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The Chinese Peoples Liberation Amy (PLA) inducted newly-developed mobile assault vehicle-based howitzers in the second half of 2020. The equipment were used in recent live-fire exercises held by the PLA 72nd Group Army
Calling China the second-largest arms seller is an overestimation and reinforces the “false assertion” of the so-called “China threat,” a Chinese military commentator said questioning a latest arms sales report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). The December 6 report compiling sales data of 25 largest global arms companies for which data isavailable totaled US$361 billion last year, an 8
The Russian Ministry of Defense will begin high-altitude tests of Mi-28NM and Mi-26T2V helicopters this month. Three helicopters will take part in the tests to be held at Elbrus region: first prototype of Mi-28NM OP-1, Mi-28NM with the tail number 71, and the Mi-26T2V with the tail number 157
Russia and Sudan have signed an agreement to establish a military logistics center for the Russian Navy in the Red Sea City of Port Sudan. According to an official document published Tuesday, the agreement was signed on December 1
The French Army took delivery of first four regenerated armoured infantry fighting vehicles (VBCI) from Nexter last week. Since 2013, the VBCI in-service support contract (MSS) has linked the Nexter industrial prime contractor and the French Army
Espionage is one of the possibilities behind the theft of radio equipment from the inside of a Russian IL-80 specialized aircraft containing top-secret equipment required for the plane to function as a command post during a nuclear war. A group of burglars broke stole radio equipment placed inside the cargo hatch of a Russian "Doomsday plane" at Taganrog-Yuzhny airfield
The Russian Ministry of Defense will receive the first serially-produced Su-57 stealth jet by year-end. “In the near future, literally before the end of the year, we should deliver a serial-produced aircraft with the first-stage engine
Chinas heavy investments in the defense industry appears to be paying off with Beijing dominating the global arms market in 2019 while Russia is losing ground. Total sales by the top 25 rose by 8
United States arms exports (including both government-managed and commercial) rose 2.8 percent from $170