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Armies, armoured vehicles, artillery and ground-based air defence.

Australia’s Prototype Missile Shield Could Draw on the Navy’s Arsenal

Australia’s Prototype Missile Shield Could Draw on the Navy’s Arsenal

Australia’s prototype land-based missile shield could eventually fire some of the same missiles carried by the navy’s Hobart-class destroyers and planned for its future Hunter-class frigates, according to Lockheed Martin. The claim points to a potential shortcut in Canberra’s effort to build a medium-

Dark Eagle May Have Deployed to Guam as US Hypersonic Inventory Remains Thin

Dark Eagle May Have Deployed to Guam as US Hypersonic Inventory Remains Thin

New US Army photographs have raised the possibility that America’s longest-range ground-launched weapon trained on Guam during Exercise Valiant Shield, placing mainland China within its publicly declared reach. The images show Admiral Samuel Paparo, commander of US Pacific Command, observing soldiers working with the Dark Eagle Long-

Belgium's €3.1 Billion Skyranger Deal Puts Rheinmetall at the Centre of Europe's Air Defence

Belgium's €3.1 Billion Skyranger Deal Puts Rheinmetall at the Centre of Europe's Air Defence

Belgium confirmed a €3.1 billion air-defence package at the NATO summit in Ankara on 8 July, built around 20 Rheinmetall Skyranger short-range systems. The deal also takes in 10 NASAMS launchers and 14 Ground Master 200 radars, bought through existing Dutch framework contracts to speed delivery. Defence

Germany Expands Its Arrow 3 Shield as Europe's Air Defence Autonomy Slips

Germany Expands Its Arrow 3 Shield as Europe's Air Defence Autonomy Slips

Germany has confirmed plans for a second site for its Arrow 3 missile shield (July 1), the interceptor that will guard its cities against ballistic attack from beyond the atmosphere. The system is Israeli-led and needed American approval to be sold. It is not European, and that is the

Why the US Marines Are Betting on Israel's Iron Dome to Survive a Pacific War

Why the US Marines Are Betting on Israel's Iron Dome to Survive a Pacific War

The US Marine Corps has moved an Iron Dome-derived air-defence system into the Western Pacific, closing a gap in its own Pacific war plan that had left forward Marines without medium-range protection for the first time in a generation. The service announced late last month that III

Israel's SPYDER Keeps Winning Europe's Air-Defence Race

Israel's SPYDER Keeps Winning Europe's Air-Defence Race

Romania's agreement to buy Israel's SPYDER air-defence system in a framework worth more than €2 billion, signed in late June, is the largest export contract in the history of Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and the second-largest deal ever recorded by Israel's defence

US Marines Use Civilian Ferries to Haul China-Deterrent Missiles Near Taiwan

US Marines Use Civilian Ferries to Haul China-Deterrent Missiles Near Taiwan

US Marines moved land-based anti-ship missile launchers across islands near Taiwan aboard contracted Philippine commercial ferries this month, a workaround that underscores how far Washington's plan to counter China at sea has run ahead of the ships built to carry it. During the KAMANDAG exercise, the