Defence Index

🇵🇱 BREAKING: Poland is moving to join the Global Combat Air Programme, a next gen 6th generation multi role fighter initiative led by Italy, Japan, and the UK. Official talks are underway with Italian and Japanese aviation industries, signaling a major leap for the Polish Air Force.

🚨🇪🇸 BREAKING: Spain moves toward serial submarine production. The second S-80 Plus class submarine, S-82 Narciso Monturiol, has successfully completed its first diesel engine ignition test at Cartagena shipyard. The S-80 Plus program, led by Navantia, places Spain among a small group of nations capable of independently designing and building submarines. Named after Narciso Monturiol, a 19th-century pioneer of early submarine propulsion systems.

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🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: Donald Trump is weighing a plan to seize or blockade Kharg Island to force the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, but no final decision yet. Officials say the plan could require weeks of strikes and additional troops before any ground move, with major risks and uncertainty over success. Source: Axios

🚨🇺🇸🇮🇷 BREAKING: The United States has launched a large-scale operation in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian naval vessels using AH-64 Apache gunships and A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Source: The Telegraph

🚨WATCH: A U.S. military fighter jet is flying over Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.

🚨🇶🇦🇺🇦 BREAKING: Ukraine is seeking Dassault Mirage 2000-5 aircraft from Qatar in exchange for support with interceptor drones, according to Intelligence Online. Qatar is believed to have up to 12 Mirage jets currently in storage at its air bases.

BREAKING: Ali Mohammad Naini, spokesperson of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, has been killed, Iranian state TV reports.

India is evaluating options to join Europe’s sixth-generation fighter jet programs, GCAP and FCAS.

🇯🇵 BREAKING: Japan pushes ahead with its next-generation fighter despite delays in the GCAP program with the UK and Italy. Tokyo is fast-tracking new weapons export rules, potentially allowing the future stealth jet to be sold globally, even as costs surge and contracts stall. The goal remains 2035, but pressure is mounting as China’s airpower rapidly expands. Source: Defense News

🇸🇦 BREAKING: Saudi Arabia warns that oil could spike to $180 a barrel if the current energy shock persists past April, and $200 per barrel is “achievable” in 2026 as global supply disruptions deepen amid Middle East conflict and chokepoint risks. Source: WSJ

🇮🇷 BREAKING: Tehran is under heavy aerial bombardment, massive explosions and smoke reported across the city as air raids intensify.

🇰🇷 BREAKING: Massive fire at an auto parts factory in Daejeon, South Korea. At least 50 injured, 35 critically. Video shows towering plumes of smoke engulfing the facility.

Kim Jong Un and his daughter ride a tank together.

🇺🇸 BREAKING: U.S. sixth generation fighter programs, including the [Boeing F‑47 NGAD and the planned F/A‑XX naval fighter, both meant to define future air dominance, are now expected to enter service in the mid‑2030s, far later than initial Pentagon projections.

🇩🇰🇺🇸🇬🇱 BREAKING: Denmark prepared for a potential conflict with the US by planning to blow up key Greenland runways. Blood supplies were flown in from Danish banks to treat possible casualties — DR

BREAKING: Iran alleges Israel is preparing a “false flag” operation targeting Saudi oil facilities to shift blame and escalate tensions.

🇺🇸🇯🇵 BREAKING: Donald Trump: “Japan knows about surprises. I mean, remember Pearl Harbor attack?”

🇯🇵 BREAKING: Sanae Takaichi declares, “Japan is back!”

JUST IN: Netanyahu says Israel has destroyed Iran’s entire naval fleet in the Caspian Sea.

🚨🇺🇸🇬🇷 Yesterday, Northrop Grumman’s RQ-180 stealth drone touched down at Larissa Air Base in Greece. The footage shared publicly gives aviation enthusiasts a rare look and sound of this next-gen aircraft.