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  • [ June 10, 2026 ] Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills. East Asia and Pacific Region
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Air Platform

A Russian pilot tried to defect to Italy with his Tu-22M3 strategic bomber like the MiG-25 Foxbat defected to Japan

July 10, 2024 GDC 0

Russia on Monday said it had foiled an attempt by Kyiv to get a Russian military pilot to defect with his strategic bomber to Ukrainian-held territory. An unknown group of personnel offered the pilot and […]

  • Malaysian Ex-military intel chief, 2 senior army officers charged with corruption

    April 13, 2021 0
    KUALA LUMPUR (GDC) — Former director-general of the Defense Intelligence Division at the defence ministry, Lieutenant-General (Rtd) Sheikh Moksin Hassan, and two senior officers of the Malaysian Armed Forces were charged in the Sessions Court [...]
  • Ukraine is winning energy war against Russia by hitting Russian oil depots

    August 29, 2024 0
    Ukrainian drones have set oil tanks on fire at an depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region, Russian Telegram channels reported on Wednesday. Ukraine’s kamikaze drones set the largest fire at Russian oil depot since the [...]
  • Northrop Grumman demonstrates flying data center, processing real-time intelligence from satellites and drones to aid military operations

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  • Poorly Maintained Su-34 Bomber Crashed Into Apartment Building, 14 Dead

    October 19, 2022 0
    A Russian warplane crashed Monday into a residential area in a Russian city on the Sea of Azov after suffering engine failure, leaving at least 13 people dead, three of whom died when they jumped [...]
  • Elettronica to provide next-gen Naval RECM system to Indonesia

    January 18, 2023 0
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  • European Union To Sanction Iran As It Kills 160 Student Protesters

    November 1, 2022 0
    Iran’s Foreign Ministry says statements from German officials about imposing potential sanctions against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps are irresponsible and not constructive. Heightened risk to the West is that radical IRGC General Ahmad Vahidi is [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Taiwan’s Army Fires HIMARS Rocket Artillery in an Anti-invasion Drills.

June 10, 2026 0

Taiwan’s military on Wednesday fired its new mobile HIMARS rocket system, which is widely used by Ukraine, simulating an attack ​on an invading Chinese force and demonstrating its ability to “shoot-and-scoot” by avoiding ‌counter strikes. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia fires its first homegrown AS9 Huntsman self-propelled howitzer.

June 8, 2026 0

Australia fired its first domestically built self-propelled howitzers during live-fire training last week, completing the journey from a production line in Geelong to live rounds downrange in a matter of months — a timeline that […]

Americas

Canada Purchases 26 HIMARS Rocket Artillery.

June 5, 2026 0

The Government of Canada said it has finalised a government-to-government agreement with the United States for the acquisition of long-range missile capability for the Canadian Armed Forces. The Government of Canada said it has finalised […]

Americas

U.S. Navy purchases Israeli soldier-portable SMASH 2000LE fire control systems.

June 4, 2026 0

An Israeli fire control technology company has now secured contracts with all four major branches of the U.S. military, completing a sweep across the American armed forces that took less than a year. Smart Shooter […]

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.

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  • Europe

    Demoralized Russian Troops Ran Over Colonel Yuri Medvedev Using A Tank

  • Americas

    The RSAF Trainee Pilots Are Cleared To Train at the US Naval Bases

  • Middle East

    President El-Sisi Of Egypt Secretly Ordered 40,000 Rockets For Russian Army

  • Air Platform

    Pentagon Officials Confirmed That U.S. Sending F-16 Fighter Jets To Crash Putin In Ukraine

  • Europe

    Until Ireland Invest in Irish Air Corps, Russia will continue to violate its sovereignty

  • Europe

    Finland Considers Decoupling Its NATO Application From Sweden As Turkey Objects Sweden’s NATO Bid

  • Europe

    Slovakia And Finland To Jointly Develop Armored Combat Vehicle

  • Air Platform

    France Deploys Rafale Fighter Jets in UAE to Protect Its Airspace.

  • Air Platform

    Turkish Bayraktar TB Used Aselsan Electro Optical Pod For The First Time

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Modified Neptune Cruise Missiles Can Hit Target At 400km Range

  • Europe

    Russia shot down its own S-70 Okhotnik heavy combat drone

  • Air Platform

    B-21 Raider Stealth Bombers Locked And Loaded At China

  • Europe

    Two Russian drunk pilots were killed after the Su-34 bomber’s ejection seats went off inside the hangar, sending them hurtling into the concrete roof.

  • Infantry Weapons

    Raytheon wins $314 million contract to enhance Patriot Missile Defense System

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Coup Or No Coup, Myanmar Will Never Be An Ally Of The West

  • Europe

    Polish military fields new version of Rosomak armored combat vehicle

  • Air Platform

    Hungary Received JAS Gripen C Fighter Jets from Saab.

  • Americas

    Raytheon Awarded $867 Million Contract For SM-3 Block IIA Missiles

  • Infantry Weapons

    Qatar Becomes the First Export Customer of HISAR SAM

  • C4iSR

    Microsoft Supplied HoloLens To Russia’s Su-57 Production Line

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Started Negotiating with Korea Aerospace Industries for the KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet.

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s Su-57 fighter jet downed its own S-70 heavy armed drone in a collateral incident.

  • Europe

    Russia’s attempts to occupy Donbas has failed by Ukrainian resistance

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS destroys Russian Pantsir air defense system

  • Air Platform

    Lithuanians Crowd-fund $5.4 Million To Buy Turkish Bayraktar TB2 For Ukraine

  • Europe

    KGB Putin ordered FSB to mass report against Twitter accounts and Youtube channels posting the true story of the Ukraine invasion

  • Anti-air Missiles

    GDELS-Steyr to unveil new short-range air defense system

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Procure Patriot Flight Test Support from Lockheed

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Norway Ordered Australian Sensors For JSM

  • Air Platform

    Belgium Request To Join Franco-German FCAS Sixth-Gen Fighter Jets Project

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Korean New Infantry Fighting Vehicle (K-NIFV) as K21 Successor

  • Europe

    EU sanctions on Russia make Italian-Russian Military Joint Venture Unsustainable

  • Europe

    Slovakia Considers Selling Zuzana Self-propelled Howitzers to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Ukrainian $10,000 drone set off fire at Russia’s $30 million ammunition depot

  • South Asia

    How Indian and Pakistan’s air force compared to each other?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japanese Maritime Self Defense Forces Purchase Tomahawk Cruise Missiles

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Why Do F-22 Raptor and F-35 Illuminate Targets Without Adversary Seeing the Source of Illumination?

  • South Asia

    American Lockheed Martin Submit Proposal to Build F-21 Under “Make In India” Initiatives

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy Joins Indonesian Submarine Rescue Operations

  • Air Platform

    Poland Signs Mega Arms With South Korea Worth $14.5 Billion

  • Americas

    Brazilian Army purchased Czech Zuzana 2 155mm howitzer, ditching Chinese SH-15 howitzer

  • Europe

    Ex-Russian Commander Igor Girkin Admits Ukraine Successfully Repelling Putin’s Troops

  • Europe

    Germany delivers 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Researchers Find Chinese Submariners Are Suffering From Mental Health Problems

  • Loitering Munitions

    Elbit Systems Unveils Lanius Micro-suicide Drones

  • Middle East

    Iran’s President Pezeshkian Seeks Resignation Amid Leadership Crisis.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea Launches 2021–35 Defense Technology Plan

  • Air Platform

    Why India Pays Premium For Su-30MKI “Dud”?

  • Air Platform

    Gripen E/F To Be A Smart Phone Like Fighters With Regular Software Upgrades: Saab

  • Americas

    US slaps restrictions on dual-purpose technology exports to China amid concerns over military use

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