air defence

Hello and good day to everyone. This thread was created in order to gain info about the new Italian army MBT and IFV projects currently in development. Background: Since 2023, Italy started to look for new solutions for modernize it's armored compartments. The program aim to acquire two type...

View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1816784858573664586 https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/advanced-weapons/cannon-based-air-defense Appears to be using XM913, 50mmx228mm

Nothing in military history has given the RAF such a hold on the public imagination as the gallant Spitfire and Hurricane pilots of the Battle of Britain. Sadly in the postwar nuclear world their successors have only been tasked with wartime defence of key military infrastructure in the UK. It...

Hardened shelters are not likely to be built quick olde fahioned HAS were extremely expenisve ,mostly due to blast doors , not the concrete canopy itself , first step would be just canopies to protect from satelite imageriy as ultimately Ukrainians can send UAVs only on designated targets. There...

Source Jane's Radar & Electronic Warfare Systems 1993-94

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%A6%E8%A3%BD%E5%AF%BE%E7%A9%BA%E6%88%A6%E8%BB%8A_%E3%82%BF%E3%83%8F I found some information here on Wikipedia, and received some information on how it may have looked on another thread...

I'm very interested in this :) The 14s didn't intercept the missiles in combat, same as they didn't intercept the missileers in the form of Tu-22 or 22m/26. Let's not confuse capability with intent, and either of the two with what a random internet person tells us. The F-14s were not to be...

Topic on MICA missile family Added a brochure with useful information on the missile seeker for MICA IR http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFullText/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-089///MP-089-60.pdf FTP link on MICA employment, can’t open

In early 1970, the Aussies sent a request to Saab that they wanted to procure the in-development fighter variant of the Saab 37 Viggen (JA 37) as a replacement for their aging Mirage III. Saab got green light for export and sent classified preliminary documentation in December 1970. Swedish...

Just in case some conventional DoD classified programs happen to come up.... The livestream link 10am EST View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ7Dw-739VY Attached PDF of David Grusch opening statement to the congressional hearing. Opening statement from David Fravor -...

I've built up quite a collection of primary and secondary sources relating to the original Skyflash missile. But I've struggled to find anything covering the SuperTEMP version in more than superficial detail (basically just stating that it had the Hoopoe boost-sustain rocket motor, thinner...

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...

I found this Bofors poster of the Indonesian Armed Forces' day commemoration of 1986. The poster suggests this is a SPAAG vehicle named Trinity, or at least some parts of it were. Quick search results in several examples of the Bofors Trinity turret being installed on the MOWAG Shark chassis...

Hi I found this picture on https://www.armedconflicts.com/Flakpanz ... itz-t19200 is this photo of real Flakpanzer? or just model / good drawing ?

Nice origin story for the Meteor missile. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S225XR

Were there ever plans to create a Centurion SPAAG variant other than one with a Marksman turret fitted?

I haven't made a post on here in ages but today I stumbled upon something very strange and interesting only the people here might know of to find. I was going on a romp around Japan in Google Maps looking at aviation museums and such and I came across a museum near Nagoya Airport owned by...

About 6 months ago I came across mention of a Havoc variant known as the Havoc Pandora, or Havoc III It was built upon RAF Havoc Is but featured a 2000ft cable with an aerial mine attached. 20 units were converted and used by No.240 Flight (redesignated No.93 Sqn). Eventually they were converted...

In a Washington Special Actions Group Meeting on 15 May 1972, five days after the start of the Linebacker I, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Admiral Thomas Moorer said North Vietnam introduced a new mobile SAM, the SA-4 Ganef...