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Multi-domain Battle..Tying It All Together

Our rapidly changing world underlines the need for common situational awareness to enable better decision-making. While threats and opportunities continue to evolve, so does the need to integrate operations to effectively counteract these new challenges.

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Naval Combat Management Systems

The nature of military operations is to engage hostile surface combatants, submarines, aircraft, missiles and torpedoes for self-protection, as well as for task force protection. In addition, core tasks of modern navies include safeguarding shipping lanes

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SHOOT FOR THE TOP: MODERN ASSAULT RIFLES

The basic individual soldier's firearm today is an assault rifle, that is, a military rifle firing an “intermediate” cartridge with selectable fire control. Every country has a different classification system, but the intermediate cartridge seems to

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The Future of Military Flight Training

Flight training establishes both basic and advance skills for new and current pilots, some of whom might be about to enter front-line flying squadrons. Given the complexity of both modern aircraft and the scenarios they

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NEXT-GEN ARMOURED VEHICLES: AN OVERVIEW

The Middle East accounts for more than 10.5 percent of global armoured vehicle fleets, with active procurement programmes across the region, where spending on such vehicles is expected to increase until at least the end

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Technological supremacy of unmanned aerial and ground vehicles

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) has become an essential feature of land operations. This widespread technology is now systematically used by the militaries of almost all countries. Modern UAVs were used for the first

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Middle East military braces up for Electronic Warfare

Italy-based Elettronica introduces four innovative projects to the Middle East Elettronica (ELT), an Italian company headquartered in Rome, provides state of the art of security and intelligence capabilities to the Middle East. With a presence in Germany,

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Tracked, Turreted, Digital & Combat-Proven

CV90 has a pedigree of successful worldwide operations including UN and NATO Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) represents a family of armoured combat vehicles developed by BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds (formerly Alvis Hägglunds) of Örnsköldsvik and

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Countering Ballistic Missiles: The Significance of Missile Defense

Missile defense proves crucial for defending critical nodes, military assets, and seats of government An increase of over 1,400 additional ballistic missiles over the past 5 years is due to countries considering them as a means

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All You Need To Know About The USAF’s T-X Contest

With the United States Air Force’s T-X trainer competition heating up, Nation Shield brings its readers a brief view of all four proposed aircraft. After years of waiting, the United States Air Force is moving ahead

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Time to push forward

Modernisation of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System The United States Defense Department has undertaken the first modernisation of the United States Intercontinental Ballistic Missile System (ICBM) in nearly 25 years, aiming to recapitalize the system to meet

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