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MBDA Awarded Contract To Produce Aster 30 Missiles For Royal Navy

March 19, 2023 GDC 0

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UK allocates $6 billion to replenish weapons delivered to Ukraine

March 16, 2023 GDC 0

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will spend an extra 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) to replenish ammunition stocks and fund the next phase of a submarine pact with the United States and Australia in an update […]

UK Considers Sending AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters To Ukraine

March 5, 2023 GDC 0

The devastating attack on an apartment building in Dnipro, leaving 35 people dead, marks yet another set of brutal civilian casualties in Ukraine as Russia continues its campaign of airstrikes. Vladimir Putin’s forces are said […]

U.S. State Department Approves Javelin ATGM For British Army

March 4, 2023 GDC 0

The US State Department has approved a Javelin missile sale to the UK worth an estimated $125 million. London requested up to 600 Javelin FGM-148F missiles, including 12 fly-to-buy missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency revealed. […]

Japan to jointly develop sixth generation fighter with the UK

February 19, 2023 GDC 0

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UK arms could be made in Ukraine under license, Telegraph says

February 17, 2023 GDC 0

British arms and military vehicles could be manufactured in Ukraine under licence, easing the country’s dependence on supplies of arms from Western allies, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday. The Telegraph said British defence industry […]

Putin Claimed He Could Strike UK With A Missile To Kill Boris Johnson

January 30, 2023 GDC 0

Vladimir Putin threatened to kill Boris Johnson in a missile strike, warning him “it would only take a minute”, the former UK prime minister has revealed. Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been made […]

UK delivers 30 AS90 Braveheart 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine

January 16, 2023 GDC 0

According to a statement published by the British Government on January 14, 2023, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that the United Kingdom will send 30 AS90 Braveheart 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to aid the Ukrainian […]

Sweden, Germany and UK jointly acquire 436 BAE Systems BvS10 all-terrain vehicles for artic operations

December 22, 2022 GDC 0

Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement with BAE Systems to purchase 436 BvS10 all-terrain vehicles. The joint procurement, worth $760 million, is in support of Arctic operations for the Collaborative AllTerrain Vehicle (CATV) […]

Royal Navy To Replace Harpoon Anti-ship Missile With Kongsberg NSM Stealth Missile

December 21, 2022 GDC 0

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Iran Imported Components From America, Japan And Canada To Manufacture Shahed-136 Drones

December 17, 2022 0

In recent weeks, Iranian drones have allegedly been used by Russia to target critical energy infrastructure in Ukraine. In October, the WSJ cited a report documenting how Iran could supply drones to its Houthi allies in [...]
Ukrainian forces advanced near Bakhmut and Zaporizhzhia Oblast

July 31, 2023 0

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has reported that Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations in at least three contact line areas on 28 July and advanced near the city of Bakhmut. Ukraine retakes [...]
The Philippines to acquire eight Shaldag fast patrol boats from Israel

July 14, 2020 0

Designed to offer high-speed interception along coastlines, the boats have been deployed by coast guards across the world. The Philippine Navy is pushing ahead to acquire eight Shaldag-class patrol boats to replace its medium-sized patrol [...]
Cold war between Putin and his criminal buddy Prigozhin continues to divide Kremlin

July 11, 2023 0

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his criminal sidekick Yevgeny Prigozhin were bosom buddies for more than twenty years. They pillaged the Kremlin treasury, looted corporate bank accounts across Russia’s eleven time zones, and used the [...]
High In Spirit And Morale: Ukrainian Pilot Dressed As Santa Fires HARM Anti-radiation Missiles Destroying Russian SAM

January 2, 2023 0

The video shows a fighter pilot dressed as Santa making a strike with a pair of US-integrated AGM-88 HARM air-to-surface anti-radiation missiles. Ukrainian Pilots Record Spectacular Videos Of Polish-supplied MiG-29 Firing AGM-88 HARM MissilesDateAugust 31, [...]
Royal Navy Tracks Russian Warships Pass Through Dover Strait

April 23, 2021 0

The British patrol ships HMS Tyne and Mersey have recently been called upon to monitor the presence of seven Russian Federation Navy vessels as they sailed through the Channel. 15 Tugboats: What Russia Didn’t Tell The World About HMS Defender [...]

Ukraine receives additional 18 Archer 155mm Howitzers from Sweden.

September 15, 2025 0

Sweden announced on September 11, 2025, its 20th support package to Ukraine, valued at approximately SEK 9.2 billion ($836 million). This package was presented by Defence Minister Pål Jonson and is structured to respond to […]

Ukraine develops new Bohdana 155mm howitzer variants

September 10, 2025 0

Ukrainian defense industry plans to expand its artillery production with new variants of the Bohdana howitzer, one of the country’s most widely produced systems since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. According to journalist Mariusz […]

Vietnam Purchases 20 K9 self-propelled Howitzers.

August 25, 2025 0

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has signed an export agreement with Vietnam for its K9 self-propelled howitzers. It marks South Korea’s first arms export to Vietnam, following earlier donations of decommissioned patrol ships. Under the $250-million […]