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Europe

EuroSpike Awarded $2.5 Billion Contract to Produce Rafael’s Spike Missile for Germany.

October 24, 2025 GDC 0

Germany has finalized a $2.5 billion framework with EuroSpike, the European consortium marketing Rafael’s Spike missile line, through NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency. The contract reflects Berlin’s push to rebuild anti-armor capabilities and stabilize long-term […]

Defense Industry

Ukraine War Promoted Rapid Growth Of Israeli Weapons Export To Europe And Asia

March 13, 2023 GDC 0

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Europe

What type of weapons does Ukraine need right now to drive Russia out of Ukraine, including Crimea?

December 7, 2022 GDC 0

In recent weeks, Western defensive weapons have helped Ukraine thwart Russia’s plans for a blitzkrieg by effectively halting the advance of its troops. The Russian military has already lost more than 9,000 vehicles, 120 helicopters, […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Royal Thailand Army Receives Israeli Spike-MR Anti-Tank Guided Missiles

August 5, 2021 GDC 0

Israel’s defense company, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems (RADS) announced that it had delivered Spike-MR anti-tank guided missiles to the Royal Thailand Army (RTA) with launchers following procurement of the missile system earlier this year. The […]

Industry

Israel Arms Exports Increased By 77%, India Largest Recipient

March 18, 2021 GDC 0

Over the last decades, Israel has reportedly sold weapons to approximately 130 countries. And yet, when one digs a little, it is impossible to find a full list of those countries. Apart from its reports to […]

Industry

India, A Lucrative Defense Export Market For Russia, America, France And Israel

March 10, 2021 GDC 0

The report by SIPRI, a think tank, says India’s arms imports from both Russia and the US fell during the five-year period, though the decline was more pronounced in the case of Russian arms deals. […]

Europe

Azerbaijan Confirms Use of Israeli Spike ATGM in Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

December 25, 2020 GDC 0

Azerbaijan has published a video of the use of the Israeli anti-tank missile system “Spike” against the T-72 tank. During the military campaign, Armenia lost a significant amount of its armored vehicles, which were successfully […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army acquires Israeli Spike LR anti-tank guided missile

December 16, 2019 GDC 0

India has procured the Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Spike LR (long-range) anti-tank guided-missile (ATGM) system to meet Indian Army (IA) operational requirements. Indian Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik told parliament on 11 December […]

Infantry Weapons

Rafael Spike LR II Missile System: The Ultimate Tank Killer

October 5, 2019 GDC 0

The Rafael Spike LR is a 5th Generation Multi-purpose, Multiplatform Man portable, Electro-optical Guided Missile System. The Spike LR is the most advanced missile to counter ground based armored vehicle, tanks, harden bunker, troops and […]

  • US Air Force Test Two F-15EX Jets in Northern Edge 21 Exercise

    May 26, 2021 0
    The exercise, which started on 3 May, is being conducted on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. US Air Force Tests F-15EX And F-35 [...]
  • Ukrainian military downs Russian Su-34 bomber near Bakhmut

    April 6, 2023 0
    The defenders shot down the enemy aircraft near the embattled Ukrainian-held town of Bakhmut around 1.30 a.m. Ukrainian troops have downed another Russian war plane – a Su-34 multi-role jet – as seen in a [...]
  • Myanmar Navy Deploys UMS Mottama To Build Up Troops and Heavy Artillery Near Bangladesh Border

    June 18, 2022 0
    The Myanmar Navy (MN) has deployed its largest capital vessel and flagship, UMS Mottama (1501), a new South Korean-built landing platform dock (LPD), to support a rapid buildup of ground forces in western Rakhine state [...]
  • Mad Vlad places bombs on Zaporizhzhia nuclear powerplant, millions of Europeans could die

    July 8, 2023 0
    THE world is on alert for a potential nuclear disaster that could affect billions of people amid fears Vladimir Putin has placed bombs on reactors at a power plant. Russian military packing and stealing goods [...]
  • Royal Australian Air Force shifts training facilities to Australia

    January 30, 2020 0
    The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has shifted a substantial amount of training for the Lockheed Martin F-35A to Australia, while still retaining a training presence in the USA reports Department of Defence, Australia. The [...]
  • Video footage shows intruding Indian BSF soldiers begging forgiveness after entering Bangladesh and being caught by the Bangladeshi Border Guard

    May 3, 2025 0
    Two Armed Indian BSF soldiers crossed into Bangladesh with bad intentions. They were caught and stopped by locals and the BGB (Border Guard Bangladesh). Moments later, they were begging for mercy from BGB. Former Bangladesh’s [...]
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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Boeing ramps up F-15EX Eagle II jet production

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves Guided Bomb Kits, Bulldozers and Demolition Equipments to Israel

  • Air Platform

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

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s MiG-31 Foxhound Fighter Jet Crashed in Primorsky Region

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army, BGB, and Police blindfolded and tortured student protesters, shot from helicopter gunships, dropped hand grenades, hot waters into protests

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Baykar’s Akıncı UCAV passes 1st test flight

  • AUV Platform

    Israeli Navy’s Blue Whale Unmanned Submarine Participates In NATO Drills

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Approves SLAM-ER And MS-110 Reconnaissance Pods For Taiwan

  • Americas

    BAE Systems demonstrates new version of US Marine Corps’ combat vehicle

  • Central Asia

    We have ‘problems’ with Russia, says Russia’s ally Armenia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    UK to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defense missiles

  • Naval Weapons

    MBDA MARTE ER Antiship Missile

  • C4iSR

    Israeli Rafael Tests Next-gen Sky Shield EW Attack Pod

  • Air Platform

    Sukhoi Su-57 is the only fighter jet equipped with Soviet-era DIRCM

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Spain to transfer 6 launchers for MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine

  • Middle East

    Kuwait Purchases Bayraktar TB2 Drones Worth $370 Million

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    Saudi Arabia Says Chinese-made HQ-17AE and Silent Hunter Laser Weapon Failed to Intercept Drones and Missiles.

  • Europe

    Belarusian Yak-130 Crashed Killing Two Pilots

  • Americas

    US Army Orders M109A7 Self-propelled Howitzers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Babcock International Vying to Win South Korean LPX-II Aircraft Carrier Program

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Build New Bases For Nuclear Submarines

  • Middle East

    Leonardo Flight Tests Land and Maritime NH90 Helicopters For QEAF

  • Europe

    Royal Navy boost destroyer’s lethality with new Sea Ceptor missiles

  • Industry

    The top 10 countries exporting arms around the world

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thousands of US marines land in Darwin, Australia for training

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA To Add Anti-ship Ballistic Missile Capability To Sea Viper Anti-air Missiles

  • Europe

    Swedish Army Received Patria 6×6 Armored Vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Coup Or No Coup, Myanmar Will Never Be An Ally Of The West

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    South Asia

    Bangladesh Army Watches As Myanmar Border Guard Fights Arakan Rebels Inside Bangladesh

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Navy Deploys Two OPVs in Indo-Pacific Region

  • Air Platform

    Analysis: American And Israeli Copycat Drones of China Available to Export Market

  • Europe

    Turkish STM delivers 2nd upgraded Agosta 90B-class submarine to Pakistan Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s HMAS Sydney commissioned at sea

  • Europe

    43,000 young Ukrainian women ditch lipsticks and take up arms against Russian forces

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine To Receive Hand-held Black Hornet Surveillance Drone From Norway

  • Europe

    High In Spirit And Morale: Ukrainian Pilot Dressed As Santa Fires HARM Anti-radiation Missiles Destroying Russian SAM

  • Air Platform

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

  • C4iSR

    German Army to receive Israeli air defense radar

  • Africa

    MBDA awarded contract to supply VL MICA to Moroccan Army

  • Middle East

    Tehran dumps Russian Su-30SME and MiG-35 in favor of Chinese J-10C fighter jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Amid China tensions, South Korea announced whopping $253 billion military modernization plan

  • Air Platform

    Korea Aerospace Industries Started Negotiation With Peru For KF-21 Fighter Jet Deal

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones strike Russian ammunition depot

  • Middle East

    UAE Stops Issuing Visas for 11 Muslim Countries, But Continues to Welcome Israelis

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Air Force conducted drills using JF-17 fighters near Ladakh

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force’s First Female Captain Lacie Hester Received Silver Star Award

  • Europe

    Ukraine captures more Russian territory in a week than Russia captured Ukraine’s territory in eight months

  • Americas

    General Dynamics Awarded Contract to Produce Next-Generation Battle Tank Design.

  • Europe

    A Growing Cooperation Between Ukraine and Turkey is Soft Power of Turkey

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN’s Collins-class Submarines to Receive Sonar Upgrade

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