Houthi Tactics Seem to be Working as Chinese COSCO Stops Port Calls to Israel
COSCO, the world's fourth-largest shipping company, has suspended its service to Israel due to disruptions caused by Houthi rebel attacks on Red Sea commercial ships. Initially targeting Israeli-linked vessels, the Houthis expanded their attacks to ships with minimal or no Israeli ties, exceeding 20 incidents since November, causing delays and...
Fragments from Russian Warship Hit by SCALP Missiles Scatter in Feodosia Town
Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the Russian ship "Novocherkassk" in Feodosia, Crimea, on December 26, 2023. The attack utilized SCALP-EG missiles with low-altitude flight profiles, avoiding detection by S-400 "Triumph," S-300V4, and "Buk-M3" radar positioned in lowlands north of the Crimean Mountains. American and British RQ-4B "Global Hawk" UAVs detected anti-aircraft missile...
Ukraine Wants AESA Radar, Latest Missiles in F-16s Jets
Ukraine Wants Modern Radar, Latest Weapons in F-16s Jets it is expected to receive from Norway and Denmark. Ukraine Wants Modern Radar, Latest Weapons in F-16s Jets Ukraine has initiated talks with donor countries to modernize some 24 F-16s fighter jets it is expected to receive from Denmark and Netherlands. Ukrainian...
Russia Opens Exhibition of Weapons Seized in Ukraine
Russia opened an exhibition of weapons seized during its invasion of Ukraine. The exhibition has been set up in the Patriot Park exhibition ground on the outskirts of Moscow. The exhibition is divided into indoor and outdoor sections. The outdoor section is dominated by armored vehicles, light tanks and patrol boats of...
Has the 'Storm Shadow' Missile Met it's Match in Ukraine?
Has the 'Storm Shadow' Missile Met its Match in Ukraine? Russian air defense systems managed to intercept seven enemy 'Storm Shadow' missiles on May 16 in Ukraine; besides a PATRIOT air defense system was destroyed by a Kinzhal Hypersonic missile strike near Kyiv. Storm Shadow missiles have a firing range in...
Ammo Production by Norway’s Nammo Hit as Local Grid Promises More Power to TikTok Data Centre
TikTok, owned by Chinese company ByteDance, inks agreement with Elvia electricity network company for its “power-guzzling” facility in Hamar, Norway. Raufoss Industripark, Norway, houses 50 companies including Nammo Aerospace and Defence groups headquarters. Hamar and Raufoss are located on the opposite banks of lake Mjøsa. Nammo has ramped up weapons production to replenish...
Russian A-50 AWACS Damaged in Belarus: Deep Fake or Real?
Pro-Ukrainian reports of the Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft attacked in Belarus are going around to show the aircraft damaged after a drone attack. At the same time, Reports in Russian and Belarussian media have shown the aircraft intact. The A-50 was reportedly damaged by explosions while stationary at the Machulishchy air base...
Moscow, Kyiv Shooting Down Own Drones over Ukraine
Increasing reliance on drones for attack & reconnaissance and the deployment of anti-drone systems is leading to UAVs being destoryed in friendly fire. Often, drones belonging to the one army but used by a different unit or battle group are shot down by another unit of the same army. Both sides are...
Free Flow of Weapons Make Peace Difficult in Libya
An almost inexhaustible flow of weapons to the two main fighting sides in the Libyan conflict has made peace a fragile commodity in Libya. The liberal deployment of heavy and expensive weapons- tanks, armored vehicles, drones, helicopters and electronic warfare equipment- despite a United Nations embargo show the high stakes game...
Rostec firm Develops Portable Radar to Detect Drones at Ultra-low Altitudes
Oshkosh Defense Secures $40M Contract Extension for ROGUE-Fires UGV
European Defence Fund Supports STORE Project to Enhance Land Forces' Imaging Systems...
RTX Wins $344M to Develop Standard Missile Variants
Development Trends in Unmanned Surface Vessels
Unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have caught the attention of the world following their spectacular success in sinking Russian warships in...
Have Iran-Israel Missile Attacks Enabled Mutual Deterrence?
Iran's April 13-14 missile strike against Israel marks a paradigm shift in Tehran's approach to Israel; from previously relying on...
Free Flight to Russian Hypersonic Missiles as America's Own Hypersonics Program Delayed to 2027
As Russian Aerospace Forces pummeled Ukrainian positions in mid-March 2024 with hypersonic missiles, the Pentagon's own hypersonics program faces delays,...
Counter-trade, Undisclosed Deals May be Masking Russia’s Arms Export Numbers
A Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SPIRI) report last week reported a steep fall in Russias arms exports- pushed to...
China’s “Moderate” 2024 Defense Budget Hides Frenetic Military Build-up
China on Tuesday revealed a draft defense budget draft for 2024 amounting to 1
Battle of Counter-Drone SAMs- Raytheon's Coyote Vs. Russian Pantsir-S1
The spectacular success of drones on the battlefield in Ukraine has prompted Russia and the United States to develop counter-measures...