A range of 25km means that CAAMM is capable of defending any ship inside a 2000km2 area around the ship. What is the effective range of a missile is a moving feast as it depends on the target, one extreme short range scenario is the kinetic energy needed to pull 40 Gs (which falls off quickly after...

New Aster 15 EC in 2030, with twice range of the current Aster 15 at 60+km.

https://meta-defense.fr/en/2024/04/11/m ... pour-2030/

Commander Henry of the FREMM frigate Alsace in talks to Le Figaro 11th April after return from a 71 day deployment as all combat equipment was depleted. "From the Aster missile to the 7.62 machine gun of the helicopter, including the 12.7mm, 20mm, or 76mm cannon, we dealt with three ballistic m...

A range of 25km means that CAAMM is capable of defending any ship inside a 2000km2 area around the ship. What is the effective range of a missile is a moving feast as it depends on the target, one extreme short range scenario is the kinetic energy needed to pull 40 Gs (which falls off quickly after...

Telegraph write up with some interesting details on the claims being made by Grant Shapps for DragonFire in the light of MBDA, Leonardo and QinetiQ saying during a recent briefing on how much work would be involved in turning the prototype into an operationally productionised version. [quote ]A lase...

Navy News 8th April talking to RTX (Raytheon) at SAS '24 on minimal reported use of ESSM by USN ships in Red Sea (only know of Dutch Iver Huitfeldt using ESSM, none by USN). ESSM Block 2’s versatility and role have slated it to be deployed on virtually any Navy vessel. Amid recent events in the Red...

Navy News 8th April talking to RTX (Raytheon) at SAS '24 on minimal reported use of ESSM by USN ships in Red Sea (only know of Dutch Iver Huitfeldt using ESSM, none by USN). ESSM Block 2’s versatility and role have slated it to be deployed on virtually any Navy vessel. Amid recent events in the Red ...

January article on NavyTimes where quoted USN Vice Adm. Brendan McLane and others expressing frustration at the glacial pace of development with the long-planned and ever-elusive ship lasers when need them now in the Red Sea. "High-energy lasers, or HELs, and high-power microwaves, or HPMs, wou...

Artillery - Shoot and Scoot and the end of Towed Howitzers. "January the shell ratio was nearly one-to-six in favor of Russia. Artillery has been the greatest killer in the war in Ukraine, accounting for more than 70% of casualties." Nexter briefing on their truck-mounted Caesar 155mm/52 c...

I think the proof of the pudding will come when US troops field the M7 and it's equally important optics, the attainable accuracy will come as as a most unpleasant surprise to their opposition, extremely accurate fire and rounds that will blast straight through most body armour. I certainly wouldn'...

The US Army Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program, initiated in 2004 as the the Lightweight Machine Gun and Ammunition program, with the aim of a major reduction in soldiers' carrying loads, thereby allowing new and more equipment, drones etc reducing logistical strain, and increasing ...

The US Army Lightweight Small Arms Technologies (LSAT) program, initiated in 2004 as the the Lightweight Machine Gun and Ammunition program, with the aim of a major reduction in soldiers' carrying loads, thereby allowing new and more equipment, drones etc reducing logistical strain, and increasing s...

The considerable cost of filling those ships cells https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/01/4d19ab4836f7-japan-signs-contract-with-us-on-tomahawk-missile-purchase.html Japan signed a contract with the United States on Thursday to buy land-based Tomahawk cruise missiles, seeking to acquire the cap...

Surprised France deploying UK missile, though it is built by French company, Thales in N.I.

What would be the alternative? Buying standard missiles from the states? Strictly speaking MBDA isn't entirely foreign as BAE own 37.5% and there has been a certain amount of consolidation within programmes with MBDA so production of certain components has been concentrated in one of the partner co...

The French Defence Minister on his attack French defence industry disclosed latest French contract for Asters "The 200 long-range Aster missiles worth €900 million" So £3.85 million each, what is not known is the breakdown of the order between the various variants of Aster 30 B1 New Techno...

No pic but Elbit Systems UK have a PDF on their eM-e dominate system, The next generation of Maritime Electronic Warfare

https://www.elbitsystems-uk.com/what-we ... minate.pdf

French Defence Minister expresses his extreme frustration with the French defence industry over its very slow production rate of munitions etc and threatens requistion. But, after two years of war in Ukraine it is unthinkable for our defense industry to not continue with its transformation. He noted...

My understanding Babcock and Elbit Systems UK won athe £100 million contract Nov'21 for the Maritime Electronic Warfare System Integrated Capability (MEWSIC) Increment 1A, CDR was approved Nov '23 so it could proceed with manufacture, testing and acceptance the with its Israeli eM-e dominate system ...

The above is way off topic there is a separate thread for Red Sea conflict... The L3Harris Vampire system with its stabilised multi-sensor sight and advanced image processing firing the 70mm APKWS (over 50,000 delivered) with the BAE Inc laser-guided kit achieving success in Ukraine, think it might...

What do understand by a GPMG. from what have read think the MG-42 with its very high ROF was the one of the best MG of WWII, fired in short bursts of only 5 to 7 rounds needed to keep it under control, approx. 22 bursts a minute, 154 rounds, MG-42 could deliver a volume of firepower equivalent to 20...

The L3Harris Vampire system with its stabilised multi-sensor sight and advanced image processing firing the 70mm APKWS (over 50,000 delivered) with the BAE Inc laser-guided kit achieving success in Ukraine, think it might be the cheapest CIWS system yet for shooting down drones, several orders of ma...

Of concern as it seems not is all hunky-dory on the GCAP within the industrial design/build side, would have hoped for a harmonious relationship.

https://breakingdefense.com/2024/03/leo ... ial-plans/

Ohio Ordnance in January introduced the 24.5 lbs Reapr LWMG (their take on modern MG-42/MG-3) in .338 magnum. US as a result of experience in Afghanistan looked for a LWMG with double the range of 7.62 NATO round MGs and picked the .338 Norma Magnum with its 300 grain bullet, double the weight of 7....

Interesting March 1st interview on Breaking Defense with the US Army Vice Chief of Staff on DE M-SHORAD lasers, sending their four 50 kW prototypes to the Middle East for real world testing to see if they work in an atmosphere with dust particles as it starts to alter the physics of the light partic...