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Air-Launched Weapons

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

March 30, 2020 GDC 0

Designed and built in Soviet-era, the R-77 semi active-radar-homing air-to-air missile — NATO designation AA-12 — is advertised to be equivalent to the American AIM-120 AMRAAM by Rostec. But in fact, the R-77 isn’t nearly as successful as the AIM-120. […]

  • U.S. Air Force Networks F-15 and F-22 Raptor

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  • Saab Exhibits GlobalEye AWACS and Gripen E at the Dubai Air Show.

    November 20, 2025 0
    Saab exhibits at the Dubai Airshow from 17 to 21 November at Dubai World Central, where it will present a wide range of systems designed to strengthen air power and national security. The company is [...]
  • Japan test fired new type 12 anti-ship missile with 1000km range

    December 10, 2024 0
    A United States treaty ally in East Asia on Friday announced that it recently tested a new stealthy missile that is capable of conducting long-range attacks to sink hostile warships. Japan showcases 1,000km range Type [...]
  • Ukraine’s Lightning Fast Counteroffensive Forced Russian To Flee Eastern Ukraine

    September 11, 2022 0
    Ukrainian forces kept up their surge in the country’s east Saturday after punching through Russian defenses in a surprise counteroffensive that could prove a decisive turning point in the war. Ukraine Hauls 1970s Russian Weapons Left Behind By Fleeing RussiansDateSeptember [...]
  • AUKUS partners announce Pillar II plans: Artificial intelligence, cyber, Electronic warfare and hypersonics

    December 2, 2023 0
    In September 2021 the UK, Australia and the United States agreed a trilateral defence and security partnership to “help sustain peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.” The AUKUS will turn into JAUKUS after Japanese [...]
  • Israeli, Azerbaijan Defence Companies Co-produced Orbiter Drone in Azerbaijan

    February 7, 2025 0
    Azerbaijan’s election to a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council brings to the world body for the next two years a government which has cultivated lively military and economic ties with Israel. Azerbaijan Bought [...]
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 […]

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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Germany Agreed to Deliver First Eurofighter Typhoon to Turkiye in 2028.

  • Europe

    3 Dead After Russia’s Prototype Il-112V Military Transport Plane Crashes Near Moscow

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea showcases unnamed new main battle tank

  • Defense Industry

    Poland Became The Largest HIMARS Operator In Europe, Placing $10 Billion Order

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy Short-lists ThyssenKrupp’s MEKO A200 and Mitsubishi’s Mogami Class For $7.6 Billion Frigate Contract

  • Europe

    Ukraine receives advanced light howitzer from AM General

  • Air Platform

    The New HAL-Made FOC-Standard Tejas is Better Than the Current IAF’s IOC Tejas Fighter Jet

  • Air Platform

    Polish Air Force Received Two More FA-50 Fighter Jets

  • Defense Industry

    Pakistan Navy Ditches Chinese Missiles For MILGEM Corvetter, Opt-in for Albatros NG

  • Air Platform

    Airbus VSR700 prototype performs first autonomous free flight

  • Africa

    Poor battlefield performance and sanctions on Russia forced African countries to seek military hardware from China

  • Middle East

    Prime Minister Netanyahu Visits Rafael’s Iron Dome Manufacturing Facility in Northern Israel

  • Cyber

    Chinese state-sponsored group carried out widespread cyber espionage campaign in Israel – report

  • Europe

    Norway Scrambled F-35A to Intercept Russian Tu-142 MPA

  • Defense Industry

    Malaysia Negotiating With Kuwait to Buy Legacy F/A-18 Hornet

  • Europe

    China Delivers FK-3 (HQ-22) Anti-air System To Serbia

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan teams with France and Germany to develop high-tech railgun

  • Europe

    Russian Army’s warfighting capability more degraded than reported in media

  • Uncategorized

    Babcock Pursuing Export Opportunity of Type 31 Frigate to Indonesia, Poland and Ukraine

  • Europe

    India Launches Sixth and Final Scorpene-class Submarine

  • Middle East

    Why is the US Army removing military assets from Saudi Kingdom?

  • South Asia

    India Seized Chinese-made Industrial Autoclave bound for Pakistan

  • Europe

    Britain Pledges More Lethal Aid To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Turkey develops cargo drone for special forces

  • Uncategorized

    Russian men escaped to Alaska by boat to avoid Putin’s draft

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    M-61A1 20mm Gatling gun

  • Europe

    Australia sends more drones to Ukraine, sanctions Russian entities

  • Americas

    Kraken and L3Harris team up for underwater stealth drone

  • South Asia

    TKMS links up with Indian firm to work on submarine weapons technologies

  • Air Platform

    Hellenic Air Force will modernize 38 F-16 to F-16V Block 70 standard

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russia used Kh-69 cruise missiles for the first time in Ukraine war

  • Defense Industry

    Ukrainian Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Russia For Smuggling S-300 Parts

  • Air Platform

    Russia lost 342 fighter bombers and 325 various helicopters since the beginning of war

  • Defense Industry

    Czech, Polish And Bulgarian Defense Industries Making Billions Supplying Soviet-era Weapons To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Saab, KAI To Build GlobalEye Airborne Early Warning Aircraft For Korean Air Force

  • C4iSR

    Saab to upgrade German Tornado’s radar warnering receiver

  • 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.

  • C4iSR

    Thales Launches Ground Master 400 Alpha Long-Range Air Surveillance Radar

  • Defense Industry

    Iran Achieved 60% Uranium Enrichment, A Threat To World Peace

  • Air Platform

    Russia copies Boeing X-32 and embeds it into the cold-war MiG 1.44 project to create Checkmate LCA

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Air Force Destroys Iranian Khordad-3 Air Defense Missile system.

  • Europe

    Simultaneous Explosions Rocked Russian Cities Destroying Military Base, Gunpowder And Iskander Missile Factories

  • Infantry Weapons

    The USAF created mini gun for air force pilots

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thousands of US marines land in Darwin, Australia for training

  • C4iSR

    Three Spanish companies to develop radar, optronics and radio frequency to counter drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Marines Speak Japanese Language During Exercises With JSDF

  • Air Platform

    Qatar Started Negotiations with the U.S. to Purchase F-35 Stealth Jets.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Slovenia to purchase German-made IRIS-T SLM Anti-air Missile System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australian new defense vessel ‘Reliant’ kicks off maiden voyage

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Maritime Aggression: Chinese Carrier Group Conducts Naval Exercise In Taiwan Straits

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