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Air-Launched Weapons

AIM-174B ‘Gunslinger’ Nickname Hinted at by Commander, Naval Air Forces and U.S. Pacific Fleet

May 16, 2025 GDC 0

The AIM-174B ‘SM-6 ALC’ has been given a first official nickname by Commander, Naval Air Forces, marking the first time the missile has been acknowledged with a name since Naval News originally broke the news […]

Air Platform

Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor: The Ultimate Stealth Engineering

January 4, 2022 GDC 0

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Americas

Watch F-35 takes off without afterburner

September 19, 2020 GDC 0

Syracuse (GDC) — It’s not every day you see a plane zoom straight up seconds after taking off from Syracuse Hancock International Airport. So when it happens, it’s pretty cool. An F-35 Lightning II, the […]

Americas

Secretary Esper Unveils new military symbols banning confederate flags

July 22, 2020 GDC 0

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper issued a new Defense Department policy last Friday that will act as a de facto ban on the display of the Confederate flag. The new guidance governs the display and depiction of […]

Americas

Elbit Systems won US Air Force contract worth up to $476 million

March 13, 2020 GDC 0

Israeli defense firm Elbit said that its US subsidiary, Elbit America, had won a US Air Force contract worth up to $471 million. The company will supply a missile warning system to F-16 fighter jets […]

  • China’s Erratic Behavior And Land Grabbing In Southeast Asia Could Cost Its Economy

    August 11, 2020 0
    CHINA’S increasingly belligerent behaviour on the world stage poses a major challenge for NATO, with Taiwan a looming flashpoint, a new report has warned. Tom Tugendhat urges UK to form alliances to ‘stand up to [...]
  • Ukraine’s kamikaze drone struck Russia’s Iskander ballistic missile manufacturing factory.

    February 22, 2026 0
    Ukraine carried out a long-range strike overnight on February 21 targeting Russia’s Votkinsk Machine Building Plant in Udmurtia, a key facility tied to Moscow’s Iskander ballistic missile production program. Satellite imagery confirms significant damage at [...]
  • Myanmar Ethnic Armies ‘Three Brotherhood’ Seized Control of Shan State Bordering with China

    November 7, 2023 0
    Myanmar ethnic armed groups seized numerous outposts on Saturday as they pressed their offensive against the junta in the north of the country, local media reports said. Myanmar’s ‘Three Brorherhood’ Rebels Seized The Largest Weapons [...]
  • Royal Navy becomes paper navy, and British PM Starmer is begging President Macron to have the French Navy patrol British waters.

    April 12, 2026 0
    The Royal Navy is forced to ask the French Navy for help in intercepting Russian vessels in British waters because the Royal Navy’s warships are struggling with operational readiness, according to the Daily Mail. Dutch Navy Escorted Russian Navy’s Damaged Submarine Novorossiysk in North Sea.DateOctober [...]
  • BAE Systems Advanced precision kill weapon system (APKWS)

    November 7, 2019 0
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  • Ukraine’s MiG-29 drops American-made GBU-62 on major Russian bridge, cutting off major supply lines.

    November 17, 2025 0
    A Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 dropped two US-supplied GBU-62 guided bombs with JDAM-ER kits on a Russian road bridge near Kamianske in occupied Zaporizhzhia, collapsing a key logistics crossing. The strike, documented by the Soniashnyk [...]
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 […]

  • Air Platform

    Norway To Purchase Leopard and K2 Tanks Worth $1.8 Billion

  • Uncategorized

    Australia Buys 1 EA-18 Growler to Replace damaged Growler

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    More Aggression: China Hikes Defense Budget To 6.8% Of GDP

  • Europe

    Poland Signs Agreement With South Korea to Produce K2 Tank Domestically.

  • Europe

    Corrupt British MP Tulip Siddiq will be extradited to Bangladesh to serve prison sentences, Tarique Rahman said.

  • Middle East

    Royal Navy Conducts Joint Exercises With Egyptian Rafale Fighters

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Chinese scholar says Russia’s defeat in Ukraine is inevitable

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Royal Australian Navy’s Collins Class Submarines Declared Product of Concern

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic Donates Mi-24 Attack Helicopters To Ukraine

  • Loitering Munitions

    Elbit Systems Unveils Lanius Micro-suicide Drones

  • Americas

    US Army’s Next Generation Squad Weapons (NGSW) Programme

  • Africa

    Morocco To Receive Four MQ-9B Guardian Drones From USA

  • Americas

    BAE, Elbit Demonstrate Future Fighting Vehicle For US Army

  • Air Platform

    JF-17 Blunder: Myanmar Grounds JF-17 Fighter Jets For Structural Flaws And Engine Problems

  • Naval Platforms

    China Developed Catapult-launched Version J-15T Naval Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    Israeli Air Force destroyed Iran’s Shiraz Electronics Industries, a painful blow to Iranian Mullahs

  • Europe

    No sh$t: Russian soldiers are using bow and arrow in the Ukraine war

  • Europe

    1000 North Koreans Killed Since Russia Deployed North Korean Troops in Kursk Counteroffensive

  • Europe

    Lockheed Martin Awarded MK41 VLS Contract For German Navy

  • Central Asia

    Armenia Purchases French CEASAR Howitzers Amid Azerbaijan Tensions

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia issues RFI for lead-in fighter trainer for RAAF

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile crashes in Krasnodar region

  • Air Platform

    Colombia purchases undisclosed number of Gripen E, Peru next in line to purchase Gripen

  • Africa

    Nigeria purchases twelve Alpha Jet aircraft from France

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Rheinmetall opens new factory in Queensland, Australia

  • Europe

    The Kazakhstan Air Force MiG-31 Crashed In Remote Countryside

  • Europe

    Russian President Vladimir Putin suffers cardiac arrest, collapses in bedroom: Telegram channel reported

  • Middle East

    Thyssenkrupp Delivers Fourth Submarine To Egyptian Navy

  • Europe

    Oil depot fire, casualties reported in Russia’s Krasnador Krai following Ukraine’s drone strike

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia undertake life-of-type extension project for Collins-class submarines

  • Infantry Weapons

    BAE Systems Proposes Archer Mobile Howitzers To US Army

  • Europe

    Russian sailors suffer radiation poisoning after washing clothes in contaminated waters

  • Europe

    The Main Reason Soviet Union Collapsed, The Same Reason Putin’s Russia Will Collapse

  • AUV Platform

    Ukraine’s new invisible suicide submersible set to be unleashed on Russian navy

  • Air Platform

    Analysis: Indian Air Force MMRCA V2.0

  • Air Platform

    Germany plans to purchase 15 additional F-35 stealth jets.

  • Americas

    Oshkosh Defense Awarded $942.9 Million Contract For Stryker Armaments

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Company’s M-346FA Fighter Attack Aircraft

  • Europe

    Ukraine captured trenches and dead bodies abandoned in Bakhmut by Russians

  • Air Platform

    U.S. Warns Canada as Canada Weighs in Mixed Fleet with F-35 and Saab Gripen.

  • Air Platform

    Pylon marking and MICA missile show Pakistan Air Force indeed shot down a Rafale jet using an AMRAAM missile.

  • Defense Industry

    China unveiled $236.1 billion defense budget with 7.2 percent raise

  • Europe

    Russia May Use Turkish-made TB2 Drone Attacks As A Pretext For Flase-flag Operation In Ukraine: Report

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Turkish Foreign Minister sees strong potential for drone cooperation with Japan.

  • Air Platform

    Soviet-built Bulgarian Air Force’s MiG-29 Crashed

  • Europe

    Captured Russia’s V2U kamikaze drone exposed Russia’s use of American and Japanese microchips

  • C4iSR

    France Purchases Two Saab GlobalEye Early Warning and Control Aircraft

  • C4iSR

    TSC 2000 IFF (identification friend or foe) Transponder

  • Middle East

    Italian forces kicked out of UAE over arms embargo

  • Infantry Weapons

    Swedish Defense Giant Saab to Setup Carl-gustaf Manufacturing Facility In India

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