North Korea has spent up to $650 million on missile tests this year, a government-affiliated think tank in Seoul said Thursday. As per Korea Institute for Defense Analysis, Kim Jong Un's regime spent an estimated $400 million to $650 million on developing and testing the 33 missiles it fired this year
China's first stealth unmanned surface vessel (USV), completed its first autonomous sea trial which in future holds out the promise of new naval tactics such as distributed operations and swarm combat.The sea trial took place in waters near Panzhi Island in Zhoushan, East China's Zhejiang Province on Tuesday and ended after three hours of data collection, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Thursday
Poland has agreed to sell over 50 Krab 155mm self-propelled howitzers worth $650 million (PLN 2.7 billion) to Ukraine
A Norway-supplied 155mm M109A3 self-propelled artillery gun and two U.S
Turkeys Baykar company said Thursday it will gift a Bayraktar TB2 combat drone to Ukraine, while the money raised by Lithuanian people for the drone will be used as aid. Hundreds of Lithuanians clubbed together to raise $5
Finland has suggested it could buy Turkish drones, in a move that is seen as its effort to persuade Ankara to back its NATO application. Along with Sweden, Finland applied to join NATO in May in response to Russias invasion of Ukraine, but they have faced resistance from Turkey
Elbit Systems and Rheinmetall Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Thursday for cooperation on proposing a solution for Canadas Joint Fire Modernization (JFM) project. The JFM project intends to enable a near real-time sharing of tactical, operational and strategic fires and effects information through a digital network allowing instantaneous sharing of the Common Operating Picture (COP) including targets, friendly locations and Command and Control information
Sweden joined the Research and Development Agreement between the Ministry of Defence of Finland, the Ministry of Defence of Latvia and Patria Land Oy, regarding the Common Armoured Vehicle System (CAVS) on June 1. By joining the R&D Agreement, Sweden will receive the results of the work packages that have been developed within the programme
Ukraines Ministry of Defense said fighting in eastern part of the country including Donetsk and Luhansk has reached its maximum intensity. "Russian forces do not stop conducting offensive operations in the Eastern Operational Zone in order to establish full control over the Donetsk and Luhansk regions
South Koreas Redback armored vehicle, manufactured by Hanwha Defense, roared through puddles, traversed unpaved roads and shifted course smoothly on Friday in its first local capability demonstration open to the press at an Army training site. The event was held at the 11th Maneuver Division in Hongcheon, 102 km east of Seoul