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Europe

Putin tastes his own medicine as Ukraine’s SBU destroyed 40 of Putin’s prized Tu-22M, Tu-95 and A-50 Beriev AWACS

June 2, 2025 GDC 0

FOUR Russian airfields housing Putin’s nuke bombers have reportedly been blitzed in an extraordinary drone strike – wiping out at least 40 aircraft. Ukrainian security sources told the Kyiv Post a special operation – codenamed […]

Air Platform

Russian Tu-22M bomber crashed in Usolsky District

April 3, 2025 GDC 0

It’s the fifth Tu-22M loss since 2022. Two crashed, two were struck by drones and one was shot down. A Russian air force Tupolev Tu-22M bomber crashed in Usolsky District, in eastern Russia 2,700 miles […]

Air Platform

Ukraine’s kamikaze drones destroyed Russia’s Tu-22M bombers 1770 km deep inside Russia

July 29, 2024 GDC 0

Ukraine’s intelligence directorate may have pulled off its most impressive strike on Russian territory since Russia widened its war on Ukraine 28 months ago. According to Ukrainian Pravda, citing intelligence sources, the directorate flew long-range […]

Air Platform

Incompetent Russian Military Covering Up Aircraft With Flammable Car Tyres To Protect Them From Drone Strikes

September 7, 2023 GDC 0

Moscow’s forces have started covering some of their attack aircraft with car tyres, in what experts say could be a makeshift attempt to protect them from Ukrainian drone strikes that have had increased recent success […]

Europe

Ukrainian drone attacks destroyed two Tu-22M3 nuke bombers and three Su-34 bombers at Soltsky-2 airbase

August 23, 2023 GDC 0

British MoD says drone attacks included destruction of supersonic bomber at air base near St Petersburg 500km from Ukraine’s border. Russian Tupolev Tu-22 supersonic bomber engulfed in flames after reportedly being hit by a drone […]

  • Hezbollah stored $500 million in gold and cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

    October 22, 2024 0
    The Israel Defense Forces on Monday declassified intelligence on the Hezbollah terror group’s finance hub, including a bunker hidden underneath a hospital in south Beirut that it said contains hundreds of millions of dollars in [...]
  • U.S. State Department Urges Turkey To Avoid Transaction With Russian Defense Industries

    September 1, 2022 0
    After the TASS news agency reported on Tuesday that Moscow and Ankara had signed a contract to ship Ankara a second batch of S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, the United States urged its NATO ally Turkey to [...]
  • Ukraine successfully de-militarized the ‘Russian Air Force’ killing more than 600 pilots and destroying 500 aircraft

    January 8, 2023 0
    Vladimir Putin has been forced to “significantly reduce” air combat missions due to the “continued high threat from Ukrainian air defences”, the UK Ministry of Defense (MoD) has reported, in what is yet another blow [...]
  • Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

    April 4, 2026 0
    A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. BAE System’s [...]
  • China Unveils Third Aircraft Carrier CNS Fujian, But China Has No Fighter Jets To Fill The Deck

    July 1, 2022 0
    China launched its third aircraft carrier on Friday in Shanghai, naming it after the eastern coastal province of Fujian. China Unveils Its Third Aircraft Carrier CNS FujianDateJune 18, 2022China launches CNS Fujian Aircraft Carrier.DateNovember 8, [...]
  • French engine maker Safran is ready to build an engine in India if India purchases 114 Rafale.

    February 15, 2026 0
    French engine maker Safran is ready to build an engine assembly line in India to meet the country’s requirements for local production as the French and Indian governments discuss the purchase of 114 more Rafale [...]
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.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

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

May 6, 2026 0

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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

  • Middle East

    Turkish Anka-2 Drone Strike Destroys Syrian Buk-M1 and Pantsir-S1 ADS

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo to deliver new helicopters to Malaysian Army

  • Air Platform

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

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China Puzzled At US Navy’s Intention To Build Sixth-generation Fighter

  • Americas

    Ukraine Delivers T-84UD Oplot Tank to US Army

  • Americas

    Boeing and General Atomics join forces on new laser weapon

  • Air Platform

    U.S. to Replenish Polish MiG-29 Inventory With F-16, If Poland Transfers MiGs to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Come Back Alive Foundation donates Mk19 grenade launchers to Ukrainian forces

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Satellite images reveal North Korea is constructing the largest warship ever

  • C4iSR

    Australia received its powerful intelligence-gathering aircraft, the MC-55A Peregrine, to counter China.

  • South Asia

    India, U.S. begin two-day naval exercise in eastern Indian Ocean region

  • AUV Platform

    German Navy to equip Frankenthal-class MCM vessels with SeaCat AUV

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    JMSDF’s High-tech Warships Can Dismantle Low-tech Chinese Submarine

  • Air Platform

    Greece plans to transfer 32 F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s $110,000 Beaver kamikaze drones with a launch range of 1,000 kilometers menacing Moscow

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Russia cannot manufacture its S-400 missile defense system due to international sanctions, RUSI reported.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Why Australia’s Nuclear Submarines Will Deter China?

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded Contract to Supply AESA Radar for Canadian CF-18 Fleet

  • Europe

    Germany Sold 1.6 Billion Euros Arms To Arab Countries In 2020

  • Air Platform

    P-8I Neptune: A Superior Submarine Hunting Machine For Indian Navy

  • South Asia

    Teacher dies saving students from Bangladesh Air Guard’s F-7BJI jet crash inferno

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    General Atomics has successfully tested its Long Range Maneuvering Projectile.

  • Air Platform

    Russian military’s deception doctrine, known as maskirovka killed MiG-35 fighter jet program.

  • Europe

    Ukraine Ordered 60 KRAB 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers From Poland

  • Americas

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

  • Air Platform

    Lithuania Handed Over Crowd-funded Turkish-made TB2 Drones To Ukraine

  • C4iSR

    Why Russia’s Soviet-era A2/AD Strategy Doesn’t Work Against NATO Warplanes

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    US Air Force’s F-35A Drops B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

  • Europe

    Rostec to unveil a new aircraft at MAKS 2021 airshow

  • Europe

    Royal Navy To Replace Harpoon Anti-ship Missile With Kongsberg NSM Stealth Missile

  • Europe

    Russian politician admits on state TV that Russia has no socks, shorts, doctors, or intelligence

  • Europe

    Ukraine Received 17,000 Anti-tank Weapons Last Week

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine’s F-16 has shot down Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet using AMRAAM missile

  • Air Platform

    Biden Administration Set To Approve 50 F-15 Fighter Jet Sale To Israel Worth $18 Billion

  • C4iSR

    Pakistan’s Link 17 Data Link Designed For Fighter-to-fighter Communication For JF-17 Block 3

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia purchases three Mogami-class frigates worth $10 billion.

  • Americas

    Naval Group Launches Third OPV 87 For Argentine Navy

  • Europe

    The US DoD awarded a contract for the production of Bulgarian F-16V

  • Europe

    Russia lost air surveillance capability in occupied Crimea after recent Ukrainian attacks.

  • Air Platform

    Turkey celebrates as Bayraktar drone hits new milestone achieving 200,000 flight hours

  • Europe

    A new fleet of Ukrainian ‘Sea Baby’ drones ready to hunt for the Russian navy

  • Europe

    Ukrainian kamikaze drones blitz Russian Belgorod

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Fifth-generation KAAN fighter jets to take to skies in 2024

  • Middle East

    Egypt to Build Armed Offshore Patrol Vessels

  • Air Platform

    Boeing UCAV For Royal Australian Air Force

  • Europe

    UK will send starstreak, NLAW, howitzer and loitering munitions worth £100 million to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Turkish STM Completes Design Phase of Preveze Submarine Modernization Project

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Deliveres Six Bayraktar Tactical Block 2 (TB2) UAVs To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia reorganizes the defence department and creates a separate delivery agency.

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s long-range drone strikes destroyed Russia’s artic patrol boat.

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