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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

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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 […]

  • Turkiye to develop naval variant KAAN fighter jet for MUGEM aircraft carrier.

    August 22, 2025 0
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  • Australia signed landmark treaty with the UK for nuclear-powered attack submarines

    July 29, 2025 0
    The governments of Australia and the United Kingdom signed the landmark Geelong Treaty, a 50-year defense cooperation agreement that anchors the construction, operation, and long-term sustainment of the next-generation SSN-AUKUS class of nuclear-powered attack submarines. [...]
  • U.S. Air Force Wants One Company To Build Sixth-Gen NGAD Fighter Jets

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  • South Korean Navy Commissions Final Daegu-class FFX Batch II Frigate

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  • China copies US Navy’s E-2 Hawkeye AEW&C

    September 3, 2020 0
    China’s latest carrier aircraft may not be a fighter, but it will be the most important plane in the fleet. The new XAC KJ-600 airborne early warning and control aircraft, which flew for this first time this [...]
  • In-depth Look At Istanbul-class Frigates (TCG Istanbul)

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Australia started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles for HIMARS.

March 17, 2026 0

Australia has started manufacturing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) missiles at Port Wakefield in South Australia, with the first batch expected by mid-March 2026. The move strengthens Australia’s sovereign strike capability and supply chain […]

Americas

Lockheed Martin PrSM Missile Achieves Maritime Strike Capability.

March 15, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin has completed the first flight test of the Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) Increment 2, marking a significant step forward in the U.S. Army’s long-range fires modernization program. The test demonstrated the missile’s new […]

Europe

Germany plans to buy up to 500 KNDS MARS 3 rocket launchers.

March 12, 2026 0

Germany’s Bundeswehr intends to submit a budget request in the second half of 2026 to conclude a framework contract with KNDS for the procurement of up to 500 MARS 3, also known as EuroPuls, multiple […]

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 […]

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    India buys Belarus-made Berkut-BM attack drones.

  • Europe

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  • South Asia

    India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan confirmed India lost nine fighter jets due to tactical mistakes

  • Defense Industry

    Turkey, Pakistan to enhance military cooperation

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China brings in more soldiers, heavy construction equipment to Galwan Valley

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    U.S. Secretly Sent Marine Raider to Train Taiwanese Special Forces

  • Europe

    Serbia Unveils 300km Range Sumadija Rocket Artillery.

  • C4iSR

    France Purchases Two Saab GlobalEye Early Warning and Control Aircraft

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    Indian Navy Test Fires Brahmos Missile

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Spain cleared to buy three batteries of Patriot missile defense system after it donates Patriot missile to Ukraine

  • Europe

    The Royal Air Force receives second P-8 Poseidon MPA

  • Naval Weapons

    Which cruise missiles have precision strike capability, Tomahawk or Kalibr?

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    Eurotorp MU 90 Impact Torpedo

  • Europe

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  • Europe

    British Challenger Tanks Fighting Russian Troops in Ukraine

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    Three Russian-made Mi-35 shot down in Syria using Stinger MANPAD

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    China Militarizing Ports Around Australia, Defense Minister Peter Dutton

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    Should the Royal Australian Navy induct Lockheed Martin F-35B to counter PLA Navy?

  • Europe

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  • C4iSR

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  • Air Platform

    A Russian Su-34 fighter jet crashed in the Belgorod region

  • Uncategorized

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  • Air Platform

    Boeing Delivers MH-47G Block II Chinook Helicopters to US Special Forces

  • Americas

    US Army Seeks Potential Manufacturer of Next-Gen Abrams M1E3 Tank.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Formally Requests Swedish Government To Provide Ukraine With Gripen C/D Jets

  • Europe

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    Iran abandons Houthis under relentless US bombardment

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    South Korean KF-21 Fighter Jet Could Become Export Success For Its Defense Industries

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