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Europe

Ukraine launched the biggest drone attacks on Crimea and Shaykovka air base

August 25, 2023 GDC 0

Ukraine launched a spectacular overnight missile strike inside Russia at a military airfield where Vladimir Putin’s supersonic Tu-22M3 strategic bombers are based. Moscow’s aerial defences were working overtime as missiles and kamikaze drones flew towards […]

  • India Captured Unexploded Intact Chinese-made PL-15E Air-to-air Missile, A Huge Blow to China

    May 10, 2025 0
    The missile, identified as the PL-15E, is an active radar homing missile that equips Chinese fighters like the JF-17 Block III and J-10C, also in service with the Pakistan Air Force. Chinese-made PL-15 missile missed [...]
  • Grandpa’s Army: Putin raises servicemen retirement age from 65 to 70 years

    February 15, 2024 0
    Vladimir Putin is working to raise the age limit for army officers to 70 in an attempt to increase Russia’s military might, according to UK military intelligence. If approved, the draft legislation would be the [...]
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  • Denmark Orders SAMP/T NG Air Defense Missile Systems to Counter Ballistic Threats.

    March 11, 2026 0
    Denmark has placed a landmark order for the French SAMP/T NG ground-based air and missile defense system, gaining a theater-level capability to intercept cruise missiles, advanced aircraft, and short- to medium-range ballistic missiles. The move [...]
  • U.S. Army To Test Fire Hypersonic Missile In Australia As Part Of AUKUS Alliance

    September 14, 2023 0
    The US sees Australia as a testing ground for new weapons systems, including hypersonic weapons. Attention is being paid to developing advanced capabilities within the AUKUS alliance, which also includes the UK. U.S. Air Force [...]
  • ‘Hostage situation’ at Hamburg airport as gunman drives onto runway

    November 5, 2023 0
    German police were still trying to negotiate with a father more than six hours after he reportedly rammed his car through a security gate at Hamburg airport with his four-year-old daughter inside before throwing Molotov [...]
Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

  • Europe

    French Navy’s Camcopter S-100 Squadron secures waters during the Olympic Games

  • Europe

    Finland To Donate Leopard Tanks To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Army Stryker Fleet to Receive Leonardo’s Battle Management Systems

  • Air Platform

    U.S. State Department Approves CH-47F Chinook Helo For Australia

  • Middle East

    U.S. Navy’s SEAL team rescues second pilot downed in Iran, Trump confirms.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK and USA Formally Sign Agreement On Nuclear Submarine

  • Middle East

    Kuwait purchases Bayraktar TB2 drones worth $367 million

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAAF P-8 Poseidon And US Navy Take Part In An Exercise

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Turkiye, South Korea agree to deepen defense, nuclear, green energy cooperation

  • Air Platform

    Why Gripen E/F (AKA Sukhoi Killer) Is The Best Fighter Jets In Its Class

  • Europe

    Russian Trained Soldiers Fled Dnieper River Leaving Untrained Conscripts To Fight Ukrainian

  • Air Platform

    J-10C Vigorous Dragon’s one success should be taken in context, not as the reality of Chinese jet

  • Air Platform

    Turkish TAI to develop Hurjet 270 simulators

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Received Black Hawk Helicopters

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s pioneering drone technology and its growing domestic weapons industry are a “game-changer”

  • Americas

    Poland Orders Three more Kormoran II MCM Vessels

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • Middle East

    Israeli special forces unit ‘Sayeret Matkal’ started the first ground offensive into besieged Gaza

  • Europe

    Britain Deploys Sky Sabre Medium-Range Anti-air System To Poland

  • Europe

    Putin Fired Four Deputy Defense Ministers, Appoints Relatives As Deputy Defense Minister

  • Africa

    Iran Hijacked Six Oil Tankers in Gulf of Oman

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia will be first foreign operator of AIM-260A JATM air-to-air missile.

  • Europe

    British Government Pledged €3.8 Billion Military Aid To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Aero Vodochody delivers first three of L-39 Skyfox training aircraft to Hungary

  • Americas

    US war plans for Yemen leaked to the Atlantic in Signal group chat involving Secretary Hegseth and Secretary Rubio

  • Americas

    President Trump Asks Pentagon to Build Golden Dome Missile Defense System for Entire America

  • Middle East

    Historic first flight from Israel to UAE flies directly over Saudi Arabian airspace

  • Land Platform

    Russian Knows how to increase missile ranges without considering effectiveness of radar

  • Air Platform

    The New HAL-Made FOC-Standard Tejas is Better Than the Current IAF’s IOC Tejas Fighter Jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Debuts Autonomous Submarine Armed With Six Torpedoes

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-16 Block 70 Fighter Jet Carried Out First Flight

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    USS Rafael Peralta, a US Navy Destroyer spotted off coast of Shanghai as PLA Navy begins 11-week exercise in Yellow Sea

  • Europe

    BAE Systems And IVECO To Promote Amphibious Combat Vehicle In International Markets

  • Air Platform

    U.S. pledged to expedite delivery of Black Hawk helicopters to Australian Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian Army To Finally Inducts ‘Owl’ Electric-Powered Kamikaze Drone

  • South Asia

    Amid tensions along Pakistan and China borders, India pushes for early delivery of four Rafale fighters

  • Ballistic Missile

    South Korea Starts Ship-Launched Ballistic Missile Development

  • Uncategorized

    Denmark Helped NSA To Spy On Chancellor Angela Merkel

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Counter Strikes Forced Russian Retreats From So Called ‘Proclaimed Donetsk’

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese-made PHL-03 Rocket Artillery Broke Cambodia and Thailand Peace Accord Brokered by President Trump.

  • Naval Platforms

    HMAS Arunta tests fire evolved sea sparrow missile

  • Middle East

    U.S. Forces In Iraq Scrambled F-15 Jet To Shot Down Iranian Drone

  • C4iSR

    U.S. Could Get Significant Intel on Russian EW Capability As Ukraine Captured Krashuka-4 EW System

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroyed Russia’s Su-30SM, Nioby-SV radar, Pechora-3 radar, and Protivnik-GE air surveillance radar in Crimea

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia strikes Ukraine with North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles

  • Europe

    Russia’s Ulyanovsk Discloses Radar Deficiencies of Pantsir Air Defense System

  • Air Platform

    AESA Radar Equipped J-11B Enters Service With PLA Air Force

  • Africa

    Sudan plans to purchase Chinese J-10C fighter jets

  • Europe

    Russian submarine sunk in Crimean port, four S-400 missile systems destroyed worth $2 billion

  • Industry

    Lockheed Martin’s Marillyn Hewson to step down as CEO

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