Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound)
Whilst the S-300 and S-400 get most of the headlines the KBP Instrument Design Bureau manufactured Pantsir-S1 air defence system is equally effective. It is a self-propelled short to medium…
Manhunt in Syria – The Reaper Cometh
At what point does the legitimate self-defence become an extra-judicial murder? That seems to be the question of the day, with predictably opposing views The justification came…
The Syrian Times They are a Changin’
Just as the MoD release an operational update which describes how many $500 pickup trucks it has destroyed with £100,000 Brimstone missiles our friend in Moscow displays yet more flair…
Cloud Cuckoo Land
One of the greatest problems with UK defence and security policy is the complete and utter disconnect between aspirations and reality. Having successively cut the UK defence budget and failed…
Learning to Agree with the Guardian
The big news today is that British pilots on exchange with the United States Navy (and possibly Canadian forces) have been conducting operations over Syria. Now we all know personnel…
Stocking up on Paveway IV
The MoD has let another contract to Raytheon for more Paveway IV Precision Guided Bombs The Secretary of State for Defence (the Authority) acting through the International Guns, Missiles and…
Slim Pickings in Iraq
Below is an extract from a recent MoD update on RAF operations over Iraq; 25 January: a Reaper was once again on patrol over northern Iraq on Sunday, providing top…
Are Coalition Ground Troops Needed in Iraq and Syria?
Members of the US-led coalition fighting Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria, political and defence commentators, and retired military figures have been talking about ‘boots on the ground’