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MBDA describe the Meteor BVRAAM missile as; Meteor is the next generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system designed to revolutionise air-to-air combat in the 21st Century. The ...

SPEAR Capability 3 History The SPEAR missile system is an MBDA Systems product. The creation of MBDA came from a need to reduce the numerous missile vendors in Europe; MBDA was created in December ...

We know they work, although you would be better defeating drones at the outer layers of the onion. Obviously. Counter UAS nets are not a panacea, and should be considered one (cheap) component of a ...

In 1983, the MoD sponsored a set of trials on the Isle of Jura to further develop the requirement. Vehicles included the BV202, a Land Rover with low-pressure tyres, and the Supacat 6×6 vehicle in its ...

Paveway IV is a highly accurate precision-guided bomb carried by the RAF Typhoon, F-35B, and Protector RPAS. The RAF describes the 225 kg Paveway IV as; This advanced and highly accurate weapon is a ...

A ship is not a tank, so the question is, would a spiral development of ER-GMLRS meet the objectives of Land Precision Strike The ER-GMLRS is a large rocket, 300 kg at launch, so manoeuvrability ...

Thales describe Bushmaster as… The Bushmaster is a combat proven vehicle that is in service with the Australian Defence Force and eight other nations, and has been successfully deployed on operations ...

The Uniflote pontoon was found to have weak couplers in the offshore environment, so the Mr Eric Longbottom of the Military Engineering Experimental Establishment (MEXE) designed the Harbour and ...

British Army Medium Weight Capability, a long story… In the late Nineties, the British Army concluded it needed to develop and field a Medium Weight Capability that would enable it to arrive quicker ...

A simple question, was the British Infantry more effective with the 51 mm lightweight infantry mortar than it is now, without it? In an age of swarming drones and artificial intelligence, it is easy ...

I challenge the notion that the British tank and armoured vehicle industry is dead, that we don’t buy enough, and should just jack it all in and buy Abrams or Leopard. Listen to the online doom ...