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East Asia and Pacific Region

HMS Queen Elizabeth Projects Power In South China Sea

May 10, 2021 GDC 0

Britain’s biggest naval task force since the Falklands War is headed our way. And its centrepiece, the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth, is sailing into uncertain waters. Regular US deployments of its nuclear-powered behemoths – […]

Americas

Saab Awarded A Contract For US Navy’s LCS Sensors Suite

April 14, 2021 GDC 0

Washington (GDC) – Saab says it will expand its East Syracuse plant and add 50 new jobs after the U.S. Navy selected the company to help upgrade its fleet of small, fast combat ships. U.S. […]

Naval Platforms

Mighty US Navy: This Is How US Can Take Spratly Islands!

June 17, 2020 GDC 0

The US Navy is the most powerful group of ships, carriers, and sailors on Earth. The Navy is older than the US – founded in 1775 as the Continental Navy – and is currently made […]

Americas

Norwegian Kongsberg wins a contract to supply Naval Strike Missile

March 13, 2020 GDC 0

Norwegian Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) has signed a contract with US-based Raytheon Missile Systems for Naval Strike Missiles (NSM) to the US Navy Over-The-Horizon Weapon System (OTH WS) program. The deal is valued at […]

Naval Weapons

Raytheon-Kongsberg Naval Strike Missile (NSM): Fifth-gen Over the Horizon Precision Strike Missile

December 5, 2019 GDC 0

The Naval Strike Missile is a long-range, precision strike weapon that can find and destroy enemy ships at distances up to 185 km away. The stealthy missile flies at sea-skimming altitude, has terrain-following capability and […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Path to Insanity: South China Sea Explosion Explained!

November 23, 2019 GDC 0

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was supposed to lead to disarmament. Instead, it’s led to nuclear apartheid — and sooner or later, someone’s going set one off. A website run by far-right U.S. talk show radio […]

  • Sikorsky Australia completes deep maintenance of US Navy’s MH-60R helicopter at Nowra facility

    June 30, 2023 0
    Sikorsky Australia – located at the Albatross Aviation Technology Park near Nowra – has become the first non-US military location in the world capable of performing deep maintenance on US Navy MH-60R ‘Romeo’ Seahawk helicopters. [...]
  • Senegal awarded Piriou a contract to build three OPV58 S

    June 1, 2020 0
    The Ministry of the Armed Forces of Senegal and the PIRIOU group have signed today, in the presence of the President of the Republic of Senegal and the delegation Ministerial Council, a contract for the [...]
  • Papua New Guinea receives third Guardian-class patrol boats from Australia

    October 26, 2021 0
    Australia has handed over the third of four Guardian-class patrol boats built for the Maritime Element of the Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF) as part of Canberra’s Pacific Maritime Security Programme. Australia Donates Second [...]
  • Ukraine Deploys Swedish Stridsvagn 122 Tanks in Counteroffensive Against Russia

    July 20, 2023 0
    In an update from the “MilitaryLand.net” Twitter feed, it was reported on July 12, 2023, that the Ukrainian 21st Mechanized Brigade is now actively deploying Stridsvagn 122 Main Battle Tanks (MBTs) in the framework of the [...]
  • Israel and Sudan to normalise ties soon

    February 6, 2020 0
    Israel and Sudan have agreed to move towards forging normal relations for the first time, Israeli officials said on Monday, after the leaders of the two countries met in Uganda. The Associated Press news agency [...]
  • Russia fired North Korean-made KN-23 short-range ballistic missiles on Ukraine

    March 4, 2024 0
    Ukraine’s Attorney General, Andriy Kostin, has revealed that Russian Armed Forces used at least 24 North Korean-made ballistic missiles during missile strikes on Ukrainian territory. Kostin said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine that these missiles, [...]
Europe

Germany Purchases $5.4 Billion Worth of Israeli PULS Rocket Launchers.

May 29, 2026 0

Germany Advancing 5 Billion Euro Rocket Launcher Deal With Israel’s ElbitIf completed, the deal would include hundreds of rocket launchers and could increase Elbit’s order backlog by about 20 percent, strengthening the Israel-based defense contractor’s […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

The Features and Characteristics of South Korean K239 Chunmoo MLRS.

May 17, 2026 0

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Europe

Estonia Purchases Additional HIMARS Rocket Artillery from Lockheed Martin.

May 16, 2026 0

The Estonian Centre for Defence Investments has signed a contract with Lockheed Martin for the procurement of three additional HIMARS multiple rocket systems. The agreement also includes an investment of approximately $11 million into Estonia’s […]

Europe

Saab HEAT 758 Features Dual-Charge Warhead Inside New Carl-Gustaf Anti-Tank Round.

May 11, 2026 0

Saab is stepping up the Carl-Gustaf recoilless rifle’s anti-armor role with a new round designed to defeat heavily protected vehicles on the modern battlefield. The HEAT 758 features a dual-charge warhead meant to first damage […]

Europe

Roketsan unveiled the CIDA long-range anti-tank guided missile.

May 11, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System.

May 6, 2026 0

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  • Middle East

    Syria’s Russian-made radars reportedly of little use against alleged Israeli and Turkish strikes

  • Europe

    Tensions heat up between Russia, Poland for the deployment of Wagner mercenaries

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Vestdavit scores order for four davits for evolved Cape-class OPVs

  • Europe

    Ukrainian HIMARS Artillery Rockets Strikes Killed More Than 200 Russian Soldiers In Dzharylhach

  • Europe

    Ukraine Shoot Down Russian Mi-24 Helicopter Gunship

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia to Locally Produce Components for U.S. THAAD Missile System

  • Europe

    Two Civilian Vessels Hit by Russian Missiles Off Odessa, Says Ukraine MoD

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s Super Funds to Bankroll Missile Production in Australia.

  • Air Platform

    Japan unveils sixth-generation concept fighter jet

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkiye’s Steel Dome Will Become Full Spectrum Integrated Air Defense System.

  • Americas

    General Electric Awarded $1.6 Billion Contract For F-15EX Fighter’s Engines

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s Bayraktar TB2 drone destroyed Russia’s Landing Craft Vessel

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    The Philippine Army Plans to purchase the Japanese Type 16 Maneuver Combat Vehicle.

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine aims to receive 100 F-16 fighter jets from Western countries

  • Europe

    Ukraine Parades Captured Russian Military Vehicles In Kyiv

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar’s General Min Aung Hlaing’s Children Involved In Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering In Thailand

  • South Asia

    Indian RAW: A History of Covert Operations in Asia, Middle East, Europe and America

  • Americas

    The USMC Begun Upgrading Legacy Hornet’s Radar to Latest AN/APG-79(V)4 AESA radar

  • Europe

    Russia Covertly Buying Chinese Military Hardware From Pakistan, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Algeria, Egypt, Syria and Uzbekistan

  • Middle East

    Saudi, Qatar Diplomatic Rows Made Qatar A Strong Military Power In The Middle East

  • Europe

    Russian Navy’s USET-80 torpedo is floating off the coast of Severodonetsk

  • C4iSR

    Navantia to provide CMS for Polish Navy’s Miecznik frigates

  • Naval Platforms

    The US State Department approves Harpoon and MK54 Torpedoes for Indian P-8I Neptune MPA

  • Naval Platforms

    Chantiers de l’Atlantique’s Chevallier-Class Replenishment Tanker

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar’s ‘Three Brorherhood’ Rebels Seized The Largest Weapons Cache From Fleeing Junta Forces

  • Infantry Weapons

    Saudi Arabia, Qatar to Procure Patriot Flight Test Support from Lockheed

  • Europe

    French Offers Line Of Credit For Rafale Jets Proposal To Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    Stinger Missiles: Ukraine Shot Down 23 Ka-23 Attack Helicopters Since February 24

  • C4iSR

    Polish private company sold Elon Musk’s Starlink internet to Russian army and Wagner mercenary group

  • Americas

    Rheinmetall And Northrop Grumman Agree To Strategic Partnership On Precision Munition

  • Europe

    Satellite Images Show Aftermath of Devastating Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Port

  • Europe

    Turkish drone giant Baykar acquires Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

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

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    France will supply AASM Hammer precision bombs to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Putin will soon receive more NATO as the technologically superior Switzerland military may abandon 500 years of neutrality

  • C4iSR

    France’s MERIO develops drone-based laser targeting system.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia’s nuclear submarines welcome to dock in Singapore

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Turkish Defense Industries Manufactures Smart Bomb HGK-82 Kit

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Xi Jinping Purged J-20 Fighter Jet Designer Amid Chinese-made Missile, Radar and Fighter Jet Failure in Pakistan, Iran and Venezuela.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    MiG-29K Pilot Missing, Indian Navy Conducting SAR Missions

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    The BrahMos Hypersonic Cruise Missile

  • Middle East

    Israel and the U.S. Air Force destroyed 5,500 Iranian Targets and 60 ships.

  • Ballistic Missile

    Beijing Reacts to U.S. Concerns About China’s Nuclear Weapons

  • Europe

    Ukraine to receive M1 Abrams tanks from the U.S. as soon as this fall

  • Air Platform

    Australia To Deliver 300 D40 Kamikaze Drones To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Desperate Russia signed an agreement with Iran to purchase ammunition with the headline saying ‘In the name of Allah’

  • Europe

    Finish and Swedish Navy Conduct Joint Anti-submarine Exercises

  • Infantry Weapons

    Heckler and Koch M320 Granade Launcher

  • Europe

    Turkey successfully test-fires domestic 76mm naval gun

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russia built Garpiya-3 attack drones in China with the help of Chinese experts and materials

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