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East Asia and Pacific Region

CNS Kaifeng Enters Service With PLA Navy

August 9, 2021 GDC 0

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy has commissioned the fourth new Type 052D destroyer this year, the Kaifeng, it was revealed for the first time last month in an official statement introducing a recent drill […]

Naval Platforms

The PLAN Type 052D Guided Missile Destroyer

April 14, 2020 GDC 0

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Naval Platforms

Type 054A Multi-mission Frigate

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East Asia and Pacific Region

The PLAN Declares Type 052D Destroyer and Type 054A Frigate Operational

March 20, 2020 GDC 0

The Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) has declared that the Type 052D Luyang III-class destroyer Guiyang (pennant number 119) and the Type 054A Jiangkai II-class frigate Zaozhuang (pennant number 542) were officially declared ready for combat earlier this year by […]

  • Russia’s $300 billion frozen assets in the West must be used to rearm and rebuild Ukraine

    December 29, 2023 0
    After President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine in 2022, the United States and its allies prohibited transactions with Russia’s central bank and finance ministry, blocking around $300 billion of sovereign Russian assets in the [...]
  • Amid coronavirus insecurity, China opens territorial tensions with Southeast Asian neighbors

    June 9, 2020 0
    Chinese and Malaysian vessels were locked in a high-stakes standoff for more than one month earlier this year, near the island of Borneo in the South China Sea. The Malaysian-authorized drill ship, the West Capella, [...]
  • Russia deploys latest S-500 air defense systems to Crimea, Ukraine’s HUR says

    June 13, 2024 0
    On June 12, 2024, Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, reported that Russia had deployed its advanced S-500 air defense systems in occupied Crimea. This move comes amid ongoing military actions, with Ukrainian forces targeting [...]
  • SNT Heavy Industries To Provide Transmission For Turkish Altay Main Battle Tank

    March 23, 2023 0
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  • PAC-CAC JF-17 Thunder Multi-role Combat Aircraft

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  • Germany Unveils New Leopard 2A8 Advanced Battle Tank.

    January 5, 2026 0
    Germany has completed the first newly built Leopard 2A8 main battle tank at the KNDS plant in Munich, the country’s first full-production tank for its own forces since 1992. The move strengthens NATO’s eastern flank [...]
Europe

Ukraine develops new Zetros-based 155mm howitzer called Marta.

June 22, 2026 0

Germany and Ukraine signed agreements that include €750 million ($870 million) for 200 Bohdana self-propelled artillery systems on Zetros chassis, and those systems now have a confirmed name and barrel specification: defense analyst Jeff, reporting […]

Europe

MBDA unveils deep-strike, air defence, and smart mass-weapons portfolio.

June 21, 2026 0

MBDA will present a broad portfolio of sovereign defence solutions at Eurosatory 2026 as Europe and its allies accelerate rearmament. The company said the portfolio is intended to address armed forces’ needs in an increasingly […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin Unveils HIMARS FLEX with 12 Launch Canisters Capable of Firing Extended Range GMLRS, PrSM, and ATACMS.

June 20, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced the HIMARS FLEX on June 16, a modular evolution of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System that introduces a dual-pod launcher configuration capable of carrying double the munitions of the standard […]

Infantry Weapons

Indian Army selects Meprolight MEPRO X6 as new daytime optic for Negev light machine guns.

June 18, 2026 0

The Indian Army has selected Meprolight’s MEPRO X6 telescopic sight as the dedicated daytime optic for its Negev light machine guns (LMG), concluding a multi‑year evaluation process aimed at boosting long‑range engagement capability across frontline […]

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 […]

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russian-made MiG-29K crashed in India due to engine fires

  • Air Platform

    Super Hornet Block II can carry Stormbreaker glide bomb

  • HMAS Toowoomba
    East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s warship HMAS Toowoomba heads to strait of hormuz as part of Operation Manitou

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thai Army’s T-84 Oplot Main Battle Tanks Fire at Cambodian Positions

  • Europe

    Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherlands transfer M113 armored vehicles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin believed the Ukraine invasion would be three days of a cakewalk, but it is a minefield

  • Air Platform

    The Hongdu L-15 Falcon Light Combat Aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Shared Knowledge and Weaknesses of Su-30MKI To Japan’s Self Defense Forces

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Myanmar Army Unleashes Hell On Ordinary People And The World Is Silent

  • Europe

    Sweden Deploys HIMARS and Troops on Gotland Island Amid Russia Tensions

  • Defense Industry

    Why do Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate and Su-57 have visible screws and rivets?

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan purchased 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks

  • Europe

    Disinformation war: Russia spent $1.9 billion in Poland to shake the confidence and unity of Ukraine’s partners, according to a report.

  • Europe

    Russian saboteurs destroyed two An-148 aircraft and one Mi-28 helicopter near Moscow

  • Air Platform

    RAF Typhoon will get new advanced ECRS MK2 AESA radar

  • Europe

    ICC issued arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin

  • South Asia

    United Nations To Evict Bangladesh Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) From Peacekeeping Mission For Human Rights Violation

  • Europe

    The israeli-made kamikaze drone of Azerbaijani military destroyed Armenian Iskander missile launcher

  • South Asia

    Pakistan Air Force conducted drills using JF-17 fighters near Ladakh

  • Naval Weapons

    India Procured air-launched Harpoon for P-8I Poseidon

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    South Korea launches Miguel Malvar-class guided missile frigate for Philippine Navy

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Papua New Guinea receives third Guardian-class patrol boats from Australia

  • Central Asia

    Turkish TB2 Drones Are Conquering Central Asia

  • Air Platform

    Rheinmetall, Thales Awarded Contract to Support Tiger Helicopter Simulators in France and Germany

  • Cruise Missiles

    Saab Awarded Contract To Upgrade Taurus KEPD Long-range Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    BAE Systems Negotiating With Taiwan To Sale M109A7 Paladin Howitzer

  • Air Platform

    Netherlands Cancelled Sale Of 28 F-16 Fighting Falcon To Draken International In Favor Of Ukraine

  • Americas

    Lockheed Martin Successfully Tests Precision Strike Missile

  • Europe

    Putin’s war in Ukraine spiraled cost as the defense budget jumped to 282% in January 2023

  • Europe

    BAE Systems awarded the contract to produce new CV90 combat vehicles

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deploys fifty thousand troops near Indian border

  • Air Platform

    Ukrainian NASAMS Shot Down Russia’s Over-hyped Su-35 Fighter Jet In Bakhmut

  • Air Platform

    President Trump Touts ‘F-55’ Fighter: A Twin-Engined F-35 for the Air Force

  • Anti-air Missiles

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

  • Europe

    Ukraine War: Russian Economy Shrinks By 4% In A Single Quarter

  • Americas

    President Biden Commissions Virginia-class Nuclear Submarine, USS Delaware

  • Air Platform

    Embraer begins building KC-390 Millennium airlifter for Hungary

  • Europe

    Ukraine captured trenches and dead bodies abandoned in Bakhmut by Russians

  • Air Platform

    Russian Defense Industries Can’t Manufacture Drones, Russia Buys Drones From Belarus and Iran

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar junta detained six high-ranking army officers after surrendering towns to rebels

  • Air Platform

    Saab Started Delivering Gripen E to Sweden and Brazil

  • Middle East

    Israel slaughtered Russian chicken SAM, destroyed the 51st Syrian air defense regiment in Syria

  • C4iSR

    Su-35’s Irbis-E FCR: A Glorified Soviet-era Phased Array Radar

  • Middle East

    Fincantieri Lays Keel of Qatar’s Air Defense LPD

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAN, JMSDF, Royal Navy and US Navy Could Soon Face Chinese Type 055 Destroyer

  • Americas

    US Army test fires mid-range Typhon weapon system

  • Europe

    Ukraine Receives PT-91 Twardy Tanks From Poland

  • Defense Industry

    Australia Orders K-9 Howitzers, K-10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicles Worth $720 Million

  • Infantry Weapons

    Aster Air Defense Missile System

  • Air Platform

    Taiwan inducts most advanced F-16V fighter jets at a ceremony

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