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Submarine technologyMultiple roles and Robotics, the Silent World’s Tech Mutations Recent operations in the Mediterranean Sea during Libyan crisis as well as antipiracy activities in the Indian Ocean, highlighted the importance of underwater platform intelligence and special forces support operations in addition ... more
Attack helicopters go multiroleFirst tested in Vietnam, but later developed primarily to counter massed armour thrusts across Europe, the attack helicopter may now be going back to its roots, as a fast escort for ground convoys and heliborne assaults, and as a fire support gunship. While some operators still expect each ... more
Special forces small armsSpecial Forces small arms How much the choice of a new Individual Carbine for the US Army will influence the word market is to be seen, and obviously Special Forces units tend to be ahead of the Green Army in terms of small arms choice, numbers being much smaller while budgets are less prone to [...] more
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Armored Vehicle Protection Compendium Vehicles survivability: a holistic problem The survivability of a vehicle is not the sum of the various protection systems available, but is more the ... more
Mine-Protected Transports Mine-Protected Transports: What Lies Ahead ? One of the unanswered questions for most military planners is what will happen after ... more
SPECIAL WARFARE AND AIR-OPS EQUIPMENT Nato military experts anticipate that in the near future over 70% of all conflicts will take place in urban scenarios. A great part of this Compendium is ... more
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INDEPENDENT SUSPENSION:- Independence Now! The necessity to fit any suspensions at all to vehicles appeared at a time when they were still horse-pulled – and this was not necessarily for comfort reasons. At the time, such carts had beam axles, in other words rigid axles. With the advent of mechanical propulsion, and in spite of ever ... more
Light Remotely Controlled Weapon Stations Light Remotely Controlled Weapon Stations Current operations downrange have considerably increased the importance of remotely controlled weapon stations (RCWS), most light vehicles being now equipped with such systems that allow the machine gun operator to stay within the protected cell, no ... more
BASE PROTECTION:- Border and Base Perimeters: No Trespassing Please! US Base Expeditionary Targeting and Surveillance Systems – Combined (BETSS-C) programme’s force protection system comes with a DRS MSTAR V6 ground surveillance radar. (DRS Technologies) The recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan highlighted the need to provide protection in theatre ... more
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