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Breaking Jul 8 • procurement Lockheed, Rheinmetall to Build ATACMS Missiles in Germany A new MOU puts ATACMS production outside the US for the first time in 35 years, targeting up to 800 missiles a year from Rheinmetall's Unterluess plant by 2029. ATACMSLockheed Martin Read more →

Jul 8 • procurement India Approves $5.46B Procurement Led by Counter-Drone System India's Defence Acquisition Council cleared roughly 52,000 crore rupees in indigenous weapons buys, headlined by the Akash Tarang counter-drone system and layered air defense missiles.
Jul 7 • procurement Finland Buys Swedish Air-Defense Missiles to Counter Russian Threats Helsinki orders Saab RBS 70 NG short-range systems for €108M, battle-proven in Ukraine, as Nordic deterrence posture strengthens.
Jul 7 • policy Hot NATO Allies Pledge €70B Annually for Ukraine at Ankara Summit An in-depth look at NATO's Ankara summit: a €70 billion-a-year Ukraine aid pledge, the road from a 2% to a 5%-of-GDP spending target, and why Turkey's grip on the Black Sea straits made it the venue.
Jul 7 • procurement UK Commits £298B to Defense, Doubling Munitions Output by Decade Britain announces major military overhaul with £15B new funding, targeting 16-fold shell production and hypersonic missiles by the 2030s.
Jul 6 • policy Australia and Fiji sign mutual-defense pact to counter China Landmark 'Ocean of Peace' treaty deepens Fiji-Australia security ties with an economic package worth over AUD $1 billion and an open-membership clause for other Pacific states.

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Lockheed, Rheinmetall to Build ATACMS Missiles in Germany India Approves $5.46B Procurement Led by Counter-Drone System Finland Buys Swedish Air-Defense Missiles to Counter Russian Threats NATO Allies Pledge €70B Annually for Ukraine at Ankara Summit UK Commits £298B to Defense, Doubling Munitions Output by Decade Australia and Fiji sign mutual-defense pact to counter China China fires JL-3 SLBM in Pacific, breaking 2-year silence Lockheed, Rheinmetall to Build ATACMS Missiles in Germany India Approves $5.46B Procurement Led by Counter-Drone System Finland Buys Swedish Air-Defense Missiles to Counter Russian Threats NATO Allies Pledge €70B Annually for Ukraine at Ankara Summit UK Commits £298B to Defense, Doubling Munitions Output by Decade Australia and Fiji sign mutual-defense pact to counter China China fires JL-3 SLBM in Pacific, breaking 2-year silence

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Jul 8 • comparison Tube Howitzers vs Rocket Artillery: The Real Range Gap The longest tube howitzer in our database claims 70 km, unverified. The longest rocket system reaches 350 km, a genuinely different weapon. artilleryrocket artillery Read more →

Jul 8 • industry UAV Endurance Compared: 60 Hours vs 15 Minutes Across 52 UAVs in our database, endurance spans 60 hours to 15 minutes, a 240x gap that separates loitering ISR platforms from one-way weapons.
Jul 7 • news The Glide-Bomb Range Race: Russia vs the West Russia's jet-powered UMPK-PD glide bomb is battlefield-reported at up to 200km, roughly double the West's leading combat-fielded glide munitions.
Jul 7 • guide Which Fighter Jet Has the Longest Combat Radius? China's J-20 claims a 2,000 km fighter combat radius, but 8 of the 12 longest reaches in our database are unverified Chinese or Russian state claims.
Jul 7 • industry NATO Explained: Founding, Funding, and Who Really Pays NATO's mutual-defense clause has been invoked exactly once in 76 years, for the United States. Here's the founding, funding, and cost breakdown.
Jul 6 • industry Attack Helicopter Payload Ratio: Apache Ranks Last The AH-64E Apache carries just 7.4% of combat weight as weapons payload, the lowest ratio of 17 attack helicopters, versus the AH-1Z Viper's 29.8%.

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Tube Howitzers vs Rocket Artillery: The Real Range Gap UAV Endurance Compared: 60 Hours vs 15 Minutes The Glide-Bomb Range Race: Russia vs the West Which Fighter Jet Has the Longest Combat Radius?NATO Explained: Founding, Funding, and Who Really Pays Attack Helicopter Payload Ratio: Apache Ranks Last Arleigh Burke vs Type 055 vs Sejong the Great Tube Howitzers vs Rocket Artillery: The Real Range Gap UAV Endurance Compared: 60 Hours vs 15 Minutes The Glide-Bomb Range Race: Russia vs the West Which Fighter Jet Has the Longest Combat Radius?NATO Explained: Founding, Funding, and Who Really Pays Attack Helicopter Payload Ratio: Apache Ranks Last Arleigh Burke vs Type 055 vs Sejong the Great

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