Defence`s Feeds

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A new Chinese 40mm cased telescoped ammunition round can punch through 130 millimeters of homogeneous steel armor from a kilometer away - firepower that leaves conventional shells far behind - while offering three damage modes: armor-piercing, high-explosive fragmentation and programmable airburst. The round is already being used by multiple domestic weapons platforms, a Chinese state-owned defense company said on Monday, while providing footage showing the Type 100 support vehicles and new-generation airborne combat vehicles that debuted during the 2025 V-Day military parade.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is not inclined to pursue economic retaliation against China amid escalating tensions over the West Philippine Sea, Malacañang said Tuesday, stressing that trade relations must be handled separately from efforts to protect the country's maritime interests.

The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), in collaboration with federal, territorial, municipal and Indigenous partners, conducted Operation NANOOK-TATIGIIT (Op NA-TA) from October 19 to 23, 2026 in Whitehorse, Yukon, to strengthen whole-of-government preparedness and crisis response in support of safety and security in the North.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, His Highness Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. This was the first visit to Canada by a Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi.

In a more dangerous and divided world, Canada's government is focused on what we can control: building our strength at home and forging reliable new partnerships abroad. That means diversifying our trade, catalysing new investment, and building the major projects that will create good jobs for Canadians for generations to come. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a key partner in this mission.

On October 27, 2026, President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on his reelection as President of the Federative Republic of Brazil.

Flávio Bolsonaro reportedly fled Brazil for the US after failing to surrender his passports under a Supreme Court order, with police investigating his whereabouts.

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Russian air attacks struck Kyiv late on October 26, hitting a university dormitory and other civilian sites, leaving at least one dead, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on Ukraine's partners to provide the "proper tools" for the country to defend itself.

A total of 488 Palestinian families have been affected by an ongoing Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Hebron since the operation began on Friday, Palestinian official sources said Monday.

Official Spokesperson for the Coalition to Restore Legitimacy in Yemen Major General Turki Al-Malki stated that four UAVs launched by the terrorist Houthi militia toward Southern Region were intercepted and destroyed

Iran's Armed Forces Chief of Staff Major General Ali Abdollahi has warned that any vessel violating Iranian security protocols in the southern waters "will put itself at risk and face serious damage."

Referring to the fact that the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation enjoy good relations, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has stressed that the challenge ahead is US unilateralism, which seeks to advance its agenda through bullying; however, together with Russia and other nations, Iran is striving to realize multilateralism globally.

Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy for international affairs at the Secretariat of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, says the quadrilateral meeting involving Iran, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye, and Pakistan in Tehran was the result of the Iranian nation's resistance and the courage of its Armed Forces.

The 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) started its fifth plenary session in Beijing on Monday morning.

Long before each RAAF F-35A launched into the heavy skies at Paya Lebar Air Base in Singapore, the mission was already in motion.

RAAF, United States Air Force (USAF) and Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) personnel are working side by side at Komatsu Air Base in Japan as part of Exercise Keen Sword 27, strengthening interoperability and sharing expertise on the F-35A Lightning II.

Australia and the Philippines continue to build shared military planning skills that make combined operations and activities a success.

Australian officers and sailors joined the nearly 6000-strong US Navy personnel as HMAS Perth operated with Carrier Strike Group 5 (CSG-5) on patrol in the South China Sea.