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"
Almaz-Antey has revealed the export version of the S-300V4 complex at Army-2020, called the “Antey-4000”. The complex is meant to provide mobile air defense to army units from a variety… Continue reading "Russia Reveals New Antey-4000 Air Defense Complex at Army-2020"
On 28th August, a tweet from Anna Ahronheim, a reporter at the Jerusalem Post showed footage taken by a family on a hiking trip in the Golan coming across a… Continue reading "Israeli Tanks Left Unsupervised In The Golan"
(Title Photo: Sergei Bobylev and TASS) The Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces laid out the plans for the Russian military’s participation in the Army-2020 expo in a recent press… Continue reading "Russia to Demonstrate Medium and Short Range AA Systems Against Cruise Missiles and UAVs at Army-2020"
On the 12th July, the Israeli Air Force announced that it would be combining the Shaldag, Frontal Landing Unit, and Unit 669 into the new 7th Aerial Special Forces Wing.… Continue reading "Israeli Air Force to Consolidate its Special Operations Forces Units into New 7th Aerial Special Forces Wing"
The Bundeswehr’s procurement arm, BAAINBw, has ordered 10 sets of a novel anti-drone system. The system will be mounted on the GTK Boxers of Germany’s Very High Readiness Joint Task… Continue reading "BAAINBw Orders 40mm Airburst Anti-Drone RCWS"
PGZ, the Polish defense industry conglomerate, announced that it delivered 150 sets of the LMP-2017 60mm light mortar to Polish Army and Territorial Forces on December 2, 2019. This is… Continue reading "LMP-2017 Light Mortars Delivered to Polish Army and Territorial Forces"
hIn early November 2019, the Bundestag approved a service extension program for the Bundeswehr’s fleet of Wiesel 1 light armored fighting vehicles. Part of the program is the integration of… Continue reading "MELLS to be Integrated onto Bundeswehr Wiesels"
On September 30, 2019, the Polish Ministry of National Defense signed contracts to officially begin the production of Poland’s next-generation MSBS “Grot” assault rifles and the VIS 100 pistol for… Continue reading "Poland Signs Major Contract for MSBS GROT Rifles and VIS 100 Pistols"
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"