RAF RC-135W aircraft

Keeping Your Ears Open

The past twelve months has witnessed interesting activity in the Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) gathering domain of airborne electronic warfare, with the Syrian and Iraqi...
Negev NG-7 medium machine gun

Best Supporting Actors

Concerns regarding the generation of collateral damage in the contemporary operating environment continue to have significant effects on the employment of support weapons on...
‘Scorpene’ class submarines

Water, Water Everywhere

Covert, deniable, versatile, and packing an ever bigger punch, modern submarines are the weapons platforms of choice for those navies which can afford them....
The AIM-9X weapon

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...

Velocitas Eradico

The headline translates as ‘I, who is speed, eradicate’; an apt slogan employed by the US Navy for its research into electromagnetic railguns. Electromagnetic...
US Army’s Fort Gordon’s Cyber Operations Centre

The Other End of the Line

During May and June the war against ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) gradually gathered strength in an all-out campaign by Iraqi and...
WF40 MANET waveform

What is it with Waveforms?

This headline encapsulates the importance of waveforms for tactical radios. Each task that a radio executes must be performed in a certain way. This...
Camero’s Xaver-400

The Sharpest Tools In The Shed

Technology is increasingly assisting the soldier’s work in the urban environment. Advances in optronics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), weaponry and command and control are...
T-50's tail 'sting'

The Generation Game

On April 27, 2016 the latest example of Russia’s fifth-generation fighter, the Sukhoi Company T-50-6-2, performed its maiden flight. This test aircraft, described by...
Type -99

Tanked Up

Main Battle Tanks (MBT) continue to offer the most effective means for providing mobile protected firepower against a range of targets in both offensive...

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SOF

Adapting to Win!

The M777 155mm/39 cal Light Towed Howitzer

Run out of Guns