Steering away from missiles for a second how accurate ar range is the chain gun on the likes of the Apache? Given the huge increase in drones is it not a future prerequisite to have as many vehicles as possible able to detect & engage UAVs. Something like dedicated guided 50cal or bigger on as ...

Lasers - Light and other electromagnetic radiation is subject to the Inverse Square Law (the major physics barrier) which explains the drastic laser light fall-off in power with increasing distance of the target eg at 2 km only able to deliver 1/4 of the power at 1 km, at 3 km its down to 1/9th, at...

US Navy planning to reduce its ship fleet numbers from current 297 to 280 in FY2027, Congress passed act in 2017/8 to say Navy should increase fleet to 355 ships, did not specify a timeline. https://news.usni.org/2022/03/28/fy-23-budget-navy-wants-to-shed-24-ships-for-3-6b-in-savings-over-next-five-...

Israeli press reporting that Germany interested in the Arrow 3 long range anti-ballistic system for 2 billion plus euros comes with exo-atmospheric ability to intercept of IRBM at a reported flight range of up to 2,400 km (1,500 miles) at altitudes of over 100 km (62 miles) and ~ Mach 8+ with a clai...

The old joke in the US R&D community comes to mind "lasers are the weapons of the future ... and always will be". The problem with this sort of 'joke' is that it denies the possibility of major technological advances. Look at what the advent of REBCO magnets has done for the prospects...

I would assume the T83 is likely to be more akin to capability and technology of the DDG(X) than the AB Flight III. The only basis upon which it is would not is if the cost or crewing requirements means it is prohibitive as I feel very sure the RN will want at least 8 of these units. I would sincer...

Donald-san are you thinking that after VAdm Gardner retires his policy will be reversed to buy off the Scottish Nationalists and the T26's very, very complex and costly platform will be kept in production for purely political reasons. Not sure what you mean. T26 is expensive because it is complex. ...

If the RN only get 4 x T83 it would be a major blow !! unless they are Kirov type battle cruisers armed to the teeth !! Surely we don't have the funds to waste a £billion designing a class of only 3-4 hulls? Then the only logical solution is to make T83 "modest", and build 6 of it. Simple...

It would appear the US has dangled a big carrot in front of the MoD by offering access into the Pentagon's ballistic network to provide worldwide warning of ballistic missile attacks to enable Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) Launch on Remote (LOR) and Engage on Remote (EOR) to dramatically improve t...

Thoughts on possible ballistic missile interceptors for BMD system if ever funded, all foreign, our myopic politicians stopped development of UK long range anti-air/ballistic missiles/systems as part of the 'peace' dividend. Ballistic interceptors surprisingly short range to me, have seen the Patrio...

Janes saying GD won the competition against BAE Inc for new US Army ~30 ton light tank, MPF, Mobile Protected Firepower, both produced 12 prototypes for trials, projected order total 500 GD offered the Ajax lightweight chassis with a high-performance power pack and its advanced suspension, combined ...

Details of powerful US Space Force GPS hardware jamming capability revealed due to Ukraine - Breaking Defense March 21st "Satellite jamming ‘normal’ by militaries during conflict, not peacetime: State Dept. official", a few quotes "In the current conflict, Russian forces actively have...

Googled "Lockheed Named Prime Contractor in Proposed $700M UK FMS Deal for Ballistic Missile Defense Radar, Battle Management Systems ANGELINE LEISHMAN, MARCH 18, 2022, CONTRACT AWARDS The State Department gave the green light for the U.K.’s plan to buy one ballistic missile defense radar and a...

Janes pic of USAF F-35A with its weapon bay open with JSM? accompanying its article April 2021 "conducted two initial in-flight test releases of a Joint Strike Missile (JSM) from the F-35A CTOL (Conventional Take-Off and Landing) Lightning II multirole stealth fighter over Edwards Air Force Bas...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/03/15/decoy-darts-russia-secret-weapon-ukraine-invasion-civilian-attack/ Hopefully these darts will fall into uk hands for reverse engineering purposes. Though we have britecloud in service I believe. Must say impressed how the decoys incorporated into th...

Both NS100 and 200 come with an integral X-band Scout Mk3 FMCW radar for LPI and high resolution surface surveillance out to about 25km. It looks as if the NS50 is the 3D version of that (with longer range). It looks like it would be a good complement to the NS100 and might pair up well with CAMM T...

Looking at the BL-NL MCM programme of 12 ~< 3,000t ships with their large 18t USVs and four different UUVs, ships fitted with the Bofors 40mm Mk4 same as the T31, using the Thales NS54 variant of the NS50 X-band radar for the FCR for the 40mm gun. Of interest was the comment from Hugo Anbeek of Thal...

Any thoughts on why Russians seem to have pulled out of their planned amphibious landing to take Odessa with their ~ seven/eight ship flotilla. Speculating Russian Navy had second thoughts and now think too risky in terms of losses to ships and troops, emphasising the limited capability of amphibiou...

Germany's decision to buy F-35A to use with the B61 nuclear bomb would seem to say one and the same thing as my above posts on F-35 which i interpret as confirmation of the importance of stealth in attacking peer enemy ships and the F-35 stealth should not degraded/compromised in anyway by hanging a...

Targeting long range anti-ship missiles very, very difficult, with stealth F-35 and its ability to get close enough to confirm targeting an enemy ship and not wasting them on what might be a commercial ship acting as decoy etc in the fog of war helps mitigate the problem. In these days, hiding a sh...

Targeting long range anti-ship missiles very, very difficult, with stealth F-35 and its ability to get close enough to confirm targeting an enemy ship and not wasting them on what might be a commercial ship acting as decoy etc in the fog of war helps mitigate the problem. Any radar can detect a F-35...

A few thoughts How could an aircraft radar with its small radar target an enemy ship, confirm its the correct target and not be outranged by the ships large radar to target aircraft, only possible if low stealth aircraft allowing it to get in closer before firing its missiles (would note why Chinese...

I'd prefer a small buy of JSM missiles to be launched from F-35B. That's a problem as they would have to be carried externally on the F-35B as weapon bay too short compared to the F-35A and C weapon bays where JSM can fit internally, so you lose the F-35B stealth capability, remember reading the Is...

Due to recent events I've heard people asking for the MK41 and sonar to added to the Type 31. At what point does it make more sense to carry on with the Type 26 instead? When fighting a war the numbers of ships are of critical importance and the way to achieve that was to keep size and cost to the ...

Thanks Timmymagic, , twitter image of the AH-140 for Poland appears to show forward main gun, not sure calibre or manufacture ?, 21 cell Mk114 launcher for RAM CIWS missiles , navigation radar, dedicated fire control radar for the main gun, NS100 or NS200 main radar, eight deck launchers for anti-sh...