The air defense systems currently operated by Ukraine cannot counter enemy ballistic missiles or anti-aircraft missiles that fly along ballistic trajectories, says Air Force Colonel Yuri Ignat. He was quoted as saying, “The main threat that hangs in the air and can still be implemented is, of course, Iranian missiles. Russia has not abandoned its intentions to receive from Iran kamikaze drones and, in a certain way, missiles, which were announced earlier – Fateh-110 and Zolfaghar. We understand that Russia also has ballistics in the form of those same Kinzhal missiles. This is actually a … [Read more...]
Hellfire Missiles Replacement Gets a Boost in Range
Lockheed Martin successfully doubles the range of the Hellfire’s replacement, the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), which has a current range of 8km’s and can now reach 16km’s. The successful flight test demonstrated the new Joint Air-to-Ground Missile-Medium Range’s (JAGM-MR) increased range, tri-mode seeker incorporating a near infrared (NIR) sensor and an electromechanical control actuation system (EMCAS). Read more from Lockheed Martin: The successful execution of the JAGM-MR flight test demonstrated the 16 km range capability of the missile when ground launched — doubling the range of … [Read more...]
Army’s New Long-Range Artillery Precision Guidance Kit Passes Critical Test
BAE Systems has successfully fired its Long-Range Precision Guidance Kit (LR-PGK) for 155mm artillery projectiles. The LR-PKG has anti-jam technology and can deliver long range precision fires in challenging electromagnetic environments. The kit is compatible with existing and future artillery shells and firing platforms. Read BAE Systems’ full press release: BAE Systems has successfully fired its Long-Range Precision Guidance Kit (LR-PGK) for 155mm artillery projectiles from the U.S. Army’s Extended Range Cannon Artillery (ERCA) at Yuma Proving Ground, demonstrating airframe structural … [Read more...]
DART: NASA Hits Bullseye with New Asteroid Defense Weapon
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first planetary defense technology demonstrator, traveled ten months in space and successfully impacted and altered the path of an egg-shaped asteroid called Dimorphos. Dimorphos is roughly the size of a football field, and it orbits a parent asteroid five times larger than itself. DART, which was no bigger than a refrigerator, slammed into Dimorphos at about 14,000 miles per hour. Steve Gorman of Reuters reports that DART succeeded in nudging the rocky moonlet from its natural path into a faster orbit. He continues (Abridged): The … [Read more...]
Ukraine’s Home-Grown Anti-Tank Weapon is Shredding Russian Armored Columns
According to BBC, "Russia has lost some 460 tanks and over 2,000 armored vehicles", but Ukraine is claiming Russia has lost more than 680 tanks. "What Syria taught us about tanks", is that any tank is vulnerable to the proliferation and continued development of long-range ATGM’s. Ukraine’s remotely controlled homegrown anti-tank weapon, the Stugna-P ATGM (a.k.a. Skif), developed by Luch Design Bureau, is shredding Russian armored columns. The Stugna-P is a true force multiplier, says Brent M. Eastwood of 19fortyfive.com. He writes (abridged): Russian tanks are dying at the hands of another … [Read more...]
The U.S. Quietly Pushing Hypersonic Development on All Fronts
A team including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD) has successfully flight tested a new system known as the Hypersonic Air-breathing Weapon Concept (HAWC). The test, conducted off the coast of the U.S. using Lockheed Martin’s version of the HAWC, reached speeds in excess of Mach 5 and traveled 300 nautical miles at a flight ceiling greater than 65,000 feet. This is the second successful flight test in DARPA’s HAWC program. The first successful test was carried out by … [Read more...]
How Ukraine Is Using Cheap Tech to Fend Off a Superpower
Ukrainian soldiers are using inexpensive consumer drones from DJI to locate Russian tank and troop columns and then using those coordinates to guide mortars and set up ambushes. To counter this effective tactic, the Russians have used an extended version of DJI’s Aeroscope system, which is a public safety system normally used for locating the drones and their operators. With that information in hand, Russia is targeting the drones as they land near their operators. Kherson Oblast. Ukrainian forces batter Russian artillery about to get deployed pic.twitter.com/PlYAXWYRuJ — Illia … [Read more...]
The A-10 Deserves a Warrior’s Death
Warriors deserve a warrior’s death, not a retirement spent rusting away in the desert. The Bushido taught samurai, “death before dishonor.” The A-10, one of the USAF’s most iconic planes, deserves a warrior’s death. The plane was developed in the middle of the Cold War with a specific type of warfare in mind, to kill Soviet tanks on the front line. It has a chance to do that before being shuffled off into memory. Instead of sending America’s most iconic aircraft to the desert for zero dollars, Erik Prince says, “send them to Ukraine on a lend-lease policy.” Air Force Asks to Retire … [Read more...]
Ukraine War Is an “Intelligence Bonanza” for the West
Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, a lot military intelligence has been gathered. Recently, reports of odd munitions on the ground in Ukraine had ballistic experts stumped. The rounds were thought to be some sort of bomblets or cluster bombs. Further investigation has shown that, in fact, they were released from Russian Iskander-M short-range missiles, reported The New York Times. The munitions were decoys to fool air-defense radars and heat-seeking defensive missiles. The munitions emit radio signals and heat reports to fool defenses, reports Julie Coleman of Business Insider. She … [Read more...]
WATCH: What You Need to Know About the FGM-148 Javelin Anti-Tank Missile
If you've been following the news, you've no doubt heard the term "javelin missile." Possibly thousands of the shoulder-fired missile systems have been sent to Ukraine to help its defenders even the odds against Russia's massive number of tanks and armored personnel carriers. If you've been wondering about what exactly a javelin missile system is, you're not alone. Here's a brief video on the system from US Military News. Action Line: The world seems riskier than ever, but you can prepare yourself and your family for the future. If you're serious about monitoring risk in the world, … [Read more...]
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