Track current conflicts through source-backed reporting on drones, missiles, aircraft, armored vehicles, naval weapons, and the catalog records that explain them.
Russia's Kh-101 and Kh-55-family strikes in Ukraine, Ukraine's Storm Shadow and SCALP-EG use from Su-24 aircraft, and U.S. JASSM use in Operation Epic Fury show how air-launched cruise missiles have become central long-range strike tools in current conflicts.
Sources: UK Defence Secretary Statement, Ukrinform September 2023 Missile Attack, UN Commission Ukraine Report
The July 2025 attacks on Magic Seas and Eternity C showed Houthi explosive unmanned surface vessels operating alongside missiles, RPGs, small arms, and small craft in the Red Sea, renewing focus on the anti-ship weapons threatening merchant traffic off Yemen.
Sources: JMIC Magic Seas Information Note 117, JMIC Eternity C Information Note 118, IMO Renewed Red Sea Attacks Statement
Russia's Ukraine drone campaign now links Shahed-136/Geran-2 and Shahed-131/Geran-1 mass attacks with Lancet, Molniya, Gerbera, Geran-3 and Garpiya-A1 variants already tracked in the catalog.
Sources: IISS UAVs In Ukraine Dossier, ISIS April 2026 Shahed-Type UAV Analysis, RUSI Ukraine Offensive Lessons
Fresh UN and AP warnings around El Obeid show Sudan's drone war moving deeper into civilian infrastructure, while public reporting identifies FH-95, GB50A, Mohajer-6, Bayraktar TB2, Ababil-3/Zajil-3 and FPV-style drones in the wider campaign.
Sources: AP El Obeid Red Alert, Guardian El Obeid Drone Strikes, OHCHR March Drone Casualty Warning
Recent attacks on Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian regions show Ukraine using a mixed long-range drone arsenal, with Fire Point FP-1, Bars-family systems, Bober and Liutyi among the cataloged UAVs tied to the campaign.
Sources: AP Moscow Refinery Strike, Guardian Moscow Refinery Strike, RFE/RL Moscow Refinery Strike
North Korea's June 2026 tests put 240 mm rocket artillery, tactical ballistic missile warheads, and 155 mm self-propelled guns back in focus while South Korea moved to train 500,000 drone operators.
Sources: Al Jazeera North Korea Weapons Tests, The Standard North Korea Tests, AP North Korea 155 mm Guns
Defense reporting says the Trump administration is preparing to clear a major F110 turbofan sale for Turkey's KAAN fighter, linking the engine to the F-16 and F-15EX fleets already documented in the catalog.
Sources: TWZ F110 KAAN Sale Report, Reuters Turkey Jet Engine Sale, F110 Engine
China's June 2026 operation east of Taiwan put Haixun 09, Haixun 06, Haixun 08, Donghai Jiu 113, and Haijing 2202 at the center of a gray-zone maritime pressure campaign built around radio challenges, inspections, and survey work rather than combat fire.
Sources: China Daily: China concludes maritime law enforcement operation, Taiwan CGA: Chinese broadcasts to merchant ships, Taiwan CGA: China eastern Taiwan operation rebuttal
UKMTO and CENTCOM reports in May 2026 put Iranian small attack boats at the center of renewed Strait of Hormuz shipping threats, from a bulk-carrier attack west of Sirik to U.S. claims that helicopters sank six boats threatening commercial traffic.
Sources: UKMTO Warning 050-26, Al Jazeera: Bulk carrier attacked by multiple small craft off Iran, CENTCOM: Adm. Brad Cooper media call
Reuters reported that Russia struck Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles, prompting Ukraine's president to renew calls for Patriot missile interceptors.
Sources: Reuters Kyiv Barrage, SRN Reuters Reprint
CENTCOM and defense reporting place MQ-9 Reapers inside Operation Epic Fury as a persistent surveillance and strike-support platform, while open-source trackers note that the full number employed has not been publicly released.
Sources: Reuters strike package report, Reuters-syndicated Daily Star report, CENTCOM Epic Fury page
Ukraine said it hit a Voronezh-region electronics plant tied to Russian missile production, with Russian regional officials reporting five deaths and dozens of injuries.
Sources: Reuters Voronezh Plant Strike, Reuters Voronezh Casualties, BTA Voronezh Plant Strike
Reporting in 2026 described Myanmar military forces using commercial paramotors and gyrocopters as low-altitude bombing platforms in the civil war.
Sources: Guardian Myanmar paramotor raids, Fortify Rights report on paramotors and gyrocopters, PBS glider raid report
Reuters reported ceasefire talks in Lebanon as Anadolu reported Hezbollah claims that Israeli Merkava tanks were destroyed in fighting in the south.
Sources: Reuters ceasefire report, Reuters Connect ceasefire report, Anadolu tank-loss report
Reuters and other reports said Yemen's Houthis fired a missile at Israel as the wider Iran-Israel war expanded, but the missile type was not clearly identified.
Sources: Reuters, L'Orient Today / Reuters, The Jerusalem Post
Reuters reported that U.S. strikes on Iran marked the combat debut of the LUCAS one-way attack drone after a fast-tracked Pentagon procurement effort, alongside Tomahawk missiles and combat aircraft.
Sources: Reuters: US debuts suicide drone in Iran after fast-tracked Pentagon procurement, Al-Monitor Reuters Reprint, Reuters: U.S. deploys suicide drones and Tomahawk missiles in Iran strikes
Reporting from Al Jazeera, Anadolu, and Novara Media identified U.S.-made MK-84 and BLU-109 munitions, with GBU-39 also named in Anadolu's summary.
Sources: Al Jazeera investigation, Anadolu summary, Novara Media follow-up
Baykar says it will invest $300 million over five years to build jet-engine capability, starting with Akıncı and then Kızılelma.
Sources: Reuters Baykar jet-engine investment, Bayraktar KIZILELMA, Baykar 2024 export release
Nigeria approved borrowing about $618 million to buy six Italian-made M-346 attack jets and ammunition, extending an air-force modernization drive that also includes AW-109 helicopters.
Sources: Reuters: Nigeria approves borrowing for attack jets and ammunition, Reuters: Nigeria expands fleet with Italian jets and helicopters, Nigerian Air Force: M-346 and AW-109 Trekker procurement