After decades of tanks being blown up by driving over mines scattered on the ground, being a tank driver has apparently gotten rather boring. Thus, in a bid to make… Continue reading "US Army Seeking Mines That Strike Vehicles from Above"
A recent report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) revealed a new Russian project in Laos: a military airport in the Xieng Khouang region which borders northern Vietnam. Speaking on a… Continue reading "Russia To Train Lao Troops and Build Military Airport in Laos"
On 26 February, the US Department of Defense released a fresh list of contract awards. Perhaps worthy of particular attention is the $32,853,210 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to Raytheon for “Autonomous… Continue reading "US Navy Awards Contract for Suicide Drones to Raytheon"
Southern California Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms recently had some high explosives go missing from its inventory during a routine training exercise less than a month ago.… Continue reading "High Explosives Go Missing from Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base"
On Monday, December 14, a tanker discharging cargo at the Saudi port of Jeddah was hit by an explosive-laden boat. The ship, the 76,500 dwt BW Rhine, was carrying about… Continue reading "Another Oil Tanker Attacked in Saudi Waters"
In a recent statement the Taliban called for the new U.S. administration to continue implementing the agreement, made in February this year, to pull all American troops out of Afghanistan… Continue reading "Taliban Urges Peace While Ramping Up Drone Strikes and SVBIED Attacks"
St. Louis-based Arnold Defense has announced that they have received two major orders for their FLETCHER Land Based, Laser Guided Rocket Launcher. The system, which is capable of firing precision… Continue reading "Arnold Defense Confirms Orders for FLETCHER Laser Guided Rocket Launcher From SpecOp Units"
Ever since Henry Shrapnel invented the Shrapnel shell in the early 1800s, gunners have been looking for ways to control when and how their projectiles detonate downrange. For most of… Continue reading "Programmable Munitions: Projectiles ‘Evolved’ For The Modern Era"
The US Army Contracting Command this week released a requirement for the integration of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) with the M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicle (ABV). According to the published requirement;… Continue reading "US Army Assault Breacher Vehicle to Launch Drones"
Although reports on the combat utility of the Uran-9 armed unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) in Syria were less than enthusiastic as we reported last month, the Russian Army says that… Continue reading "Russian Combat Engineers receive Kapitan UGV"