This Weeks Links
As usual, a collection of interesting defence news from around the
DCNS SMX-26 Littoral Seabed Landing Submarine
Some interesting ideas from the ever imaginative DCNS graphic design team. The SMX-26 submarine, a small submarine designed for operation in very shallow …
Joint Warrior 13 Media and Information
A collection of news and media from Joint Warrior
UK Complex Weapons – Part 3 (Lightweight Multirole Missile)
Continuing my look at UK Complex Weapons this post examines the Lightweight Multirole Missile, or LMM, that will be equipping Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Wildcat …
Cannister Rounds
Leading on, yet again, from comments on Monty’s post on the main battle tank one of the subject areas was the benefit of non fin cannister rounds, a …
Selex Road Marshall
We have been having a good debate about MICV v APC’s on Monty’s recent Obituary to the Main Battle Tank post and of the issues that came up was the …
UK Complex Weapons – Part 2 (Brimstone Missile)
As part of the UK Complex Weapons partnership, one of the launch projects was the Dual Mode Brimstone. With our recent look at Main Battle Tanks I thought I …
No Mothers and Valentines Day Nonsense Here
Now thats more like it, no mincing around putting flowers in gun barrels and posing with heart shaped things like those chaps in dark
UK Complex Weapons – Part 1 (Introduction)
You hear the term mentioned quite a lot, UK Complex Weapons, but what does it mean? In a nutshell, it is missiles and smart bombs. For the UK defence industry, …
House of Commons Defence Select Committee report on Afghanistan
The House of Commons Defence Select Committee has released their report on Afghanistan, Securing the Future of Afghanistan and the Secretary of State for …
A Jerrycan and Overseas Aid
Overseas aid is a subject that it very emotive with many people thinking it should be more focussed on dual use equipment and capabilities. That is a wider …
A Few Pictures from BAE
A quote from BAE; BAE Systems is exhibiting its affordable solutions for a rapidly changing world at the 2013 Sea-Air-Space exposition. See the pictures after …
1PWRR swaps Sennelager for African Savannah
A nice set of images from the 20th Armoured
Transforming the Maritime Domain
On the back of the recent posts of MoD transformation, offshore security and the Chemring Centurion, this is an interesting presentation, although a a few …
An Offshore Problem
Offshore and nearshore infrastructure is becoming increasingly important, is the UK defence, policing and security infrastructure too fragmented to adequately …
Sporty Weather in the South Atlantic
HMS EDINBURGH endures storm force weather in the South Atlantic. Picture: L(Phot) Dan Rosenbaum Pictured: Image shows the force of the weather on the …
Queen’s Royal Hussars back on Hohne ground
A collection of great images from the Queen’s Royal Hussars (QRH) as they get back into the Challenger 2 after getting used to the Warthog in
The HESCO Chair
Seen whilst lurking on a Royal Engineers Facebook page, is there anything that a) you can’t use HESCO Bastion for b) A Sapper can’t
Black Hornet Nano UAV
A collection of videos and images of the Black Hornet nano UAV from Prox Dynamics currently deployed in