Stealth cloaks
Onboard Mighty INS Viraat on its final journey
CH-53K | The King Stallion flight test
Video of the Crash of Fly Dubai FZ891
Malaysian Army reveals its Starstreak MANPADS
The Malaysian Army recently release a set of photos showing its personnel undergoing training to operate the Thales Air Defense Starstreak Man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS).
Iraqi soldier Terminator
Venezuela's Hongdu JL-8
HQ-9A air defense missiles
HQ-9A
HQ-9A is more advanced than S-300 by 5-10 years. It is more powerful due to the use of high-energy solid fuel and the better synthetic materials that have reduced the weight of its engine and structure.
It has a maximum range of 200km and height of 40km.
The most wonderful part of HQ-9A is its SJ series of phased array radar similar to Patriot-3 but better that that used in S-300.
It can track 100 targets within 300km and under Mach 7 at the same time and select 6 targets with the greatest threat and allocated them to its launch vehicles.
Harry Potter and the Army's invisibility cloak
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| Harry tries out his invisibility cloak in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - but such magical devices could become something of a reality |
British Military tests Hogwarts-style device that shields troops by projecting their surroundings onto its surface
British troops have been testing a Harry Potter-style ‘invisibility cloak’ that makes them disappear on the battlefield.
During
field trials in the US, soldiers from 3rd Battalion The Rifles (3
Rifles) used a high-tech camouflage sheeting called Vatec that even hid
them from infra-red and heat-seeking devices.
More radical camouflage
technologies are being developed that seek to replicate how cephalopods,
such as squid or octopus, blend in with their environment and avoid
predators.
Their
skin contains pigment- rich cells known as chromatophores that react to
external factors such as the threat of a predator to change colour.
Scientists
have recently made significant steps towards mimicking this process,
which they call visual appearance modulation, with a new material.
One
side of the material contains thousands of tiny light-sensitive cells
that can detect surrounding colours. Electrical signals then trigger the
top layer to imitate those colours by using heat-sensitive dyes.
The change in colour apparently takes two to three seconds.
Scientific
sources estimate that in five years this colour-changing technology
could also be used to disguise military vehicles on the battlefield.
The remarkable technology was first developed at the University of Illinois and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Engineering
professor Xuanhe Zhao, at MIT, said: ‘I have high hopes for its use in
military camouflage. At the moment the military spends millions of
dollars developing new camouflage patterns but they’re all static right
now, they don’t change. If you put a pattern designed for the forest
into the desert, it is not going to function.
‘Dynamic camouflage would allow soldiers and their vehicles to adapt to their surroundings instantly.’
The
tests by 3 Rifles and American troops of camouflage material that is
ready for use now against enemies such as Islamic State and the Taliban
took place earlier this year at the US Army’s centre for experimental
warfare techniques at Fort Benning, Georgia.
During
the trials, British snipers used Vatec – which can be moulded into
shapes to match mountainous terrain – to build hideaways on a mock
battlefield.
Now you see them...British troops have pleaded with top brass to buy the latest camouflage equipment
They
said they could not be seen even when other soldiers acting as the
enemy tried to find them using the latest heat-seeking gadgets and
infra-red trackers.
Last night, British troops pleaded with top brass to buy the latest camouflage equipment.
Corporal
Tyrone Hoole, a sharpshooter from 3 Rifles, said: ‘This is an
absolutely brilliant piece of kit. The lads are desperate for the Army
to buy it. Instead of carrying chicken wire, spray paint and thermal
sheets we can use this one item, which is really light.’ dailymail.co.uk
THE MYSTERY OVER SOLDIER'S SECOND BRAVERY AWARD
Captain Michael Dobbin, 30, of the Grenadier Guards
A
British Army officer involved in a secret military battle – believed to
have taken place in the Middle East – has won a top gallantry award.
Captain
Michael Dobbin, 30, of the Grenadier Guards, was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his courage and leadership of
troops under enemy fire.
The
Ministry of Defence would only confirm last night that operation took
place between January and September 2015, so what Capt Dobbin did and
where is shrouded in secrecy.
It
has been widely reported, though never confirmed, that British troops
are operating behind enemy lines against Islamic State (IS) fighters.
In 2013, Capt Dobbin, right, won the Military Cross after storming a Taliban compound in Afghanistan.
Lance
Corporal James Ashworth, 23, was shot and killed in that battle while
trying to take out a sniper, and was awarded the Victoria Cross –
Britain’s highest military award.
Sky Saker H300: a New Armed Drone Helicopter
Army Recognition
Sky Saker H-300
The Sky Saker H300, seen here in Dubai, is China's first
helicopter UCAV. Being cheaper and easier to use then larger UCAVs like
the Reaper and CH-4, it could become a battalion and company level UCAV
for on demand air strikes.
Unveiled at the International Exhibition of
National Security and Resilience in Dubai, NORINCO's Sky Saker is a
coaxial rotor, 100-200kg helicopter UCAV. T
he Sky Saker H300's cameras
include electro-optical and infrared systems, along with laser target
designators. In addition to surveillance and fire control, the Sky Saker
H300 can provide midcourse corrections for guided munitions launched by
other platforms, such as cruise missiles from H-6K bombers or shells
fired from PLZ-05 howitzers.
The Sky Saker H300's ground control
station is likely to be networked to a wider array of Chinese military
systems for integrated fire effect, which would make it not only a
valuable asset for counterinsurgency and urban combat, but also for
wider missions like hunting enemy small ships (such as the Taiwanese Tuo
stealth boat) or electronic warfare vehicles.
IHI Janes
TL-2 Missile
NORINCO offers this 16 kg, 6km range TL-2 guided missile for use
on small UAVs, such as the Sky Saker 300. Small attack missiles, like
the TL-2 and Northrup Grumman Viper Strike, will arm small tactical
level UAVs to provide company and battalion units with their own organic
air attack assets.
The Sky Saker has two missile launch tubes mounted on the fuselage sides; given that those missiles are "fire and forget", they are likely a version of the HJ-10 anti-tank missiles, which already arms the Z-10 attack helicopters, or even smaller 16kg TL-2 missiles.
The Sky Saker has two missile launch tubes mounted on the fuselage sides; given that those missiles are "fire and forget", they are likely a version of the HJ-10 anti-tank missiles, which already arms the Z-10 attack helicopters, or even smaller 16kg TL-2 missiles.
Ewatt Fetters
SVU-200
This Ewatt Technology SVU-200 robot helicopter (designed by the
American Fetters Aerospace) can carry 200 kg of payload while traveling
at 209km per hour in the sky. What's even more amazing is that it was
displayed in Washington DC during a 2013 drone exhibition. Along with
other Chinese drone helicopters such as the NORINCO Sharp Eyes III,
they'll become the flexible eyes (and striking fist) of small military
units. Popular Science
Gripen E test aircraft production
Meet Thunderbird 5
RAF Fylingdales.
The British Ministry of Defence has release this video about RAF Fylingdales, one of the three radar sites in the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System (BMEWS), the other two sites being in Alaska and Greenland.
