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Aircraft carriers face a litany of threats in the modern age, but the U.S. Navy has spent the last half-century thinking of ways to defeat threats to them. Kornets mounted on dhows is the least of a carrier’s worries. → Read More
Singapore announced that it planned to buy a limited number of F-35 fighters for evaluation purposes. What happens next? The author would like to thank Timothy Soh of Defense Politics Asia for assistance. → Read More
The Su-35 gets all the headlines. Is it worth the extra $$$? → Read More
A bad performance in Syria was just the start. → Read More
One of the U.S. military’s biggest advantages is the navigation system used by its mechanized forces. Generically, this capability is known as “blue force tracking.” Moscow has, shall we say, a different approach. → Read More
The NSM is being considered for the Over-the-Horizon Weapon System (OTH-WS) competition, to replace the aging Harpoon—which is being phased out. It’s uncertain whether NSM will be mounted on a deck mount like Harpoon, or packed inside a vertical launching system. Current visualizations of the NSM on U.S. Navy ships show deck mounts. (This first appeared several months ago.) In the mid 2000s, the… → Read More
Overall, while the Sino-Vietnamese border wars might have seemed insignificant, they proved to be an effective testing ground for the PLA’s reforms. → Read More
If one looks at the most popular tank designs in the world, then two clear design philosophies emerge. → Read More
Let's find out. → Read More
We take a look. → Read More
Aging like fine wine? → Read More
Is it a problem? → Read More
While the M1 Abrams was outgunned when it first entered production, since the M1A1 entered service in 1985 it has become one of the most lethal tanks in the world with its 120mm gun. Has it kept up? → Read More
Moscow certainly hasn't. → Read More
As the military considers ways to enhance the firepower of ground vehicles, the M230 is attracting attention again as a lightweight solution to add heavy firepower to a ground vehicle. But can it be easily adapted to the ground role? → Read More
We explain all the options. → Read More
The Carl Gustav and the AT4 are some of the most popular anti-tank systems in the world. → Read More
The Carl Gustav and the AT4 are some of the most popular anti-tank systems in the world. → Read More
Its all about the fuel. → Read More
The J37 Viggen was a true cold warrior—and unmatched for years during the Cold War. → Read More