Tag: Iraq
Difficult Decisions
Armada has been told that the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MOD) had considered supplying examples of the ALARM missile to Ukraine.
A senior...
There be Dragons!
Reports on social media emerged in April that Royal Air Force General Atomics MQ-9A Reaper uninhabited aerial vehicles are flying equipped with the Outdragon...
Radioflash! Episode-9: In the City
Israel’s ongoing military operations in the Gaza Strip have once again highlighted the perils and pitfalls of urban electronic warfare, much as US-led operations...
CJTF’s Twin Tracks to Defeat Daesh; Erode Their Physical and Conceptual Presence
“The military working alongside and through proxies will be how we operate on any operation around the world. Lessons learned in this operation...
When they sounded the ALARM
30 years ago, the RAF deployed its ALARM anti-radar missile. Armada reflects on this weapon and its legacy.
British Aerospace’s Air-Launched Anti-Radar Missile, better known...
The Dream Victory
A new French language work examining Operation Desert Storm is a welcome addition to the literature on this enduring conflict.
The understandable dominance of the...
The SIM Reaper
Did mobile phone records help lead US intelligence to General Qassem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds force, who was killed...
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...
Left To My Own Devices
The contemporary operating environment’s hybrid mix of regular and irregular warfare continues to be illustrated around the World with state and non-state actors employing...
Russia-US CENTCOM Airspace Coordination
US CENTCOM (Central Command) and the Russian armed forces are in regular contact to ensure the safety of the skies above Syria, as both...