The Polish Minister of National Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, greenlit an agreement with the U.S
A Challenger 2 main battle tank supplied by the British was destroyed by Russian forces in Ukraine, marking the first known instance of this tank type being taken out by an enemy. Footage shared on social media depicted the tank in flames near the Zaporizhzhia village of Robotyne
Azerbaijan has reportedly deployed Pakistan-developed KRL-122 multiple rocket launcher systems (MLRS) against Armenian forces in Artsakh, also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Several
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A Russian Mi-28NM Night Hunter helicopter shot a Ukrainian drone on August 30, marking the helicopter's first successful drone interception. The helicopter utilized a 30-mm airborne gun, guided by data from a ground-based air controller, to shoot down the Ukrainian drone
Lockheed Martin conducted a flight test of its next-generation Extended-Range GMLRS (ER GMLRS), boasting a range nearly double that of the current version, from the HIMARS rocket launcher. The test took place at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon, an RTX business, a contract valued $7 million to develop and assess the GhostEye MR radar, an advanced medium-range sensor for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). These are the first government contracts for GhostEye MR, a multi-mission radar designed and developed by Raytheon via internal research and development investments
Buoyed by the excellent results by drones in its war against Russia, Ukraine has plans to buy or manufacture up to 200,000 UAVs worth an estimated $1.09 Billion by the year-end
In the early hours of Wednesday, a massive Ukrainian drone attack targeted various regions in Russia, causing fires at airports and naval bases and damaging Il-76 planes. Russian air defense units countered some attacks, while drone boats attempted an assault on Sevastopol's bay in Crimea but were repelled by anti-submarine forces
Germany has extended an offer to Greece, presenting modernized Italian tanks in return for Greece's outdated Leopard 1s, which Berlin intends to send to Ukraine. This was reported by local newspaper