Defense
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Today I will introduce the #Skyranger 30 A3 Air Defence System from @RheinmetallAG. Skyranger is a mobile SHORAD system for close and short range air defence. How will the Skyrange...
DPICMโs are not a weapon of mass destruction and the fears about its usage resulting in civilian death is overblown. As a former US Army fire support NCO, I will explain in detail...
In 1947, India's military was 100% Western made By 2022, Moscow had become India's top defence supplier We've heard a lot about India's dependence on ๐ท๐บ weapons But how did Indi...
โUS and Chinese air-to-air capability unimportantโ, reveals a study conducted by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). As per thethink-tank's wargames: 90% of...
With the massive increase of helicopters, mass air assault is now a thing for China Regardless of how you view the viability of it, if done correctly, it can be the deciding facto...
The head of Ukraine's ๐บ๐ฆ state defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom is being replaced. According to a detailed story by Ekonomichna Pravda, the writing has been on the wall for month...
Tor M1 is a SHORAD SAM system developed by the USSR. China purchased 6 to 9 batteries from Russia and subsequently fully copied & optimized the Russian system to create its own des...
Now that euphoria of State Visit is ebbing down. Lets get back to reality. All these deals are fine but what have we bartered in return. There are no free lunches. Americans have s...
The Graham-Blumenthal resolution: 1โฃ Agrees that the deployment of the Russian Federationโs tactical nuclear weapons within the Republic of Belarus is a threat to Ukraine and NAT...
Bumping this old thread of mine on the US Army's new M1301 Infantry Squad Vehicle with some updated commentary on this rather dubious program. It's worth examining the concept of...
As our troops advance towards the primary line of defense south of Staromlynivka, whether they proceed directly or choose to breach the line elsewhere, I'd like to share some infor...
Egyptian Navy demonstrates its capabilities off Alexandria coast On display: - Mistral LHD - Type-209/1400mod & Romeo-class submarines - 3ร FREMM frigates - 2ร MEKO A200 frigate...
NATO members never faced a challenge like this. Last days we've seen UAF lose like 10% of their Bradleys and maybe 20-30% of the Leopard 2. Both are the most modern vehicles alrea...
This is General Glen D. VanHerck, Commander United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). Former Commander 509th Bomb Wing. You ma...
Before we tackle the UA #counteroffnsive in general, I want to investigate a seismic change that may have occurred in the tactical reality of the war. It is related to where and ho...
Powerful response by @JohnCulver689 to the idea of urgent Xi-led preparation for war. "Since 2009, real growth in the PLA budget has been halved as Chinaโs economic growth has slow...
Let us be realistic here and treat things like they should be treated - objectively. What we saw today was a probe that for some reason evolved into the screening assault. There ar...
๐งต1/11 Patriot still has the same failures as 30y ago. This thread is specially about the American tax payer, who deserve to spend their money on something that works and a transpar...
๐งต1/9 Kinzhal and Iskander missiles, something similar, but different. Both missiles reach hypersonic speed, it means above mach 5. The Kinzhal is air launched, while the Iskander...
This is a spot-on thread by @LivFaustDieJung. Those who have never done a combined arms breach - in training or combat - will read this thread and say โwow, that sounds near impo...
For context here, these defensive lines are littered with AT mines in advance of the dragons teeth with shallow trenches that stop wheeled vehicles. Obstacle belts are not impenetr...
๐งต1/9 From last years, 6 countries emerged as competitive players in this market: India, Iran, Turkey, North Korea, China and Sweden. These countries have a variety of weapons and c...
1/3 Recently I was talking to someone from an Arab defense company, who told me about the recent improvements in Iranian Air Defense systems. In fact Iran alone has more ADs than a...
I interviewed Russia's Ambassador Denis Alipov - Delhi and Moscow to upgrade defence agreement - Russia looking for a site for a new nuclear plant - ๐ฎ๐ณ & Russia to take energy p...