NATO Mobile SATCOM

Put to the Test

The annual Steadfast Cobalt exercise tests the interoperability of military communications systems and networks supporting the NATO Response Force. The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s...
Raytheon MIM-104 Patriot Defence System

Counter UAS becomes top priority in Ukraine war

No conflict or external threat has so extensively tested drone warfare as the Ukraine war, nor highlighted the devastating consequences of not having deployed...
Ukraine Cyber Attacks

Code at War

A recent presentation by a senior Ukrainian government cyber security official gave some valuable insight into the military dimension of Russia’s cyber war against...
Ukraine soldiers being trained in the UK. (Crown Copyright)

Training lessons from Ukraine from one who knows

Colonel Hennadiy Kovalenko is serving as a staff officer at the Strategic Allied Command Transformation (SACT) HQ in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from the...
Russian 12A6 Spoka-2 Air Defence Radar

Russian IADS Redux Part-2: Hilltop View

In the second part of Armada’s Russian IADS Redux series demystifying the country’s Integrated Air Defence System we look at the 12A6 Sopka-2 ground-based...
US Army TLS-BCT vehicles

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Doctrine

The US Army’s ATP 3-12.3 Electromagnetic Warfare Techniques publication hit the streets in January 2023. It provides an excellent insight into how the force...
2S19

The Art of Countering Artillery Fires in Ukraine

As Russia’s invasion and occupation of southern and eastern Ukraine moves into a new phase, counter-battery radar is proving its worth as the artillery...
Mayor of Kyiv and Starlink Terminal Boxes

SpaceX Needs to Get With the Programme

SpaceX’s provision of Starlink terminals and web connectivity to Ukraine should be applauded, but the erratic nature of some members of the company’s management...
Algerian Air Force Resonance VHF Radar

Russian IADS Redux Part-1: Resonating with Resonance

In the first part of a new Armada series aiming to demystify Russia’s Integrated Air Defence System we examine the Resonance-N/NE ground-based air defence...
Russian "Azart" radios

Talking the Talk

Translated official Russian documents seen by Armada provide an insight into how tactical communications are deployed by Russia’s army on the battlefield. In April...

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