Airborne Decoys and Deception
Airborne decoys are a well established countermeasure for combat aircraft and have been used for many years. The Raytheon AN/ALE 50 for example are used on B1 Bombers and F16/F18 Fighters. RAF…
Reaper and Mr Dual Mode Brimstone
MBDA and the Big Safari programme have released a handful of images of recent firing trials of the Dual Mode Brimstone from a Reaper unmanned aircraft. MBDA has successfully demonstrated…
The Roll Corrected Guided Mortar
In our recent discussion about the merits, or not, of lightweight artillery systems one lightweight system we ignored (mostly) was mortars. As we know, in the British Army mortars are…
What price commonality
I want to start a conversation about commonality across the three services for equipment. We have on many occasions looked at this, discussed how generally, it is a good idea,…
GMLRS All at Sea
I always like to speculate about the possibility and all round utility of putting a GMLRS on one of her Majesty's War Canoes I am not alone either. A post…
Lasers a Go Go
Must admit to not covering lasers a great deal but the US (and Germany for some inexplicable reason) seem to be pushing forward. The US Navy plans to deploy a…
Torpedo Away
Images from the MoD (Click to enlarge) A Stingray Training Variant Torpedo is fired from Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster during an exercise. After spending much of her 7 month…
Anglo French News
In the news today is the meeting between David Cameron and Francois Hollande Not much here in detail, just a handful of links that I will expand over time In…