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SPEAR 3 - 1

British SPEAR 3 Missile Delayed To 2030

The in-development MBDA SPEAR 3 (Selective Precision Effects at Range) missile has been delayed from a planned entry to service in 2027 to 2030, according to the U. K. ...
Anzac_4

ANZAC Class Sustainment Tender Anticipated

Australia’s ANZAC class are a series of eight frigates based on the MEKO 200 design from ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The frigates were procured jointly with New ...
An-12 Cub

An-12 Cub Among Aircraft Destroyed in Ukrainian Drone Attack

The An-12 Cub is an ex-Soviet cargo plane used for cargo delivery, paratroop deployment and sometimes electronic countermeasures and signals intelligence collection. The Cub ...

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South Korea’s Canadian Submarine Gambit

Tom Freebairn
16 May 2025