cold war ii

Budget is a whopping 1.5 million Euro so I'm not sure where they are going with this. The picture accompanying the article even has a Zumwalt type ship firing the railgun. I guess for 1.5 million Euro you don't want to waste money on artwork...

Fincantieri win the USN competition for the new frigate, 7,400t ship, HED propulsion, 16/17 knots cruise, 6,000 nm range ship, the GD/Navantia F100/Hobart variant, the Austal Independence LCS variant and unknown Ingalls design, they never released any info, lost out. USN budgeting $1,281...

In the spring of 2019, the Army awarded a contract to four industry partners to provide non-developmental tactical systems, also known as "off the shelf" technology. The Army will provide the tactical UAS to units so Soldiers in U.S. Army Forces Command can evaluate the system under field...

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-space-delays-idUSKBN1590Y6

Photo of Ivan Papanin, first ship of the class. 27 November 2019 was laid down first serial (second in construction) patrol icebreaker Nikolai Zubov of project 23550. Intended for patrolling in all climatic zones, including tropical and arctic waters, it, having displacement of 9000 tonnes, has...

I have tried to research but can't find relevant information anywhere, does anyone know why the Astute class have very strange nose shape? Astute: Normal submarine

Not sure you’d see many western aircraft transported like this. https://theaviationist.com/2019/10/31/wait-what-what-is-a-russian-sukhoi-su-34-doing-driving-along-the-road/

This is the Australian Army approximately $10-15 billion project to replace the ageing M113 APCs, with an Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) and APC. Up until yesterday, there were 4 contenders: Rheinmetall's Lynx KF41 BAE Systems CV90 MkIV IFV Hanwha Defense Systems AS21 Redback General...

https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/03/07/19/taiwan-developing-5th-gen-fighter-jets-amid-chinas-military-buildup Comment/speculations: seems to be a contingency plan in case of failure to asquire the f-35b. Apparently, project is active for some time already. Taiwan has some actual experience in...

The Boeing "Drone" developed for the RAAF. It makes me wonder what the USAF may already have in operation.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a26344025/navy-extra-large-unmanned-submarines-boeing/

Hi, It seems we did not have any thread opened yet on this Russian ASAT system tested a few months back, making headline news these days… Now fixed. Feel free to add info as it comes. A.

Let the fun begin :) Source: http://paralay.iboards.ru/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2683&start=150&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

The Next Generation Combat Vehicle program has begun to firm up its desires for the Bradley replacement, which it has now dubbed the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle. Similarly to MPF, the Army is accelerating this program massively and now wishes to begin fielding it in 2026 rather than in...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/10/lockheed-martin-unveils-a-super-sized-lunar-lander-for-four-humans/

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/sea-king-helicopters-ends-49-years-of-service/

Several images have surfaced (of which this is one) from Shanghai CSSC shipyard. Images show what appears to be a large module of a possible aircraft carrier. Said shipyard was rumored to have started building China's next carrier, first Catobar one, since a few years ago.

https://twitter.com/GripenNews/status/1014787393612926977

ABC News: "Hunter class frigates will be built by BAE in Australia — but what can the warships do and why do we need them?" http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-29/hunter-frigate-build-bae-what-you-need-to-know/9923912

"China has opened the bid to construct its first nuclear-powered icebreaker support ship, a move to prepare for the construction of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, military observers said. China National Nuclear Corporation on Thursday opened public bidding for the nuclear-powered...