A sources-sought notification was issued by the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command on Oct. 2, 2019 for 12 AN/ASG-34 podded IRST…
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Cold War EraMilitary AviationWeapons
The Myth of Soviet Arms and Tactics in the Middle East, Part Six: Why Soviet Air-To-Air Weapons Supplied to Arab Air Forces were Useless Junk
by Tom CooperIf US experiences from deploying early AIM-9B/Es/Js, and AIM-7E/E2 Sparrows over North Vietnam were ‘negative’, those of not only the Arab…
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Military AviationWeapons
Raytheon Unveils the Development of Peregrine Advanced Air-to-Air Missile
by Dario LeoneThe new, smaller Peregrine missile is faster and more maneuverable than legacy medium-range, air-to-air missiles, and doubles the weapons loadout on…
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USAF is Developing a New Nuclear Weapon for the Venerable B-52 Strategic Bomber
by Dario LeoneThe newly designed ALCM will be fit with a newly designed warhead, known as the W80-4. For more than 60 years,…
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First AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band pod delivered to VX-23
by Dario LeoneThe AN/ALQ-249 Next Generation Jammer Mid-Band will start various verification and test procedures in preparation for the second pod delivery early…
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Iran says its new Bavar-373 Long-Range Air Defense System Can Shoot Down F-22 and F-35 Stealth Fighters
by Dario LeoneThe Iranian Bavar-373 not only competes with the S-400 but is effective against stealth aircraft such as F-22 and F-35 fighters.…
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US Navy Looks to Replace or Improve F/A-18 Super Hornet’s ATFLIR Targeting Pod
by Dario LeoneThe Targeting Pod shall be supportable until the end of the F/A-18E/F projected service life (approximately 2045). The US Navy is…
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Cold War EraMilitary AviationWeapons
Reflections of a “Thud” Weasel on the Massive AGM-78 Standard Anti-Radiation Missile
by Dario Leone“At any rate, I had the technical representative, Bill Barbari, swear to me on a stack of Bibles that the AGM-78…
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Turkey kicked out of F-35 program because it’s Purchasing S-400. But Greece and other NATO Countries already have Russian Surface to Air Missile Systems that are Part of Alliance’s Shared Missile Defense.
by Dario LeoneNATO’s secretary general Jens Stoltenberg reiterated that the S-400 system could not become part of alliance’s shared missile defense. The Trump…
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Here’s how Houthis were able to deploy R-27/R-60/R-73/R-77 Air-to-Air Missiles as SAMs against Saudi-led Coalition Aircraft
by Dario LeoneWhether any of the missiles fired by Houthis actually scored a hit remains unclear. Released by the Houthi-controlled media on Jan.…
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