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Infantry Weapons

Pakistan Successfully Tests Shaheen 1A Ballistic Missiles

November 27, 2021 GDC 0

Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful training launch of surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missile Shaheen-1A. The army said the test flight aimed to revalidate the weapon system’s specific design and technical parameters. Army officials, scientists and […]

  • Hellenic Navy Unveils Significant Plan to Boost Naval Warfare Capability

    August 11, 2025 0
    Commodore Panagiotis Karavas, Deputy Director of the Armaments Directorate for the Hellenic Navy (HN), revealed new details for the imminent modernization of the Hellenic Navy’s surface fleet. Note that the Greek Commodore was, until recently, [...]
  • Assassination fear: paranoid Putin goes to extreme lengths to isolate himself from Russian people

    February 23, 2023 0
    Russian President Vladimir Putin prefers to travel in his country by armored train rather than presidential aircraft, according to a source close to the dictator’s inner circle. Putin’s protection officer defects, revealing Putin’s luxurious life [...]
  • Taiwan unveils ‘T-Dome’ missile shield modelled on Israel’s Iron Dome.

    November 27, 2025 0
    T-Dome is intended to sit atop Taiwan’s existing missile and radar network and to improve how different systems work together. Taiwan has put a new “Taiwan Dome” missile shield at the center of a dramatic [...]
  • Former Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Ex-ministers, Public Servants and Military Siphoned $16 Billion Annually From The Impoverished Country

    December 2, 2024 0
    The new administration in Bangladesh is investigating whether the Sheikh Hasina regime diverted at least Tk 2 trillion from the country’s banking system abroad, particularly to the UK, the US, Singapore, and the UAE. Bangladesh’s [...]
  • Polish Army received a new batch of 120mm Rak self-propelled mortars

    October 4, 2023 0
    The 21st Mountain Infantry Rifle Brigade of the Polish Army received Rak self-propelled mortars. Poland sets to order Rak Self-propelled MortarsDateMay 1, 2020Poland signed $33 billion mega arms contracts with South Korean and European defense [...]
  • First Sa’ar 6-Class Corvette to Join Israeli Navy in December

    November 8, 2020 0
    The Israeli Navy first Sa’ar 6-class corvette, INS Magen, will arrive in Israel in December, the country’s MoD said on . Within the coming year, three more Sa’ar 6 ships will be transferred to Israel [...]
Europe

Ukraine develops new Zetros-based 155mm howitzer called Marta.

June 22, 2026 0

Germany and Ukraine signed agreements that include €750 million ($870 million) for 200 Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems on Zetros chassis, and those systems now have a confirmed name and barrel specification: defense analyst Jeff, reporting […]

Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Switzerland Procures Five IRIS-T SLM Air Defense Systems 

  • Europe

    French Navy’s First Air Defense FREMM ‘Alsace’ Starts Sea Trials

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Launches New 40-Foot Defiant-class Patrol Boat

  • Americas

    U.S. Army Awarded $521 Million Contract To Produce HIMARS Rockets

  • Europe

    Saab Group Lays Keel For Swedish Navy’s Blekinge-class Submarine

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Weigh-in 4.5 Gen Fighter Jets Between Eurofighter And Gripen

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Royal Thai Navy Parades Chinese-built FK-3 Surface-to-air Missile

  • C4iSR

    Taiwan’s F-16V fighters to receive IRST21 sensors that can track Chinese J-20

  • Europe

    Pentagon to equip Ukraine’s F-16 jets with JDAM precision-guided bombs

  • Industry

    Saudi Arabia To Manufacture Kalashnikov Rifles

  • Middle East

    Iranian General Abolfazl Alijani Killed In Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar Junta Sentenced Six Army Generals To Death For Surrendering, Junta Hunts Officers Who Deserted Their Post And Escaped To Bangladesh

  • Air Platform

    Boeing F/A-18 Semi-Stealth Advanced Super Hornet Block III

  • C4iSR

    TALIOS multifunction targetting pod makes Rafale F3R more dangerous

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin TPS-77 Multi-Role Radar (MRR)

  • Middle East

    Turkish Akinci Drone Located Iranian President’s Helicopter

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia To Integrate LRASM Into Naval And Air Platform

  • Air Platform

    Bangladesh Air Guard’s Untrained Pilots Caught in Camera Performing Unsafe Flying Stunts Again

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian Navy Inaugurates Landing Ship Tank

  • Americas

    US Navy Christened Future Virginia-class USS Hyman G. Rickover Submarine

  • Europe

    Sweden, India agree to strengthen cooperation on defence sector

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Army pushes for 20% salary hike

  • Land Platform

    Russia to display T-90MS tank in Abu Dhabi despite heavy tank losses in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russian pilot admits: ‘Ukraine will win the war, no matter what’

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s PAK DA Bomber Is In Design Phase, report

  • Europe

    Lockheed Martin Delivers HIMARS Rocket Artillery To Poland

  • Europe

    Russia launches Shahed kamikaze drones with wooden warhead without explosive charges

  • South Asia

    Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Purged Bangladesh Military, Turned Bangladesh Into India’s Client State

  • Defense Industry

    U.S. State Department Approves Missiles Sales To Belgium, Switzerland And Lithuania

  • Land Platform

    U.S. State Department approves 27 M1126 Stryker IFV for Argentina

  • Europe

    Russia announced $166 billion defense budget for 2026.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Spanish Navantia Proposed To Build Three More Air Warfare Destroyer For Royal Australian Navy

  • Land Platform

    India Finalizing Deal To Purchase American Armored Vehicles And Tanks Ditching Russian Vehicles

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s Chairman Tarique Rahman: The Original Graft King And Drug Lord Announced his Return To Politics After Surrendering His Bangladeshi Passport

  • Europe

    Thyssenkrupp awarded contract to produce DM2A5 heavyweight torpedoes for Germany and Norway.

  • Air Platform

    Israeli IAI Creates World First Drone Interceptor Drone Dubbed Drone Guard

  • Europe

    Russian commander Colonel Pavel Kropotov killed in Ukraine’s storm shadow missile strikes

  • Europe

    The RAF Typhoon Intercepts Russian Tu-95 Aircraft

  • Africa

    Rosoboronexport received small arms and vehicles order from African countries worth $1.7bn

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57: 5th Generation Fighter Jet in Making

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received Turkish Firtana 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s Corruption Watchdog Indicted Bangladesh Navy Chief Admiral Mohammad Nazmul Hassan (thief) for Multi-billion-Dollar Corruption and Embezzlement.

  • Europe

    Ukraine received six reconnaissance drones from Luxembourg

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Inaugurates Redback Combat Vehicle Factory in Australia

  • Americas

    Boeing’s Super Hornet Does Not Meet Canada’s FFCP Requirement: Report

  • Air Platform

    Airbus Announced New Consortium to Develop New Sixth-generation Fighter after FCAS Collapsed.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian kamikaze drone destroyed S-400 SAM in Crimea

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Elbit Systems Develops Airborne Laser Weapon for Helicopters and Fighter Jets.

  • AUV Platform

    Israeli Skana Robotics Unveils Autonomous Surface and Underwater Vessels.

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin to Produce 650 PAC-3 Patriot Missiles Annually

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