Tag: Missiles

U.S. announces $2.35B military aid for Ukraine

by Saurabh Joshi • July 8, 2024

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Gerard Holodak, with the 17th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion (CSSB), fires an M136E1 AT4-CS confined space light anti-armour weapon at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on October 12, 2017 | Photo: U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Westin Warburton

The latest round of military aid worth USD 150 million is the Biden administration’s 60th tranche of aid since August 2021, including artillery and ammunition from its own inventories, in addition to purchases of air defence systems worth USD 2.2 billion for Ukraine.

Israeli arms exports topped $12.5B in 2022

by Saurabh Joshi • June 18, 2024

Israeli defence exports from 2000 to 2022. Click the image to view the complete set of graphics explaining Israel's defence exports | Source: International Defense Cooperation Directorate (SIBAT), Israeli Ministry of Defence

Israel’s defence ministry reported that exports to Abraham Accords countries, alone, reached approximately USD 3 billion, amounting to 24 percent of Israeli weapons sales and exports of unmanned systems made up 25 percent of its exports.

MoD lists DRDO research over last 3 yrs

by Saurabh Joshi • March 9, 2015

DRDO has conducted research in 87 project/fields over the last three years.

Opening remarks by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels | Photo: NATO

Arms sales jump as global supply struggles to meet demand while defence budgets grapple with national politics 

Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II fighters, assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct flight training operations over the Utah Test and Training Range on February 14, 2018 | Photo: U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Andrew Lee

Romania signs on for F-35 fighters

A Boeing KC-46A refuels an F-16 | Photo: Boeing

Boeing gets $4 billion order for 15 KC-46A, 07 P-8A aircraft

12 June 2024, Berlin: Boris Pistorius (C), Germany's Defence Minister, comes to the Bundestag's Defence Committee to present plans for a new military service | Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa

German defence minister: Ukraine no longer a regional war

An F-35C Lightning II, assigned to Marine Wing Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations on Nov. 23, 2021 | Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/1st Lt. Charles Allen

U.S. Marine F-35C fighters in 1st combat missions

The German flag waves on a TPz Fuchs Armoured Personnel Carrier during Exercise Dynamic Front 25 on Grafenwöhr Training Area, Bavaria, Germany, on November 17, 2024. Dynamic Front takes place from Nov. 4 to 24 in Finland, Estonia, Germany, Poland, and Romania, and demonstrates NATO’s ability to share fire mission target information and operational graphics from the Arctic to the Black Sea. Dynamic Front includes more than 1,800 U.S. and 3,700 multi-national service members from 28 Allied and partner nations | Photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Chandler Coats

German Army secret paper preps for war with Russia – Report