June 4, 2024: In April Germany shipped the second truck-mounted Skynex low-altitude anti-aircraft system to Ukraine. The first one arrived a year earlier. Ukraine ordered these systems in late 2022.

In addition to the screens to defeat the FPV UAV attacks, there is also slat armor on the sides to defeat shaped charge warheads, especially those on the RPG (Rocket Propelled Grenade) systems used by ...

June 3, 2024: By 2o23 Ukraine had destroyed over a third of the Russian Black Sea Fleet and forced the remainder to move as far from Crimea as possible. This means anchorages in the Black Sea ...

Key: On this table, figures originally given in various local coinages have all been converted to livres tournais, worth about £4 sterling; s, shilling, of which there were 12 to the pound; d, penny, ...

Hamas described its attacks on Israel as an effort to create a Palestinian state. The problem is that Hamas considers a Palestinian state one that occupies all the territory Israel is composed of.

May 31, 2024: The U.S. Navy is unable to build enough new ships to replace the fleet it currently has. The navy has about 470 ships in active service as well as the reserve fleet. The principal ...

This idea of a remote control turret has been around since World War II, but years of tinkering, and better technology, eventually made the remote control gun turret work effectively, dependably, and ...

The two aircraft are similar in size but the F-35 is much heavier and can carry eight tons of weapons compared to seven tons on the F-16. The F-35 also carries three times as much fuel but the lighter ...

June 2, 2024: The war in Ukraine gave the United States an opportunity to use its older, near their expiration date, ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) rockets rather than spending a lot of money ...

The only other carriers using EMALS are the American nuclear-powered CVN (nuclear powered carrier) USS Ford class. One Ford is in service with two more under construction and a fourth on order. The ...

The Secretary of the Army has determined that the publication of this manual is necessary in the transaction of the public business as required by law of the Department. Use of funds for printing this ...