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The German Ministry of Defence is preparing to order a batch of Leopard 2A8 tanks. This is reported by Army Recognition, citing Europäische Sicherheit & Technik.
Today, 17 April, the military exercise Aurora 23 began in Sweden. For Sweden, this is the biggest such event in more than 25 years.
Slovak Defence Minister Jaro Nad said on Facebook that Ukraine has received all the promised MiG-29 fighters.
A few days ago, pictures of the Russian T-90A tank on the US soil surfaced on the World Wide Web. The vehicle was photographed on its way to the U.S. Army's Aberdeen Test Center.
North Korea again launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) this week. The US then sent B-52H Stratofortress nuclear bombers to the Korean peninsula.
The UK continues to develop the Tempest sixth-generation fighter programme. The UK Ministry of Defence has allocated an additional £656m for the project.
The United States is working on the AGM-158D JASSM-XR air-to-ground missile. The first foreign customer could be Poland.
General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, commander of the US Pacific Air Force, flew a Russian Su-30 fighter jet. This took place at Kalaikunda Air Base of the Indian Air Force.
The People's Liberation Army of China has a new hypersonic ballistic missile. It is called the DF-27. The photo above shows the DF-26 with a range of up to 5,000km.
The US Air Force has begun testing next-generation helmets for F-22 Raptor fighter pilots. They will be a replacement for the HGU-55/P.
The US Department of Defence has awarded the contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne.
Denmark is preparing to send Caesar self-propelled artillery units to Ukraine.
The US Air Force's B-1B Lancer supersonic strategic bombers took part in the first-ever joint exercise with the Indian Air Force. The two aircraft departed for Asia from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota.
US Air Force budget documents Demonstrate a reduction in spending on the B-1 Lancer and B-2 Spirit strategic bombers by the end of the 2020s. The service is making its priority the next-generation B-21 Raider nuclear bomber and the B-52H Stratofortress, which will be designated the B-52J after modernisation.
Canada sent the first Leopard 2A4 to Poland in early February 2023, destined for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A few months later, all the tanks arrived in Ukraine's neighbouring country.
