Europe’s New Anti-Tank Missile Warning: Denmark’s Spike LR2 Test Sparks Strategic Alarm
DefenseNews: On 6 November 2025, at the Danish Army’s Oksbøl training range, the Spike LR2 was fired from an Eagle V protected wheeled vehicle using a fully stabilized remote weapon station, achieving direct hits on designated targets and demonstrating not just technical integration but real battlefield potential. Have global ground forces just crossed a threshold in anti-armor warfare that could upend battlefield lethality? When Denmark recently achieved its first integrated live firing of the Spike LR2 anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) from …
India Successfully Tested Dhruvastra (Nag Missile) Anti-Tank guided missile
BREAKING: In the wake of ongoing border tensions between India and China, Defence Research and Development Organisation conducts flight trials of the anti-tank guided Nag Missile (HELINA), which has been named now as Dhruvastra. The trials were carried out in direct and top attack mode on July 15-16. Trials were done without helicopter at Interim Test Range, Balasore, Odisha. This is categorized as the third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile. And is meant to support both the air borne forces of the Indian Army as we…
Indian Army flexes muscles near Pak border
Ahead of Director-General of Military Operations-level talks next week, an elite Strike Corps of the Indian Army carried out wargames near the India-Pakistan border involving over 15,000 troops and over 100 tanks. 15,000 troops of the 36 RAPID (Reorganised Army Plains Division) participated in 'Shahbaaz Ajay' exercise which included over 100 armoured-class vehicles among other advanced artillery and air defence equipment in western sector. "Strike Corps validated new concepts and refined existing battle procedures... A…
India, Japan Coast Guards to exercise off Kochi
Close on the heels of the ongoing Indo-Japan bilateral naval exercise in the Bay of Bengal, the Indian Coast Guard is set to hold a similar exercise with its Japanese counterpart off Kochi in mid-January. The Hindu has learnt that the focus areas of the joint drill will be coastal security, search and rescue and anti-piracy operations besides anti-pollution measures. “As we operate in a multi-naval scenario, it is important to develop interoperability with friendly maritime forces. And, Japan is a close ally,” said an officer. Japa…
India, US may make fourth generation Javelins
The ice seems to be breaking. Coming slowly out of an environment of mistrust which prompted major restrictions on defence technology transfers, the US wants to jointly produce with India its fourth generation of Javelin anti-tank guided missiles. Washington has also upgraded its initial offer of a part transfer to a full transfer of technology for third-generation Javelins. The technology transfer will include the ‘seeker’ software — which helps home in on the target. The Defence Acquisition Council headed by defence minister AK Antony…
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