Deadlock breaks, Joseph Aoun new President of Lebanon 14/01/2025 | Pietro Batacchi Lebanon is trying to turn the page after a year of war between Israel and Hezbollah, and an endless economic crisis. Aoun is one of… [read more]

Ukraine: the Russian advance in Donbas continues, while Kiev's counter-attack in Kursk gets stuck 14/01/2025 | CAROLINA PAIZS The prospect of a change in US policy towards the conflict has prompted both Moscow and Kiev to adopt more aggressive strategies on the ground.

South Korea’s LIG Nex1 to Work on Next-Generation MANET System 13/01/2025 | Mike Rajkumar LIG Nex1 has been actively pursuing the development of a next-generation communication system optimized for the future power of the ROK military, such as the Warrior Platform, Dronebot combat system, and Army Tiger 4.0. 

Japan Pursuing Large AMRAAM Buy 13/01/2025 | Mike Rajkumar The AIM-120D-3 is the newest variant of Raytheon’s AMRAAM developed as part of the missiles Form, Fit, Function (3F) refresh programme and includes 15 upgraded circuit cards making use of the latest System Improvement Program-3F software.

Chinese Supplied FK-3 SAM Systems Operational with Serbia 13/01/2025 | Mike Rajkumar Serbia’s FK-3 SAM systems will be used for the defence of government buildings, business facilities, SAF troops, and territory from airborne reconnaissance and aerial attacks. The released images show the 250th Air Defence Missile Brigade’s battalion armed with the FK-3.

New Submarines for Turkey 10/01/2025 | Michele Cosentino The MILDEN will be fitted with a fuel cell AIP system, while the vessels' equipment will include domestically produced weapon systems, such as the AKYA heavy torpedoes (to counter surface and underwater units), the ATAMCA long-range anti-ship missiles and probably also the GEZGIN land-attack cruise missiles.

First out-of-laboratory tests for UK-built quantum atomic clock 10/01/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli The clock could provide ultra-accurate timing, and complement quantum accelerometers for accurate navigation and timing without dependency from satellites.

EU funded and equipped Ukrainian brigade in trouble 09/01/2025 | Igor Markic Assigned to the Pokrovsk front, the ANNE OF KIEV immediately suffered major LEOPARD 2 losses. Worse still, it did not arrive on the frontline at all with its 5,800 personnel, as no less than 1,700 of them were missing from roll call.

Tomahawk Block V program progresses for both US Navy and UK 09/01/2025 | Gabriele Molinelli A key long-lead items order to Raytheon provides kits for the next batch of UK TOMAHAWK re-builds as well as capsules to restart production of submarine vertical launch missiles from FY 2026.

GCAP: some industrial details emerge for production and work sharing 09/01/2025 | Marco Giulio Barone GCAP is based on an innovative collaboration model that involves work-sharing among the three nations. In late December, a few details were dislosed about assembly lines, working methodologies, and new partnerships (especially Saudi Arabia).