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China to modernize its nuclear arsenal
As reported by Liu Xuanzun, Fan Anqi and Bai Yunyi in Global Times, China has no plan to drastically expand its nuclear arsenal but will continue t...
Japan plans record-breaking Defense budget from 2023 onwards
According to Shreya Mundhra in the EurAsian Times, Japan has recently been making headlines regarding its increasing Defense budget amid growing te...
Russian army upgrades counter-UAV systems
It is difficult to imagine a modern army without unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The engagement tactic is constantly updated. Swarms of drones are ...
European Defence Agency finds record European defence spending in 2020
On December 6, the European Defence Agency (EDA) published its annual Defence Data report for 2019-2020, detailing defence spending by the 26 EDA M...
Sales of Top 100 arms companies rated by SIPRI continue to grow amid pandemic
Sales of arms and military services by the industry’s 100 largest companies totaled $531 billion in 2020—an increase of 1.3 percent in real terms c...
Russian Airborne forces hold 3000 combat training events in 2021
The Russian Airborne Forces held over 3,000 combat training events in 2021, Deputy Commander of the forces Major-General Anatoly Kontsevoi told the...
Future Soldier unveils radical transformation for British Army
According to its website, the British Army has announced further details of Future Soldier, its most radical programme of transformation in over 20...
Belgian army to update its Strategic Vision 2030 document
Since the publication of the “Vision 2030” in 2016, on the basis of analyzes carried out in 2014 and 2015, international tensions have increased an...
Chinese President Xi calls to break new ground in weaponry
According to Yang Sheng and Leng Shumei in Global Times, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged efforts to break new ground in the development of t...
Indian Army deploys Pinaka and Smerch rocket systems on border with China
As reported by The Times of India, the Indian Army has deployed Pinaka and Smerch Multiple Rocket Launcher Systems (MRLS) at forward positions near...
Tor-M2 air defense systems to reinforce Russian SHORAD in years to come
The Tor-M2 family (NATO reporting name: SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems will form the backbone of the Russian military’s short...
Russian army increases stocks of Krasnopol guided artillery shells
The Russian armed forces are receiving various precision weapons. They are supplied to artillery units of the Ground and Airborne Forces. The Krasn...