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  • [ May 6, 2026 ] South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Unveils Next-generation K9MH Mobile Howitzer Artillery System. East Asia and Pacific Region
  • [ May 6, 2026 ] U.S. Approves $373.6 Million JDAM-ER Sale to Ukraine. Air-Launched Weapons
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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 […]

  • Ukraine wants to manufacture Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles

    September 10, 2023 0
    Ukraine and Sweden have declared intentions about common production of Swedish CV90 infantry fighting vehicles. Ukraine wants to purchase CV90 infantry fighting vehicles after its successes on the battlefieldDateJune 10, 2024Sweden reveals how Ukrainian crews [...]
  • Putin Tastes His Own Medicine As Ukraine Gains Russian Territory

    August 8, 2024 0
    This is the moment a convoy of Ukrainian tanks rumble into Russia as Vladimir Putin’s troops put up the white flag on their own turf. Ukraine blitzed Russian forces in the Kursk region as Russian [...]
  • Ireland needs fighter jets for full air defense capability, says Major General Ralph James

    February 27, 2020 0
    In 2017, two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack nuclear capable bombers were intercepted by fighter jets from four European countries as they flew from the direction of Norway to northern Spain, over Ireland and back, it has [...]
  • Patriot Missile’s High Demand and Delivery Delays Forced Switzerland to Purchase Aster 30 Anti-air Missile.

    March 25, 2026 0
    Switzerland will consider acquiring a second long-range air-defense system, preferably produced in Europe, as delivery of previously ordered Patriot systems by the United States will be delayed by four to five years, the government said [...]
  • MBDA awarded contract to supply VL MICA to Moroccan Army

    May 26, 2020 0
    The Moroccan government has signed an export loan agreement with France’s BNP Paribas for the acquisition of a new ground-based air defence (GBAD) system. Announced via the country’s government gazette on 18 May, the loan [...]
  • US Army targets Beijing with its newly developed long-range Dark Eagle hypersonic missile from Japan

    May 1, 2025 0
    The US Army’s Dark Eagle hypersonic missile can hit Beijing in under 30 minutes from Japan. On Friday, the United States conducted a test launch of the U.S. Army’s hypersonic missile, also known as the [...]
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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Europe

Safran and MBDA fired the first Thundart munition developed for France’s Long-Range Land Strike program.

May 5, 2026 0

French defense firm Safran and missile maker MBDA successfully test-fired their jointly developed rocket-artillery munition this month, and expect to be able to deliver the first multiple-launch rocket systems in 2029 should their offer be […]

Infantry Weapons

Elbit Systems PULS Rocket Artillery Precision, Modular and Universal Launching System for Battlefield Dominance.

April 28, 2026 0

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East Asia and Pacific Region

Philippine Army Test Fires Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm Howitzer Boosting Long-Range Strike.

April 27, 2026 0

The Philippine Army has conducted its first live firing with its new Israeli-made ATMOS 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer during Exercise Salaknib 26, a joint U.S./Philippines military exercise, bringing a faster and more mobile long-range strike […]

Infantry Weapons

Israel uses the Roem howitzer in its first combat strikes in Lebanon.

April 24, 2026 0

The Israel Defense Forces has used its new Ro’em self-propelled howitzer in combat for the first time, firing the system during artillery strikes in southern Lebanon. Units from the 282nd Artillery Brigade brought the wheeled […]

Europe

Turkey test-fires the KORAOK short-range anti-tank missile.

April 22, 2026 0

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  • Defense Industry

    Turkey’s TAI builds Europe’s 2nd-largest subsonic wind tunnel

  • Naval Platforms

    India nails Russia’s defense industries coffin by selecting German submarines

  • Loitering Munitions

    U.S. Special Task Force Launched Barrages of LUCAS Kamikaze Drones in Iran.

  • Air Platform

    Kazakhstan Will Be The First Foreign Buyer Of Bayraktar TB3 Drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    New Partnership for Australia’s LAND 8710 Amphibious Program

  • Air Platform

    USAF secretly built and flew six generation fighter demonstrator

  • Europe

    Russian Dictator Vladimir Putin Had Affairs Multiple Women Including A Cleaner: Report

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Deploys ICBM Truck Transporter for Minuteman III Nuclear Missile Operations.

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    BAE Systems awarded the contract to produce new CV90 combat vehicles

  • Africa

    Kenyan Air Force Received All Three C-27J Spartan Transport Aircraft

  • Europe

    Navantia Starts Combat Systems Trial of Spanish S-81 Submarine “Isaac Peral”

  • Europe

    Swiss Air 2030: Second RFP has been issued to the manufacturers of fighter aircraft

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India, China Proxy War Raging in Myanmar’s Rakhine State for Chinese-build Port.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Lieutenant Colonel Boniface Aruma of PNG army to serve as deputy commander of the Australian Army’s 3rd Brigade in Townsville

  • Infantry Weapons

    Australian Army Ordered More Thales EF88 Rifles

  • Americas

    U.S. Air Force Trials Australian E-7 Wedgetail As A Replacement For E-3 Sentry AEW&C

  • Americas

    F-16 Fighting Falcon Received Upgraded AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indonesia Looking At Iver Huitfeldt-Class Frigate To Boost TNI-AL’s Blue Water Force

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s massive military buildup near Dokhlam

  • Europe

    Greece, Israel, France And Cyprus Join Military Exercises And Deepen Defense Cooperation

  • Air Platform

    The first KC-46A constructed for Japan recently refueled another KC-46A

  • Americas

    US slaps restrictions on dual-purpose technology exports to China amid concerns over military use

  • Air Platform

    Czech Republic Plans To Buy 24 F-35A Stealth Jets

  • Americas

    USS Gerald R. Ford successfully completes final shock trials

  • Air Platform

    Lockheed Martin awarded $1.4 billion contract for C-130J aircraft

  • Europe

    Germany Sold 1.6 Billion Euros Arms To Arab Countries In 2020

  • Europe

    Ukraine handed over T-90M tanks and BTR-82A armored vehicles to British Intelligence agencies

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Destruction of Russian air defense priority for Ukraine, Ukraine destroys Russia’s three Buk missile launchers

  • Europe

    Russia sent 70 years old T-54 tanks to Ukraine

  • Air Platform

    The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II Stealth 5th Generation Fighter jet

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Russia’s Failure Promoted China To Lure Australian And British Pilots To Train PLA Air Force Pilots

  • Central Asia

    Amid Tensions, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan To Pull Back Troops

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s fuel depots supplying jet fuels to Tu-95MS and Tu-160 bombers

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan purchased 200 autonomous kamikaze sea drones inspired by Ukraine’s MAGURA V5 sea drone

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China’s VT-4 main battle tank’s wheel falls off and stalls during the Zhuhai air show

  • Americas

    U.S. Army purchases QinetiQ high-altitude aerostats for battlefield surveillance

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China displays FK-3 and FK-2000 (Sino Pantsir) air defense systems

  • Europe

    Only Israel Can help Greece With Drone Guards

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    U.S. Approves $373.6 Million JDAM-ER Sale to Ukraine.

  • Europe

    Amid Russia Tensions, U.S. Deploys F-15 Fighter Jets in Poland

  • Europe

    North Korea Delivers First Batch Of Howitzers And Ammunitions To Russia

  • Europe

    Returning to frontline, Ukrainian Leopard crews see their ‘cat’ as game-changer

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh Air Guard (Thief) Orders Leonardo’s Kronos Surveillance Radar.

  • Africa

    Turkish Dearsan lays keel of first of two OPVs for Nigeria

  • Air Platform

    Israeli Air Force Equips Domestically-made Stealth Fuel Tanks for F-35I Adir.

  • Anti-air Missiles

    France and Italy To Deliver High-tech SAMP/T Anti-air Missiles To Ukraine

  • Europe

    Slovenia Donates Soviet-era M-84 Tanks to Ukraine.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    India Launches INS Himgiri Frigate

  • Americas

    Nammo, Raytheon ramps up rocket motor production

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