Rafael presents :Controlled weapon stations for launching long range Spike...
Rafael will unveil its controlled weapon ststions that enable the launch of its long range Spike missile.
This will happen at the Maritime Combat Systems...
Smart self Protection for small Boats
Fighting modern warfare doesn’t mean you face the most sophisticated weapons or strongest enemies. In fact, combat in asymmetric warfare means facing an illusive...
Aerostats as intelligence gathering tools – a new evaluation
The U.S. but not only is taking a second look at the use of Aerostats for intelligence gathering.
Anyone watching from the ground in Afghanistan...
Israel’s Second Lebanon War Reconsidered
By Benjamin S. Lambeth
INSS – Military and Strategic Affairs Program
Operation Change of Direction, the code name given to Israel’s war against Hizbollah in Lebanon...
Are they qualified to press the Red Button?
The U.S Air Force stripped an unprecedented 17 officers of their authority to control -- and, if necessary, launch -- nuclear missiles after a...
Can ammonium nitrate become useless for terrorist bombs?
Current pressure cooker bombs typically use ammonium nitrate. It's the single most common base compound for homegrown explosives around the world. About 65 percent...
Speeding up combat solutions with Field Assistance in Science and Technology
U.S. Army engineers in Afghanistan recently designed and fabricated a tool to help Soldiers investigate possible improvised explosive devices from a safer distance.
Capt. Chad...
Teherans’ Drone Fever
Last week Iran unveiled its latest drone dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aerial vehicle follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and...
Typhoon Expanding into Multi-Role Weapon Stations
RAFAEL is unveiling at IMDEX 2013 a new missile-carrying variants of the Typhoon marine stabilized weapon system. Defense-Update reports from IMDEX 2013.
Two systems -...
No more room for paranoia, it’s all true
Usually, people claiming their governments are spying on them are considered merely paranoids or conspiracy-lovers. But in the last several years, it has become...
Small Boats – Big Gains
As domestic economies change into a global market, dependent on the ocean for energy, food and transportation, the open seas becoming contested areas, and...
Islamic terrorists may target Russian long range ballistic missiles
Russia has completed the upgrade of the security systems at its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) bases, especially against the threat from Islamic terrorists.This program...
The UAE is preparing itself to the Iranian threat
The UAE is getting ready to face the Iranian threat. Jobaria Defense Systems MCL has unveiled its Multiple Cradle 122mm Rocket launcher system .
The JDS...
Turkey becomes a UAS exporter. Has Israelhelped?
Has Israeli technology helped Turkey
to develop its unmanned air systems (UAS)
industry? This question is on the table
again as Turkey is about to start exporting...
The Boston bombing – more loopholes discovered
The Boston bombing continues to create news and some point allegedly to things that could have been done to prevent the terror act.
Israeli experts...
Central control of all unmanned systems – soon in operation
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed a system that will enable the central control of military ground, air, and undersea unmanned systems...
Will Europe weaponize an Israeli unmanned air system (UAS)?
Some European countries may consider an Israeli made unmanned air system (UAS) as a platform for a "Black program” to create a European medium-altitude/long-endurance...
US Army About to Cancel Carbine Replacement
The US Army is likely to cancel a plan to replace its M4 assault rifles with a new carbine. The Army prepared for a selection of three finalists of a major evaluation, before committing over $300 millins for new Carbines over the next five years. It is now likely the Army will opt for the modestly improved M4A1.
What makes it the weapon of choice of many elite units?
The Navy SEALS and many other elite counter-terrorist units around the world – to include the British SAS, Germany’s GSG 9, and Spain’s GEO...
Now its official -Washington accuses China for massive Cyber attacks
The Obama administration accused China’s military of a campaign of cyberattacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors for the purpose of identifying...
Russian missiles for Syria – a great danger
Israeli experts say that if the plan to sell Russian S-300 missiles to Syria is performed , Assad will be able to neutralize Israeli...
Insect Size RoboBee Performs Controlled Flight
A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.
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This Radar Can Watch the Sky Without Giving Away Its Position
Air-defense radars face an inherent problem: the signals they transmit to find aircraft can also reveal where the radar itself is located. In a...
