The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) conducted a live fire demonstration of a Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (SSM) off the Australian east coast on Friday. The test firing is significant as Japan has been working on increasing the range of the type-12 missile to deter Chinese and North Korean warships
Turkish arms maker, Aselsan is set to unveil its ‘Gurz short range air defense system (ADS) combining a missile and cannon similar to the popular Pantisr-S ADS of Russia. The formal unveiling will take place at the IDEF arms fair starting July 25 in Istanbul
Irans Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has unveiled an upgraded Shahid-149 ‘Gaza drone. The upgrade to the high altitude long endurance (HALE) drone include a new hard point and an improved landing gear
Polands Ministry of Defense has confirmed the purchase of 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters and has issued a tender for Black Hawk rotorcraft. Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak revealed on Twitter that Warsaw is buying 96 Apaches for six squadrons
Russian military sunk Ukrainian Navys “Ternophil” corvette it captured during its annexation of Crimea in 2014. This sinking operation was part of the militarys ongoing exercises in the Black Sea, a video of which was published by the Russian defense ministry
The Israel Air Force (IAF) received three F-35I ‘Adir combat jets on Friday. IAF said the jets landed at the Bacha-28 air base, where the official ceremony of accepting the aircraft into the Air Force took place
The Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, John Kirby, said F-16s are not enough to change the situation in Ukraine, as it requires more of other weaponry such as artillery and tanks. He also said Ukraines air forces will receive F-16 combat jets by the end of the year
The German government has sent ten Leopard 1A5 tanks and unknown number of Marder IFVs to Ukraine, providing the necessary shot in its arm, as part of its latest military aid package. The package includes 20 MG3 machine guns for Leopard 2 tanks, Dachs armored engineer vehicles, 1,305 rounds of 155mm ammunition, 2,064 rounds of 155mm smoke ammunition, a bridge system and 12 trailers, four border protection vehicles, ten ground surveillance radars, 16 Zetros trucks, and 100,000 first aid kits
Modernization of Chilean Leopard 2A4CHL battle tanks will be carried out by Turkeys Aselsan and a local company Famae. Chile bought nearly 150 Leopard 2A4s in the mid-2000s
Kazakhstans defense ministry has rejected claims by local media that it is buying 838 ARMA armored combat vehicles from Turkeys Otokar. Earlier, Kazakh news outlet