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  • [ May 31, 2026 ] Israeli IAI Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Produce Additional Arrow-2 Interceptor Missiles. Anti-air Missiles
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Infantry Weapons

Can Soviet-era Tor, Buk, Pantsir, S-300 and S-400 handle evolving threats?

April 10, 2020 GDC 0

In November 2018, Viktor Murakhovsky, a writer for the Russian publication Arsenal of the Fatherland, posted a comment regarding the performance of Russia’s Pantsir S-1 air-defense system. Read More Over-hyped S-400 and S-300 Surface-to-air Missile failed […]

Middle East

Iran admits it has shot down flight 752 due to human errors

January 11, 2020 GDC 0

“The Islamic Republic of Iran deeply regrets this disastrous mistake,” President Hassan Rouhani said, as Iran reversed its claims that mechanical failure was to blame. Iranian President Rouhani offered condolences to the victims’ families and […]

Middle East

Iran shot down Ukrainian Flight 752 using Russian-made SA-15 Tor surface-to-air missile

January 11, 2020 GDC 0

Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 crashed in Iran on Wednesday after being hit by what the US and other governments say was an Iranian air-defense missile. The missile system in question, a Russian-made Tor-M1, designated […]

  • Turkish Attempts to Secure Export Licences For GE Engine For KAAN Fighter Jets Stalled.

    October 1, 2025 0
    Attempts to secure export licenses for the General Electric F110 engine for the Turkish Aerospace Industries Kaan fighter “have been stalled,” Turkey’s Foreign Affairs Minister says. Turkey wants to domestically produce GE engines for its [...]
  • Tiny Ukrainian Navy Challenges Russian Navy in Black Sea

    October 22, 2021 0
    Painted a camouflage patchwork of grey and green, Ukrainian coastguard Boat 23 cuts through the rolling swell of the turbulent Sea of Azov. Ukrainian drone boat destroyed a Russian spy ship ‘Ivan Khurs’ in the black seaDateMay [...]
  • Gazprom declares first annual loss in 22 years as trade sanctions hit Russian gas export

    May 3, 2024 0
    Kremlin-owned gas giant Gazprom has said it plunged to a net loss of 629 billion roubles ($6.9bn) in 2023, its first annual loss in more than 20 years, amid dwindling gas trade with Europe, once [...]
  • Desperate time: Russian retrofit air-launched rocket launcher onto UAZ pickup truck

    July 7, 2023 0
    A video of Russian forces’ truck-mounted rocket launcher has begun to circulate on social media. Russian soldiers have built a Frankenstein-like artillery system on the UAZ Patriot pickup truck platform equipped with a UB-32 57mm [...]
  • The JMSDF Has Commissioned First Maya-class Destroyer

    March 22, 2020 0
    The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) commissioned the first of two Maya (Improved Atago)-class, Aegis-equipped destroyers in a ceremony held on 19 March in Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture learned GDC quoting Kosuke Takahashi. Named JS Maya (pennant [...]
  • US Navy says Chinese warship fired weapons grade laser at US aircraft

    February 28, 2020 0
    The US Navy said on Thursday that a Chinese military warship fired a military grade laser at US Navy’s P-8A Poseidon maritime surveillance aircraft last week while it was flying over the Pacific Ocean, an [...]
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 […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

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  • Europe

    France Donates A Large Batch Of Armored Vehicles To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PLA Rocket Force Test Fires DF-26 Ballistic Missiles

  • Americas

    Google offers Gemini artificial intelligence to the Pentagon for military use.

  • Americas

    Austal USA Breaks Ground On The New Steel Manufacturing Line

  • C4iSR

    Lockheed Martin Delivers SPY-7 Radar to Japanese Navy.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Pakistan Successfully Tests Shaheen 1A Ballistic Missiles

  • Europe

    Poland’s New Surface-to-air Missiles Hit Stealth Target

  • Europe

    Russia deploys Iskander nuclear ballistic missile in Belarus

  • Europe

    China sides with Russia as it welcomes Putin’s puppet Lukashenko in Beijing

  • Air Platform

    China’s Aviation Industry Corporation (AVIC) Released Photos of a Pakistani Pilot in the J-35A Temu Jet’s Cockpit.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China launches CNS Fujian Aircraft Carrier.

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Delivers Two M-345 Training Aircraft To Italian Air Force

  • Europe

    Leaked FSB document shows childhood trauma made KGB Putin a narcissistic lair

  • Anti-air Missiles

    U.S. approves sale of Israeli David Sling anti-air missiles to Finland

  • Air Platform

    CAC-PAC JF-17 Thunder Block III Fourth Generation Fighter Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Patriot Missile Shot Down Russia’s Su-35 and Su-34 Fighter Bombers

  • C4iSR

    U.S. State Department approves three E-2D Hawkeye For France

  • South Asia

    Fact checks: How credible is ousted Bangladesh’s Prime Minister delusional Sheikh Hasina’s claim that the Pentagon wanted an airbase in Bangladesh’s Saint Martin’s islands?

  • Defense Industry

    Germany mulls buying Australian Boxer CRV armored vehicles worth $1.9 billion

  • Air Platform

    Gripen is the first fighter jet to fly in GPS denied environment

  • Air Platform

    Baykar Defense To Produce Upgraded Bayraktar TB3 Armed Drone

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli IAI Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Produce Additional Arrow-2 Interceptor Missiles.

  • Industry

    Australia To Build Guided-missile As Part Of Billion Dollar Manufacturing Deal

  • Air Platform

    Thai army is developing a MALE UCAV

  • South Asia

    Independent Investigation reveals about the Pilkhana Killings, Bangladesh Rifles mutiny and Indian RAW Involvement.

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Army’s Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique sued for embezzlement and siphoning $665 million

  • Middle East

    Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman privately told President Trump that he was ready to recognize Israel.

  • Air Platform

    Poland receives two new FA-50 light combat jet

  • Air Platform

    Israeli Air Force destroys Mi-17 helicopter fleet near Iranian capital.

  • Middle East

    Israeli Arrow-2 missile intercepts Houthi’s ballistic missile and drones fired at Tel Aviv

  • Air Platform

    World First Grenade Launching Drone Tested in Australia

  • Air Platform

    South Korea Secures First Export Contract for KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet.

  • Air Platform

    Turkey became the second country to destroy Buk-M and Pantsir ADS after Israel

  • Europe

    Latvia To Buy HIMARS Rocket Artillery From U.S.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Falcon-300 (Sokil-300) drone is ready to strike anywhere in Russia

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Bayraktar Akıncı unmanned combat aerial vehicle fires HKG-82 precision-guided bomb

  • South Asia

    India’s New Defense Pact with Russia Detrimental to Quad Alliance

  • Air Platform

    Pentagon Wants To Equip MQ-9 Reaper With Directed-Energy Weapons

  • Americas

    BWXT Awarded $1 Billion Contract for Naval Nuclear Reactor

  • Americas

    Northrop Grumman to upgrade U.S. Air Force’s LITENING targeting pod

  • Air Platform

    First Egyptian Air Force’s Sukhoi Su-35S Appeared on Russian Media

  • Air Platform

    Saudi Arabia Mulls Purchasing 100 Turkish KAAN Fifth-generation Fighter Jets

  • Land Platform

    Indian Army ordered 156 licensed build BMP-2 Infantry Combat Vehicle (ACV)

  • Industry

    Indian TASL To Produce Aircraft For Indian Air Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    U.S. Navy Submarine Force Could Sink The Chinese Fleet And Save Taiwan

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Sweden Purchases IRIS-T SLM Surface-to-air Missile.

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish Company Repkon to Supply Ammunition Parts to German Rheinmetall

  • South Asia

    India acknowledged 250 soldiers killed, pilots died, and S-400 battery damaged by Pakistani bombs as posthumous honors unveil hidden losses

  • Europe

    St Petersburg Bomb Blast Kills Putin’s Propagandist Vladlen Tatarsky

  • Europe

    Ukraine will pass legislation recognizing Ukrainian-speaking persons living in Russia as Ukrainian territories

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