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  • [ April 3, 2026 ] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Fires U.S. Army Chief and Other Generals, Amid Iran War. Americas
  • [ April 3, 2026 ] U.S. air strike destroyed Iran’s anti-ship missile site housing CM-302 and YJ-21E after a YJ-21E missile launch malfunction was detected by a satellite.   Middle East
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East Asia and Pacific Region

China Formally Name QBZ191 Rifle As Type 20 Assault Rifle

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  • Ukraine expects Gripen and F-16 fighter jets from Sweden, Netherlands and Poland

    March 2, 2023 0
    A Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at Ramstein Air Base in late January 2023 ended inconclusively, with many countries stopping short of promising to deliver new tanks to Ukraine.  Breaking News: Sweden Considers Supplying Advanced [...]
  • Pakistan Navy Ditches Chinese Missiles For MILGEM Corvetter, Opt-in for Albatros NG

    July 19, 2021 0
    In 2018, Turkey announced a deal to supply four warships to Pakistan valued at around $1.5 billion. The contract was among the largest arms export deals signed by Turkey and involved the supply of a [...]
  • Turkish-made P235 MPA Joins Dynamic Manta NATO Drill

    March 10, 2020 0
    Turkey continues to use a domestically-built maritime patrol aircraft in missions from the Black Sea to the Aegean and from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Libyan coast.  The P235 was produced as a part of [...]
  • Azerbaijan destroyed Armenian Tor-M2KM surface-to-air missile systems

    November 10, 2020 0
    On November 9, at 15:50, the Tor-M2KM Surface-to-air missile (SAM), which was used against Azerbaijani aircraft and placed between the private houses by the Armenia in the Khojavend direction of the front was destroyed by [...]
  • Alsalam Aerospace Industries (AAI) Completed Conversion of F-15s Into F-15SA Standard

    April 6, 2021 0
    The F-15SA is a derivative of the two-seat F-15E Strike Eagle multi-role fighter, and is the most advanced variant of the Eagle in service. The aircraft is equipped with a Raytheon AN/APG-63(V)3 active electronically scanned [...]
  • Rostec hopes African countries will fund the Su-75 Checkmate

    October 19, 2021 0
    Russia plans to promote its brand new fighter jet, Su-75 Checkmate, for export by exhibiting it at defense events in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Kenya and Gambia, reported Russian Vedomosti newspaper. Russia copies a feature of [...]
Americas

Lockheed Martin launches Hellfire missile from 10-foot cargo container.

April 2, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin announced Tuesday that the U.S. defense giant successfully launched a Hellfire missile from its new Grizzly launcher — housed within a 10-foot cargo container. The Grizzly system incorporates design elements of Lockheed’s M299 […]

Europe

Spain signs Indra–Hanwha deal for K9-based self-propelled artillery systems.

March 27, 2026 0

Spain’s Indra Group and South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace on March 24 signed a binding agreement in Madrid to jointly develop new tracked self-propelled artillery systems for the Spanish Armed Forces, the companies said. The agreement […]

Americas

Aeon tests Zeus low-cost alternative to Javelin anti-tank missile.

March 26, 2026 0

Aeon conducted a test launch of its new Zeus shoulder-fired missile system at a ranch in East Texas, according to Rochefort Ventures CEO Kyle Bass, who announced the milestone on Friday. Bass wrote that the launch marked […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

March 24, 2026 0

North Korea confirmed that twelve KN-25 600mm multiple rocket launch systems were used during its latest military test drill. The exercise highlights Pyongyang’s continued efforts to expand long-range precision-strike capabilities within its rocket artillery forces. […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Cyber breach at China’s National Supercomputer Centre shows brainless Chinese engineer copying the physical appearance of the HIMARS rocket artillery.  

March 20, 2026 0

The National Supercomputer Centre in Tianjin appeared to have suffered a massive data leak of 10 Petabytes of internal data, including classified information. About two months ago, we saw a sales announcement on a dark […]

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 […]

  • Europe

    Russia’s helicopter shortages getting bad to worse each day, thanks to RBS-70 and ATACMS

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: The Ultimate Stealth Engineering

  • Air Platform

    Bayraktar Kizilelma UCAV Enters Serial Production

  • Middle East

    Saudi Arabia and Iraq Sign Security Pact to Enhance Security Cooperation

  • Air Platform

    Saudi Arabia Mulls Buying 54 French Rafale Fighter Jets, A Snub To Germany And The U.S.

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops destroyed a column of Russian T-90MS tanks

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo AW159 Wildcat helicopter conducts first successful firings of Thales ‘Martlet’ Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM)

  • Americas

    US Orders Modified Hero Loitering Munitions for Special Operation Forces

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Chief Amikam Norkin Expresses Hopes And Concerns On Regional Air Power

  • Europe

    Russia’s aerospace forces took control of Belarusian airspace after drone attacks on aircraft

  • Europe

    Corruption in Russian army: commander Colonel Alexander Denisov arrested for selling tank engines to Turkey

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan scrambles F-16 to intercept Chinese KQ-200 MPA

  • Europe

    In a rare admission, Russia confirms that its military is losing a minimum of 250 soldiers per day

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Norway scraps Leopard 2 acquisition to focus on air defense system

  • Air Platform

    Philippines Plans to Buy KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jets.

  • Europe

    Fincantieri Started Working On Next-generation Offshore Patrol Boats For Italian Navy

  • Americas

    Kongsberg demonstrates counter-drone capabilities on amphibious combat vehicle

  • C4iSR

    CAPTAS 4 Sonar Suite

  • Air Platform

    UAE seeks permission from France to transfer 30 Mirage 2000 jets to Morocco

  • Europe

    U.S. will withheld F-16 sale until Turkey approves NATO bid for Sweden and Finland  

  • Europe

    Norway purchases British-made Type 26 frigates to patrol the North Atlantic ocean.

  • Air Platform

    Boeing has offered to produce the Ghost Bat drone in Poland as part of its 32 F-15EX sales pitch.

  • Air Platform

    Royal Air Force To Acquire 40 Eurofighter ECRS Mk2 Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    China Copies Another Feature Of F-22, This Time 2D TVC

  • Europe

    Poland makes progress on future air defense system under ‘Mała NAREW’ program

  • Air Platform

    RCAF’s Future Fighter Capability Project (FFCP) Is On Track To Select Either Gripen, Super Hornet Or F-35

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Asalsan Awarded $616 Million Contract to Produce Turkish Steel Dome

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Kamikaze Drones Destroyed Russia’s S-400 Missile Defense System in Crimea and Belgorod.

  • Americas

    Australia’s PMB Defence To Supply Batteries For Canadian Submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Donates Second Guardian Class OPV To Papua New Guinea

  • Air Platform

    French Government To Spend $2.3 Billion To Develop F4 Standard For Rafale Aircraft

  • Africa

    Kenya received Israeli SPYDER anti-air missile system.

  • Air Platform

    France accused China of spreading propaganda to damage the reputation of the Rafale fighter jet

  • Europe

    Ukraine started manufacturing NATO-standard Bohdana self-propelled howitzers

  • Air Platform

    US Army to induct UH-72B Lakota Helicopters

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine shot down Russian Ka-52 helicopter using Swedish-made RBS-70 MANPAD

  • Europe

    Hyundai Rotem favored to land $9 billion K2 tank deal with Poland

  • Europe

    Italian Aircraft Carrier Cleared By Joint Program Office To Operate F-35B

  • Air Platform

    Su-57 may not be built with quality workmanship, says Vietnam’s MoD

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia Sending Prison Inmates To Fight Ukraine, In Return Of Freedom

  • Europe

    Cars registered in Russia could no longer enter the European Union, says EU commission

  • Europe

    Ukrainian Soldiers blow up and destroy Russian artillery system

  • Air Platform

    Shenyang FC-31/J-31: A Copycat F-35 Through Cyber Espionage

  • Africa

    Algeria acquired Norinco SR-5 MLRS

  • Air Platform

    South Korea and UAE signed agreement to co-develop KF-21 Boramae fighter jets

  • Ballistic Missile

    Pakistan Navy’s Zulfiqar-class frigate Test Fires Locally Produced Anti-ship Ballistic Missile.

  • Europe

    Denmark Purchases 44 CV90 MKIIIC Infantry Fighting Vehicles.

  • Europe

    Giant Fireball Erupted On Russian Military’s HQ After Ukrainian Beaver Drones Struck In Rostov-on-Don And Moscow

  • Defense Industry

    Poland Became The Largest HIMARS Operator In Europe, Placing $10 Billion Order

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