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Americas

U.S. Air Force Shoots Down Chinese Spy Ballon

February 5, 2023 GDC 0

The US military has shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, a US official said Saturday. The spy balloon was first spotted in the sky over Montana […]

  • Raytheon Tests Fire AMRAAM-ER Missiles

    October 4, 2021 0
    Raytheon Missiles & Defense (RMD) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) completed the first two live-fire tests of the new-design Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air missiles. The US Air Force’s F-35A could field two examples of the [...]
  • No Russian military base in Belarus, says President Lukashenko

    April 26, 2021 0
    NAROVLYA DISTRICT, Belarus (GDC) – Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko talked to reporters in Narovlya District, Gomel Oblast on 24 April and mentioned the development of manufacturing cooperation was one of the key items on the [...]
  • Humiliating Defeat: Putin’s Army Withdraws From Kherson City And Surrendering Areas

    November 10, 2022 0
    Russia’s military has announced it’s withdrawing from Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson and nearby areas, in what would be another in a series of humiliating setbacks for Moscow’s forces in the eight-month-old war. KGB Putin Fears Assassination After Russian [...]
  • Israeli F-16I Destroyed Russian-made S-200 SAM In Syria

    September 4, 2021 0
    On 3 September, the Israeli Air Force destroyed a battery of the Russian-made S-200 missile system, operating with the Syrian Arab Army, learned GDC citing the Times of Israel news. Israeli F-16 destroyed Iranian BAVAR-373 [...]
  • Ukrainian IRIS-T SLM intercepting Russian strategic cruise missiles Kh-101, Kh-55 and Kh-555

    May 15, 2023 0
    On the night of May 14, Ukraine was subjected to a massive attack by missiles and drones. The air force managed to destroy 25 drones of various types and 3 strategic cruise missiles. Ukrainian IRIS-T [...]
  • Russia imported Chinese turboprop engine for its locally made kamikaze drones

    September 29, 2024 0
    Russia started producing a new long-range attack drone called the Garpiya-A1 last year using Chinese engines and parts, which it has deployed in the war in Ukraine, according to two sources from a European intelligence [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

  • Air Platform

    Russia Supplying 24 Su-35 Fighter Aircraft To Iran Originally Destined To Egypt

  • C4iSR

    Pakistan’s Link 17 Data Link Designed For Fighter-to-fighter Communication For JF-17 Block 3

  • Europe

    Ukrainian SHARK drone locating Russian positions for HIMARS to destroy them

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed’s F-35 wins over Gripen, Eurofighter and Rafale in Europe

  • Middle East

    U.S. air strike destroyed Iran’s anti-ship missile site housing CM-302 and YJ-21E after a YJ-21E missile launch malfunction was detected by a satellite.  

  • Americas

    Great Britain Blocks 12 JF-17 Thunder Sale To Argentina

  • Europe

    Sweden will purchase more warships and submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    US Army Test Fires Patriot Missiles In Talisman Sabre Exercises

  • Americas

    Russian reconnaissance aircraft intercepted by NORAD while spying on US ICEX submarine exercise again

  • Europe

    Germany purchased 100 Australian-made Boxer Armored Vehicles

  • Africa

    Israeli Foreign Minister to Visit Morocco to Meet His Counterpart

  • Europe

    Britain welcomes Germany’s participation in the Tempest sixth-generation fighter jet program.

  • Infantry Weapons

    The U.S. Deploys Iranian Shahed-136 Replica LUCAS Drone in the Middle East.

  • Europe

    Russian Journalists Exposing Russian Army’s Casualties In Putin’s War

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Defense Giant Aselsan’s Q1 Profit Surge To 34%

  • Air Platform

    Did China steal Apache Attack Helicopter Technology?

  • Air Platform

    Russia lost 10,000 troops in Ukraine’s counteroffensive in Kherson; the Belarusian morgue is full of 24,000 dead Russian soldiers

  • Europe

    Damen Awarded Contract To Build Multi-Purpose Vessel For Portuguese Navy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia’s R-77 Proved A Dud In Kashmir Skirmish and Syria

  • Middle East

    Satellite Images Show Israeli Air Strikes Degraded Iran’s Ballistic Missile Production Capability

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze sea drones destroyed two new Vasily Bykov class patrol boats

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces Purchase Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

  • Americas

    USA, Turkey Discuss Mutual Cooperation And Security

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Begins Development of Hydrogen-powered K3 Main Battle Tank.

  • Americas

    Biden Administration Approves $735 Million Arms Sale To Israel

  • Middle East

    Cyber attacks hit Iranian government websites and nuclear facilities

  • Europe

    Russian Navy To Get Last Kilo-II (Project 636.3) Submarines In 2024

  • Naval Platforms

    RAN upgrades Anzac-class frigates with new sonar processing system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

  • Europe

    Putin’s salary is $110,568 annually, but he wears $8,820 Brioni Italian suit while sending pensioners to fight his war at $48.50 weekly

  • Central Asia

    Why does Israel highly values friendly relations with Muslim Azerbaijan?

  • Europe

    Russia secretly approached Pakistan, Egypt, Brazil, Syria and Belarus to buy back weapons and helicopters engines it sold past years

  • Infantry Weapons

    Heckler and Koch M320 Granade Launcher

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The JMSDF Has Commissioned First Maya-class Destroyer

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army Refused to Hand Over Detained Senior Army Officers to Civilian Court to Protect Other Perpetrators.

  • Europe

    Mad Vlad Spooked: Putin Disappeared From Russian Television For 36 Hours

  • C4iSR

    Deconstructing Russian-made FCR and Search Radar of S-500, S-400 and S-300 SAM

  • Central Asia

    Turkey Offered Peaceful Resolution Of Kyrgyzstan And Tajikistan Conflict

  • Europe

    Airbus Eurofighter Typhoon kicks off Finland’s HX Evaluation

  • Air Platform

    General Dynamics to develop a multi-mission anti-submarine warfare aircraft based on the Global 6500 business jet

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Russian Newest Su-35S Fighter Jet In Kherson

  • Europe

    Russia’s WWI Styled Brutal Battle Failed In Bakhmut And Donetsk Region

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Hackers breached the Russian defense industrial complex and exposed data on Iranian drones sold to Russia

  • Air Platform

    Images show Ukraine’s kamikaze drones damaged four Su-24M and two Su-34 bombers at Morozovsk airfield in Russia’s Rostov Oblast

  • Central Asia

    Russia’s rift with old ally Armenia deepens as Armenia wants its $400 million deposit for weapons back from Russia

  • Europe

    Turkey seeks approval to locally produce GE F404 engines for KAAN and Hurjet fighter jets

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh needs to sign GSOMIA and ACSA with the U.S. as pro-Indian Sheikh Hasina left the country

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Neptune Cruise Missile Strikes Destroyed Russian Black Sea Fleet’s Housing Complex, Russian Black Sea Fleet Untenable

  • Europe

    Swedish Air Force seeking new basic training aircraft

  • Americas

    US Army Unveils $185.9 Billion Capital Expenditure Budget Plan for 2025

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