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Russian analyst Maksim Kalashnikov publicly challenged Putin's Su-57 claim: "Where is it in Ukraine?" Notes F-35 struck Iranian air defenses repeatedly while Su-57 stays in standoff role.
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Russia's famous tank reserve looked endless in 2022. A new satellite image analysis says it's down to about 851 usable vehicles — and the factory that upgrades them may run out of stock in a year.
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📌 The Russian invaders have announced the closure of traffic on the route from Henichesk through the Arabat Spit to Russian-occupied Crimea.
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A commercial electric truck company launched a military version that can run silent, export enough power to run a weapons system, and be driven remotely from kilometers away.
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Military helicopters are increasingly threatened by small cheap drones. Airbus and German startup Quantum Systems agreed to build a fix — drone interceptors mounted directly on the H145M helicopter.
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Lockheed Martin's secretive Skunk Works division built a military drone using 3D printing technology — design to physical prototype without traditional manufacturing.
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Switzerland signed its biggest artillery contract in decades — 32 wheeled howitzers that can fire while driving. Delivery from 2031.
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Latvia just received its first modern infantry fighting vehicle — one year after ordering it
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A Russian factory that builds components for Shahed attack drones has been hit by Ukrainian FP-5 cruise missiles for the second time.
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Norway's biggest defense company bought the American startup making missiles designed to be produced by the thousands. Its rockets are already being used in Ukraine.
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Days after Vladimir Putin called the Su-57 the best fighter jet in the world, Russian military bloggers and analysts are publicly pushing back, pointing to the aircraft's limited and largely standoff ...
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Russia's tank reserve, long cited by Moscow's supporters as an inexhaustible strategic depth, is approaching exhaustion faster than official narratives suggest, according to a detailed analysis of sat...
The Russian invaders have announced the closure of traffic on the route from Henichesk through the Arabat Spit to Russian-occupied Crimea.Earlier in the morning, Vladimir Saldo, the Russian-installed ...
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An American electric truck manufacturer has launched a new defense business vertical and unveiled autonomy-ready hybrid-electric vehicles for national-security missions, backed by In-Q-Tel, the not-fo...
Airbus Helicopters and German drone technology company Quantum Systems have agreed to explore mounting counter-drone interceptors on military helicopters, starting with the H145M light multirole helic...
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Lockheed Martin's secretive Skunk Works division has built a drone from scratch in under a year using 3D-printing technology, demonstrating a manufacturing approach that the company says could fundame...
Switzerland has signed its largest artillery procurement contract in decades, ordering 32 wheeled self-propelled howitzers from European defense group KNDS in a deal that brings one of the most techni...
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Latvia has received its first HUNTER infantry fighting vehicle, just twelve months after signing the contract, marking a delivery pace that stands in sharp contrast to the multi-year waits that have c...
Ukraine struck a Russian defense electronics factory for the second time in five weeks on Tuesday, hitting the same Cheboksary facility with domestically developed Flamingo cruise missiles, demonstrat...
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Norway's largest defense company has completed the acquisition of a California missile startup that makes interceptors and strike weapons designed to be produced by the thousands rather than the dozen...
