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Finish Air Force quietly drops Nazi swastika from its emblem

July 3, 2020 GDC 0

It was long a rather surprising choice of imagery for Finland’s Air Force Command – a swastika and pair of wings. The symbol will always be intrinsically linked with Nazi Germany and its crimes, even […]

  • South Korea develops new truck-mounted 155mm self-propelled howitzer

    July 30, 2024 0
    According to journalist Kim Minseok, Hanwha Aerospace introduced a mock-up of its latest wheeled self-propelled howitzer at the 2024 Defense Quality Comprehensive Symposium in Changwon on July 19. The new wheeled howitzer, often referred to [...]
  • Ukraine Should Be Allowed To Strike Targets Deep Inside Russia, Latvian Foreign Minister Says

    December 9, 2022 0
    Latvian Foreign Minister Edgar Rinkevics says Ukraine should be allowed to strike military sites inside Russia as it fends off attacks on its critical infrastructure. NATO foreign ministers to meet in Prague to allow Ukraine [...]
  • Chinese CPMIEC offered HQ-16 and HQ-9 ADS to Syrian regime: reports Sina

    March 15, 2020 0
    Chinese conmunist party aligned media outlet Sina.com reported that after several Israeli and Turkish air-to-ground missile strikes, Russian S-300, S-200, SA11 (Buk), Tor and Pantsir-S1 systems, which are part of the Syrian air defense forces, proved “completely [...]
  • Corrupt British MP Tulip Siddiq lied about her Bangladeshi national ID card, tax file number and passport, the Times reported.

    September 18, 2025 0
    A British Labour MP and niece of deposed Bangladeshi premier Sheikh Hasina, Tulip Rizwana Siddiq, still holds a Bangladeshi national identity card despite repeatedly claiming that she is only a British citizen. An investigation by [...]
  • Pakistan Inducts 14 JF-17B Twin Seats Fighter Jets

    June 9, 2021 0
    ISLAMABAD (GDC) — Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) formally handed over 14 state-of-the-art indigenously developed fourth generation JF-17 Thunder Block-III — tandem twin seats fighter jets equipped with a long-range superior radar system and advance firing [...]
  • Too Expensive and Complex Export Laws: Japanese Defense Industries Faces Existential Threat Without Exports

    January 1, 2024 0
    13 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s biggest defence contractor, has warned that the survival of the country’s struggling defence sector is at stake as the government debates a historic increase in military spending to counter the [...]
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 […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

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

February 22, 2026 0

China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft Industry Group has officially presented a new vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle known as the Yunying (Cloud Shadow in Chinese), a tail-sitter drone featuring a ducted-fan design closely […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Japan to manufacture long-range precision fire artillery rocket.

February 21, 2026 0

As Japan increases the range of its munitions to counter regional threats, the ability to launch them from different systems to maximize flexibility is becoming an important factor in deciding which weapons to field. While […]

Americas

U.S. Army Purchases Top-attack Terrain-shapping XM204 Munitions.

February 18, 2026 0

The U.S. Army has approved an Urgent Materiel Release for the XM204 top-attack terrain-shaping munition, accelerating its deployment to Europe, according to service information published January 12, 2026. The move reflects growing concern about near-peer […]

  • Europe

    Crimea Bridge Attacks: Russia’s Major Domestic Political Problem For Putin

  • Land Platform

    Greek EODH Built New Armored Vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Navy Deploys Two OPVs in Indo-Pacific Region

  • Europe

    President Erdogan Visits Nagorno-Karabakh To Sign Defense Pact With Azerbaijan

  • Europe

    More than 8,000 Russian soldiers were killed in 2023 in the battle for Soledar and Bakhmut

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes destroyed key Kursk bridge

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese Navy’s Type 076 Amphibious Assault Ship Sichuan Starts Sea Trials In Shanghai.

  • Americas

    Why Fighter Jet Prices Are Different in Each Purchasing Country?

  • Middle East

    Egypt Ordered Bastion-P Missile as rising tensions with Turkey

  • Europe

    General Atomics Received Civil Aviation Certification to Fly MQ-9B Drones over Civil Airspace

  • Americas

    US to deploy Patriot Missile Defense System at US base in Iraq

  • Europe

    What can Finland’s armed forces and arsenal offer the trans-Atlantic alliance?

  • Europe

    Turkiye new armed USV ‘SALVO’ passes initial firing trials

  • Europe

    Ukrainian $100,000 sea drone blew up Putin’s $400 million landing warship BDK-91 Olenegorskiy Gornyak

  • South Asia

    Leaked Conversation: Indian High Commissioner To Bangladesh Reach Out To General Waker-Uz-Zaman Night Before Hasina Ousted And Ask Him To Listen To Sheikh Hasina And Shoot Protesters

  • Europe

    Leaked FSB document shows mad Vlad wants to annex Belarus by 2030

  • Europe

    Ukraine War, Diminished of Black Sea Fleet and Destroyed Shipyard Sent Russian Navy Back to 1990s

  • Infantry Weapons

    EMTAN ramps up rifle production for Israeli Defense Forces

  • Europe

    Russian Cargo Ships Stealing Grains From Ukrainian Port

  • C4iSR

    France purchases Saab GlobalEye Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) Aircraft

  • Middle East

    Israeli Kamikaze Drones Struck Iranian Drone Manufacturing Factory

  • Industry

    IAI selected five tech startups to develop products

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s HIMARS strikes destroyed Russia’s $250 million 1K148E Yastreb-AV radar

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

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

  • Americas

    Boeing Awarded Contract For Two New P-8 MPA For RAF And Nine P-8 For USN

  • Europe

    Russian tanks and armored vehicles littered the area around the embattled town of Avdiivka

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    AUKUS delays could leave the Royal Australian Navy without submarines

  • C4iSR

    AN/ALQ-254 Viper Shield Next-generation EW System For F-16V

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China dismissed top ranking army Generals from their positions

  • Air Platform

    Sikorsky awarded contract to produce 35 CH-53K helicopters for U.S. Navy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkey Plans To Develop Hypersonic Cruise Missile

  • Americas

    L3Harris built four new solid motors factories

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E records the radar signature of the opponent

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Sent To Jail After Complaining About Poor Training

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia orders more Tor-M2 missiles as Ukraine keeps destroying them with cheap drones

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    RTX (formerly Raytheon) to increase AIM-9X Sidewinder production to 2500 missiles per year

  • Europe

    Pentagon Announced $125 Million Defense Aid For Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia Exposed: Captured Russian Pilots Admit That RuAF Distributed Garmin GPS and Pronebo Mobile App To Navigate In Ukraine

  • Uncategorized

    HMS Prince of Wales Assumes Flagship Role of NATO Maritime Force

  • Europe

    Turkey Will Retire Russian-made S-400 SAM In Exchange For Turkish Return To F-35 Program

  • Air Platform

    RAAF F-35A Takes Off With Full Complement Of Weapons

  • Europe

    Estonia plans to purchase 12 155mm Ceasar Howitzers

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Killed Their Commander In A Mutiny, Report

  • Naval Platforms

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Chevallier-Class Replenishment Tanker

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Air Force’s B-1B Lancer bombers carried out long-range strikes inside Iran.

  • Europe

    Russian Ammunition Depot In Belgorod Catches Fire

  • Europe

    North Korea sent additional 1500 troops to Russia totalling 3000 troops

  • Americas

    Royal Canadian Navy Unveils Detailed Specifications Of Canadian Surface Combatant (CSC)

  • Europe

    German Leopard and British Challenger tanks smash through Russian trenches in Bakhmut

  • Europe

    U.S. Donates Switchblade Drones, Ammo, Javelin Communication Gear To Ukraine Worth $300 Million

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