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Not to take anything away from the work these guys are doing, but something similar was being done in the 1970's! How Drones Beat Top Guns — 50 Years Ago David Hambling https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidhambling/2020/06/11/how-drones-beat-top-guns/#7abda787dbd2

Close air support via ground attack aircraft is a paradigm from 1918 "contact patrol" fighters, and until the 1970's, was really the only way to carry out the task. The development or laser and television guided "smart bombs" turned the equation around, now the pilot did not have to physically...

An interesting look at the status of the Challenger upgrade program. The current idea seems to ba a new turret mounting a 120 smoothbore similar to the American and German ones, a "soft kill" active defense system and a through tube missile. However, the program is under review and the impact of...

After reading this, I was frankly astonished anyone thought it was a good idea to nominate Kamala Harris as VP: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kamala-harris-built-her-career-on-injustice And given her poor performance in the Primaries and at the "debates" (Tulsi Gabbard pretty much...

There are multiple iterations of this idea already, including the AC-130 Specter Gunship, kits that allow the USMC to attach Hellfire ATGM's to underwing stations of a C-130 and even a pallet allowing you to fire small "Griffon" missiles from the ramp while in flight. Of course, the shootdown...

Back upthread someone asked what a "5th Genertion RCA" would look like. Most 5th Generation systems are characterized by separation of sensors and shooters, the ability to take informaiton form "off board" sources and smart or brilliant munitions, often with a certain degree of autonomoy. The...

Light, heavy, rocket etc. - this is what we are going up against: The Russian Reconnaissance Fire Complex Comes of Age https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55faab67e4b0914105347194/t/5b17fd67562fa70b3ae0dd24/1528298869210/The+Russian+Reconnaissance+Fire+Complex+Comes+of+Age.pdf A scary...

WRT "Atomic Annie" I suspect the 1000 mile range "Strategic Long Range Cannon" will end up resembling that, although the shells certainly won't look anything like we are familier with.

While not exactly ultra light (this is a 1940 era WWII vehicle), it is interesting to see how things were done back then, and consider the evolution of these things - this would fit into the mid sized vehicles like the DAGOR, Flyer or new GM ISV in terms of size and ability to carry weapons...

The fact each round costs $300,000 makes this a somewhat less than feasible replacement, but otherwise the range, accuracy and ability to destroy hard targets like tanks would make this a useful addition to the artillery park. A program to identify ways to reduce the costs would make this even...

Just to play devils advocate, the 76mm cannon used to fire the Dart SAM can also fire programmable munitions (think of AHEAD ammunition) which are much larger and more lethal than any 30mm cannon round - the gun can take on adversary attack helicopters if needed and probably at a longer range as...

Well then - the 100% solution is already here. Now we just need to coordinate the planning and political will to actually get the thing....

Strategypage: Armor: The Off-Road Revolutions https://strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20200715.aspx Rest of the article on link. The ISV is surprisingly affordable, especially when you consider the cost of the G-Wagon was almost the same in 1990 dollars. Certainly jumping aboard right...

Another sideways digression, but while reading an article on the US Navy's quest to replace the LCS with a frigate design, I was a bit surpirsed to see the selected design uses a "through tube missile" as it's primary air defence weapon: US Navy scuppers flawed Littoral Combat Ship fleet...

I also wondered about the "source" truck and why they didn't use a Silverado, F-150 or Ram, since they're larger and more capable, but the defining limit is the vehicle needs to weigh less than 5000lbs and be sling loadable or fit inside transport helicopters. Something like this would fill the...

Going a bit sideways on the discussion, the USMC is currently looking at mobile artillery systems to compliment their renewed focus on being much faster and lighter (elimiinating tank battalions, for example)...

Part of the problem (assuming there is an actual problem, and not a dick measuring contest) is technology changes the abilities and roles of platforms, and allows capabilities that were never imagined initially. Railgun rounds are being adapted for 155mm artillery. This provides the...

Just a bit sideways to the discussion, but the Marine plans for truck and robot mounted missiles could fill a gap in our own artillery park. What can reach out and touch a far distant ship can also be made bad for the health of a BM-30 Smerch MLRS battery or similar deep targets on land.

Some more retro future armour, in this case the German NGP (Neue Gepanzerte Plattform). The site is in Russian, but using a translation add on in your browser provides a relatively readable description of the program and vehicles: https://raigap.livejournal.com/682476.html Some interesting...