Dr. Thomas Withington
Editor, Defence commentator, journalist, military historian.
Let’s Get Linky!
The Link-16 radio communications protocol, of which the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) commenced development in the 1970s, and which commenced fielding in the...
The Magic Bullet Theory
As Armada was going to press, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) launched three ballistic missiles off its eastern coast towards the Yellow...
Catch-22
A quiet revolution is occurring in naval communications. The stalwart Link-11 Tactical Data Link (TDL) is being replaced by Link-22. How does this new...
Alkras Laser Technology Zooms Forward
Alkras has told armadainternational.com that it expects the development of a new anti-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) laser to be completed and tested by the...
IMDEX Show News – Brazil Expands its Horizons
Brazil’s new OTH-100 High Frequency (HF: three megahertz/MHz to 30MHz) naval surveillance radar is expected to be operational by 2018, confidential sources have informed...
IMDEX Show News – MFRAD Radar To Commence Sea Trials By Year End
GEM Elettronica plans to commence sea trials of its MFRAD X-band (8.5-10.68 gigahertz) naval surveillance radar by the end of the year, the company...
IMDEX Show News – Terma Steps Forward With Scanter
Terma is planning to complete testing of new and upgraded naval surveillance and navigation radars by the end of this year, the company has...
Smooth Seas for Swedish Subs
Hakan Buske, Saab president and chief executive officer is bullish about the export prospects for the company’s ‘A26’ class of conventional hunter-killer submarines which...
Albion and the Apocalypse
Upon becoming the United Kingdom’s prime minister on 13 July Theresa May, like her predecessors, was asked to write several letters by the cabinet...
Who Goes There?
Identifying friends and enemies is a problem as old as warfare itself. The risk of inadvertently attacking one’s own side is an ever-present danger...
