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This additional purchase, valued at €1,15 billion, raises Belgium’s total Griffon fleet to 498 vehicles and expands the role of the Serval as a lighter complement for reconnaissance and rapid mobility tasks. (Picture source: Army Recognition) This additional purchase, valued at €1,15 billion, raises Belgium’s total Griffon fleet to 498 vehicles and expands the role of the Serval as a lighter complement for reconnaissance and rapid mobility tasks. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

Belgium to purchase 92 additional Griffon armoured vehicles from France

| Defense News Army 2025
As reported by L'Echo on December 4, 2025, Belgium will purchase 92 additional Griffon and 123 Serval armored vehicles for a total of €1,15 billion...
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The Sakr 105 is a shoulder-mounted launcher firing 105 mm projectiles, including anti-tank and thermobaric rounds, allowing Egyptian infantry units to employ it against fortified positions, personnel in cover, or lightly armored vehicles. (Picture source: Army Recognition) The Sakr 105 is a shoulder-mounted launcher firing 105 mm projectiles, including anti-tank and thermobaric rounds, allowing Egyptian infantry units to employ it against fortified positions, personnel in cover, or lightly armored vehicles. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

EDEX 2025: New Sakr 105 thermobaric launcher gives Egyptian squads a stronger option for bunker reduction

| Defense News Army 2025
At EDEX 2025, Egypt presented the Sakr 105, a new fully Egyptian-made shoulder-fired launcher developed by the Arab Organization for Industrializat...
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At Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, soldiers from Sioux Company, Multi-Purpose Company, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, prepare to launch a Ghost-X Medium-Range Reconnaissance drone while operating the Soldier Borne Mission Command Surrogate system during a field training exercise. At Camp Beauregard, Louisiana, soldiers from Sioux Company, Multi-Purpose Company, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, prepare to launch a Ghost-X Medium-Range Reconnaissance drone while operating the Soldier Borne Mission Command Surrogate system during a field training exercise.

U.S. War Department launches drive for 300,000 combat drones under President Trump’s Drone Dominance Plan

| Defense News Army 2025
U.S. defense officials outlined a sweeping new procurement program targeting more than 300,000 combat-capable drones, describing it as the most agg...
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Low-cost unmanned combat attack drones operated by U.S. Central Command sit ready on the tarmac at an undisclosed base within CENTCOM’s area of operations, November 23, 2025. These one-way strike drones are part of a newly deployed squadron in the Middle East, aimed at enhancing regional deterrence and rapid-response capabilities. Low-cost unmanned combat attack drones operated by U.S. Central Command sit ready on the tarmac at an undisclosed base within CENTCOM’s area of operations, November 23, 2025. These one-way strike drones are part of a newly deployed squadron in the Middle East, aimed at enhancing regional deterrence and rapid-response capabilities.

BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Central Command Deploys First Attack Drone Task Force to the Middle East

| Defense News Army 2025
U.S. Central Command has stood up a new military unit, Task Force Scorpion Strike, a unit structured entirely around the employment of one-way atta...
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The ZSU-23-4 SVK Shilka retains most of the original ZSU-23-4 characteristics, such as its quad 23 mm cannon turret and the GM-575 tracked chassis, but seems to incorporate a missile launcher box on the top of the turret. (Picture source: Army Recognition) The ZSU-23-4 SVK Shilka retains most of the original ZSU-23-4 characteristics, such as its quad 23 mm cannon turret and the GM-575 tracked chassis, but seems to incorporate a missile launcher box on the top of the turret. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

EDEX 2025: Slovakia's MSM Land Systems presents upgraded ZSU-23-4 SVK anti-aircraft gun

| Defense News Army 2025
At EDEX 2025, the Slovakian company MSM Land Systems presented the ZSU-23-4 SVK, a modernized Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG), as p...
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The Boxer RCT30 IFV combines the Boxer 8×8 chassis with the RCT30 remote-controlled turret, the same used on the German Puma infantry fighting vehicle. (Picture source: X/Nicholas Drummond) The Boxer RCT30 IFV combines the Boxer 8×8 chassis with the RCT30 remote-controlled turret, the same used on the German Puma infantry fighting vehicle. (Picture source: X/Nicholas Drummond)

Qatar receives first Boxer RCT30 infantry fighting vehicles from Germany

| Defense News Army 2025
On December 3, 2025, KNDS Deutschland delivered the first Boxer RCT30 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Qatar, marking the start of fleet introd...
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Germany has declared its Arrow 3-based Arrow Weapon System operational, making it Europe’s first exo-atmospheric long-range ballistic missile interceptor and reinforcing continental air and missile defense. (Picture source: German MoD / Israeli MoD / U.S. Navy) Germany has declared its Arrow 3-based Arrow Weapon System operational, making it Europe’s first exo-atmospheric long-range ballistic missile interceptor and reinforcing continental air and missile defense. (Picture source: German MoD / Israeli MoD / U.S. Navy)

Germany Strengthens European Air Defense Capabilities With Israeli Arrow 3 Hypersonic Missile Interceptor

| Defense News Army 2025
On December 3, 2025, at the Schönewalde/Holzdorf air base south of Berlin, Germany formally declared initial operational capability for the Arrow W...
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Safrah is a man-portable directional jammer that cuts drone control, video, and GPS links out to 1.5 km, forcing hostile UAVs to land or return home for frontline or perimeter defense (Picture source: Army Recognition Group). Safrah is a man-portable directional jammer that cuts drone control, video, and GPS links out to 1.5 km, forcing hostile UAVs to land or return home for frontline or perimeter defense (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).

EDEX 2025: Pakistan Displays Battle-Proven Safrah Drone Jamming Gun With 1.5 km Disruption Range

| Defense News Army 2025
Pakistan’s National Electronics Complex of Pakistan introduced its Safrah anti-UAV gun at EDEX 2025, highlighting a 1.5-kilometer jamming range and...
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The 37-ton K11 Fire Control Vehicle is a tracked, armored command post for Egypt’s K9A1EGY howitzers, using a digital fire direction suite to coordinate up to six guns. Powered by a 1,000 hp diesel engine, it provides mobile, protected command and control alongside frontline mechanized units (Picture source: Army Recognition Group). The 37-ton K11 Fire Control Vehicle is a tracked, armored command post for Egypt’s K9A1EGY howitzers, using a digital fire direction suite to coordinate up to six guns. Powered by a 1,000 hp diesel engine, it provides mobile, protected command and control alongside frontline mechanized units (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).

EDEX 2025: Egypt Presents New K11 Fire Control Vehicle With First Full K9A1EGY Howitzer Battery

| Defense News Army 2025
Egypt publicly introduced its new K11 Fire Control Vehicle in Cairo, displaying it alongside the first complete K9A1EGY self-propelled howitzer bat...
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Egypt’s K9A1EGY 155 mm self-propelled howitzer delivers rapid, long-range fire beyond 40 km with shoot and scoot mobility, armored protection, and a semi-automatic loading system for high-tempo artillery missions (Picture source: Army Recognition Group). Egypt’s K9A1EGY 155 mm self-propelled howitzer delivers rapid, long-range fire beyond 40 km with shoot and scoot mobility, armored protection, and a semi-automatic loading system for high-tempo artillery missions (Picture source: Army Recognition Group).

EDEX 2025: Egypt Moves K9A1EGY 155 mm Howitzers Into Service as National Production Grows

| Defense News Army 2025
Egypt is moving its locally built K9A1EGY 155 mm self-propelled howitzer from an industrial project into frontline artillery units, with the first ...
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A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts a live-fire launch of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during a training exercise over the Caribbean Sea on November 25, 2025, as part of Operation Southern Spear. A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conducts a live-fire launch of an AIM-9 Sidewinder missile during a training exercise over the Caribbean Sea on November 25, 2025, as part of Operation Southern Spear.

U.S. Marines AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter conducts live-fire of Sidewinder missile in Caribbean

| Defense News Army 2025
A U.S. Southern Command update posted on December 3, 2025, said an AH-1Z Viper from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit fired an AIM-9 Sidewinder mi...
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China’s strategy appears oriented toward offering Egypt a full-spectrum air defence package, in which the FN-16 is proposed as a short-range interceptor complementing long-range systems like the HQ-9B. (Picture source: Army Recognition) China’s strategy appears oriented toward offering Egypt a full-spectrum air defence package, in which the FN-16 is proposed as a short-range interceptor complementing long-range systems like the HQ-9B. (Picture source: Army Recognition)

EDEX 2025: China showcases FN-16 missile in Egypt as both sides deepen military cooperation

| Defense News Army 2025
China presented its FN-16 man-portable air defense system (MANPADS) at the EDEX 2025 exhibition, as part of a broader effort to expand its defense ...
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