Category: Anti-aircraft defense

Will Electromagnetism be the Black Powder of the XNUMXst century?

The arrival from Europe of black powder, a highly explosive and exothermic mixture of sulphur, saltpetre (potassium nitrate) and charcoal, introduced by the Mongols in the 2000th century but used in China since the 800th century, led to a rapid and profound upheaval in military technologies, as well as in tactics and strategies. Ballistas and Scorpions were quickly replaced by cannons and bombards, as soldiers traded off their crossbows and bows for the first portable firearms, bringing more than XNUMX years of military technology to an end in just two centuries. XNUMX years later...

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Estonia and Latvia jointly turn to IRIS-T SLM anti-aircraft system to protect Baltic skies

In 2022, only 6 NATO member countries invested more than 2% of their GDP for their defense spending. Half of them are represented by the 3 Baltic countries which, despite their meager resources, are making an exemplary effort in this area, not only from a budgetary point of view, but also from a military and human point of view. Thus, Estonia, with only 1,3 million inhabitants and a GDP of $38 billion, devotes $1 billion to its armies in 2023, i.e. 2,85% of its GDP, and keeps under the flags 7500 soldiers, including half are made up of conscripts doing military service…

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US Air Force THOR microwave cannon knocked out a swarm of drones during testing

Since the 2018 attack on Russia's Khmeimem air base in Syria by a swarm of 13 drones armed with ammunition and launched from a small village 70 km away from it, the risk posed by drone swarms has become one of the priorities of the US Air Force, which must ensure the protection of many bases exposed to this type of attack in the world. Too small to be taken into account by traditional anti-aircraft systems, too fast to be destroyed by small arms, and too numerous for directed energy systems such as high energy lasers, swarms...

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Danish armies choose Rheinmetall's Skyranger 30 short-range anti-aircraft system

In March 2021, Rheinmetall presented the Skyranger system for the first time to the public, a short-range anti-aircraft and anti-drone turret armed with either a 35 mm (Skyranger 35) or 30 mm (Skyranger 30) cannon. can be carried by a medium armored vehicle like the Boxer, or a truck from 6×6. With a combat weight of 2,5 tons for a crew of 3, the Skyranger turret implements, in addition to the gun, an anti-aircraft missile launcher that can accommodate 4 very short-range missiles such as the Stinger or the Mistral , as well as an AESA radar with 5 flat face antennas…

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US Patriot neutralizes Kinzhal missile threat over Kyiv

Only a few weeks ago, a number of specialists, including some of the most credible in the field, were circumspect about the chances that the MIM-104 Patriot endo-atmospheric anti-missile system in its PAC-3 version developed by the American Raytheon, can effectively counter the Russian 9-S-7760 Kinzhal airborne ballistic missile. On the one hand, the Russian system was still perceived as meeting the hypersonic classification, with a speed greater than Mach 5 and terminal maneuvering capabilities, putting it beyond the reach of conventional anti-ballistic systems that calculate the intercept trajectory based on a conventional ballistic trajectory. Second, the American Patriot…

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The deployment of a Patriot PAC-3 battery on the Japanese island of Miyako-Jima enrages Beijing

Miyako-Jima is an archipelago of islands of just over 150 km2 located some 300 km southwest of the island of Okinawa. The island is home to 45.000 inhabitants, and has an airport with a 2000-meter runway, as well as several fishing ports and a base for the Japanese self-defense land forces. What makes the interest of this small archipelago, is that it is located at almost exact distance from Okinawa and Taiwan, and that the island constitutes in fact a perfect point of support to control the Chinese naval and air movements. from the South China Sea to the Pacific or around Taiwan. Fact,…

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Why turning to Israeli armaments represents a double-edged decision for European countries?

In recent years, the Israeli defense industry has grown very rapidly on the international scene, and the year 2022 saw Elbit, Rafael and other IMIs record a growth of more than 30% in export sales. to reach a production volume of almost $12 billion, almost 5 times higher than it was just 10 years ago. It is true that Israeli equipment has something to seduce, offering sometimes impressive performance such as the SPIKE-ER anti-tank missile capable of reaching targets over 50 km away or the Iron Dome anti-aircraft protection system, formidable innovations...

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The Spanish armies will order Mistral anti-aircraft systems from France for €330m

Entering service in 1988, the Mistral very short-range anti-aircraft missile is today one of the most exported missiles of this type on the planet, as well as one of the most efficient. As such, it is now in service with some thirty armed forces, including 8 belonging to NATO, both to protect land forces and naval units, or to arm combat helicopters. Since 1988, the missile initially designed by Matra, which has since become MBDA, has undergone several substantial improvements. The latest version, the Mistral 3, entered service a few years ago with the Army,…

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According to some photos, a Ukrainian Patriot battery intercepted a 'hypersonic' Kinzhal missile

Since the official announcement in March 2018 of its entry into service, the Russian Kinzhal airborne missile was presented, and often recognized, as a hypersonic munition whose speed and ability to maneuver put it beyond the reach of existing anti-missile systems. This argument has often been put forward, particularly in the West, to justify certain political positions. But this aura of invincibility could well have been breached on the night of May 4th. Indeed, according to photos published by the Ukrainian site defence–ua.com, one of these missiles was intercepted by one of the new Patriot batteries delivered to Kyiv to reinforce…

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Poland orders €2bn of short-range ground-to-air systems from Great Britain

A lot can be said about Warsaw's bulimia for the acquisition of defense equipment in recent years, even more noticeable in recent months under the joint action of the war in Ukraine and the arrival of the Polish legislative elections this autumn. However, it is clear that these acquisitions respond to an in-depth and coherent analysis of the needs of an armed force made up of 6 mechanized divisions, in particular in the light of lessons learned in Ukraine. In particular, Warsaw seems to be particularly careful not to make a capability impasse that could undermine the effectiveness of all the armed forces. This is how beyond the heavy tanks...

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