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  • [ June 20, 2026 ] Ukraine’s Drone Attacks Destroyed Two Railway Bridges in Russian-occupied Crimea. Europe
  • [ June 20, 2026 ] Malaysia’s king vows wider hunt for the corrupt military officers as scandal engulfs top ranks. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ June 20, 2026 ] Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS. Americas
  • [ June 20, 2026 ] Canada began negotiations with Italy to purchase M-346 advanced jet trainers. Air Platform
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Air Platform

Russia’s Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Crimea due to engine explosion.

April 4, 2026 GDC 0

 A Russian Su-30 fighter jet crashed in Crimea during a scheduled training flight due to an engine explosion, with both crew members ejecting safely and later being recovered.     The incident adds to the documented […]

Europe

Ukraine’s Alpha Unit Has Destroyed 15 Russian Aircraft Including Su-30, Su-34, MiG-31 and An-26.

January 28, 2026 GDC 0

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) confirmed that its special forces unit “Alpha” conducted successful long-range drone strikes against five Russian military airbases in 2025, targeting and destroying 15 aircraft. The campaign caused over $1 billion in estimated damage to Russia’s […]

South Asia

Pakistan Produced Damning Evidence That PAF Used American AMRAAM to Down Three Rafales, One MiG-29 and One Su-30MKI Fighter Jets

May 8, 2025 GDC 0

India launched military strikes on targets in Pakistan, both countries said on Wednesday and Pakistan claimed it had shot down five Indian Air Force jets, in an escalation that has pushed the two nations to […]

C4iSR

India To Replace Su-30MKI Russian-dud BARS Radar With Indigenous Radar

March 6, 2024 GDC 0

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Europe

Russian Aerospace Forces Failed in Ukraine War Due To Poor Planning, No Pilot Training, Ageing Fighter Fleets and No Airborne Early Warning System

December 23, 2022 GDC 0

One of the greatest mysteries of the Russian invasion of Ukraine has been the inability of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) fighter and fighter-bomber fleets to establish air superiority or to deploy significant combat power […]

Air Platform

Ukraine To Sell Downed Russia’s Su-30SM Fighter Jets As Souvenirs

November 10, 2022 GDC 0

Ukrainians seeking to help their Armed Forces are crowdfunding by selling a downed Russian Su-30SM Flanker-H fighter jet as souvenirs. Ukrainians turn newest Russian Su-30SM fighter into souvenir key fobs. The team of aviation enthusiasts […]

Air Platform

Myanmar Air Force Received Su-30SME Fighter Jets From Russia

November 6, 2022 GDC 0

Myanmar’s military has begun taking delivery of a batch of Russian-made combat jets, a monitoring group said Friday, the latest hardware shipped from Moscow as rights campaigners accuse the junta of hitting civilians with air strikes. […]

Air Platform

Unconscious Russian Pilots Crashed Su-30SM Fighter Jet Into Apartment Building

October 24, 2022 GDC 0

A Russian warplane has crashed into a residential building in the Siberian city of Irkutsk, killing both crew members – the second such fatal incident in a Russian residential area in six days involving a […]

Air Platform

Ukraine Shot Down One Su-34, Two Su-30SM And One Su-25 In Kharkiv

September 25, 2022 GDC 0

The Russian air force reportedly has had a very bad day. The Ukrainian defense ministry on Saturday claimed its forces shot down four Russian warplanes in 24 hours. An Su-34, two Su-30SM and an Su-25. Videos circulating […]

Middle East

Egypt, Algeria And Indonesia Pulled Out Of Su-35 Deals

January 6, 2022 GDC 0

Three nations, Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia, are reported to have pulled out of Su-35 fighter jet deals with Russia giving a huge financial setbacks to Sukhoi Design Bureau. The governments of Algeria, Egypt and Indonesia […]

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  • Ukrainian Pilots Record Spectacular Videos Of Polish-supplied MiG-29 Firing AGM-88 HARM Missiles

    August 31, 2022 0
    The Center for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine published a spectacular video showing the launch of the AGM-88 HARM missile. The Ukrainian Air Force has released footage confirming that it uses Soviet-design [...]
  • Indian media threatens Turkey with Agni-5 ICBM strikes if it does not stop arming Bangladesh and Pakistan.

    August 26, 2025 0
    Indian media reports on New Delhi’s latest missile test noted that the nuclear-capable Agni-5 ICBM system, with a range of 5,000 kilometres, can strike targets “from Türkiye to China.” Turkey has recently emerged as a [...]
  • Turkey Discloses Further Problems With Russian-made S-400 Air Defense System

    April 21, 2020 0
    Turkey faces multitudes of technical glitches, defects and performance issues with the Russian-made S-400 air defense systems learned GDC quoting Turkish newspaper Daily Sabah. The performance issues and defects are significant enough for Turkish President [...]
  • US Navy Will Retrofit John F Kennedy Aircraft Carrier To Launch F-35 From Deck

    November 11, 2020 0
    As expected, the US Navy (USN) awarded the Newport News Shipbuilding unit of Huntington-Ingalls Industries (HII) contract modifications on 2 November that shift the delivery of the aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) to a single-phase [...]
  • Rheinmetall unveils ‘game changing’ grenade launcher

    July 7, 2022 0
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  • Ukraine’s F-16 Pilots Equipped With Joint Helmet-Mounted Cueing System And Modernised Radars, Which Russia Lacks

    August 14, 2024 0
    F-16 fighter jet pilots in Ukraine are using advanced helmet-mounted system that could increase how well Kyiv’s forces can leverage the Western-donated jets against Russia’s forces. Digital Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing System (DJHMCS) on the [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

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

    France Donates 12 CEASAR Howitzers To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine Received Two More IRIS-T SLM Missile Batteries

  • Middle East

    Iran Transfers Technology To Build Kamikaze Drones In Russia

  • Europe

    Poland Purchases MQ-9B Sky Guardian Drones Worth $310 Million

  • Europe

    U.S. State Department Approves Javelin ATGM For British Army

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s drone boat shot down Russia’s two Su-30SM fighter jet over Black sea using AIM-9 missile

  • Europe

    New Turkish Anka-3 combat drone started flight trial

  • Air Platform

    Van Halteren Technologies to deliver weapon loading system for Dutch F-35s.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Ultra-nationalists and pro-Putin Simeon ‘Aussie Cossack’ Boikov remain out of reach for the Australian Federal Police

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Iskander Ballistic Missiles Over Kyiv

  • Europe

    Chancellor Scholz Draw A Line On Sand Regarding Fighter Jets

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saab awarded a contract for the delivery of Carl-Gustaf M4 to U. S. Army

  • Europe

    Belgian Company Sells 64 Second-hand M109A4BE Self-propelled Howitzers To Ukraine

  • Land Platform

    India Finalizing Deal To Purchase American Armored Vehicles And Tanks Ditching Russian Vehicles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Azerbaijan buys Turkish Air-launched SOM Cruise Missiles

  • Air Platform

    Bell Helicopter Started Manufacturing AH1-Z Helicopter For Bahrain

  • Air Platform

    General Atomics demonstrates teaming of MQ-20 Avenger and King Air 200

  • Europe

    British Army Deploys Archer Howitzers In The Field

  • Europe

    Notorious Wagner Group Recruited African Prisoners To Fight In Ukraine War For Russia

  • Europe

    Oil depot fire, casualties reported in Russia’s Krasnador Krai following Ukraine’s drone strike

  • Americas

    BAE Systems Archer Howitzer Completes U.S. Army’s Trials

  • Americas

    Oshkosh Defense awarded contract to produce unmanned launcher vehicles for US Marines

  • Industry

    Boeing eyes on T-7A exports to Asia-Pacific markets

  • Air Platform

    First Batch of Ukrainian Pilots Completes Training on F-16 Fighting Falcon

  • Middle East

    Russian troops reportedly began evacuating from Tal Rifaat airbase in Syria

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s AVIC Unveils America’s V-BAT Copycat Drone.

  • Europe

    Czech Republic Delivers 45 Upgraded T-72B Tanks To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Putin’s Intermediate-range ballistic missiles are not unstoppable, Ukraine needs SM-3, Arrow-3 or THAAD missile defences

  • Middle East

    Israeli Mossad’s Ex-spy Drops Bombshell On Hezbollah and Exploding Pagers at CBS 60 Minutes

  • Americas

    What you don’t know about America’s super weapon, the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft?

  • Air Platform

    Skyways Developed Autonomous Folding Wings Blue Water UAS

  • C4iSR

    The Groza Reconnaissance, Jamming and EW Radar Family

  • Air Platform

    Brazil Started Serial Production of Gripen E Under Technology Transfer

  • Naval Platforms

    Lürssen’s OPV80 – Royal Australian Navy’s Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV)

  • Air Platform

    Australian F-35A Stealth Jets Scored Six Kills Against Singaporean F-15SG In Pitch Black 2022

  • Americas

    US Announces Nearly $1 Billion in New Military Aid for Ukraine

  • Europe

    BAE Systems started design work of successor to Astute-class submarines

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force Allocates Funding To Purchase 100 B-21 Raider Strategic Nuclear Bomber

  • Europe

    German Air Force (Luftwaffe) reportedly will procure combination of Super Hornet, EA-18 Growler and Typhoon to replace Tornado jets

  • Europe

    North Korea Delivers First Batch Of Howitzers And Ammunitions To Russia

  • Air Platform

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

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Sends HARM Anti-radiation Missiles, Drones, Ammo And 16 HIMARS Rocket Artillery To Ukraine

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Lithuania purchases Swedish RBS-70 Short-range air defense system

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesian Army Received First Batch Of Bushmaster Armored Vehicles

  • Defense Industry

    IAR-Brasov, IAI To Produce Heron Tactical UAV

  • Middle East

    Egyptian Navy Takes Delivery of First Domestically Built Corvette

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Neptune cruise missile hits Russia’s Kommuna submarine rescue vessel

  • Europe

    French Navy’s Charles de Gaulle Aircraft Carrier Now Supporting NATO Mission

  • Europe

    Russian man blew up military freight train heading to Ukraine in another sabotage

  • Industry

    Russian Rosoboronexport registered its trademark abroad

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