Land Defense News
U.S. Congress Signals Where the Next U.S. Wars Will Be Won or Lost
Congress is receiving a January 2026 briefing from the Congressional Research Service on emerging military technologies senior defense and intellig...
Australian and Army U.S. Forces Conduct HIMARS Long Range Strike Exercise
Australian Department of Defence announced on January 7, 2026, Australian and U.S. forces successfully conducted a complex joint demonstration duri...
Portugal Starts CAESAR Howitzer Training Ahead of Planned Deliveries in the Early 2030s
Portugal’s Army has begun initial training and familiarization with the CAESAR self-propelled howitzer as part of its long-term artillery moderniza...
Russia Conducts Deep Strike in Ukraine Using Oreshnik Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile
Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced Friday that it had conducted what it called a large-scale retaliatory strike against military-related target...
How Sweden’s Archer Howitzers Are Used by Ukraine for Fast Counter-Battery Missions
Sweden has approved the delivery of more than 10 replacement gun barrels to keep Ukraine’s Archer self-propelled howitzers operational after intens...
Denmark completes first Spike LR2 missile live firing from Eagle V armored vehicle
Denmark announced on January 8, 2026, the first integrated live firing of the Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missile from the Eagle V armored patrol ve...
Philippine Army orders thousands of DSAR-15 5.56mm carbines from South Korea in new contract
On January 6, 2026, MaxDefense Philippines reported that the Philippine Army awarded a contract to South Korea’s Dasan Machineries Co. Ltd. to supp...
Elbit America Completes First U.S.-Built SIGMA NG Artillery System for U.S. Army Review
Elbit America has completed the first U.S.-assembled SIGMA Next Generation 155mm self-propelled howitzer as the Army accelerates its Self-Propelled...
NATO CV90 Infantry Fighting Vehicles Gain Iron Fist Active Protection After $150M Award
BAE Systems Hägglunds has awarded contracts worth about $150 million to integrate the Iron Fist Active Protection System on CV90 infantry fighting ...
MBDA Confirms New TAURUS NEO Missile Enters Production Phase to Boost Germany Long-Range Strike
According to information published by the official X account of MBDA Deutschland on January 7, 2026, the new TAURUS NEO cruise missile program has ...
Army Recognition confirms strong global growth and ranks among leading defense news websites in 2025
Data from Google Analytics and independent benchmarks published by Similarweb confirm the sustained rise of ArmyRecognition.com as a leading global...
Ukraine Authorizes Zmiy Droid 12.7 Armored Ground Drone for Operational Use
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have officially inducted a new domestically produced ground combat robot into service, approving the Zmiy Droid 12.7 for o...
UK Confirms INTEL Support for U.S. Special Forces Seizure of Russian-Linked Tanker BELLA
The United Kingdom played a decisive behind-the-scenes role in a recent US military operation that led to the seizure of the tanker BELLA 1, a vess...
US reviews plan that could place Greenland defense under total American control
As reported by The Economist on January 5, 2025, the United States is considering a Compact of Free Association with Greenland, an arrangement that...
U.S. Army Maintains Strong Patriot Air Defense in Japan to Counter North Korean and Chinese Threats
U.S. Army air defense soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment (1-1 ADA) are maintaining a continuous defensive p...
U.S. Special Forces Seize Tanker Marinera Despite Russian Naval Escort
On January 7, 2026, Reuters reported that U.S. authorities moved to seize the oil tanker Marinera, a vessel linked to Venezuelan oil shipments alle...
Morocco Quietly Deploys Barak MX Air Defense System as Tensions With Algeria Linger
Morocco has brought the Israeli-made Barak MX air and missile defense system into operational service, according to satellite-linked reporting cite...
Poland Confirms Acquisition of Baobab-G Mine-Laying Tracked Vehicles After Lessons From Ukraine War
Poland is strengthening its battlefield engineering and terrain-denial capabilities after signing a strategic €240 million agreement with the domes...
China ramps up J-35A stealth fighter jet production as two aircraft conduct test flight
Video footage published by The Daily CPEC on X on January 7, 2026, appears to show two fully assembled, production-standard Shenyang J-35A stealth ...
Chinese Ground Units Test ZRY222 Rocket-Armed Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Infantry Close Support
On January 5, 2026, new footage aired on Chinese state television showed ground units integrating the ZRY222 tracked combat robot into infantry tra...
China launches 2026 combat drills highlighting joint force warfare and next-generation strike power
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army has formally launched its 2026 military training cycle, conducting system-wide exercises on the first working ...
Unofficial first images of U.S. Army’s future M1E3 Abrams tank prototype surface online
On January 6, 2026, the LinkedIn account U.S. Army Speed to Delivery published what is possibly the first images of the M1E3 early prototype delive...
Kosovo Receives New Batch of Turkish-Made Roketsan OMTAS Anti-Tank Missile Systems
A statement issued on January 7, 2026 by Acting Defense Minister Ejup Maqedonci confirmed that Kosovo has received the next delivery of OMTAS anti-...
Thai Army reviews Chinese VT-4 tank reliability after issues during Cambodia border clashes
A series of videos and images circulating across social media platforms in December 2025 suggests that the Royal Thai Army is facing mounting techn...
U.S. Will Triple Production of PAC-3 MSE Air Defense Interceptors by 2033
Lockheed Martin has signed a new framework agreement with the U.S. government to increase annual PAC-3 MSE interceptor production from about 600 to...