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Southern Africa vows to strengthen regional cooperation and foster gender responsive arms control to address the illicit proliferation of Small Arms in the region On 3–4 September 2025, United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and the South African Development Community co-hosted a Regional Strategic Workshop in Johannesburg on gender mainstreaming in small arms control in Southern Africa. The workshop aimed to: (i) build Member States’ capacity to develop gender-responsive policies and programmes for implementing the UN PoA; and (ii) strengthen regional cooperation to better integrate gender perspectives in combating illicit SALW trafficking. The two-day workshop gathered…

North Korea unveiled a copy of the U.S. HIMARS rocket launcher during a major military parade in Pyongyang on October 11, 2025. The system’s close resemblance to the American platform has raised concern over Pyongyang’s expanding ability to replicate Western artillery mobility and precision.North Korea displayed what appears to be a near copy of the U.S. Army’s HIMARS rocket launcher during a nighttime parade in Pyongyang marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party on October 11, 2025. The wheeled multiple launch rocket system, first seen rolling through Kim Il Sung Square, shares the same six-wheel configuration and modular…

CEO Byron Boots details new autonomy software enabling faster, safer movement through rugged terrain and contested environments.

The Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation (OCCAR) has finalized a €4.5 billion ($5.2 billion) contract to procure 270 additional Boxer armored vehicles for Germany and the Netherlands, expanding the multinational Boxer program’s total value to more than €10 billion ($11.6 billion). According to OCCAR, the agreement includes new driver training and ambulance variants for the

The introduction of the Type 12 long-range cruise missile will be paramount for the JMSDF.

WASHINGTON — The Army secretary’s top advisor on cyber issues has now also been tasked with providing advice on electronic warfare and information advantage, elevating the focus on those topics at the highest level of the Army. “From a civilian oversight perspective as it relates to cyber, EW, electronic warfare, and information advantage will now fall to our office,” Brandon Pugh, the Army’s principal cyber advisor, said in an interview this week. “That’s been a new addition as of two weeks ago.” The move attempts to align civilian oversight with uniformed roles, Pugh said. Currently, the Department of the Army’s…

Visitors to Frieze Masters looking to shield themselves from the world—and people asking for directions to Gail’s—would do well to visit Peter Finer’s stand, which is filled with exquisite examples of arms and armour stretching back to the 15th century. Towering over the space is a model of a man and horse, decked out in resplendent gilded armour that is on sale as a suite for £1.8m.The space is a treasure trove: other highlights include an Italian Renaissance sword, its gilt hilt featuring a face of Medusa, serpents twisting through her hair; and an intricately carved, late 16th-century crossbow made…

Over the past day, October 17, 128 combat engagements were recorded on the Russian-Ukrainian front. Aviation, missile forces, and artillery of the Defense Forces destroyed seven areas of concentration of enemy personnel, weapons, and military equipment. The hottest situation is in the Pokrovsk and South-Slobozhansky directions. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to UNN.DetailsAccording to updated information, yesterday the invaders launched 109 air strikes on the territory of Ukraine, dropping 268 guided aerial bombs. In addition, they used 6024 kamikaze drones and carried out 4941 shellings of our troops’ positions and settlements,…

Ukraine produces around 400,000 explosive first-person-view drones every month. A typical drone regiment or brigade—the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces oversees at least six such units—might expend more than 10,000 FPVs a month. Other Ukrainian drone teams, spread across the armed forces and other security agencies, account for the remaining FPVs.That’s a lot of drones. But official statistics from early this year are a healthy reminder that most drones miss—or fail, on their own, to kill a Russian soldier or destroy a Russian vehicle. It’s a problem for Ukrainian forces. And it’s getting worse as Russian armored vehicles return to the…