cold war ii

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/19/helicopter-carrying-iran-president-ebrahim-raisi-hard-land/

It seems that China has built a drone carrier ! https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/china-builds-worlds-first-dedicated-drone-carrier/

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/agreement-reached-for-super-sonic-strike-missile-3sm-tyrfing-development/

I couldn't find a relevant thread and it seemed like we needed one, so here we go. View: https://x.com/navalnewscom/status/1790000365804396897

https://phys.org/news/2024-05-marriage-synthetic-biology-3d-programmable.html?utm_source=nwletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=daily-nwletter#google_vignette

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/our-first-look-at-japans-new-xluuv-submarine-drone/

Thought would be of interest to have a topic on this subject, rather than keep spreading such stuff in various threads. Among the big ticket items are Leopard, possibly Abrams tanks, Bradley IFV, and a variety of other stuff. Feel free to add anything else of interest that was/is/will be shown...

I don’t think anyone was too aware of this until news that Boeing was eliminated from the competition,(https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/boeing-eliminated-us-air-forces-doomsday-plane-competition-2023-12-01/) so who will make this next “doomsday” plane? Northrop Grumman building...

https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/aaaa/2024/04/26/army-officials-question-plan-for-future-attack-reconnaissance/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhaotou-class_patrol_cutter Note that the designation of the second ship in the class (nicknamed the 'Monster' by those who have had the misfortune of encountering it) class seems to have recently changed from CCG 3901 to CCG 5901...

Leonardo seems to be on a streak developing new automatic canons Announced in 2023, the X-Gun is an electrically powered single-barrel 30x173 gun for both land and naval applications: https://www.edrmagazine.eu/leonardo-unveils-new-30x173-mm-x-gun-weapon-system More technical details...

Possible cyber attack: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68844879 Switching over to VOIP for emergency and other critical telecommunications seems to have been rather short-sighted, at best.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_april_2024_global_security_army_industry/china_develops_anti-aircraft_missile_with_2000_km_range.html

If legit - and at least by now it seems, it is - another surprise!Huitong has updated his Blog and again if this image is real, then this is maybe the new heavy attack helicopter Z-XX; he mentions Z-21 (?).However it looks more based on the Z-20 and very much like an AH-64 than promised by some...

Have I missed something? Have I overlooked something? See Chris Gibson's (new?) Avatar ...

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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-05/france-s-naval-group-set-to-win-2-5-billion-submarine-deal Color me surprised, I thought that the Saab-Damen consortium had it in the bag. Who would've thought that KM will be the first operator of Shortfin Barracuda? That of couse is if this...

https://avia-pro.net/news/vo-francii-razrabatyvayut-900-kilogrammovuyu-planiruyushchuyu-bombu-s-dalnostyu-do-200

Anyone have more details about this UUV? https://www.axios.com/2024/02/19/us-houthi-strike-underwater-drone-red-sea