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Saudi Arabia’s Weird Purchases of Disintegrated East-West Air Defense Systems to Counter Modern Threats

November 4, 2024 GDC 0

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

October 12, 2021 GDC 0

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CASIC HQ-17AE Air Defense Systems

August 23, 2021 GDC 0

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Saudi Arabia Parades Chinese HQ-17AE Air Defense Systems

August 21, 2021 GDC 0

The Royal Saudi Air Defence Forces (RSADF) displayed a previously unseen radar during a parade marking the start of training for the Islamic year 1443 on 18 August. The Saudi Ministry of Defence released a […]

Student Getting Better At Military Modernization, China Showcases J-20 In Sino-Russia Exercises

August 11, 2021 GDC 0

Military personnel of the Russian Air Defense Forces were learning how to drive and use weapons on modern wheeled infantry fighting vehicle, air defense systems and armored vehicle of the Chinese army, the Russian Defense […]

China To Export Reverse Engineered Tor SAM Named HQ-17AE

March 9, 2021 GDC 0

China has cleared for export a variant of the HQ-17A road-mobile, short-range air-defence (SHORAD) system known as the HQ-17AE, according to a 7 March report by the CCP run media Global Times. As with other members […]

Babcock Signs $900 Million Contract To Deliver Future Submarine Capability At Devonport

June 22, 2024 0

Babcock International Group (Babcock), the international defence company, has signed a four-year $900 million contract with the UK Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA), to deliver the infrastructure required to support and sustain [...]
Greece considers donating S-300PMU and Tor-M1 missile to Ukraine

March 16, 2024 0

Greece is reconsidering the delivery of its Russian-made S-300 PMU1 and Tor-M1 surface-to-air defense missile systems to Ukraine following a Russian military strike that occurred close to its Prime Minister during a visit to Ukraine. This reassessment marks a [...]
Saab Group To Showcase Next-gen Combat Boat-90 At DSEI 2021

September 3, 2021 0

Saab announced Tuesday that it will be demonstrating a new generation of the Combat Boat 90 (CB90) fast assault craft for the first time outside of Sweden. Saab Awarded Contract To Produce CB90 Combat Boat [...]
Ukraine started to hit Russia where it hurts most, Ukrainian kamikaze drones destroying Russia’s oil and gas refinery

January 28, 2024 0

Ukraine appears to be targeting Russia’s oil and gas industry with small, cheap drones as it seeks to disrupt Russian supply lines. Russia Hit by Gas Shortages as Kamikaze Drones Attack Its Biggest Black Sea [...]
Afghanistan’s Civil War Just Started As Taliban Battles Isis-K, Panjshir Valley’s NRF And Itself

August 31, 2021 0

Panjshir Valley, nearly 150km north of Kabul, is home to a largely ethnic Tajik population and through four decades of civil war and Taliban insurgency has been a centre of resistance. Panjshir resisted the Soviet [...]
Missiles On Demand: Boeing’s New 16 Air-To-Air Missile Carrying F-15EX (2040c / X)

April 16, 2020 0

According to Boeing, the F-15EX would carry 16 AIM-120 AMRAAM the number one and number nine weapon stations on the outer wings, or possibly by hefting a multiple ejector rack capable of carrying a pair [...]

US Approves Possible Sale of 1,000 TOW Missiles to Saudi Arabia

December 6, 2024 0

The US State Department has approved Saudi Arabia’s request to potentially acquire over 1,000 TOW missiles at an estimated cost of $440 million. The Kingdom intends to acquire 507 TOW 2A missiles and 507 TOW […]

North Korea delivers long-range Koksan artillery systems to Russia

November 19, 2024 0

Photos of North Korean long-range artillery systems arriving in Russia have emerged on Russian social media, sparking fresh discussions over recent military collaboration between Pyongyang and Moscow. The images reportedly show the 170-mm M1989 “Koksan” […]