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Europe

Russia Indefinitely Postponed Repair Of Admiral Kuznetsov

June 5, 2021 GDC 0

The repair of the Russian aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov” was postponed indefinitely several days after Russia trumpeted its return. Despite earlier statements that the repairs of the Russian heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser Admiral Kuznetsov were going […]

Europe

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

May 20, 2021 GDC 0

Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, has been plagued by breakdowns and mishaps. Despite those problems and broader changes to its navy, Russia is committed to the carrier’s future in a record-breaking fifth attempt to […]

Europe

Why Russia Upgrading Su-33 Fighters When China Called It a “Flopping Fish”?

December 7, 2020 GDC 0

Russia is upgrading some of its Sukhoi Su-33 carrier fighter, specifically, those airframes that have sufficient lifetime remaining, so as to keep them operational until 2025, as per Major General Igor Kozhin, chief for aviation […]

Industry

Furious Russia Blasts China Over Technology Theft Of Russian Origin

July 19, 2020 GDC 0

Russian defence conglomerate Rostec has attacked China over unauthorized stealing of Russian military hardware which has ignited tensions between key-allies Russia and China. Russia has been China’s biggest arms supplier between 2014 and 2018, accounting […]

Naval Platforms

Flopping Fish: The Shenyang J-15, A Perfect Example of ‘Garbage In and Garbage Out’

February 22, 2020 GDC 0

There is a terminology used in the field of computing “garbage in, garbage out” meaning “incorrect or poor-quality input will produce the faulty output”. That’s what happened when China reverse-engineered Su-33 prototype T-10K-3 and produced […]

Naval Platforms

Russian Navy presents new year’s wishlist, a new aircraft carrier

January 12, 2020 GDC 0

TASS reported last year that 12 people were injured, “mostly poisoned by combustion products.” Six of the injured are in intensive care, with “just one in satisfactory condition.” Several of the injured are reportedly firefighters that responded […]

Europe

Russia’s only aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov catches fire

December 14, 2019 GDC 0

At least one person was killed after Russia’s only aircraft carrier, Admiral Kuznetsov, caught fire on Thursday morning during repair work in Russia’s Arctic Sea port of Murmansk, according to Russian state sponsored news agency Sputniknews. […]

  • BAE Systems to build next-gen seeker for THAAD missile defense systems

    March 20, 2020 0
    Lockheed Martin, which builds the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense weapon system for the U.S. Army, has awarded BAE Systems a contract to design and manufacture a next-generation seeker for the system’s interceptors, according to a BAE [...]
  • Taiwanese F-16 Pilots Take Chinese Su-30 Pilots To School Over Taiwan Straits

    October 18, 2020 0
    TAIPEI (GDC) — Taiwanese Local media on Wednesday (Oct. 15) reported that Taiwanese F-16 fighter jets outmaneuvered a Chinese Su-30 fighter jet over the Taiwan Strait and drove it out of Taiwan’s air defense identification [...]
  • KGB Putin Sacks Generals After Losing 73 Vehicles And 1000 Men In Failed River Crossing Bid in Luhansk

    May 16, 2022 0
    Chief of the Russian general staff, Valery Gerasimov, has been suspended amid the Kremlin’s faltering invasion, a senior Ukrainian official has claimed. Russia’s Top General Valery Gerasimov Wounded In Eastern UkraineDateMay 2, 2022Ukraine Claimed That [...]
  • Sukhoi Su-57 is the only fighter jet equipped with Soviet-era DIRCM

    March 16, 2023 0
    The DIRCM is seen on Soviet-origin aircraft. It’s just never appeared on anything outside of transports aircraft, and helicopters before the Su-57. Sukhoi Forecasted 600 Su-57 Sale During Design Phase of the AircraftDateJune 26, 2021RSK [...]
  • Saudi Arabia Purchased $15 Billion THAAD Anti-ballistic Missile System

    November 20, 2024 0
    The U.S. Department of Defense said in a release that Lockheed Martin was awarded an almost $1.5 billion modification to an earlier contract to supply Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Interceptor support items for Saudi [...]
  • Ukraine’s two $1000 FPV drones destroyed Russia’s S-350 Vityaz Surface-to-air missile worth $135 million

    December 22, 2023 0
    Soldiers of the 11th brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian S-350 Vityaz SAM system in the Kherson Region with the help of two FPV drones. Ukraine’s HIMARS Artillery Strikes Destroyed [...]
Europe

Hanwha Aerospace Awarded Contract to Produce Long-range K239 Chunmoo Rockets to Norway.

January 29, 2026 0

Hanwha Aerospace Co. has secured an estimated $1.9 billion project to supply long-range rockets to Norway, with the official contract expected to be signed this week, informed industry sources said Wednesday. The contract is widely […]

Infantry Weapons

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

January 27, 2026 0

Russia’s version of Iran’s fast, cheap Shahed attack drones have been wreaking havoc during the Ukraine conflict, saturating the skies nearly every night and terrorising civilians. Highly adaptive and hard to intercept, the United States […]

Africa

China delivers Type 59 towed guns to the UAE-backed terror group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

January 25, 2026 0

China has shipped a batch of Type 59 130mm towed artillery systems to Rapid Support Forces, with images confirming the weapons loaded aboard a cargo vessel and prepared for export, according to open-source visuals recorded […]

Americas

Elbit Systems Started Manufacturing Sigma NG 155mm Howitzers in the U.S.

January 11, 2026 0

Elbit Systems has completed production of the first model of the Sigma NG 155 millimetre self-propelled howitzer at the South Carolina facility of its US subsidiary, Elbit America. The system is fully based on US […]

Europe

Germany purchases KNDS RCH155 Wheeled Howitzers.

January 8, 2026 0

The German Bundeswehr plans to acquire 229 RCH155 wheeled howitzers using the chassis of the Boxer 8 x 8 wheeled combat vehicle from KNDS. It is expected that the procurement will soon be examined by […]

Europe

Turkish drone maker Skydagger completes Skydagger 7 FPV drones trials.

December 28, 2025 0

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  • Europe

    Ukraine In Discussion With Germany To Receive Longer-range Patriot Missile Defense System

  • South Asia

    Panicked India deploys S-400 missile system and Rafale fighter jets near Bangladesh, which has no meaningful Air Force

  • Defense Industry

    South Korea Emerges As Eighth Largest Weapons Exporter In The World

  • Europe

    Ukraine is busy blowing up Russia’s oil depots, including tankers on rail links

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s kamikaze drones completely destroyed Russia’s oil refinery in Rostov

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall awarded €1.04 billion contract to upgrade Puma IFV of Bundeswehr

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Ukraine handed over R-37M air-to-air missile components to British intelligence

  • C4iSR

    Hanwha Showcases New AESA Radar For FA-50 Fighter Jet

  • Europe

    Serbia, Poland To Buy Israeli Spike LR Anti-tank Missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Putin Blames Russian Rocket Scientists For Patriot Interception And Sent Them To Penal Colony for Treason

  • Naval Platforms

    Turkey Launched First MILGEM Corvette For Pakistan Navy

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops blow up new Russian rocket launcher

  • Africa

    Algeria acquired Norinco SR-5 MLRS

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China To Launch Third Aircraft Carrier In Late 2021

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia, UK Sign Formal Agreement To Design And Build Nuclear Submarine

  • Europe

    Russia’s Uralvagonzavod used 148 pieces of European equipment in T-72, T-90 and T-14 tanks, imported 260 machining tools from Germany to manufacture tanks.

  • Europe

    Putin Tastes His Own Medicine As Ukraine Gains Russian Territory

  • Anti-air Missiles

    MBDA to manufacture Patriot Missile at Bavarian Factory in Europe.

  • Europe

    Pilot dies in MiG-29 fighter jet crash in Russia -RIA

  • Africa

    Ghana plans to procure six Aero L-39NG trainer/light combat jets

  • Europe

    PayPal shuts down its services in Russia, a blow to Russian retailers

  • Europe

    Ukraine war: a long queue at Russian supermarkets as Russia ran out of staple eggs

  • Infantry Weapons

    Arrow Missile Defence System

  • Africa

    Sudan’s RSF militants questions the efficacy of the Chinese FB-10A and FK-2000 missile system.

  • Middle East

    UAE Buys 22% States At Israeli Tamar Gas Field

  • Europe

    Ukraine Destroys Soviet-era Uragan Artillery Rockets

  • Europe

    Russian Arms Maker Almaz-Antey Supplies Cooling System For Bangladesh And Turkish Nuclear Power Plant

  • C4iSR

    Royal Air Force’s E-7A Wedgetail AWACS Received Paint Scheme

  • Europe

    Armenia released photos of destroyed S-300 by TB2 drone

  • C4iSR

    Stanford University Developed Advanced Sonar That Detects Submarine From Air

  • Naval Weapons

    RIM-66 SM-2MR block II surface-to-air missiles

  • C4iSR

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

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Iran unveils Bavar-373 air defense system amid Israel tensions

  • Air Platform

    Dassault Aviation Resumes Delivery Of Rafale F3R To French Air Force

  • Naval Platforms

    China Delivers First Type 054A/P Frigate to Pakistan

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US State Department approves weapons, sensors and missiles to Taiwan worth $1.8 billion

  • Americas

    Great Britain Blocks 12 JF-17 Thunder Sale To Argentina

  • Naval Platforms

    Babcock Announced Supply Chains of Type 31 Frigate

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed delivers 55 Legion IRST Pod to Taiwan.

  • Middle East

    Israel-Hamas war: Second group of hostages to be freed soon

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Commissions Its 69th Arleigh Burke-class Destroyer

  • Europe

    Hungary wants to produce KF51 Panther main battle tanks

  • Europe

    Belarus shot down Russian Shahed drones for violating its airspace

  • Americas

    NORAD gives notice of air defense exercise around Washington, DC, set for Tuesday

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    China unveils PL-15E and PL-10E missiles for foreign customers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Day: Lieutenant Colonel Meng Wang of Australian Army’s Aviation Command Received Conspicuous Service Medal

  • Americas

    Raytheon Standard Missile 6 is the most versatile missile ever deployed by the U.S.

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Australia to Buy Tomahawk Cruise Missiles and Hypersonic Weapons

  • Africa

    Israel and Sudan to normalise ties soon

  • Americas

    Shield AI rolls out radar-free ViDAR Pod surveillance system for combat aircraft

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