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  • [ March 17, 2026 ] Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ March 17, 2026 ] Ukraine’s FP-2 strike drone blows up Russia’s Pantsir-S1 anti-air missile. Anti-air Missiles
  • [ March 17, 2026 ] Anduril awarded $20 billion contract to produce AI battlefield network for the U.S. Army. Americas
  • [ March 17, 2026 ] The U.S. and Gulf States want Ukraine’s Bullet and Sting interceptor drones. Loitering Munitions
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Middle East

Iran Converted ISO Containers Into Drone Launching Platforms For Houthis, South Korean Hyundai Heavy Industries Supplied 2000 Containers To Iran

January 25, 2024 GDC 0

Iranian hardware and intelligence has been assisting the Houthis in Yemen in their targeting of merchant vessels over the past three months with the Houthis demanding Israel end its war in Gaza. Around 35 merchant […]

Middle East

Israeli Mosad Struck Iranian Shahed-136 Drone Factory While Russian Engineers Took Cover in Tehran Hotels

August 19, 2023 GDC 0

The Washington Post report, citing documents leaked to it from the program, said the group of visiting managers and engineers were forced to remain in their lodgings after a strike on a reported Shahed-136 production […]

  • Why do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate and Su-57 have visible screws and rivets?

    June 25, 2022 0
    In 1990, the Russian aviation industry was divided into four agencies: Ministry of Aviation Industry, Ministry of Industries, State Committee of Defense Industries and Ministry of Defense Industries. Read more Su-57 Exposed: Why Do Russia’s [...]
  • Donald Trump and Elon Musk Destroyed Trusts in American Super Weapon F-35 Stealth Jets

    March 20, 2025 0
    Consolidation of power at Billionaire’s fingertips was the primary goals for Elon Musk and Donald Trump to occupy Whitehouse. Abandoning long-standing American norm to stand-up for friends and allies is an obstacle for America first [...]
  • Ukrainian Forces Pushed Russian Troops 70 KM from Kyiv

    April 5, 2022 0
    Ukrainian Army and local militia have pushed Russian troops some 70 kilometers from the capital Kyiv, forcing them into retreat for the first time since the beginning of the war on February 24. Bayraktar TB2 [...]
  • Taliban Seized Mi-35 Helicopter In Afghanistan Gifted By India, Reported Hindustan Times

    August 12, 2021 0
    New Delhi (GDC) — One of the four attack helicopters supplied by India to Afghanistan in 2019 has been seized by the Taliban after they took over the airport in Kunduz, the northern provincial capital [...]
  • Israeli F-16 destroyed Iranian BAVAR-373 AKA S-300PMU2 SAM in Syria

    November 22, 2020 0
    An Israeli F-16 fighter jet successfully penetrated Syrian airspace protected by BAVAR-373 and destroyed a missile launcher of BAVAR-373. This is the first time a fourth-generation F-16 fighter jet has destroyed a long-range air defense [...]
  • Ukraine destroys so called invincible S-400 surface-to-air missile battery

    January 22, 2023 0
    The Russian Armed Forces reportedly have lost its S-400 surface-to-air missile system.  Ukraine destroys Russia’s S-400 surface-to-air missile in Belgorod using HIMARS rocket artilleryDateJune 3, 2024Ukrainian kamikaze drone attacks destroyed three S-300 surface-to-air missile launchersDateAugust [...]
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 […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Proving Russian Propaganda About Hypersonic Missile Wrong

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Raytheon Tests Fire AMRAAM-ER Missiles

  • Anti-drone System

    China unveils new anti-drone gun at military drill

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia’s National Security Challenges, Palestinian Statehood, Iran Threats, Cozying Up With Israel

  • Americas

    The US Navy Is Developing Robot Submarine

  • Europe

    Navantia has launched F111 Bonifaz for Spanish Navy.

  • Europe

    Greece Awarded Contract to Sikorsky to Produce MH-60R ASW Helicopters

  • Europe

    Australia Sends 20 Bushmaster Armored Vehicles to Ukraine

  • Americas

    US Marines Selects Two Companies to Build Prototype Recon Vehicle

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China assists North Korea in copying American RQ-4 Global Hawk drone with Saetbyol-4

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Coup: Ordinary People Joining Karen Rebel To Fight Junta

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force retires all MiG-27ML from its service

  • Africa

    China launches OPV for Algeria based on Type 056 corvette

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Polish Firm Unveils VSHORAD System With Programmable Ammo

  • Naval Platforms

    Thales Group to Modernize Indonesian Frigate with Radars, Missiles

  • Land Platform

    BAE Systems Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)

  • Europe

    Russian FSB has assassinated Serbian Radomir Kurtic for his involvement in supplying ammo to Ukraine.

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin To Develop A New Variant Of F-35 For Unspecified Customer

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israel expands Iron Dome anti-air missile production

  • C4iSR

    Taiwan Air Force considers buying 6 additional E-2D Hawkeye early warning aircraft

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Israeli Iron Beam Directed-energy Weapons Destroys Hezbollah Rockets.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Unveil Final Design Of AUKUS Submarine

  • Americas

    US Marines Corps purchases more TRV-150C cargo drones

  • Air Platform

    India to arm 100 Heron drones with missiles

  • Europe

    Turkish first national frigate fires first missile from indigenous VLS

  • Middle East

    Iran Financed, Trained, Provided Material Support And Authorized Hamas’s Attack On Israel To Sabotage Israel-Saudi Peace Deal

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Orders Airbus A400 Airlifters

  • Europe

    Ukraine killed more than 1,000 troops in Donetsk region, deadliest day for Russia  

  • Europe

    Spanish Navy’s F-110 class frigate project hits a new milestone

  • Europe

    Turkey develops CIWS for naval platforms

  • Europe

    Turkiye, Spain forge partnership to build aircraft carrier for Turkish Navy

  • Central Asia

    China Quietly Supplying Arms To Central Asian Nations

  • Europe

    Belgium Purchased 9 CEASAR Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Received First Four Rafale F4 Fighter Jets.

  • Europe

    Turkish Navy’s Follow-on Istanbul-Class Frigate Will Receive 16 VLS Missiles

  • Naval Platforms

    Pakistan Navy Commissions First Type 054A/P Frigate

  • Europe

    Danish company OMT unveils the 01 family of combat vessels and patrol boats.

  • Air Platform

    Turkey’s Aksungur UCAV Hits Target At 30km Distance

  • Infantry Weapons

    NORINCO Delivers SR-5 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems To Bahrain

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Launches Nuclear Sub, Destroyer, Landing Ship On Same Day

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 will dominate Russia’s Su-35 over the Ukrainian skies: Expert Assessment

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Russia Deploys Bastion Anti-ship Missiles In Occupied Kuril Island

  • South Asia

    India, U.S. begin two-day naval exercise in eastern Indian Ocean region

  • Air Platform

    Single Seat FA-50 will have 30% more combat range than twin seat trainer

  • Americas

    The Atlantic Released Entire Signal Chat Showing Significant Security Breaches By Pete Hegseth, Tulsi Gabbard, Mike Waltz and JD Vance

  • Defense Industry

    NATO Secretary General Urges South Korea To Deliver Weapons To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukrainian soldiers destroy Russia’s 70-years old T-55 tanks with mines and RPG

  • Europe

    Losing 15 S-300 Batteries, Russia Started Deploying S-300 Mockup To Deceive Ukrainian Air Force

  • Anti-air Missiles

    European Union Will Spend $4.3 Billion on Integrated Air Defense System

  • Europe

    Turkey Exported $900 Million Of Dual-use Technology To Russian Defense Industries, Violating International Sanctions

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