The PLA has deployed PGZ-09 SPAAGs, an example of which is pictured above from a parade in Beijing in September 2015, along the Taiwan Strait. The service also deployed the HQ-17 SHORAD system and 122 mm PZH-11 MLRSs in the area. (Simon Song/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)
The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has deployed weapons and equipment – including multiple launch rocket systems (MLRSs), air-defence missiles, command vehicles, and ammunition supply vehicles – along the Taiwan Strait.
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Screenshot from a Baykar video showing the Turkish LHD
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with its intended Bayraktar TB3 and Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned aircraft wing.
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Turkey has showcased the mainly unmanned air wing that will operate from its newly inducted TCG
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(L 400), displaying the two unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) types it intends to fly from the ‘aircraft carrier’.
The recently-passed James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023 contained an inconspicuous provision that could significantly impact how the military services evaluate their officers. What started in the House-passed version as section 508, directing the Army to review its evaluation system, expanded to include a review of all services’ evaluations in the compromise bill between […]
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Chris, Zack, and Melanie sit down to talk about a new article by Eric Schmidt on whether the United States can win an innovation race with China. Where is the United States ahead and where is it behind in the tech competition? How should the U.S. government work with private enterprise to maximize defense innovation […]
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How strong is the U.S. military? let’s find out: The United States has one of the world’s strongest and most technologically advanced militaries. The country has invested heavily in its military infrastructure, technology, and personnel, making it a formidable force that can project power globally. From various sources, we have learned that different factors make the United States military strength so amazing.
So let’s look at these five aspects which make United States Military the most powerful nation on earth.
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A Multi-INT Special Mission aircraft, based on the Bombardier Global 6500 business jet, developed for South Korea by Raytheon. A similar variant could be used as part of the HADES prototype being sought by the US Army. (Raytheon)
The US Army’s aviation directorate is soliciting industry input for prototype development of a new airborne intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) system to support long-range precision fires operations and close “deep-sensing gaps” in the army’s ISR portfolio, according to a recent service announcement.
Stealth technology is an American invention, and thanks to choosing the right R&D strategy, the United States has gone further than any other country in this field. However, Russia and China are not to be outdone, so the list of hardest-to-detect fighter jets does not include only American aircraft.
Making a fighter jet difficult to detect is a difficult problem. After all, the main characteristic of fighter jets is their high speed. Using the afterburner can achieve significant acceleration and maneuverability.
Armchair historians often wonder why Russia never built an aircraft carrier fleet. The short answer just requires looking at a map.
Russia may be the largest nation in the world today in terms of land mass, and historically even larger in the days of Imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, but it has also been very much a land power.
Anti-tank missiles (ATGMs) have been protagonists in recent conflicts, such as the Russian invasion of Ukraine. One of the deadliest anti-tank missiles in the world, the Israeli Spike, has gained great interest for its precision and destructive capabilities.
Origins of the Spike family of missiles
Following the difficulties experienced by Israel during the Yom Kippur War in 1973, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) searched for a weapon capable of precisely engaging enemy armored vehicles.
Satellite image ©2023 Maxar Technologies
It is no secret that Kyiv is planning a counteroffensive sometime in the spring, one reason that the U.S. and allies have provided so many weapons and so much training to Ukraine.
It’s also no secret to the Russians as well, which is why they are building out fortifications in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry and confirmed by satellite images compiled by Maxar Technologies last month and shared with The War Zone Wednesday.