Recent content by Kirkhill

Me neither. Garrison artillery.

https://www.futura-sciences.com/en/this-laser-cannon-shoots-down-drones-at-400-mph-a-game-changer-for-european-defense_22374/

https://defence-blog.com/portugal-receives-first-nato-configured-a-29n-aircraft/ I guess if you are going to have tobuy trainers you might as well make them combat effective.

https://www.flightglobal.com/europe-eyes-future-light-attack-capability-through-15m-edf-project/165755.article Something along the lines of the Pilatus PC21 used for training.Visually reminiscent of the old P51 Mustangs. Candidates could be Pilatus PC9, Embraer Super Tucano and the Air Tractor...

This article expands on the co-operative principle. I am a fan. https://theconversation.com/co-operatives-empower-people-and-students-need-to-know-about-them-269345 A reminder about the first co-operative society and what it was and why it was...

I agree with what you are saying but a lot of people have yet to throw in the towel the way they did with chemically powered lasers on aircraft. People are actively engaged on discovering limits and expanding envelopes. If I can put a nuclear reactor in a 20 ft seacan and a laser in another...

That ship is to replace the Sachsen. Is there a difference in expectations for a patrol vessel and a floating arsenal? In one case I envisage lots of small vessels equipped for self-defence with a primary mission of establishing presence and maintaining situational awareness. In the other...

They could just be planning on spotting for the artillery.

Try this one https://www.alberta.ca/revenue 17/74 ths.

But lasers are already being used for range finders, lidar, dazzlers and some forms of Line of Sight comms. The navy used big guns, turrets and computers before the army because they carted their bed rolls and a boiler around with their hotel and restaurant. Likewise they have been making...

Working in the real world tends to breed realists.

https://militarnyi.com/en/news/ukrainian-drone-engines-to-be-produced-in-europe-as-an-alternative-to-chinese-engines/ This may turn out to the major outcome of the Ukrainian war effort. Ukraine was forced to build electric motors cheap, fast and well with avalable resources. Other non-Chinese...

Is this the ultimate counter-measure? Cover drones in photo-receptors? The more you shoot at them the longer they stay in the air? https://interestingengineering.com/military/laser-could-beam-power-to-aircraft Lasers as range-finders, as radars for mapping, as dazzlers, as LOS communicators...

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2025/12/more-firepower-f127-frigates-to-be-armed-with-96-vertical-launch-cells/ What is the purpose of a ship?

Does it have the networking capability described? And how similar is it to the TAPV RWS?