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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 […]

  • Ukrainian forces killed 710 Russian servicemen and destroyed patrol boat using anti-tank rounds

    January 13, 2023 0
    Ukrainian forces killed 710 Russian servicemen and one patrol boat within the last 24 hours. The General Staff of Kiev claimed it on Facebook, promising to “provide further details on the destruction of the Russian ship” [...]
  • China parades DF-26 ballistic missiles

    August 9, 2020 0
    The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Rocket Force recently launched a DF-26 intermediate-range anti-ship ballistic missile in an ongoing months-long exercise, after the US sent two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea for exercises [...]
  • Ukraine Repels ‘Butcher Of Bakhmut’ Wagner Group’s Attacks

    December 19, 2022 0
    Ukrainian forces have repelled Russian assaults near the city of Bakhmut as the battle for it resulted in a deadlock, according to a report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW). Ukrainian forces [...]
  • Britain Deploys Sky Sabre Medium-Range Anti-air System To Poland

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  • Saudi Arabia to purchase 100 Turkish KAAN fifth-generation fighter jets

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  • Algeria Plans to Purchase 14 Sukhoi Su-57 Fighters

    November 27, 2020 0
    Algeria has signed a contract to buy 14 Russian Sukhoi Su-57 bombers as the arms race with its neighbour Morocco intensifies, a Moroccan MINA news site reported. Algeria to Receive Su-57 in 2028DateDecember 9, 2020Sukhoi [...]
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 […]

  • Middle East

    Israeli Navy’s ‘Shayetet 13’ Elite Commandos Thwarted Hamas Terrorists Boat Infiltrating Israeli Coast

  • Europe

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy pushes for Western warplane ‘coalition’

  • Europe

    Turkish defense industries scored $6.2 billion contract at SAHA Expo

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    MBDA accelerates the development of SPEAR-EW stand-in jammer

  • Air Platform

    Poland Signs Mega Arms With South Korea Worth $14.5 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Royal Thai Air Force’s Gripen fighter jets bombed Cambodia as fights erupted between both neighbors for border disputes

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force successfully launched unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine shot down Russia’s IL-22M Command Post and A-50 AWACS

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russia Built Military Bases In Laos And Sudan

  • South Asia

    আকাশে প্রতিযোগিতা: বাংলাদেশ এয়ার গার্ড (চোর) অনিশ্চিত ভবিষ্যত (Translated Version)

  • Europe

    Western Sanctions Crippled Russian Defense Industries, Su-57 and Su-75 Are Pipedream

  • Air Platform

    Boeing Offers P-8 Poseidon MPA to Canada

  • Land Platform

    Bharat Forge, TATA, Mahindra And Adani want HAL Out Of Naval Helicopter Race For IN

  • Africa

    Algeria to Receive Su-57 in 2028

  • Air Platform

    The PLAAF issued aircraft painting and marking regulations

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia’s renewed ties with North Korean regime worries South Korea about KF-21 technology leaks.

  • Air Platform

    Iraq Buys 12 Sino-Pakistani JF-17 Block III Aircraft

  • Europe

    Putin Signed A Decree To Conscript Convicts To Be Sent To Fight In Ukraine War

  • C4iSR

    Saab delivered the first GlobalEye Swing Role Surveillance System aircraft to the United Arab Emirates

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Cambodia could be the first customer of Chinese FTC-2000G jet

  • Europe

    Anadolu Shipyard delivers four landing ships to Qatari Navy

  • Middle East

    Greece Lends Patriot Missile System to Saudi Arabia

  • Europe

    ICC issued arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

  • Air Platform

    Russian Ka-52 Alligator gunship crashed during a combat sortie

  • Europe

    Turkey Hired A Law Firm To Lobby F-35 Programme

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    PT Pindad and Rheinmetall team up to develop advanced ammunition technologies.

  • Europe

    China delivers a batch of Desertcross 1000 all-terrain vehicles to Russia

  • Europe

    $10.3 billion worth of outdated tech, machinery and parts China supplied to Russia is certain proof that China is using the same outdated tech in its missiles, the Telegraph Reported.

  • Air Platform

    France, Egypt 30 Rafale jets deal came into effect on 15 November

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan’s $320 billion defense spending doesn’t address manpower shortage, Japan has the lowest population growth among OECD countries

  • Europe

    Germany delivers 20 more Marder infantry fighting vehicles

  • Ballistic Missile

    Russia strikes Ukraine with North Korean KN-23 ballistic missiles

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Shot Down Another Su-35 Fighter Jet In Kherson, 28th Su-35 Downed In Ukraine War

  • Americas

    President Biden Gave Permission To Strike Inside Russia

  • Air Platform

    Australia Received Two CH-47H Chinook Helicopters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Scrambles Fighter Jets After Myanmar Violated Its Airspace

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Ka-52 attack helicopter suffers from severe vibrations on tail rotors

  • Land Platform

    India’s defense ministry signs $2.8 billion deal for 464 T-90MS MBT

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean KN-23 failed in the Ukraine war, but that didn’t stop Kim Jong Un from having a photo opportunity with the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile

  • Europe

    Korean KAI Offers FA-50 as Slovakia’s L-39 Trainer Replacement

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. State Department Approves 180km range AIM-120C-8 AMRAAM For Germany Worth $2.9 Billion

  • Air Platform

    Armenian Su-30s turned out to be useless in the Karabakh conflict: Professor Boris Sokolov

  • Europe

    Explosion Rocked At Russian Military’s Airbase In Belarus

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Bans Arms Export To Myanmar Junta

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Beaver Kamikaze Drones Blitzed Russian Cities, Russia Declared State of Emergency

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    French To Seek Compensation From Australian For Cancelled Submarine Project

  • Middle East

    what are Iran’s ballistic, cruise missile and drones capabilities?

  • Americas

    South Korea offers comprehensive bid to win Canada’s patrol submarine project.

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS strikes destroyed five Russian MSTA-S howitzers in key counteroffensive

  • Anti-ship Missile

    China secretly supplied Iran with $5 billion worth of weapons, including CM-302 anti-ship missiles, which failed to hit the US Navy’s warships.

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