Any Attack On NATO Would Pitt You Against the World s Best Artillery Systems
Most rocket artillery systems used in those conflicts are Russian or Soviet. What does NATO have to compare?
Here s What You Need To Remember: The HIMARS in some ways can be considered the MLRS’ smaller cousin. The system is significantly more strategically mobile compared to the M270, as it is C-130 transportable.
Rocket artillery is one of the most destructive weapons on the modern battlefield. Designed to pump out a high volume of fire within a short period, rocket artillery systems are particularly dangerous in their ability to obliterate a position before units have a chance to take cover.
SR-72: The Mach 6 Bomber That Could Shake the World?
Not quite, but the much-hyped hypersonic aircraft has been likened to an SR-72 and it has some serious capabilities.
Here s What You Need To Remember: Lockheed’s hyping of a hypersonic aircraft which may-or-may-not already exist seems explicitly intended to build support for additional funding. This may be because it’s pursuing the project with the Defense Advanced Research Programs Agency (DARPA), which focuses on innovative development of cutting-edge technologies often well ahead of capabilities in operational service, rather than fulfilling an Air Force requirement.
Hypersonic weapons those capable of flying over five times the speed of sound are the hot new buzzword of defense industrial complexes across the globe. China, Russia, and the United States have all vigorously and relatively openly pursued a diverse array of hypersonic weapons programs, adding fuel to the fire of a growing arms race.
France s Maginot Line Totally Failed, But Not For The Reason You Thought
The Maginot Line arose neither from French cowardice nor stupidity. It was conceived because of babies or rather, a lack of babies.
Here s What You Need To Remember: This plan might have worked, had the Germans done what they were supposed to. But instead of butting their turrets against the Maginot Line in the south, or the cream of the French army in the north, Hitler’s panzers went up the middle.
“Fixed fortifications are monuments to man’s stupidity,” George Patton said. “If mountain ranges and oceans can be overcome, anything made by man can be overcome.”
The North American P-51 Mustang was one of the greatest fighters of World War II.
Had life worked out differently, the Mustang could also have fought in Vietnam and flown against a Soviet invasion of Western Europe. In fact, it might even have replaced the A-10 Warthog.
The Piper PA-48 Enforcer was a modernized version of the P-51. It was the brainchild of David Lindsay, founder of manufacturer Cavalier Aircraft, who bought the rights to the Mustang in 1956.
The P-51 eventually became the Turbo Mustang III. But in 1968, in response to an Air Force search for a counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft to fight in Southeast Asia, Lindsay moved the Turbo Mustang III and himself over to Piper Aircraft, maker of popular aircraft such as the Piper Cub. What emerged in 1971 was the PA-48 Enforcer, Piper’s bid for the COIN contract.
Iran s Water Domination Strategy: Unleashing Dozens of Armed Speedboats
Yet another example of the unconventional approaches adopted by Tehran to facilitate its asymmetric warfare strategy in the Persian Gulf.
Here s What You Need To Remember: The little vehicles probably aren’t intended to strike the enemy directly, but instead would enable Iran’s asymmetric naval strategy to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in the event of a new conflict in the Persian Gulf.
In 2006, Iranian television showcased a peculiar sea-skimming flying boat, and four years later Tehran triumphantly announced it had three squadrons of them serving in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy. News commentators boasted it was one of the few countries to “design and produce such advanced flying boats,” which is technically true.