Defense News Army 2025
Belgium fast-tracks counter-drone plan after Elsenborn military base overflights
Belga News Agency reported on Oct. 6 that Defence Minister Theo Francken, speaking during Belgium’s economic mission in San Francisco (Oct. 4–12), ...
Chinese FB-10A Short-range Air Defense Missile System for Chad Possibly Diverted to Sudan RSF
TchadOne said on Oct. 5, 2025, that internal correspondence and testimonies indicate a Chad Air Force order of Chinese FB-10A short-range air-defen...
World Defense Show 2026 in Riyadh drives defense integration and interoperability
World Defense Show 2026 is taking shape with clear parameters set by the organizers and by Saudi Arabia’s defense regulator. According to communica...
U.S. Defense Secretary Signals Readiness for Caribbean Strikes Near Venezuela
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he has “every authorization needed” to carry out strikes in the Caribbean targeting suspected narcotics ve...
US's Abrams and UK's Challenger 2 tanks unite in Estonia in a clear NATO signal
On 2 October 2025, American and British armored units appeared side by side at Camp Tapa in northern Estonia in a public ceremony that doubled as a...
U.S. Army Conducts Gunnery Exercise With Latest Air Defense System Sgt Stout
The U.S. Army is conducting a live gunnery exercise at Fort Hood, Texas, featuring the latest-generation Sgt Stout air defense system. The training...
Russia shows Syrian delegation modern military equipment in Moscow amid rearmament talks
Clash Report X account informed on October 3, 2025, that a Syrian defense delegation led by Chief of Staff Gen. Ali Al-Nasaan visited Moscow, wher...
How Venezuela’s Air Defenses Could Challenge Any U.S. Strike?
U.S. patrol activity near Venezuela has grown in recent weeks, reflecting Washington’s renewed counter-narcotics posture in the Caribbean. The oper...
US Army Orders Autonomous Oshkosh PLS A2 Trucks to Secure Frontline Convoys
Oshkosh Defense confirmed in an Oct. 1, 2025, press release from Oshkosh, Wisconsin, that ACC–Detroit Arsenal awarded an $89 million order for new ...
US Secretary of War Announces Fourth Strike on Drug Boat off Venezuela in International Waters
War Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed a U.S. “lethal, kinetic strike” against a small craft in international waters off Venezuela on Friday, Oct. 3,...
Danish Intel: Russia Steps Up Gray-Zone Pressure in Danish Straits Targeting NATO with Drones
Denmark’s Defence Intelligence Service (DDIS) confirmed during an Oct. 3 briefing in Copenhagen that Russia is stepping up hybrid pressure against ...
China’s LY-1 Naval Laser Claims 180–250kW Outmuscling US HELIOS
China’s Ordnance Industry Science Technology journal (late Sept. 2025) confirmed that the LY-1 laser, officially displayed during China’s Sept. 3 m...