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Tigray War: Chinese-Made Armed Drones Spotted Over Mekelle
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Some two weeks after this website first reported on the acquisition of Chinese-made Wing Loong I unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) by Ethiopia, videographic...
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Baptism By Fire - Ukraine’s Bayraktar TB2 See First Use
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans A video uploaded on the 26th of October 2021 depicts a meanwhile all too familiar sight for those following armed conflicts: A Bayraktar TB2 striking an unsuspecting...
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Kurdish Armour: Inventorising YPG Equipment In Northern Syria
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans A number of attacks on Turkish patrols in northern Syria have brought Turkey and YPG forces to the brink of war. In response to the latest attack, which saw the death...
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A Rare Bird: The IAI Heron In Moroccan Service
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Some nations eagerly show off their drone arsenal in an effort to display their military might to the rest of the world, other countries are less keen on revealing...
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The Cargo Cleared For Print: UAE Wartime Deliveries To Ethiopia
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The number of cargo flights between the United Arab Emirates and Ethiopia has left little doubt that the UAE has taken an active role in supporting the Ethiopian...
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A Deterrent Undone: Tigray’s Last Missile Elements
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Tigray’s missile war with Ethiopia and Eritrea was a rare instance of a non-state actor capturing short-range ballistic missiles (SRBMs) and long-range guided...
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DIY Warfare: Armenia’s N-2 MRL
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Throughout its modern history Armenia has frequently come up with ingenious weapons designs in an attempt to provide its military with new combat capabilities at...
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Pandora Papers: How A U.S. Law Firm Attemped To Sell A Defence Giant To China
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Over the past decades Ukraine has garnered a questionable reputation for supplying just about any interested nation with every type of armament you could possibly...
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Russian Su-27 Fighters Deployed As Bombers In Tigray War
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansThe Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) has traditionally relied on its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-23BN fighter-bombers to carry out bombing missions and to provide close air...
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Morocco’s Bayraktar TB2 UCAVs Break Cover #Shorts
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Less than two months after the first Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) arrived to Morroco, one example has already been sighted in the skies over...
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Forgotten Designs: The Turkish Cemal Tural APC
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Turkey's arms industry currently offers a variety of both wheeled and tracked APC designs for sale to clients home and abroad. Many of these incorporate features such...
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Ethiopia Acquires Chinese TL-2 Missiles For Its Wing Loong I UCAVs
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans This website earlier reported on the acquisition of Chinese-made Wing Loong I unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) by Ethiopia and their subsequent sighting over...
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An Elusive Tank Hunter: Mali’s 9P133 ATGM Carriers
By Thomas Nachtrab in collaboration with Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The Malian Armed Forces used to operate large quantities of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) received from the Soviet Union. In...
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The MRL From Hell: Armenia’s Land Mattress
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Relatively little is known about Armenia's weapon industry since its inception in the mid-1990s. Despite the unveiling of several promising projects in the decades...
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Deadly Ineffective: Chinese-Made Wing Loong UAVs Designate Targets For...
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Ethiopia's use of Su-27 fighter aircraft as bombers against targets in the Tigray Region could count on international condemnation for the numerous civilian...
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Taliban Army Reinstates Armour Operations In Afghanistan #Shorts
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost OliemansArmoured warfare in Afghanistan diminished drastically after the 2001 United States invasion of the country. While past regimes and factions relied heavily on the use...
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Armenia-Azerbaijan Border Clash: Losses Documented
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday clashed a year after their war over Nagorno-Karabakh came to an uneasy peace, trading accusations of which side initiating fighting....
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Satellite Images Show Ethiopia’s Expanding Drone Buildup
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans After we first reported on the acquisition of three Wing Loong I unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) by Ethiopia in mid-September, it took until early October...
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Unfit For Service: Ethiopia’s Troublesome Iranian Mohajer-6 UCAVs
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans The Tigray Defence Forces' ambitious counter-offensive on Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa finally appears to have come to a halt. This was not in the least achieved...
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UAE Air Bridge To Ethiopia Continues Unabated - Surpassing 100 Flights
By Stijn Mitzer and Joost Oliemans based on data gathered by Gerjon The Emirati air bridge that aims to keep the Ethiopian military stocked on weaponry and munitions shows no sign of abating. Since...
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