cold war ii

For some bizarre reason when I was going to say Sierra Nevada has the answers, was thinking of thr Smarties commerical of the 80s Lonly smarties have the answer” lol. Anyhow interesting decision and article...

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20240330-177654/ Call me overly suspicious, but, given the timing, I have to wonder if she will also be doing more than a bit of ELINT/SIGINT and acoustic surveillance, along with other types of 'Oceanic Research' on the side.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaotou-class_patrol_cutter Note that the designation of the second ship in the class (nicknamed the 'Monster' by those who have had the misfortune of encountering it) class seems to have recently changed from CCG 3901 to CCG 5901...

Leonardo seems to be on a streak developing new automatic canons Announced in 2023, the X-Gun is an electrically powered single-barrel 30x173 gun for both land and naval applications: https://www.edrmagazine.eu/leonardo-unveils-new-30x173-mm-x-gun-weapon-system More technical details...

Possible cyber attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68844879 Switching over to VOIP for emergency and other critical telecommunications seems to have been rather short-sighted, at best.

https://avia-pro.net/news/vo-francii-razrabatyvayut-900-kilogrammovuyu-planiruyushchuyu-bombu-s-dalnostyu-do-200

The headline is a bit misleading as the article talks in terms of anti-satellite weapon not a weapon to drop onto the planet. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/white-house-plans-brief-lawmakers-house-chairman-warns/story?id=107232293

https://www.twz.com/air/xq-67a-combat-drone-from-general-atomics-breaks-cover

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/night-stalker-mh-60-seen-absolutely-crammed-with-modifications

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2023/07/19/seafloor-drone-garages-italy-weighs-new-tech-to-protect-vital-cables/ View: https://twitter.com/defense_news/status/1681645441878745088?s=20

https://www.aumanufacturing.com.au/qinetiq-to-manufacture-high-power-defence-lasers...

A YouTube series covering 'Numbers Stations' quasi-mysterious shortwave stations, which are widely suspected to be used by various intelligence agencies to contact agents in the field. This series is covering the stations one at a time. When they were more common (In the 1970 - 2000s) time...

See here: https://www.defence.gov.au/about/reviews-inquiries/defence-strategic-review Australia is currently undertaking an independently-led review that will consider Defence's force posture and force structure. Arguably this is the most important such review in the last 80 odd years and...

https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/20221209-OYT1T50038/ Yomiuri Shinbun reported that there's a major shift of JSDF force mix incoming. This is following a major increase in defense spending by the Japanese. In short, they will replace a major share of their manned aerial assets in favor of...

https://apnews.com/article/putin-health-covid-prices-european-union-65de1c4934227208bfa68bb7d4c47716?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_01

please no politics, no general discussion news and analytics it's was planned as clear technical aspect topic about weapons shipments and closely related themes Britain said on Monday it had begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons to help it defend itself from a potential invasion...

News coming out of PM Rishi Sunak’s visit to Ukraine suggests about 120 British AD guns being sent to counter Russian aerial threats. Big question in my mind: Does the UK have AD guns in any significant number? I thought we ditched the Bofors in the 70’s and went with Rapier and Blowpipe.

https://www.military-today.com/apc/borsuk.htm https://defence24.com/industry/borsuk-ifv-qualification-tests-programme-launched-report

The Council and the European Parliament today reached a provisional agreement on a regulation establishing the EU's secure connectivity programme for the period 2023-2027. Martin Kupka, Czech minister for transport Safe and reliable communication is a cornerstone of the EU's strategic autonomy...

https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2022-news-aviation-aerospace/november/8819-airshow-china-2022-casc-unveils-fh-97a-loyal-wingman-autonomous-drone.html