Tuesday, December 30, 2025

World Defense News 30 December 2025

The Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2026 acquisition budget, released in early 2025, casts the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Sea-Based Weapons System as a decisive element of America’s missile defense architecture, according to budget justification documents and Pentagon briefings. 
  • Officials describe Aegis as a forward-deployed, combat-proven shield operating aboard cruisers, destroyers, and Aegis Ashore sites, capable of defending both deployed forces and strategic territories against an expanding spectrum of missile threats. Read more. 



A Standard Missile-3 Block IIA interceptor launches from the U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS McCampbell (DDG 85) during a test off the Pacific Missile Range Facility. (Picture source: US DoD) 
 
 

The U.S. Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2026 acquisition budget cements the Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV) program as a long-term capability for the Marine Corps, underscoring service leadership’s confidence in the platform as more than a replacement for the aging AAVP-7A1 fleet.
 

The U.S. Army is set to procure and begin fielding 16,154 M7 rifles (Next Generation Squad Weapon-Rifle), 2,636 M250 automatic rifles (NGSW-Automatic Rifle), and 19,524 M157 Fire Control systems as detailed in the United States Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Request, released on July 4, 2025.
 

The United States’ counter-narcotics operation in the Caribbean has entered a more ambiguous phase after an unusually direct presidential claim suggested U.S. lethal action may have extended onto Venezuelan territory. On December 29, 2025, U.S.
 

India’s maritime surveillance grid is preparing for a significant expansion, as the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, has approved the lease of two additional MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones from the United States.
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According to information released by QinetiQ and the Royal Netherlands Navy on December 19, 2025, the Dutch air defense frigate HNLMS Evertsen successfully concluded an advanced live-fire exercise at the UK Ministry of Defence test range in Aberporth.
 

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace announced on December 29, 2025, that it has finalized an executive contract valued at approximately $4 billion with the Polish Armament Agency for the production and delivery of Chunmoo CGR-080 guided rockets.
 

A Mirage 2000 fighter assigned to Taiwan’s Air Force thundered off the runway at Hsinchu Air Base on Monday under heightened alert conditions, according to Taiwanese defense officials. The takeoff came as the People’s Liberation Army expanded joint exercises involving aircraft, naval vessels, and missile forces operating around Taiwan, a pattern that has increasingly tested the island’s air defense response and pilot endurance. Read more. 

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U.S. Special Operations Forces partnered with U.S. Coast Guard aviation for a joint maritime raid rehearsal over the Caribbean Sea on December 28, 2025, under Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, according to information published by U.S. Southern Command on its official X account. The training event, which included a Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter supporting maritime insertion and interdiction drills, is intended to prepare U.S.
 

Colombia has formally initiated the operational deployment of its first Israeli-made Barak MX air defense missile system battery, marking a significant milestone in the country’s military modernization program, according to a December 25, 2025, Globes report.
 

On December 29, 2025, the U.S. State Department approved a potential $1.8 billion Foreign Military Sale to Denmark involving the P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft, as reported by the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This decision marks a major leap in Denmark’s air-sea surveillance and anti-submarine warfare capability, deepening its integration into NATO’s maritime defense posture.
 

On December 29, 2025, a U.S. Department of War contract notice confirmed that Boeing in St. Louis, Missouri received a ceiling $8,577,700,000 award for the F-15 Israel Program. The notice describes a hybrid arrangement combining cost plus fixed fee with firm fixed price and fixed price incentive firm target elements, issued as an undefinitized contract action.
 

Spain has officially selected the Turkish-built HÃœRJET advanced jet trainer for its next-generation pilot training program, marking a seismic shift in NATO defense dynamics and signaling Türkiye’s arrival as a trusted aerospace supplier to Western European militaries. The historic agreement, publicly announced by Turkish defense leaders including Dr. Mehmet DemiroÄŸlu and Prof. Dr.
 

The Indian Air Force has, for the first time, publicly confirmed the combat deployment of its S-400 Triumf long-range air defense system, locally designated Sudarshan, following its use in an active operational scenario during Operation Sindoor on December 30, 2025. Images released by Air Force sources show an S-400 launcher in forward operational service, a move that defense planners describe as a watershed moment in India’s evolving air defense architecture and regional deterrence strategy.
 

Kim Jong-un has directed North Korea’s military to reorganize its artillery forces around long-range rocket systems, a shift that state media described as central to future conventional and nuclear strike plans.
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