Defence News
Lasers Could Be Helpless Against Hypersonic Weapons
6 October 2023
Lasers Could Be Helpless Against Hypersonic Weapons
Lasers may be the cure for whatever ails you in science fiction, but if America is looking for a real…
Report: Japan Accelerating $1.4B Tomahawk Strike Missile Buy After Pentagon Meeting
6 October 2023
Report: Japan Accelerating $1.4B Tomahawk Strike Missile Buy After Pentagon Meeting
Japan plans to acquire Tomahawk cruise missiles a year earlier, announced Japan Defense Minister Minoru Kihara on Wednesday during a…
Putin announces ‘successful testing’ of nuclear-powered cruise missile
6 October 2023
Putin announces ‘successful testing’ of nuclear-powered cruise missile
Russian president Vladimir Putin announced that Russia conducted the “last successful test” of the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. Earlier this…
German Army Orders Rheinmetall Reconnaissance Drones for $210M
6 October 2023
German Army Orders Rheinmetall Reconnaissance Drones for $210M
Rheinmetall will deliver Luna NG reconnaissance drone systems to the German Army for an estimated 200 million euros ($210 million).…
Raytheon to Develop Air Defense Command and Control Prototype
6 October 2023
Raytheon to Develop Air Defense Command and Control Prototype
The US Air Force has awarded Raytheon a $39-million contract to develop a command and control software prototype for an…
Russia to Build Naval Base in Georgian Region
6 October 2023
Russia to Build Naval Base in Georgian Region
Russia’s navy will establish a base on the Black Sea coast of a separatist region in Georgia, its leader said…
US State Dept authorizes sale of Patriot missile system to Spain
6 October 2023
US State Dept authorizes sale of Patriot missile system to Spain
The Pentagon said the U.S. State Department OK’d the potential sale of Patriot missile defense systems and linked equipment to…
Parliament to extend mandate of Turkish troops in Iraq, Syria
6 October 2023
Parliament to extend mandate of Turkish troops in Iraq, Syria
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signed a motion to extend the deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq and Syria for two…
Türkiye hits YPG/PKK terrorist facilities in Syria
6 October 2023
Türkiye hits YPG/PKK terrorist facilities in Syria
Türkiye’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) targeted military facilities of the terrorist PKK’s Syrian offshoot YPG in Syria, security sources said.…
Gaia is now finding planets—could it find another Earth?
5 October 2023
Gaia is now finding planets—could it find another Earth?
The ESA launched Gaia in 2013 with one overarching goal: to map more than one billion stars in the Milky…