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New Zealand Plans To Buy 28 Secondhand F-16C/D to Replace Skyhawk

September 7, 2020 GDC 0

The Royal New Zealand Air Force is planning to buy fighter jet, according New Zealand Defense Forces whitepaper. Anything New Zeland is planning to buy would need to be able to integrate with Australia. In […]

  • AVIC Shenyang FC-31 Naval Variant To Debut In 2021

    July 9, 2020 0
    China’s new-generation carrier-based fighter jet is scheduled to make its maiden flight in 2021, an aviation industry report revealed on Tuesday, according to Communist party run media Global Times. A team at China Aero-Polytechnology Establishment [...]
  • Israeli Air Force Bombed Hamas Headquarters in Qatar’s Capital Doha.

    September 10, 2025 0
    Multiple explosions were heard in Qatar’s capital, Doha, in an attack targeting Hamas leaders, including Khalil al-Hayya. Biden Administration Approves $735 Million Arms Sale To IsraelDateMay 19, 2021Qatar has ordered Hamas to leave Doha on [...]
  • Elbit Systems Awarded Contract To Supply Seagull USV For Philippines Navy

    September 15, 2021 0
    Elbit Systems announced today that it was awarded contracts, in an aggregate amount of approximately $56 million, to supply Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) capabilities to the Philippines Navy. The contracts will be performed over a 12-month [...]
  • Royal Australian Air Force’s MQ-4C Triton HALE Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Made Its First Flight

    November 15, 2023 0
    The Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) first MQ-4C Triton High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) made its first flight on Thursday the 9th of November U.S. time taking to the skies above [...]
  • President Trump Directed America’s Defense Industries to Quadruple PAC-3 and THAAD Missile Production.

    March 9, 2026 0
    President Donald Trump has directed major U.S. defense manufacturers to dramatically increase production of high-end missiles and interceptors as operations against Iran place pressure on American precision-strike inventories. The move reflects growing concern in Washington [...]
  • BAE Systems Rolls Out Bow Of Type 26 Frigate

    June 26, 2021 0
    The bow of HMS Glasgow – the first City Class Type 26 frigate being built for the Royal Navy – has been rolled out of the build hall at BAE Systems shipyard on the River Clyde. In [...]
Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Peruvian Navy Receives ROK Navy’s Retired Pohang-class Corvette

  • Europe

    ‘Denazify Ukraine Is A False Narrative’: Putin’s Flirting With NATO Caused 273,000 Russian Deaths And Destroyed Russia Completely In 13 Most Crucial Areas

  • C4iSR

    Leonardo Awarded Contract To Upgrade NATO E-3A AEW&C

  • Europe

    Ukrainian forces destroyed Russian 2S5 Giatsint-S self-propelled guns

  • Defense Industry

    General Dynamics Awarded Contract To Build 250 M1 Abrams SEPv3 Tanks For Poland

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China built an airbase in disputed Bhutanese territory, for China, Bhutan will be a trial run before a full-scale Taiwan invasion

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s Air Force Received U.S.-made MQ-9B SkyGuardian Drones.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    China’s new HQ-19 missile system makes public debut

  • Air Platform

    Qatari F-15QA Received Israeli Sky Shield EW Pod

  • Europe

    Saab Signs Two Contracts for Next Generation Corvettes for Sweden

  • Americas

    Hanwha and Indra Jointly Offer Armor Vehicle to the Chilean Army.

  • South Asia

    Convicted disposed dictator Sheikh Hasina’s bleak political future in Bangladesh.

  • Europe

    S-400 Failed: Ukraine’s ATACMS with M39 munition destroyed Russia’s S-400 SAM in Luhansk Oblast

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia purchased 12 Bayraktar Akinci drones from Turkey

  • South Asia

    Indian RAW: A History of Covert Operations in Asia, Middle East, Europe and America

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar rebels hit junta’s new capital Naypyidaw with Ukrainian-style kamikaze drones

  • Naval Platforms

    The Arafura-class Offshore Patrol Vessels of RAN

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China warns Australia against following NATO and America’s footsteps to boost defense spending

  • Europe

    Russians Fleeing as Sabotage Caused Huge Explosion at Ammunition Depot in Crimea

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan’s military exercises reflect it can repeal full-scale Chinese invasion

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Considers Supplying 370km Range JASSM Missiles to Ukraine, Which Could Alter Course of War

  • Air Platform

    A mysterious drone attack destroyed a Russian Mi-8 helicopter in Transnistria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Israel Sold Kamikaze Drones To Saudi Arabia And Singapore

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia Prepares for Dassault Rafale Integration into Indonesian Air Force

  • South Asia

    What Field Marshall Asim Munir achieved at the Whitehouse, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman failed to achieve?

  • Europe

    Sweden short-listed Arrowhead 120, Alfa 4000 and FDI Frigate for the Luleå-class frigate program.

  • Air Platform

    Army Wants To Accelerate FTUAS Drone Development

  • Defense Industry

    Kingsberg Awarded Contract To Supply Naval Strike Missile (NSM) To Royal Australian Navy

  • Middle East

    Mojtaba Khamenei, the grand thief of Iran, built a $3 billion property empire in London, Dubai, Frankfurt and Madrid.

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey, Pakistan to enhance military cooperation

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blitz Russian Belgorod

  • Europe

    Turkiye to deliver advanced Bayraktar Akinci combat drones to Somalia

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall to manufacture Fuchs KF41 Lynx Infantry Fighting Vehicles in Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Sanctions Buster: Russian Orlan-10 UAV Made Of American, Japanese, German And Chinese Components

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan Plans to Buy 24 JF-17 Block II Fighters

  • Defense Industry

    French arms export hits record high $30 billion in Asia and Middle East

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    France recalls ambassadors in the US, Australia in submarine deal backlash

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Israel and Singapore Develop High-tech Blue Spear Anti-ship Missile

  • Europe

    Franco-Italian Horizon Class Destroyers to Receive Hypersonic and BMD Capability

  • Infantry Weapons

    Ukraine adopted Neptune coastal defense system

  • Air Platform

    China Sends Blowfish A2 Unmanned Helicopters to Indian Border

  • Air Platform

    RSAF’s A330 MRTT Gains Full Operational Capability

  • C4iSR

    The Seaspray 5000E AESA Radar

  • Middle East

    Pentagon Prepares Limited Ground Options in Iran to Retrieve Enriched Uranium.

  • Europe

    Norway Boosts Ukraine Aid by $633 Million

  • Americas

    Rolls-Royce to manufacture propellers for U.S. Navy’s Constellation (FFG-62) frigates

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UAE’s EDGE to equip Turkish Bayraktar drones with precision-guided bombs

  • Cyber

    Danish Navy Seized Chinese Bulk Carrier Yi Peng For Sabotaging German, Swedish and Finnish Submarine Cables

  • Europe

    Russia says two of its commanders killed as Kyiv wages Bakhmut offensive

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Civil War In Myanmar: Peoples Defense Force Is The Biggest Threat For Tatmadaw

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