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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 […]

  • American, Israeli And European Arms Makers Making Billions Out Of Ukraine War

    February 6, 2023 0
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  • Retired Russian General Leonid Ivashov says Putin saved NATO and the EU by invading Ukraine

    February 24, 2023 0
    Former president Donald Trump offered his most explicit statement that he threatened not to defend NATO allies from attacks by Russia. Russian MP Mikhail Abdalkin hang noodles on his ear during Putin’s speech. Mikhail Abdalkin [...]
  • Boeing Offers $3.6 Billion Economic Benefits Under ‘Make-in-India’ Initiatives If Indian Navy Buys 57 Super Hornet

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  • Czech Republic purchases 24 F-35 stealth jets worth $6.5 billion

    August 11, 2024 0
    The Czech Republic on Monday signed a deal with the US to purchase 24 F-35 fighter jets as part of a deal worth around $6.5 billion, according to media reports. U.S. State Department Approves F-35 [...]
  • President Trump to Favor Big Defense Spenders Establishing ‘America First Arms Transfer Strategy’.

    February 8, 2026 0
    U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order that would re-prioritize the customer list for U.S. weapons in favor of countries with higher defense spending and strategic importance in their region, the White House said [...]
  • Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Produce Eighth THAAD Battery

    April 30, 2022 0
    Pentagon’s No.1 weapons supplier Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that it has received a contract totalling $74 million to produce the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Weapon System for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA).  Lockheed And Raytheon [...]
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 […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

  • Air Platform

    Indian Air Force Pursuing Modi Government To Purchase 40 More Rafale To Counter Bangladesh

  • Europe

    Italian Defense Ministry Approves Upgrading C1 Ariete Tanks

  • South Asia

    Bangladeshi court sentenced former army chief General Harunur Rashid and 18 others to 12 years in prison for embezzlement and money laundering

  • Cruise Missiles

    Saab Awarded Contract To Upgrade Taurus KEPD Long-range Missile

  • Air Platform

    Turkey wants to rejoin the F-35 program after Trump takes over the Whitehouse.

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Army shuts down military forum critical of army’s role in Pakistani politics

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Produce Eighth THAAD Battery

  • Naval Platforms

    BAE Systems working on the final piece of HMS Glasgow

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian Su-25s are now armed with French Hammer bombs

  • Defense Industry

    Ukraine War: Why Can’t Swedish Arms Maker Fill The Vacuum Left By Russian Arms Maker?

  • Europe

    Argentina rearms and formally requested on Thursday to join NATO as a global partner

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia donates second Guardian-class OPV to Tonga

  • Europe

    Greece To Purchase American Multi-Mission Surface Combatant (MMSC) Frigates

  • Air Platform

    Israeli Air Force Equips Domestically-made Stealth Fuel Tanks for F-35I Adir.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ultra Maritime to provide hull mounted sonar for RAN’s Hunter-class Frigates

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    President Trump’s Christmas Gift to Taiwan, Which No Other American President Gave, by Sending the Chinese Dragon Back to the Cave After the Iran Bombing.

  • Land Platform

    General Dynamics LAV 700 Armoured Vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Havelsan to produce Turkish TFX Engine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Defense Awarded $7 Billion Contract To Build Redback Infantry Fighting Vehicles for Australian Army

  • Naval Platforms

    Royal Australian Navy’s Canberra-class Amphibious Assault Ship

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Boeing awarded $3.1 billion contract to supply Harpoon and SLAM ER

  • Europe

    200,000 Military-age Russian Men Fled To Kazakhstan, Georgia, Latvia And Finland

  • Air Platform

    The Third Prototype of Turkey’s Akinci UCAV Makes First Flight

  • Europe

    Russia’s Trying Fifth-times To Fix Only Aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov

  • Defense Industry

    Fincantieri, Naval Group, Navantia Submit European Multirole Patrol Corvette Proposal

  • Europe

    Ukraine captured strategic town Klishchiivka near Bakhmut as Russian soldiers flee

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Rafale to Compliment Lockheed’s F-35, says UAE Air Force

  • Middle East

    U.S. Sending Carrier Strike Group Near Israel And Will Supply Ammunitions

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Navy Received S-70B Helicopters

  • Ballistic Missile

    France’s Ariane Group to develop M51.4 Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile.

  • Air Platform

    Boeing to Build Loyal Wingman in Queensland, Australian

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Wants Long-range Anti-radiation Missile After Iran and Venezuela Successes.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Shortlist Five Companies For RAN’s Unammaned Helicopters Programme

  • Middle East

    Where are Iran’s main nuclear sites, and what is it used for?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar buys C295W transport aircraft from Jordan

  • Europe

    Explosions in Belgorod: Anti-Putin Russian Volunteer Corps and Freedom of Russia Legion Took Over Positions in Belgorod

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky Australia completes deep maintenance of US Navy’s MH-60R helicopter at Nowra facility

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s drone strikes destroyed four of Russia’s Su-34 Fullback fighter-bombers

  • Air Platform

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

  • Air Platform

    Tempest Partners Detailed Progress On Six-generation Tempest Fighter

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rheinmetall awarded contract to deliver Skyranger 30 short-range air defense systems for the Royal Danish Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese PAC3 missile shot down Chinese Su-35s fighter jet

  • Americas

    Hanwha Signs Partnership Agreement with Five Canadian Companies For Patrol Submarine Project.

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall Unveils LUNA Reconnaissance UAV

  • Europe

    U.S. will withheld F-16 sale until Turkey approves NATO bid for Sweden and Finland  

  • Defense Industry

    Despite Covid-19 Outbreak, Turkish Defense Exports Reach $950 Million In Q1 Of 2021

  • Europe

    Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny mysteriously died before the 2024 election

  • Defense Industry

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

  • Europe

    Czech Republic is the first country to donate T-72 tanks to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Major explosions and fire have torn through Russian factory manufacturing engines for tanks and armoured vehicles

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