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East Asia and Pacific Region

U.S. Navy Destroyer USS Kidd Sails Through Taiwan Strait

September 1, 2021 GDC 0

Amid rising regional tensions, U.S. warships traveled through the Taiwan Strait for the eighth time this year after the Navy conducted a routine transit of the waterway on Friday. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS […]

  • South Korea Rolls Out New K9 Howitzers And K2 Tanks For Poland

    October 27, 2022 0
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  • China displays FK-3 and FK-2000 (Sino Pantsir) air defense systems

    October 12, 2021 0
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  • Croatia Purchases 12 Dassault Rafale Jets From France

    November 26, 2021 0
    At a ceremony attended by the President of the French Republic Emmanuel Macron and the Prime Minister of the Croatian Republic Andrej Plenković, the French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly and the Chairman [...]
  • Cheap Chinese Fighters JF-17 Exposed: Why Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Fighters Are Inoperable?

    October 3, 2021 0
    Co-produced by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and the Aviation Industry Corporation of China, the JF-17 Block III fighters will complete the trial by 2021. PAC-CAC JF-17 Thunder Multi-role Combat AircraftDateOctober 28, 2019China ramps up production and [...]
  • Ukraine wants to purchase CV90 infantry fighting vehicles after its successes on the battlefield

    June 10, 2024 0
    Representatives from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Strategic Industries of Ukraine, and the Swedish Agency for Defense Materiel recently convened to discuss the timelines and conditions for the procurement of a batch [...]
  • Inconvenient Truth: Ordinary Women Sell Sex to Survive in Iran, and Iranian Mullahs Enjoy Luxurious European Goods and Alcohol

    June 20, 2025 0
    “I am ashamed of what l am doing, but what choice do l have?” says Neda, a divorcee in Tehran. By day she works as a hairdresser, but by night she works a second job [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Australian Army successfully test-fired the first domestically manufactured HIMARS.

April 16, 2026 0

Australia test-fired the first domestically manufactured GMLRS missile from a HIMARS launcher at Woomera Test Range, South Australia on April 9, 2026. The government committed $320 million to integrate Australian suppliers into GMLRS production at […]

Infantry Weapons

China delivers FN-6 MANPAD and HJ-12E anti-tank missiles to Iran.

April 15, 2026 0

US intelligence indicates China delivered new air defense systems to Iran, CNN reported on Friday, citing three people familiar with recent intelligence assessments. According to intelligence outlined in the CNN report, Beijing transferred shoulder-fired FN-6 […]

Europe

Finland doubles its K9 Howitzer fleet to 112, strengthening its firepower.

April 15, 2026 0

Finland signed a €546.8 million deal with South Korea to acquire 112 additional K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzers. The purchase nearly doubles its fleet and strengthens NATO’s long-range artillery power on Russia’s border. The […]

Europe

Ukrainian drones to get U.S.-made Zeus anti-tank guided missile.

April 11, 2026 0

Aeon confirmed an active integration partnership with a major unnamed Ukrainian drone manufacturer to fire Zeus guided missiles from drone platforms. A separate Ukrainian partnership covers Zeus integration onto manned and unmanned ground vehicles and […]

Europe

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia.

April 8, 2026 0

Lockheed Martin will establish a HIMARS sustainment centre in Estonia following an agreement with the Estonian government, aimed at supporting all three Baltic states. The decision was confirmed during a meeting in Washington between Estonian […]

Europe

Swedish Bofors will setup 155mm artillery ammo factory in Estonia.

April 4, 2026 0

A Swedish Bofors is set to build a major 155-millimeter artillery shell factory in northeastern Estonia, a development that would represent the most significant foreign investment in the country’s nascent defense industrial base. Estonian Defense […]

  • Europe

    Germany will transfer 120 Marder 1A3 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Indian Navy’s P-8I Neptune MPA Commence Operations from INS Hansa

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    United States Marine Corps Begins AGM-158A JASSM Integration Work Into F/A-18 Hornet Fleet

  • Europe

    Ukraine Takes Control of Russian Pantsir Missile System, Destroys Russian Su-25 Jet

  • Air Platform

    Turkiye plans to buy American and European fighter jets until KAAN is combat ready.

  • Air Platform

    Germany purchases 20 tranche 5 Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets.

  • Air Platform

    Indonesia finalized 48 KAAN fighter jets deal with Turkiye

  • Europe

    Fincantieri Awarded $463 Million Contract to Build Second LSS for Italian Navy

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Why did India’s Russian-made R-77 Missiles Fail to Hit Pakistani F-16C Fighter Jets?

  • Air Platform

    Leonardo Delivers Two M-345 Training Aircraft To Italian Air Force

  • Europe

    Indonesian Navy commissions 9th and Final Bintuni-Class LST

  • Europe

    Ukraine destroys Russia’s Buk surface-to-air missiles using artillery strikes

  • Anti-air Missiles

    A drunk Russian driver drove the S-350 Vityaz air defense system straight into mines

  • Europe

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

  • Europe

    Ukrainian troops sever Russian supply lines in the Kursk region

  • Europe

    Poland will train Ukrainian military unit living in Poland

  • Air Platform

    Ukraine Destroyed Russian Mi-24 Helicopter In Kherson

  • C4iSR

    British Army Orders More XACT NV33 Night Vision Goggles

  • Europe

    Western Anti-Air Missile System Saving Ukrainian Lives

  • Europe

    Poland signed $2.6 billion deal to buy 150 K9 howitzers

  • Americas

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has delivered USS Tripoli (LHA 7) to U.S. Navy

  • Europe

    Rheinmetall ramps up Lynx KF41 infantry fighting vehicles production at Hungarian factory

  • Europe

    Turkey Received First T-155 Firtina 155mm Self-propelled Howitzers

  • Americas

    U.S. Army Awarded $521 Million Contract To Produce HIMARS Rockets

  • Air Platform

    Polish Air Force To Receive 16 M-346 Advanced Training Jets

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract To Produce NLAW For Finnish Army

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Myanmar junta declared mandatory conscription for young men and women

  • Europe

    Production at one of Russia’s largest oil refineries halted due to Ukraine’s kamikaze drones blitz

  • Europe

    Huge explosion ripped through Putin’s warehouse storing Satan-2 rockets

  • Middle East

    U.S. Air Strikes Destroyed Iran’s 90 Percent Oil Exports Infrastructure in Kharg Island.

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia To Unveil Final Design Of AUKUS Submarine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    RAAF formally accepted 30th F-35 stealth jet

  • Americas

    Russian reconnaissance aircraft intercepted by NORAD while spying on US ICEX submarine exercise again

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    UK becomes first country delivering long-range Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Ukraine

  • Europe

    Azerbaijan extensively used Israeli LORA SRBM against Armenia

  • Europe

    Saab Launches New Autonomous Ocean Core for Naval Vessels

  • Naval Platforms

    The Five Mighty Navies Of Europe

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Indonesia purchases CAKIR anti-ship cruise missiles from Turkiye

  • Europe

    Hellenic Navy Unveils Significant Plan to Boost Naval Warfare Capability

  • Air Platform

    Canada to Join British-led Global Air Combat Program Sixth-generation Fighter Jet Consortium

  • Defense Industry

    Australia Orders K-9 Howitzers, K-10 Ammunition Resupply Vehicles Worth $720 Million

  • Europe

    Putin’s ally, former MP and gold medallist died falling from window in wave of mysterious deaths in Russia

  • Air Platform

    Havelsan to produce Turkish TFX Engine

  • Air Platform

    US Army Tests Operational Capability of Upgraded UH-60V Helicopters

  • Middle East

    Israeli Air Force Intensifies Attacks on Basij Checkpoints in Tehran as Iranians Directly Send Videos and Locations of Basij Checkpoints to the IDF.

  • South Asia

    ভারত, চীন প্রতিযোগিতা বাংলাদেশের সামরিক বাহিনীকে জাতীয় নিরাপত্তার চাহিদা মেটাতে অক্ষম করে দিয়েছে (Translated)

  • Europe

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

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Denmark reactivates coastal defence system based on Naval Strike Missile

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh military (thief) is not fit-for-purpose, cannot defend itself, and certainly sold to the Indian intelligence agency RAW

  • Europe

    Putin Admits Russia Lacks Precision-guided Bombs, Drones and Communication Equipment

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