The US Army has opted for two missiles to be used in its Mid-Range Capability (MRC) program. The SM-6 and famous BGM-109 Tomahawk missile currently used by the US Navy,… Continue reading "Lockheed-Martin To Integrate MS-6 and Tomahawk Into Medium-Range Missle System"
On 23 August, 2020 the Ukrainian Naval Forces adopted the R-360 (otherwise known as RK-360 or RK-360MC) coastal defense anti-ship missile, concluding a long development cycle. The missile was first… Continue reading "Ukrainian ‘Neptune’ Anti-Ship Missile Adopted By Ukrainian Naval Forces"
On 13 July, the US Air Force announced that it was awarding a contract worth nearly $1.2 billion to Boeing for the first lot of eight F-15EX fighter aircraft. The… Continue reading "US Air Force Awards Contract For First Batch Of F-15EX Fighters"
There are three primary missile types encountered in the naval battle-space, but a great deal of jargon and technical terminology surrounds them which can make it difficult for the novice… Continue reading "A Short Guide to Naval Missiles"
The Australian Department of Defence released the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and 2020 Force Structure Plan on 1 July 2020, outlining a major strategic realignment for the Australian Defence Force… Continue reading "Australia Plans Major Defence Realignment Toward the Indo-Pacific"
One of the challenges when discussing the defence industry is how to identify what that phrase actually means. The ‘arms industry’ of the 1930s was distorted by the requirement for… Continue reading "Defence Industries: Some of Their Characteristics"
Tupolev’s press office confirmed on 27 May, that their second Tu-22M3M prototype is currently undergoing equipment testing, and has recently performed its first supersonic flight. The aircraft is being tested… Continue reading "Tupolev Continues Testing Modernized Tu-22M3 Bombers For The Russian Airforce"
As the US Army pivots toward peer and near-peer conflicts, a since-deleted tweet by the Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command appears to show a conceptual image of the Strategic Long… Continue reading "US Army Deep Fires to Include Strategic Long Range Cannon & Precision Strike Missile"
For the 70th anniversary of their founding in 1949, the People’s Republic of China has shown off a UAV like no other. WZ-8 is a supersonic high altitude unmanned aerial… Continue reading "China’s WZ-8, The Air-Launched Rocket-Powered UAV"
In his statement regarding the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said the US had been doing “treaty-complaint” research on mobile land-based conventionally armed ballistic… Continue reading "Mobile Medium Range Missile, the Army’s post-INF Weapon"