cold war ii

The RAF are getting pair of Dassault Falcon 900LX to replace the BAE 146 (slowly retired one has gone into our local Imperial War Museum Duxford last week) at 32 (Royal) Squadron...

According to information published by the South Korean Yonhap News Agency on February 1, 2022, South Korea signed a contract to sell K9 155mm tracked self-propelled howitzers to Egypt in a deal worth over US$1.65 billion Citing the information from the South Korean Press agency Yonhap News...

https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/China_tests_new_engine_likely_to_power_hypersonic_aircraft_999.html

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...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-seeks-first-military-base-on-africas-atlantic-coast-u-s-intelligence-finds-11638726327 Nothing to see here I'm sure.

This thread is organized by ship type when information is available, and includes general plans when unavailable. It starts with Destroyer plans, moves to Battleship plans, then to Cruiser plans, and finally to Aircraft Carrier plans, followed by lists of various war demands and fleet building...

Incredibly hard to predict and very difficult to defend against, I think any current US anti-ballistic missile system would struggle with FOBS. A hypersonic glide vehicle and FOBS is probably the ultimate in nightmares for the western defence system...

The RNZN has stated they will replace their two Anzac Frigates by the mid 2030s. See page 34 of attached. What do you think are the three most likely designs to be procured and how many? I believe by the 2030s, the deteriorating security situation with China in the Indo-Pacific will incentivize...

Yes we do have one... https://www.industry.gov.au/policies-and-initiatives/australian-space-agency

As someone who followed the various published Western assessments of Soviet Military Power avidly throughout the Cold War I am all too aware of the risks in such evaluation. As various Chinese capabilities are asserted regularly in a range of threads I think it would be timely to discuss the...

I cannot say I had even heard of Havana Syndrome until I saw this posted elsewhere. Or rather I had heard of people being impacted over in Cuba but didn’t know this was what they are calling it...

https://www.c4isrnet.com/industry/2021/08/12/palantir-with-joint-all-domain-command-and-control-the-pentagon-is-finally-catching-up/ Palantir based JADC2

The US Navy has (re) launched (August 2021) the Screaming Arrow prototyping effort after withdrawing the prior outreach to industry back in March. Wanted to start a dedicated thread to discuss what the Navy is asking for here since they have provided a notional set of requirements and are...

I noticed that there wasnt a thread dedicated to KAI's light fighter/trainer aircraft (most of the news went to the KF-21 thread or Tejas instead). so here we go. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210720005000320 Indonesia buys 6 more Golden Eagles!

https://navalpost.com/china-type-052d-destroyer-suzhou-132/ From back in March, via the Wikipedia entry on the Type 052D family: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/more-stretched-type-052d-destroyers-join-the-pla-navy...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2021/07/navantia-participates-in-the-largest-project-of-the-european-defense-industrial-development-program-edidp/ The platforms will have 'light' armament, though to what extent isn't clear. https://ec.europa.eu/defence-industry-space/ussps_en I'll...

I'm sorry to see that the 'Russia Fires Warning Shots at British Destroyer in the Black Sea' thread has been locked. Leaving aside the nationalist tone that arose in some comment, perhaps there's potential in discussing navigation technologies and cyberwar under the Secret Projects banner...

https://www.defensenews.com/land/2021/05/27/looking-at-high-speed-isr-jet-capability-us-army-deploys-demonstrator-to-europe/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EBB%2005.28.21&utm_term=Editorial%20-%20Early%20Bird%20Brief

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/08/army-wants-replace-cold-war-era-tow-missile-new-longer-range-tank-killer.html

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-31/government-weapons-facility-guided-missiles-made-in-australia/100039990