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When Ukraine was invaded by Russia in 2022, the Russians expected a quick victory taking weeks or weeks Three years later, the war continues because of massive NATO military and economic aid, and the creativity of Ukrainians in developing new ways to de

January 16, 2025: Bomb Damage Assessment or BDA has, for over a century, tried to determine how effective air strikes were. As the decades rolled by, those who depended on BDA were increasingly frustrated at the inability to get timely and accurate BDA reports. This has caused problems within air ...

One of the more useful weapons NATO sent to Ukraine were about 200 M777 155mm towed howitzers supplied by the United States, Canada and Australia NATO nations sent Ukraine over 600 155mm howitzers but only a third of these were M777s Russians found the

January 12, 2025: At least 2,000 of the French UX11 kamikaze drones are being sent to Ukraine. Developed and built KNDS in collaboration with Delair, the UX11 also known as Colibri, is a loitering munition that weighs 1.5 kg, has a 1.1m wingspan top speed of 60 kilometers an hour and an endurance of 45 minutes.

The US Army has developed and deployed four Locust Laser Weapon Systems at undisclosed locations overseas The 21 by 21 meter system weighs 1,540 kg and the system can be carried on an 8x8 Stryker wheeled vehicle The laser has a range of about 800 m

January 8, 2025: Australian firm Anduril has developed a novel new anti-drone system called Roadrunner. These drones weigh 85 kg, are 1.8 meters tall and are propelled by twin jet engines with a top speed of about 700 kilometers an hour. Most …

At the end of 2024 China launched the first of a new class of 41,000-ton Type 076 LHD amphibious assault ships These are larger than the previous Type 075 LHDs, and the first satellite photos misidentified this large LHD as a drone aircraft carrier Th

Russia invading Ukraine in 2022 has turned out to be a big mistake So far nearly 800,000 soldiers have been killed, wounded or missing Millions of 18-45 year old military age men have fled the country That meant Russia was forced to take men as old as