Cyprus
Cyprus National Guard to hold four days of live-fire drills at Kalo Chorio for exercise IRIS-2026
The Cyprus National Guard General Staff announced on October 11 that live-fire drills will take place by day…
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Land Forces
Armies, tanks, artillery, armoured vehicles and ground operations.
Land Forces
Donetsk: Ukraine’s Operation Vivaldi has retaken 175 sq km around Lyman, while Russian sources say an assault on Sloviansk is receding
Ukraine’s counteroffensive around Lyman has reclaimed about 175 square kilometres, according to Al Jazeera, and even Russian channels…
Drones
Proteus: the French Army revived old 20 mm guns to shoot down drones
The French Army has taken 1970s 20 mm anti-aircraft guns, most of them awaiting scrapping, and turned them…
Defense Industry
HIMARS FLEX: Lockheed Martin says its modular launcher doubles HIMARS firepower and can fire PAC-3 interceptors
Lockheed Martin is promoting HIMARS FLEX again, a modular version of the M142 HIMARS that carries two pods…
Analysis
Analysis: Israeli Merkava Mk4 for Cyprus, how they would fare against Turkish occupation forces, and what the “no” to the Leopard 1A5 means for Greece
Analysis: The National Guard’s rejection of Greece’s Leopard 1A5 and its turn to Israeli Merkava tanks. How a…
Cyprus
Cyprus: Cabinet approves 400 contract NCO posts for National Guard contract soldiers
Cyprus’s Cabinet approved on October 8 the recruitment of 400 contract non-commissioned officers from the National Guard’s contract…
Analysis
Analysis: the Stryker 8×8 armoured vehicle, its variants and its combat record
Analysis: the Stryker is not one vehicle but a family. Where it came from, what separates the M1126…
Europe
Lithuania: Army to the Kaliningrad border after the incident in Latvia
Lithuanian Interior Minister Martynas Katelynas has asked the defence minister to deploy the armed forces to help border…
Analysis
Analysis: Stryker for Greece, what the US has confirmed, what remains open and what changes for the Army
Analysis: The United States has officially confirmed it will provide Stryker armoured vehicles to Greece, but the joint…
Europe
Latvia: Armed men from Belarus threatened Latvian soldiers at the border; masked intruders stole surveillance cameras
Armed escorts of a group of about 20 migrants on the Belarusian side threatened Latvian soldiers this week,…
Military & Defense
Greece and the US announce $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and the provision of Stryker vehicles to Greece
A joint statement issued after the sixth US–Greece Strategic Dialogue announces $4 billion in Foreign Military Sales and…
Defense Industry
US approves sale of 2,020 Javelin anti-tank missiles to Egypt, with further approvals for the UAE and Kuwait
The US State Department has approved the possible sale to Egypt of up to 2,020 FGM-148F Javelin missiles…