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Air Platform

Here’s why China’s Chengdu J-10C Vigorous Dragon is worse than you think.

February 7, 2024 GDC 0

Regarding product development, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) still does what the Soviet Union did back in the day: acquire the technology in the West, reverse engineer (read: copy) and use it for the […]

  • The U.S. to Build Kuwait Armed Forces HQ Worth $1 Billion

    February 26, 2022 0
    The U.S. State Department has agreed for a local company to construct a Kuwait Ministry of Defense (KMOD) Headquarters Complex for the Kuwaiti Government for an estimated cost of $1 billion. State Department approves upgrade [...]
  • Chinese Defense Giant Forged Partnerships On Defense Projects

    December 12, 2020 0
    Two of China’s biggest defence industrial enterprises – the China Shipbuilding Corporation (CSC) and the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) – have agreed to expand collaboration on military programmes, the groups have announced. [...]
  • India’s Biggest Problem Is Not Dokhlam, But China’s Silk Road

    June 15, 2020 0
    The Indian Navy needs a strategy of distant power projection. By employing a plan for sustained presence in the Western Pacific, New Delhi can show its resolve to Beijing. At the Line of Actual Control [...]
  • The engineering of VHF radar makes it poor at tracking and providing fire‑control‑quality data.

    February 24, 2026 0
    It’s very nice to produce a fancy Twitter post or an article for the Chinese Global Times to sell a product to Pakistan, Venezuela, and Iran when the buyer doesn’t know the engineering behind the [...]
  • Desperate Russia signed an agreement with Iran to purchase ammunition with the headline saying ‘In the name of Allah’

    September 25, 2023 0
    Iran has sold ammunition to Russia for its war in Ukraine, an informed security source has claimed. After Firing 20,000 Round Of North Korean Shells, Russia Started Using 40 Years Old AmmoDateDecember 13, 2022Russia Might [...]
  • South Korea Secures First Export Contract for KF-21 Boramae Fighter Jet.

    March 21, 2026 0
    South Korea is preparing to sign its first export agreement for the KF-21 Boramae multirole fighter with Indonesia during President Prabowo Subianto’s state visit between March 31 and April 2, marking a major step for [...]
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 […]

  • Defense Industry

    Saab Awarded Contract to TactiCall for the Royal Norwegian Navy

  • Air Platform

    Poorly Maintained Su-34 Bomber Crashed Into Apartment Building, 14 Dead

  • Europe

    Ukraine Credits Kherson Victory To US-made HIMARS Artillery Rockets

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Sweden Purchased Saab Mobile Short Range Air Defense System

  • Air Platform

    First Polish Pilot Flies F-35 Stealth Jet

  • South Asia

    DW News Exposes Cover Up Of Illegal Torture, Extra-judicial Killings And Disappearance Of Citizens By Bangladeshi DGFI And RAB

  • Europe

    Keel Laid For French Navy’s Support Ship

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    North Korea Test Fires KN-25 600MM Multiple Rocket Launch System.

  • Europe

    Russian Navy top admiral shakeup follows new defeat in Black Sea

  • Air Platform

    Brazil Started Serial Production of Gripen E Under Technology Transfer

  • Europe

    Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu admits Russia lacks quality weapons in the Ukraine war

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Japan Launched Major PR Campaign To Win Australia’s Frigate Contract

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwan purchased 108 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks

  • Europe

    Ukraine is busy blowing up Russia’s oil depots, including tankers on rail links

  • Air Platform

    Russia’s MiG-31K Absent From Air Sorties After Exhausting Service Life

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China deploys troops, tanks and air defense system near Myanmar’s Shan state

  • Air Platform

    UAE Plans to Buy CATIC L-15 Light Combat Aircraft

  • Air Platform

    Egypt Signed A Contract To Buy 30 Rafale Fighters Worth $4.5 Billion

  • Europe

    Turkey Develops New Close-in Weapons System For Its Navy

  • Europe

    Greece acquires French warships in multibillion-euro defense deal

  • C4iSR

    Royal Australian Air Force To Upgrade EA-18G Growler’s Electronic Warfare System

  • Europe

    The Netherlands Delivers YPR-765 Infantry Vehicles To Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Malaysia purchases three Anka drones from Turkish Aerospace Industries

  • Europe

    Sloppy Putin’s invasion effort, Russia deploys 60 years old T-62 tanks in Ukraine

  • Europe

    Russia used WWII-era chemical weapons and unknown gas in Kursk offensive

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    Indian DRDO to make ASTRA Mk2 missile based on recovered Chinese PL-15E missile.

  • Defense Industry

    Sweden Agrees On Multi-billion Deals To Sale Gripen Fighter Jets To Colombia And Philippines

  • Europe

    Leaked audio calls revealed Russia suffered huge losses in Kharkiv offensives, 83th airborne brigade and 350 armored vehicles wiped out

  • Europe

    Russian Colonel Vadim Boyko Shot Dead At Naval College Office

  • C4iSR

    Why Does Russia’s EW Lack behind Western EW?

  • Air Platform

    Chinese spy offered Taiwanese pilot $15 million to defect with a Ch-47 Chinook helicopter

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Hyundai Heavy Industries Received $325 Million Contract to Build Ulsan-class Batch III Frigate

  • Naval Platforms

    China’s Type 056 Jiangdao Class Corvette

  • Europe

    Babcock, Saab to collaborate on Swedish Navy’s Luleå-class corvettes

  • Europe

    Ukraine hits Russian shipyard in Crimea port, destroying cruise missile carrier the Askold

  • Africa

    Norinco Delivers Artillery, VT4 MBT & STI Tank Destroyer to Nigeria

  • Americas

    BAE Systems Awarded $72.4 Million Contract For New M109A1 Howitzer

  • Air Platform

    UK Buys 14 Chinooks Helicopters Worth £1.4 Billion

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian forces blow up Russia’s counter-battery radar

  • Air Platform

    Norway agrees to donate its F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Taiwanese Legislators Considers Drafting Foreign Nationals For Military Services

  • C4iSR

    Why Russia’s Soviet-era A2/AD Strategy Doesn’t Work Against NATO Warplanes

  • South Asia

    What Field Marshall Asim Munir achieved at the Whitehouse, Bangladesh Army Chief General Waker-uz-Zaman failed to achieve?

  • Air Platform

    Russian army’s Belarus-made armed drone was shot down in Ukraine

  • Anti-ship Missile

    Taiwan receives Harpoon land-based missile systems

  • Europe

    Czech Republic replaces Russian SAM with Israeli Spyder ADS

  • Defense Industry

    Russian Anti-tank Missiles Lags Behind China, Says Yuri Lyamin

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Australia will increase missile defense capability following China’s ICBM tests

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    Australia Joins SAR Mission For Missing Indonesian Submarine

  • Europe

    Netherlands To Buy Leopard Tanks From Rheinmetall

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