The Russian Defense Ministry has announced Saturday that the operation to establish control over Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in occupied Ukraine has been completed."As a result of the offensive operations of the Wagner assault detachments, with the support of artillery and aviation of the Southern Group of Forces, the liberation of the city of Artemovsk has been completed in the Artyomovsk tactical direction," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement
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Rheinmetall and Elbit Systems have conducted a live fire demonstration of an automated 155mm L52 wheeled self-propelled howitzer. The demonstration of the new system took place in early March 2023 at the Shivta firing range in southern Israel
Russias Uralvagonzavod (UVZ), part of state-owned Rostec is showcasing upgraded T-72 and T-90MS tanks at the 11th edition of the International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment MILEX-2023, which will be held from May 17 to 20 in Belarus Minsk. UVZ offers its export partners the upgraded T-72
Korea Aerospace Industries' FA-50 Light Combat Aircraft will be outfitted with Raytheons new PhantomStrike radar. PhantomStrike is a fully air-cooled fire-control radar designed to provide long-range threat detection, tracking and targeting
Northrop Grumman has delivered Integrated Battle Command System (IBCS) components for Polands WISŁA medium range air defense program. With this delivery, IBCS moves closer to being fully fielded as part of Polands advanced air and missile defense program
The Polish armed forces received an initial shipment of HIMARS launchers from Lockheed Martin. HIMARS provides immediate capability to deliver long range precision fires at distances up to 300 km and is interoperable with procured defense systems
A strike by an Iskander missile caused a massive fire in an ammunition depot in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine on Saturday. The ammunition depot was seen in flames with periodic loud explosions throughout Saturday and Sunday
A German-modified M903 launcher launched a PAC-3 Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) interceptor in a flight test May 11. “The recent flight test proves that PAC-3 MSE is ready for deployment in Germany,” said Dennis Goege, Lockheed Martin Vice President of Central and East Europe
The Pentagon wants to upgrade the sea-based terminal (SBT) capability equipped on Aegis warships, to provide the ability to counter hypersonic missiles, within two years. “Russia and China continued to aggressively pursue and field a number of advanced capabilities, including hypersonic weapons and delivery platforms designed to evade detection across multiple domains and strike targets anywhere on the globe, including North America,” Air Force Gen