Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Nicolas Drummond's take on MBT vs Medium Tanks...
MBTs versus Medium Tanks (THREAD)— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) August 14, 2018
During operation Desert Storm the US Army’s M1 Abrams performed extremely well thanks to their sensors which were able acquire Iraqi T-72 targets before the latter could acquire them. Enemy MBTs were mostly destroyed before they could respond. pic.twitter.com/qxYgzl6ZWW
Equally important are the sensors fitted to NATO MBTs. These need to maximise speed of engagement and the range at which enemy targets can be hit. Computer AI analysis of sensor data can facilitate this. pic.twitter.com/6vmNg3OI85— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) August 14, 2018
If NATO MBTs can see first, decide first and then act first, they have a decisive advantage. Whoever hits first wins regardless of protection. If this view is right - and it may not be - then maybe wheeled medium tanks with less armour may be justifiable. END pic.twitter.com/6jc0Dx3oBu— Nicholas Drummond (@nicholadrummond) August 14, 2018
What do you guys think? Valid or is he missing a piece of the puzzle?
So this is the "high speed" Chinese UAV that has everyone buzzing...
Hat Tip to @RupprechtDeino Twitter Page...
The current tariffs are putting a serious hurt on the Chinese economy but I might have underestimated their determination to continue their defense modernization.
I assumed that they would turn toward more civic projects to make up for the pain but defense is obviously an important industry so they're full speed ahead.
Get out of your normalcy bias. The Chinese are closing the gap.
Wheel self-propelled howitzer Centauro 155/39 LW “Porcupine”
What is the deal with this magnificent beast! The Italians are crazy as squirrel eating spoiled fruit but this really looks promising. Is it just a concept or are they actually going to put it into service? Oh and has anyone ever seen it actually fire?
SAIC Vehicle Prototype for U.S. Army Mobile Protected Firepower Program (must see!!!)
Thanks to DWI for the link!
APG-83 Scalable Agile Beam Radar (SABR) installed on a U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet
via Press Release.
The fit check, performed August 2 at the request of the Marine Corps, demonstrated SABR is a low-risk option for installation on F/A-18C/D Hornets and that the radar can be integrated with the aircraft’s power, cooling and avionics systems.I TOLD YOU FREAKS THE AESA WAS THE SECRET SAUCE TO THE F-35's SENSOR FUSION!
“The Marine Corps asked for an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) solution due to the radar’s increase in reliability and sustainability with no decrease in operational performance,” said Greg Simer, vice president, integrated avionics systems, Northrop Grumman. “The Marine Corps’ stated objective is to modify an in-production, fielded AESA while meeting the current size, weight, power and cooling requirements of the F/A-18 C/D. We have proven our production APG-83 SABR radar fits into the F/A-18 C/D, achieving the objectives and bringing the technical maturity needed to attain the Marine Corps fleet insertion timelines.”
The APG-83 is a multifunction AESA fire control radar that delivers fifth-generation fighter capabilities to counter and defeat increasingly sophisticated threats.
Everything they're supposedly gonna be able to do with the F-35, from radar picket, to being a node in fires and everything in between.
" The APG-83 is a multifunction AESA fire control radar that delivers fifth-generation fighter capabilities to counter and defeat increasingly sophisticated threats. "
This seals the deal for me.
The F-35 is simply an overly expensive bomb truck with little/no benefit over every plane it replaces with the EXCEPTION of the Harrier.
Ronald Reagan offered Britain the F-117 stealth aircraft via UK Defense Journal!
Read it here.
What I find absolutely amazing is the British govt's rationale for refusing. Are the Brits crazy!
British Army lands in Oman ahead of Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword)
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| More than 200 vehicles, including Warrior and Scimitar, make landfall in Oman ahead of Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword), which will see British Armed Forces personnel from all three Services work together with the Omani military |
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Two HH-60G Pave Hawks provide security for an HC-130J Super Hercules
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| Two HH-60G Pave Hawks provide security for an HC-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 26th Rescue Squadron while simulated survivors are loaded after a training scenario during a combat search and rescue exercise in Iraq, July 15, 2018. The HC-130J replaced HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the Air Force inventory. Its mission is to rapidly deploy to execute combatant commander directed recovery operations to austere airfields and denied territory for expeditionary, all weather personnel recovery operations to include airdrop, airland, helicopter air-to-air refueling, and forward area ground refueling missions. Battlefield Airmen assigned throughout the combined joint operational area conduct operations in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve. CJTF- OIR aims to enable and equip local forces to take ISIS head on while leveraging Coalition nation airpower to defeat ISIS in Iraq and Syria. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt Keith James) |
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