THAAD: Who Operates It in the Middle East, and How Does It Work?
Air Defense & Missiles
DefenceMENA: Africa defence industry, procurement and security news
Offshore Patrol Vessels and Coastal Security in African Navies
African Armed Forces
Can China Loosen Russia’s Grip on Algeria’s Armed Forces?
Analysis & Geopolitics
Is Angola’s Military as Strong as Its Oil Wealth Suggests?
African Armed Forces
EU and South Africa Hold First Peace, Security and Defence Dialogue in Pretoria
Defence Cooperation
Russia Gives Uganda a Military Repair Depot at Magamaga: What Museveni Commissioned
Defence Cooperation
Air Defense & Missiles
THAAD: Who Operates It in the Middle East, and How Does It Work?
THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is Lockheed Martin’s hit-to-kill missile defense system, built to intercept short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal...
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Algeria Military Strength: Global Firepower Rank, Budget and Troops
Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters Rules Out Ceasefire With Boko Haram and ISWAP
Bayraktar Akinci Africa: Operators, Orders and Combat Record
Muhoozi Says His Time as Uganda’s CDF Is Ending, Calls for UGX 2m Private Pay
Nigeria M-346FA Delivery: Timeline and Pilot Training Status
BAMEX 2026: Mali’s Second Defence Fair Opens as Turkey Expands Its Sahel Footprint
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THAAD: Who Operates It in the Middle East, and How Does It Work?
THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) is Lockheed Martin’s hit-to-kill missile defense system, built to intercept short-, medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase, inside or just outside...
Offshore Patrol Vessels and Coastal Security in African Navies
Offshore patrol vessels have become African navies' main tool for policing exclusive economic zones and coastlines against piracy, IUU fishing and smuggling. This gallery explains how the vessels work and...
Can China Loosen Russia’s Grip on Algeria’s Armed Forces?
For six decades Algeria bought almost all its fighters, tanks and air defences from one supplier. New SIPRI data and a reported Chinese fighter deal show that grip loosening —...
Is Angola’s Military as Strong as Its Oil Wealth Suggests?
Angola fields one of Africa's largest militaries by personnel, but its hardware is still mostly Soviet- and Cuban-era stock from the civil war. Oil revenue is now funding selective modernisation...
EU and South Africa Hold First Peace, Security and Defence Dialogue in Pretoria
The EU and South Africa launched a new annual Peace, Security and Defence Dialogue in Pretoria this month, discussing Mozambique Channel piracy, Operation Atalanta and South Africa's own stretched naval...
Russia Gives Uganda a Military Repair Depot at Magamaga: What Museveni Commissioned
Museveni commissioned a Russian-donated mechanised major repair facility at Magamaga, plus marine, training and command facilities, on 21-22 October 2026. Here is what was handed over and what the $53...
Algeria military strength is measured most often by three numbers: a Global Firepower rank of...
Defence Mena cover image. Nigeria's Defence Headquarters on 5 November 2026 denied reports of a...
The Bayraktar Akinci Africa story is smaller than the drone's reputation suggests: a handful of...
Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, said on the night of 5–6 November...
Nigeria M-346FA delivery has moved from an open-ended promise to a concrete, if unfinished, milestone....
Mali's second Bamako International Defence and Security Exhibition, BAMEX 2026, opens on 9 November with...
From Chad's Sahel patrols to Morocco's air-defence batteries, French-built aircraft, armoured vehicles and missiles remain...
Zambia is building up its Bell 412 fleet because its air force has flown a...