Argentina’s few remaining A-4ARs have effectively served out their lifespans. The future of the fleet is unclear. (Santiago Rivas)
Latin American fighter fleets were regularly modernised through the 1980s, with aircraft such as the French Mirage family, British Hawker Hunter, and American F-5 Tiger II and A-4 Skyhawk flying routinely. Most regional air forces have since seen their budgets constrained and fleet renewals restricted in terms of size and capability.
Author: Michael
Two years ago, Mahamat Mahadi Ali, better known as “Mahadi,” the rebel leader of the Front for Change and Concord in Chad, led a 600-mile incursion across the Sahara into Chadian territory from his oasis in southern Libya. Close to a thousand of his fighters braved the Sahara’s scorching sands with weapons and vehicles obtained as soldiers of fortune in Libya before their fateful encounter with the Chadian army.
The Portuguese Navy is looking to commission the Multifunctional Naval Platform in 2026. (Victor Barreira)
The Portuguese Navy is poised to issue a tender to acquire a helicopter and unmanned systems mother ship
for a maximum of EUR132 million (USD142 million) to meet its Pilar I project.
PARA SF and NSG
Para SF and NSG special forces have demonstrated their strength on many occasions, which is not news to us. For most hopefuls, the possibility of joining one of these select groups is a crucial factor in making this choice. Both of these groups conduct their operations in complete secrecy, leaving us very little to go on when trying to understand them.
The Para SF, a renowned special forces unit within the Indian Army’s Parachute Regiment, excels in a wide array of specialized operations.
Electric Boat awarded Newport News Shipbuilding a contract modification for Block V attack submarines. (Newport News Shipbuilding)
General Dynamics Electric Boat awarded HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) unit a USD305.2 million contract modification to procure long-lead-time material for two additional Block V Virginia-class submarines, HII confirmed on 24 May.
The contract modification brings the overall contract value to USD10.2 billion, HII said.
The Leonardo tiltrotor AW609 can support various security-centric applications such as cargo carrier, special operations, personnel recovery, and ‘homeland security’. (Leonardo)
Weststar Aviation Services (Weststar), a Malaysian aviation company, has signed an agreement with Leonardo to operate a single AW609 tiltrotor helicopter in the country.
According to the memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed at the Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA) Exhibition 2023 on 24 May, Weststar will operate the aircraft under lease.
M-113A2 Colombian, with desert scheme and camouflage mesh. (Janes/Erich Saumeth Cadavid)
The Colombian Army has 28 operational M113A2 armoured personnel carriers (APCs), about half of what it operated 10 years ago, according to army documents viewed by Janes.
Food Machinery Corp – now part of BAE Systems – delivered up to 88 units of the A1 variant in 1977. This stock shrunk to 54 vehicles in service at the beginning of the last decade, and Dynamic Trading Solutions (DTS) upgraded the vehicles to the A2 variant.
Hungary received the first four of 12 Leopard 2A4HU tanks in July 2020. (Hungarian government)
Brigadier General Gábor Lőrincz, commander of the Hungarian Defence Forces’ land forces, outlined lessons learned from Hungary’s transition to the Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) at SAE Media’s Future Armoured Vehicles Central and Eastern Europe 2023 conference in Prague.
Hungarian forces have received a company of 12 Leopard 2A4 tanks that will be used to train crews and technicians as the country undertakes efforts to switch its MBT fleet from the T-72 to the Leopard 2.
Despite Russia’s claim that Bakhmut is now under its full control, Ukrainian officials continue to insist that their troops maintain some control over parts of the city.
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The Krummlauf was one of Nazi Germany’s most unique and imaginative weapon designs. But it was also a massive failure.
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