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Leaked Document Shows Russia’s Rostec Falsified Performance Data for the Zhuk-ME Radar in Indian Navy’s MiG-29K.

October 10, 2025 GDC 0

Recently leaked documents from Russian state corporation Rostec allege that Russia falsified performance data for the Zhuk-ME radars in MiG-29K fighter jets sold to the Indian Navy. The hack by the group Black Mirror reportedly […]

Air Platform

Russia’s Su-57 and Su-75 Checkmate Are Doomed, Amid Crippling Sanctions

April 30, 2022 GDC 0

Su-57 and Su-75 development could be delayed due to international sanctions on Russia, and Russia could not import semiconductors and high-tech machining equipment from the European Union. Losing access to some top-end chips from Asia […]

C4iSR

Evolution of Airborne Electronically Scanned Array Radar

January 21, 2022 GDC 0

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Africa

Algeria, Egypt Seek AESA Radar in Russia’s Su-30MKA and Su-35, or Return The Aircraft

January 12, 2022 GDC 0

Algeria has for over a decade consistently been the second largest client for Russian arms exports after India, and has by far the largest defense budget on the African continent over double that of its […]

Air Platform

Exposed: Export Variant Su-57E Borrows Radar, OLS From MiG-35 And Engine From Su-35

January 2, 2022 GDC 0

The day before, at a meeting in Sochi on military topics, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to conclude a contract for the supply of 76 Su-57 fighters by 2028 and thereby re-equip three aviation regiments of […]

Americas

Russia Steals Lockheed Martin’s Promotional Video in Su-75 Checkmate Propaganda Video: Report

December 3, 2021 GDC 0

The Su-75 Checkmate is a single-engine, multirole light fourth-generation fighter jet, unveiled during the MAKS-2021 airshow in July. Russian defense giant Rostec published a video promoting the Checkmate fighter. The video depicts the fighter performing […]

C4iSR

Su-57’s AESA Radar Is Yet to Pass Debugging Phase, Says Tikhomirov-NIIP Director General Yuri Bely

November 9, 2021 GDC 0

In an interview with Russian take-off.ru newspaper, Tikhomirov-NIIP Director General Yuri Bely said the design bureau had delivered 60 BARS-R radars for Su-30SM fighters for the Russian Air Force and developed six prototype N036 Byelka […]

Air Platform

JF-17 Exposed: Why Pakistan’s JF-17 Thunder Fighters Are Inoperable?

October 3, 2021 GDC 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. Pakistan has already built over 100 JF-17 fighters for its air force, […]

C4iSR

NPO PHAZOTRON Zhuk Radar, a demised hope for Russian aerospace industries

August 19, 2021 GDC 0

German Ace Eric Hartmann said, ‘He who sees first has half the battle.’ In 1976, Soviet pilot Viktor Belenko escaped with his MiG-25P to Japan, thus revealing RP-SA Smerch-A (NATO: Fox Fire) radar technology to […]

Air Platform

Russia Quietly Dumped AESA Radar and TVC In MiG-35 Fighters

August 16, 2021 GDC 0

The first batch of six RAC (Russian Aircraft Corporation) “MiG” MiG-35 multi-role combat aircrafts have been delivered to the VKS (Russian aerospace forces), according to Ilya Tarasenko, director-general of RAC MiG, in an announcement made […]

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  • Taiwanese Navy unveils two variants of next-generation frigates.

    December 9, 2025 0
    At the TADTE 2025 exhibition, the Taiwanese Navy (Republic of China Navy – ROCN) displayed scale models of the two variants—Anti-Air Warfare (AAW) and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW)—of its next-generation light frigate, accompanied by explanatory posters. [...]
  • The Royal Netherlands Navy’s (RNLN) Submarine Replacement Programme

    April 20, 2020 0
    The Dutch MoD will have provided more clarity about which shipyard or shipyards will proceed to the next round. While this article is being written, there is still fierce competition going on. Four international shipbuilders [...]
  • Bangladesh army officer arrested for alleged involvement in public unrest, militant training, and receiving instruction from the Indian RAW.

    August 8, 2025 0
    The Bangladesh Army has formed a court of inquiry against an army officer over allegations of his political involvement and a preliminary investigation has found the allegations true, said a press release issued by the [...]
  • Austral Shipyard will build 24 landing craft medium for Australian Army

    August 7, 2025 0
    Austal will build and deliver over two dozen landing craft for the Australian Army under a strategic shipbuilding agreement with Canberra. Austal, Raytheon To Build Littoral Manoeuvre Vessel For Australian ArmyDateMay 9, 2022Austal Awarded Contract [...]
  • Australian KC-30A Airborne Tanker Refuelled Japanese F-2 Fighter Jets in an Interoperability Trials.

    September 9, 2025 0
    An Australian tanker has refueled a Japanese fighter jet in the air for the first time as part of interoperability trials between the two Asia-Pacific nations. Boeing’ KC-46 Aerial Refueling Tanker Takes First Flight For [...]
  • Bad News For Ukraine: Putin Learning To Value Competent Andrei Belousov And Removing Incompetent Idiots From Ministry Of Defense

    May 16, 2024 0
    Appointing an economist to helm a defence ministry during a war may sound like a recipe for disaster. President Putin has replaced fishing buddy Sergei Shoigu as the country’s defense ministerDateMay 13, 2024Russian Defense Minister [...]
East Asia and Pacific Region

Temu rockets: The Cambodian Army’s Chinese-made Type-90B rocket artillery exploded after heavy fire.

December 18, 2025 0

Thailand announced on December 8, 2025, that Cambodian forces may use Chinese-made Type-90B 122 mm and PHL-03 300 mm multiple launch rocket systems into Thai border areas, according to Reuters. On 18 December 2025, a […]

East Asia and Pacific Region

Royal Thai Army captured Chinese-made GAM-102LR guided anti-tank missile system.

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Europe

Rheinmetall Awarded Contract to Produce 120mm Tank Ammunition.

December 10, 2025 0

Germany has placed a fresh multi-hundred-million-euro call off with Rheinmetall for 120 mm Leopard 2 tank ammunition under its expanded 4 billion euro framework agreement running to 2030. The move underpins Berlin’s Zeitenwende rearmament effort, […]

Europe

Greece to purchase PULS artillery system from Israel.

December 8, 2025 0

Greece is in talks with Israel to buy modern missile systems that would be used for a planned anti-aircraft defense dome, two officials with knowledge of the plan told Reuters. Athens has said it will […]

Europe

Germany purchases drones, missiles and assault rifles worth €2.9 billion.

December 1, 2025 0

German lawmakers are set to approve spending €2.9 billion on 11 military procurement contracts for items including drones, rifles and missiles. The defense ministry is seeking approval for purchases from domestic manufacturers such as Heckler […]

Europe

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025.

November 28, 2025 0

Colt CZ presented the Mk 47 automatic grenade launcher at Milipol 2025, following the company’s complete acquisition of the system from General Dynamics in early 2024. At Milipol 2025, Colt CZ, through its subsidiary Colt, […]

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  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s artillery strikes destroyed Russia’s Kasta-2E2 radar complex in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

  • Europe

    Russian Trained Soldiers Fled Dnieper River Leaving Untrained Conscripts To Fight Ukrainian

  • Defense Industry

    Turkish TAI Signed An Agreement With Ukrainian FED Company For TF-X Fighters

  • Europe

    Russian Soldiers Killed Their Commander In A Mutiny, Report

  • Europe

    Albania Latest Country Purchases Turkish Bayraktar TB2 Drones

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    LAND 400 Phase 3: Australian Army’s Infantry Fighting Vehicle Project

  • Air Platform

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

  • Europe

    Patria to restart 155mm artillery ammunition production

  • Air Platform

    How Russia Rebrand Same Fighter Jets And Sale Soviet-era Su-27 As Su-30 and Su-35?

  • Americas

    Panama has canceled registration of Russian shadow oil tankers sending a huge blow to Vlad

  • Europe

    Ukraine receives advanced light howitzer from AM General

  • Air Platform

    Boeing’ KC-46 Aerial Refueling Tanker Takes First Flight For JASDF

  • Air Platform

    Turkey Started Mass Producing Hurjet Light Attack Aircraft

  • Europe

    Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov admits Russia is at war in Ukraine, not a ‘special military operation’

  • Europe

    Quantum Systems Awarded Contract To Deliver UAS To Ukrainian Army

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Ukrainian troops blow up Russian SA-8 Gecko air defense system

  • Europe

    Ukraine’s thermite drones rain down flames on Russian troops hiding in trees

  • Air Platform

    Top Ten Fighter Jets In 2023

  • Air Platform

    Badass F-15EX: U.S. Air Force wants 72 of them

  • Europe

    Croatia orders Dynamit Nobel Defense (DND) RGW90 anti-tank guided missiles

  • Europe

    Russia has captured 265,000 hectares of Dutch-owned farmlands in Ukraine

  • Europe

    BAE Systems And IVECO To Promote Amphibious Combat Vehicle In International Markets

  • Europe

    Polish Army Equipped With Three Different Versions Of Leopard Tanks

  • Europe

    Ukraine To Receive Vampire Counter Drone Rockets From USA

  • Air-Launched Weapons

    TAURUS KEPD 350E Precision Strike Stand-Off Missile

  • Europe

    Russian Airborne Failed To Capture Ukraine’s Hostomel Airport

  • Land Platform

    Norinco VT5 lightweight Tank

  • Europe

    Russian Army General Fighting For His Life After Ukraine’s Drone Strikes

  • Americas

    Saab’s Gripen C/D shines in Alaska Red Flag exercise

  • C4iSR

    Rafael SKY SHIELD – Airborne Support Jammer

  • C4iSR

    Ukrainian HIMARS Artillery Rocket Strike Destroyed Russian Electronic Warfare Vehicle

  • South Asia

    India vs Pakistan: Military Strength And Armaments

  • Europe

    Estonia Purchases 12 K9 Thunder Howitzers

  • Infantry Weapons

    S-400 Is A Strategic Mistake For India, Doesn’t Solve India’s Problems

  • Europe

    Crashed IL-76 was not carrying Ukrainian PoW nor it was shot down, IL-76 transport aircraft crashed: analysis

  • Air Platform

    Germany Negotiating With The U.S. To Buy F-35 Stealth Jets

  • Europe

    Surgical strike: explosions in Russian-occupied Mariupol are suspected of the first use of long-range GLSDB

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Jordan Asks U.S. To Deploy Patriot Missile Defense System In Amman, Amid Tensions With Iran

  • Africa

    RSF shot down Russian-crewed Sudanese Air Force’s IL-76 Transport Aircraft.

  • C4iSR

    Ukraine’s electronic warfare systems in focus

  • South Asia

    Bangladesh’s former dictator, Sheikh Hasina, was a key conspirator of the 2009 Bangladesh Rifles massacre.

  • Europe

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

  • Africa

    Tunisia ordered Turkish Anka-S Drone

  • Anti-air Missiles

    Turkish Rocketsan Unveils BURC Anti-air Gun and Missile System

  • Americas

    Trump expected to name China and Iran hawk Marco Rubio as Secretary of State

  • Americas

    American Tech Firm Extreme Networks Supplied Networking Equipment For Russia’s S-400 Missiles

  • C4iSR

    Northrop, Mitsubishi to develop Japan’s integrated air and missile defense networks

  • East Asia and Pacific Region

    China hikes defense budget to 6.8% in FY2021

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