 GDC 0

PARIS – France’s spectacular 72 percent jump in weapons’ exports in the 2015-2019 period from five years prior is largely backed by Dassault Aviation and Naval Group. The first of those companies sold Rafale fighters to Egypt, India […]

South Asia

Indian Navy bans smartphones and social media at naval bases

January 2, 2020 GDC 0

Indian Navy bans its personnel from using smartphones and all sorts of social media apps after 7 personnel were caught leaking sensitive information to enemy intelligence agencies. Indian media leaked classified information about Scropene class […]

  • Japanese Soryu-class submarine detects type 094 submarine in its territorial waters near Amami Islands

    June 23, 2020 0
    Japanese Defence Ministry reported sighting a type 094 submarine around Amami Islands in the island nation’s contiguous zone on Saturday, June 20. As per reports, the ministry added that on the evening of June 18, Japenese [...]
  • Turkey Confirms Delivery Of Bayraktar TB2 To Ukraine

    May 1, 2021 0
    Deputy Prime Minister Borisov said that Turkey sealed the fate of the Moscow-Ankara cooperation by supplying UAV to Ukraine under a new agreement between Ukraine and Turkey. Turkey’s military said it would review relations with Ukraine [...]
  • Australia Joins French-led Naval Exercise In The Bay Of Bengal

    April 5, 2021 0
    Australia has sent two warships to take part in French-led naval training with other members of the so-called Quad – the United States, India and Japan. The French-led “La Perouse” war game will be conducted [...]
  • Royal Navy’s New Type 32 Frigate To Serve As USV Mothership

    December 14, 2020 0
    British MP Jeremy Quin, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, shed some fresh light on the future Type 32 frigate of the Royal Navy today, answering a parliamentary question: The Type 32 will serve as [...]
  • Russia Lost Four Su-35S Aircraft Within Last Ten Days, Says British Intelligence

    September 21, 2022 0
    Russia has highly likely lost at least four Su-35 combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to about 255 since the beginning of its invasion, the British military said on [...]
  • Russia’s Navy Started Using 63 Years Old Be-12 Aircraft As Its Air Force Struggles To Fly Soviet-era Su-35 Aircraft

    October 3, 2023 0
    Putin’s Black Sea Fleet is using a Soviet-era amphibious aircraft as a “key Russian asset” as the Kremlin “struggles to deal with concurrent threats” around the south of the war-torn country, according to a new [...]
Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Indonesian Special Forces completes Operational Integration Test of ASELSAN SARP 12.7mm Remote Weapon Station.

December 26, 2025 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type 90B 122mm Rocket Artillery Exploded and Rolled Over Again.

December 25, 2025 0

Some design flaws and poor qualities can only be uncovered in actual combat. That’s what happened in the Thai-Cambodian War. Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm […]

Europe

Lithuania Becomes the Second-Largest Operator of CAESAR Howitzers in Europe.

December 25, 2025 0

Lithuania has signed a 252 million euro contract with KNDS France for a second batch of 30 CAESAR Mk II 155 mm wheeled howitzers, expanding a program first launched in 2022. The move strengthens long-range […]

  • Air Platform

    Indonesian Test Pilot Completes Flight Test on KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet.

  • Europe

    Turkey Test Fires Domestic anti-ship Atmaca missile

  • Europe

    Turkey’s Flagship TCG Anadolu LHD To Be Delivered To Turkish Navy This Year

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    France’s new laser rifle silently melts electronics at 500 meters

  • Air Platform

    In-depth Look At China’s Upgraded J-10C Vigorous Dragon

  • Middle East

    Israeli Special Forces Sayeret Matkal Preparing To Rescue Captives From Hamas Terrorists Group

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces ‘Sayeret Matkal’ raided and destroyed Iranian chemical weapons factory in Syria, reports say

  • Air Platform

    The Italian Air Force takes delivery of its most advanced Eurofighter Typhoon

  • Middle East

    20 Bayraktar TB2 Drone Swarms Destroyed Pantsir-S1 SAM In Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS delays could leave the Royal Australian Navy without submarines

  • Europe

    U.S. Pledges Additional $700 Million Lethal Aid To Ukraine

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves M1A2 Abrams Tanks For Romania

  • Europe

    The Type 26 frigate and its derivative, the Hunter-class, serve as a cautionary tale for Australia and the UK.

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Russia used the 1960s P-35 missile for the first time in the Ukraine war

  • Air Platform

    China’s Foreign Ministry Refuted Pakistan’s Claim That J-10C Were Used in India-Pakistan War

  • Europe

    Su-35 doomed: Sweden considers training Ukrainian pilots on Gripen jets

  • Europe

    Putin Signed A Decree To Conscript Convicts To Be Sent To Fight In Ukraine War

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia called off Su-35 negotiation with Russia

  • Defense Industry

    Serbia Plans To Buy New Fighter Jets

  • Central Asia

    Armenia considers leaving CSTO as Russia failed to support Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

  • Air Platform

    U.S. to Replenish Polish MiG-29 Inventory With F-16, If Poland Transfers MiGs to Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Czech Crowdfunding ‘Gift for Putin’ Donates 15 Viktor Anti-air System To Ukraine

  • Europe

    A Significant Fire Engulfed At Russia’s Rocket Manufacturing NPO Avtomatiki Plant

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine’s Ukroboronprom and Germany’s Rheinmetall signs strategic cooperation agreement

  • Central Asia

    Taliban Seized Mi-35 Helicopter In Afghanistan Gifted By India, Reported Hindustan Times

  • Infantry Weapons

    Norinco QBZ-191/QBZ-19 Standard Issue Assault Rifle

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine offers $2 million cash to Russian pilot who would defect to Ukraine with Kinzhal missile

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Navy’s AGM-88G AARGM-ER Missile Enters Production Phase

  • Europe

    Poland Sends Troops To Turkey For NATO Mission

  • Europe

    Vlad Admits Russia Does Not Have Winter Clothes For Conscripts

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Finland Purchases AIM-120D AMRAAM For Its F-35 Stealth Jets.

  • C4iSR

    Thales, Tawazun Council to co-produce Ground Master Air Surveillance Radar

  • Europe

    South Korea develops new truck-mounted 155mm self-propelled howitzer

  • Middle East

    Israel Won’t Oppose F-35 Sale To UAE

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drone strikes destroyed Russia’s Su-57 fighter jets in latest embarrassment for Putin

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Mi-24 helicopter with Z mark crashed in Belarus

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hunting Chinese And Russian Low-tech Submarines By High-tech USN, JMSDF And RAN Submarines

  • Europe

    Russia’s drone manufacturer AO Kronstadt is on the verge of bankruptcy after months of financial turmoil.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia to Locally Produce Components for U.S. THAAD Missile System

  • Air Platform

    Saab’s Gripen Evolved As Electronic Warfare Platform

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Mi-28 attack helicopter crashed in the Leningrad region

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Kongsberg To Deliver Three Mk2 NASAMS Canisters Launcher To Australia

  • Defense Industry

    Larsen and Navantia team up on India’s Project 75 submarines

  • Infantry Weapons

    Australian Army Ordered More Thales EF88 Rifles

  • Defense Industry

    German Companies Worries €100 Billion Defense Budget May Be Awarded To Foreign Companies

  • Americas

    President Trump is expected to abolish 1987 arms control treaty to export sophisticated drones to South Asia and the Middle East.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Produced Iranian Shahed-136 Copycat Drone ‘Sunflower 200’

  • Air Platform

    Here’s Why Russia Lost 31 Su-34 Fullback Fighter Bombers in Ukraine War, Some Were Downed By Cheap MANPAD

  • Europe

    Why is Russia losing so many tanks and armored vehicles?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia Achieves Initial Operational Capability With ANKA-S Surveillance Drone.

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