The US Navy could use amphibious assault ships equipped with short-take-off-and-landing F-35B stealth jets dubbed 'lightning carriers' to quickly reach trouble spots in a possible conflict with China over Taiwan.The lightning carrier concept involves using converted amphibious assault ships (LHAs) carrying Lockheed Martin F-35B “Lightning II” stealth jets
Over 70 HIMARS rockets and two HIMARS launchers are claimed to be destroyed in a missile strike against the ArcelorMittal plant in Krivoi Rog in Ukraine, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Wednesday."According to confirmed information, a strike by ground-based high-precision weapons against a missile/artillery armament depot in one of the workshops of the ArcelorMittal metallurgical plant in the city of Krivoi Rog destroyed over 70 rockets of the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system and two multiple rocket launchers," the spokesman said in comments quoted in several Russian media
Saab has received an order from the UK Ministry of Defence for the Next Generation Light Anti-Tank Weapon system (NLAW).The order value is approximately SEK 2
Lockheed Martin delivered the first Mid-Range Capability (MRC) battery, also known as the Typhon Weapon System, to the United States Army Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office (RCCTO).Lockheed Martin scaled its Aegis Command and Control functions and the Mark 41 Vertical Launching System to quickly meet Army long-range fires needs
USAF's Air-Launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW), a hypersonic missile, is scheduled to be operational as early as fall 2023 and will begin live-fire testing near the end of this year.Being considered for rapid production, the ARRW travels five times the speed of sound, giving combatant commanders the ability to hit time sensitive targets with ease
The Uralvagonzavod heavy vehicles factory has recently delivered a batch of upgraded T-72B3M tanks to Russian troops which represent a highly modernized version of the venerable T-72 tank."Uralvagonzavod has delivered a batch of T-72B3M tanks to the Defense Ministry of Russia
The Russian Ministry of Defense has test fired a new long-range missile at Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan. "At the Sary-Shagan training ground of the Strategic Missile Forces (Republic of Kazakhstan), the combat crew of the air and missile defense troops of the Russian Aerospace Forces successfully conducted another test launch of a new missile of the Russian missile defense system," the ministry said in a statement Friday
BAE Systems is teaming with Elbit Systems of America, Curtiss-Wright Corporation, and QinetiQ Inc. on its design for the U
The Pentagon awarded Raytheon $1.2 billion to produce National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) for war-torn Ukraine
Russias latest Tornado-S multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) and 203mm 2S7M Malka self-propelled artillery guns are effectively striking foreign-made artillery systems in the special military operation in Ukraine. "The counter-battery methods as a key component of inflicting damage on the enemy by firepower are being improved