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US Air Force’s F-35A Drops B61-12 Nuclear Bomb

November 28, 2020 GDC 0

Two major US defense initiatives recently came together as a US Air Force F-35A Lightning II dropped a mock refurbished B61-12 nuclear bomb for the first time. The test, which took place over Sandia National Laboratories’ Tonopah […]

  • British Eurofighter Typhoon Joins Air Combat Exercises With Swedish Gripen And Finish F/A-18 Hornet

    July 13, 2022 0
    The exercises come just weeks after Finland and Sweden applied to join military alliance NATO, in the face of an increasing threat from Russia. Finland Receives Multi-vendors Bids For $12 Billion HX CompetitionDateMay 15, 2021Finland’s [...]
  • Exposed! Russia’s Kinzhal Hypersonic Missile Lacks Advanced Targeting System As It Hits Russian Town

    September 19, 2022 0
    Social media users have speculated that an object that crashed in a Russian city around 220 miles from the Ukrainian border may have been a stray Russian hypersonic missile. The Kinzhal Hypersonic Air-launched Missile Operational [...]
  • US Air Force Tests SEAD Missions Using F-35

    August 19, 2020 0
    WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force has concluded a two-day, $1.4 million exercise that evaluated the F-35 fighter jet’s ability to provide its electronic warfare capabilities to other stealthy reconnaissance and bombing platforms. The event, which took [...]
  • SM-2 standard missile Block IIIA & IIIB

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  • US Military Successfully Deploys Counter-UAS High Energy Laser Weapon System

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  • Irish Navy unveils $2 billion defense modernization plan.

    December 16, 2025 0
    Ireland has launched a new Defence Sectoral National Development Plan (NDP), which sets out the government’s record $2 billion capital investment in defense over the next five years. Ireland considering procurement of fighter jetsDateJune 29, [...]
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 […]

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, […]

  • Americas

    RCN Selected Sea Ceptor Missiles For Multi-mission Frigates

  • Americas

    Why Lockheed Martin Selected Raytheon to Build Distributed Aperture Systems

  • Europe

    Putin calls the terrorist group Taliban an ally of Russia

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Italian Army has received its first new-generation SAMP/T NG and GRIFO air defense systems.

  • Air Platform

    Philippine Air Force Will Deploy FA-50 Fighter Jets In Australia For The First Time

  • Americas

    U.S. Navy Unveils Plans for the DDG(X) Next-Gen Destroyer

  • Defense Industry

    Enhancing Turkey, Ukraine defense co-operation irks Russia

  • Defense Industry

    France Replaces China As The Third Largest Arms Exporter

  • Europe

    British Challenger Tanks Fighting Russian Troops in Ukraine

  • Europe

    France And Italy Order More ASTER 30 Missiles Amid Ukraine War

  • Direct-energy Weapons

    German Navy Trials New Directed-energy Weapon System Developed By MBDA

  • C4iSR

    The Seaspray 5000E AESA Radar

  • Americas

    US Coast Guard Commissions 44th Sentinel-Class Fast Response Cutter

  • Europe

    Putin purged dozens of high-ranking military officers as officials stole millions of dollars from the Ministry of Defense

  • Middle East

    Israel Confirms That Slain Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah’s Successor Hashem Safieddine And Other Top Leaders Dead In Air Strikes

  • Americas

    Top 40 Global Defense Spenders

  • Infantry Weapons

    SY-400/DF-12A/BP12A Short-range Ballistic Missile

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan aimed its defence spending to counter a ‘total blockade’ by China

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia prepares for space race with a hybrid rocket for low-Earth orbit flight

  • Europe

    Tourists Flee From Greek Islands After Turkish F-16 Creates Sonic Booms

  • C4iSR

    Japan unveils NEC LR 02T long-range air defense radar in the Middle East.

  • Europe

    Russian State TV Sounds Alarm Bell Over Ukraine’s New Storm Shadow Cruise Missiles

  • Europe

    Western Analyst Worried China Learned Containerized Drone Swarms Against Taiwanese Military Bases

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukraine destroyed Russia’s S-300 surface-to-air missile in Novoshakhtinsk

  • C4iSR

    Russian forces switching on and off TOR missile to minimize radar heat issues provide window of opportunity to destroy the missile system

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Rocketsan test fires SIPER-1D long-range surface-to-air missile

  • Europe

    More than 500 North Korean Troops Killed In Storm Shadow Missile Strikes In Kursk Region

  • Loitering Munitions

    Iran unveils new long-range Shahed-136B kamikaze drone

  • Europe

    Crimea blasts degraded Russia’s Black Sea aviation fleet

  • Americas

    Saab Wants Shot at U.S. Air Force’s AWACS Replacement Competition

  • Ballistic Missile

    North Korean KN-23 failed in the Ukraine war, but that didn’t stop Kim Jong Un from having a photo opportunity with the Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Israeli Arrow-3 Becomes Top Tier High-altitude Anti-ballistic Missile System.

  • South Asia

    Russian Missiles Don’t Work, Says Indian Air Force

  • Air Platform

    Tejas MK1A or MK2: Is it Really Worth $77 Million?

  • Europe

    Turkey Actively Studying S-400 Air Defense System to Reverse Engineer and Make T-400 SAM

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Blow Up Turret Of Their Own Howitzers

  • Uncategorized

    Putin’s troops are shelling each other as Chinese-made walkies-talkies can’t communicate long-distances

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s Chief of Navy says Chinese military vessels are regularly shadowing Australian warships

  • Air Platform

    Hindustan Aeronautics flew first combat ready Tejas LCA

  • Americas

    Australia’s PMB Defence To Supply Batteries For Canadian Submarines

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Thailand Scrambles Fighter Jets After Myanmar Violated Its Airspace

  • C4iSR

    Sweden purchases the Thales GM200 multi-mission compact radar

  • Air Platform

    Gripen has the best multi-domain warfare capability, says Hungarian pilots

  • Europe

    North Korea Delivers 1973’s Type 73 Machine Guns To Russian Army

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Royal Navy Begin Upgrading Type 23 Frigate With NSM Missiles

  • Air Platform

    German Eurofighter Typhoon Is Coming To Australia For Exercises ‘Pitch Black’

  • Naval Platforms

    India’s Russian-made MiG-29K Fighter Jets Are Inoperable: CAG Report

  • C4iSR

    IAI Unveils New Scorpius Electronic Warfare Suite For Warships and Ground Troops

  • Infantry Weapons

    Chinese Navy’s YJ-12A/B Anti-surface Warfare Capabilities

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Raytheon to deliver new Patriot missile defense systems to Romania

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