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Russia's Geran-5 Is Fast, Flawed and Hostage to One Chinese Engine
Russia's Geran-5 has reached Kyiv and drawn Iranian interest. Its marquee capabilities are unproven, its range is contested and its output depends on one Chinese turbojet.
Ukraine · Russia · China
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HQ-10 / HHQ-10Pro
China's short-range naval point-defense missile system, fielded across warships from Type 056 corvettes to Type 055 destroyers and aircraft carriers as the fleet's final missile layer against incoming threats.
China · air defense · naval-air-defense
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HQ-11Pro
China's HQ-11 is a mobile terminal air-defence system combining vertical-launch missiles, a Type 1130-derived close-in gun and networked command elements to protect units and key sites.
China · air defense · sam
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HQ-12 / KS-1Pro
The HQ-12, developed from the export-oriented KS-1 family, is a Chinese road-mobile medium-range surface-to-air missile system built around phased-array fire control and exported across Asia.
China · air defense · sam
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HQ-7 / FM-90Pro
The HQ-7 is a Chinese short-range surface-to-air missile system derived from the French Crotale, with the improved FM-90 serving as its principal export version.
China · Iran · air defense
- Type 100Pro China's Type 100 is a medium-weight main battle tank built around an unmanned turret, active protection, hybrid propulsion and networked sensors rather than progressively heavier passive armor. China · Land · main-battle-tank
- Gnom UGVPro The Gnom is a Ukrainian family of compact, remotely controlled unmanned ground vehicles developed by Temerland for reconnaissance, fire support, logistics, evacuation, remote mining and drone carriage. Ukraine · drones · UGV
- Cosmos 2553Pro Cosmos 2553 is a Russian military satellite in an unusual orbit near 2,000 km, publicly described as a technology demonstrator but linked by US officials to development of a nuclear-armed anti-satellite capability. Russia · Space · military-space
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Russia Is Firing S-400 Target Missiles at Ukraine to Save Its Iskanders
A repurposed air-defense training missile made up more than half of Russia's confirmed ballistic strikes on Ukraine this summer, drawing on scarce Patriot interceptors while Moscow holds its Iskanders for winter.
Ukraine · Russia · air defense
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Zoubin air-defence systemPro
Zoubin is an Iranian short-range, low-altitude air-defence system combining a 360-degree radar with vertically launched missiles to counter drones, cruise missiles and low-flying aircraft.
Iran · air defense · sam
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Type 022 HoubeiPro
China's Type 022 Houbei is a fast, waterjet-driven catamaran missile boat built to launch coordinated YJ-83 salvoes in coastal and near-littoral waters.
China · Sea · fast-attack-craft
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Shahid Soleimani-class corvettePro
An Iranian class of four aluminium catamaran missile corvettes built for the IRGC Navy, combining vertical-launch cells, anti-ship missiles, fast boats and a helicopter deck on a 600-tonne hull.
Iran · Sea · corvette
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SC-19 / DN-series ASATPro
China's SC-19 is a ground-launched, hit-to-kill anti-satellite weapon associated with the wider DN-series of exo-atmospheric interceptors and the destructive 2007 Fengyun-1C test.
China · Space · anti-satellite
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Qaem missile familyPro
Iran's Qaem family comprises TOW-derived short-range surface-to-air missiles, UAV-carried glide bombs and the longer-range Qaem-118 counter-air interceptor.
Iran · air defense · sam
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Nudol (A-235 / PL-19)Pro
Russia's road-mobile direct-ascent anti-satellite interceptor, demonstrated against Kosmos 1408 at about 470 km in 2021 and also associated with the A-235 missile-defense programme.
Russia · Space · anti-satellite
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Moudge-class frigatePro
Iran's Moudge class is a family of domestically built light frigates, officially designated as destroyers by Tehran, that combined anti-ship missiles, short-range air defense and helicopter facilities on a roughly 1,500-tonne hull.
Iran · Sea · frigate
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CH-6 RainbowPro
China's large twin-turbofan reconnaissance and strike UAV, designed as a faster, higher-end complement to the propeller-driven Rainbow export family but not confirmed in service.
China · drones · unmanned-aerial-vehicle
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BeiDouPro
China's independent global positioning, navigation and timing constellation, combining open and restricted signals with a distinctive satellite short-message service.
China · Iran · Space
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Ababil UAV familyPro
The Ababil is a long-running Iranian family of tactical drones spanning reusable reconnaissance, target and armed aircraft, as well as the one-way Qasef derivatives supplied to Yemen's Houthis.
Iran · drones · uav
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General Dynamics Wants Ajax Crews Driving ARX's Robots. The MOD Is Not Paying for It.
ARX Robotics gains a British Army platform and a Welsh production route through General Dynamics Land Systems-UK. The concept is uncosted and carries no Ministry of Defence funding.
Europe · Autonomy · Partner Signal
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Ukraine’s Sargan-3000 Sank a Drone Boat With a Machine Gun. The Target Could Not Shoot BackPro
Ukraine's gun-armed drone boat exposed a new Black Sea requirement: reusable unmanned interceptors that can defend ships and ports, then return for another engagement.
Ukraine · Russia · Naval
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Neros and Perennial Autonomy Top Pentagon's Second Drone Gauntlet Ahead of a 60,000-Drone Order
The Gauntlet II leaderboard picks the vendors in line for a 60,000-drone Pentagon order, but the program still calls them finalists and says awards are not guaranteed.
USA · drones · Drone Dominance Program
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Ukraine Claims Six Aircraft Hit at Rostov Airfield as Drones Strike Yaroslavl Refinery
One overnight Ukrainian drone raid went after Russian airlift at a Rostov airbase and the fuel output of a top-five refinery in Yaroslavl. The aircraft losses remain Ukraine's claim.
Ukraine · Russia · drones
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Pratt & Whitney Licenses Hermeus to Build the F100 Fighter Engine
Pratt & Whitney licensed Hermeus on Sept. 15 to build F100-PW-229 fighter engines. Hermeus must first get its builds accepted by Pratt, and no rate or delivery date was disclosed.
USA · Air · Partner Signal