Combat Debut for AGM-158B JASSM-ER
The co-ordinated coalition strike against Syrian chemical weapons infrastructure on 14 April marked the combat debut of the $1.75 million Lockheed Martin AGM-158B JASSM-ER...
Will The Bomber Always Get Through?
“Ain’t a hope in hell, nothin’ gonna bring us down,” wrote Lemmy, the late lead vocalist of veteran heavy rock band Motorhead, for their...
Of Sparrows and Sidewinders
The global Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) market is a fiercely competitive one, in which long-established players battle to provide the armament for a diminishing number...
Superiority Complex
The world’s air forces deploy a variety of Air-to-Air Missiles (AAM). This article profiles some of the leading European, Israeli and North American efforts...
Dangers On The Edge Of Town
Conflicts in Ukraine, and in Syria and Iraq, illustrate the threat posed to current, and future air operations exemplified by medium-range/medium-altitude and long-range/high-altitude SAM...
Dumb Bombs with Graduate Degrees
From the early days of aerial warfare, air forces around the world have sought ways to increase the accuracy and lethality of air-delivered ordnance,...
USAF Buys a Bigger Bang
The US moves ahead with nuclear modernisation against a backdrop of deepening crises and fiscal uncertainty.
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons of...
RAF ASRAAM Integration Advances
A live firing of MBDA’s Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile (ASRAAM) from a Lockheed Martin F-35B Lightning-II fighter has taken place; marking the first...
The End of Charleroi
In the third of our four-part series on the potential effect of nuclear weapons on selected targets around the world, we examine the possible...
Missile Mishaps
The Royal Navy’s Lockheed Martin UGM-133A Trident D-5 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles (SLBMs) are back in the headlines, following revelations on 22nd January that a...
