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South Africa’s Twiga Unveils 920 Gun Boat for Africa’s Lakes and Rivers at AAD 2026
South Africa’s Twiga Unveils 920 Gun Boat for Africa’s Lakes and Rivers at AAD 2026
Denel Dynamics Details Seeker 400 Missile Integration and Middle East UAV Support
Denel Dynamics Details Seeker 400 Missile Integration and Middle East UAV Support
Burkina Faso Tests Chinese Sky Dragon 30 Air Defence System
Burkina Faso Tests Chinese Sky Dragon 30 Air Defence System
How Strong Is Jordan’s Military in 2026?
How Strong Is Jordan’s Military in 2026?
What France Still Sells to Morocco
What France Still Sells to Morocco
F-15 Family Explained: Every Eagle Variant in MENA Service
F-15 Family Explained: Every Eagle Variant in MENA Service
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South Africa’s Twiga Unveils 920 Gun Boat for Africa’s Lakes and Rivers at AAD 2026

South Africa’s Twiga Unveils 920 Gun Boat for Africa’s Lakes and Rivers at AAD 2026

Twiga has unveiled the 920 Gun Boat at AAD 2026, a dedicated weapons platform for Africa's lakes and rivers, building on an existing fleet of patrol boats already in Ugandan...

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Denel Dynamics Details Seeker 400 Missile Integration and Middle East UAV Support

Denel Dynamics Details Seeker 400 Missile Integration and Middle East UAV Support

Denel Dynamics says its Seeker 200 UAV has supported an undisclosed Middle East customer for over a decade, while confirming the SANDF as launch customer for the missile-capable Seeker 400.

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Burkina Faso Tests Chinese Sky Dragon 30 Air Defence System

Burkina Faso Tests Chinese Sky Dragon 30 Air Defence System

Video from Burkina Faso's presidency shows a Chinese Norinco Sky Dragon 30 air-defence system being tested — the country's first dedicated ground-based air-defence capability and a further marker of its...

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How Strong Is Jordan’s Military in 2026?

How Strong Is Jordan’s Military in 2026?

Jordan fields a small, US-dependent force built around second-hand European F-16s, Challenger and M60 tanks, and a domestic design bureau. This profile sets out what is in service, on order...

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What France Still Sells to Morocco

What France Still Sells to Morocco

France once equipped much of Morocco's armed forces and now supplies about 10% of its arms. This anatomy sets out the FREMM, Caesar, Caracal and Mirage F1 record, the reported...

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F-15 Family Explained: Every Eagle Variant in MENA Service

F-15 Family Explained: Every Eagle Variant in MENA Service

Nine variants span half a century of the Boeing F-15 Eagle, from the 1972 air-superiority prototype to the F-15IA now entering Israeli Air Force service. This guide details every major...

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