The Soviet 7,62×25 had a longer range and was more powerful than the German 9×19, but it was the latter that outlived its rival—because the fate of a cartridge is decided not by muzzle energy, but by the weapon's concept and production economics, in...

The heavyweight IS-3 has gone down in history as a model of resilience and combat effectiveness. This is the impression the vehicle made on the former Allies on September 7, 1945, in Berlin. But in reality, everything was...

Passive acoustic location of drones seems like a solved problem—microphones, correlation, intersecting bearings—but it's worth remembering that the speed of sound is hundreds of times slower than the speed of light, as familiar...

The Federation of American Scientists estimates China has around 620 nuclear warheads, while the Pentagon promises over a thousand by 2030—and the difference between these figures is due to the hundreds of new silos currently...

The Chinese aircraft carrier Fujian could become the world's first aircraft carrier with an operational anti-torpedo system.

Turkey's ASELSAN has launched serial production of SARP remote-controlled weapon stations—but behind the big reveal lies a more pressing question than the hardware itself: is such a weapon truly capable...

The transition of airborne early warning aircraft to wide-body platforms, the proliferation of fixed active phased array (AESA) systems in place of rotating antennas, and the high-profile story of the cancellation and partial return of...

The US Navy is developing Saronic Corsair unmanned boats. These vessels have already been used in search and rescue operations and in a strike on a coastal target.

Steel plates instead of dynamic protection in side screens....

Germany has ordered a production naval combat laser—and behind this modest "ten kilowatts" lies a half-century-long story of how directed-energy weapons stopped chasing ballistic...

Traditional air defense has reached a dead end in the face of cheap UAV swarms capable of blinding radars and depleting ammunition. In this reality, powerful microwave amplifiers based on...

A challenge for Western experts: the latest batch of Russian Su-34s demonstrates the development of long-range strike architecture.

Ukraine is building attack UAVs based on light-engine civilian aircraft. The E-300 series of UAVs is a prime example of this approach.

The secret Helsing plant near Munich is interesting not because of its hidden address, but because the drones it uses are assembled on a "take away within 24 hours" basis—and so the hidden location has long ceased to be...

Israel possessed 20mm anti-aircraft guns of British, German, French, and American manufacture, as well as captured ZU-23 anti-aircraft guns. The return of these ZSUs to service is currently under consideration.

China's Secret Weapon: 100-Gigawatt Microwaves Against Enemy Satellites – How Serious Is It?

New information has emerged regarding the combat use of the Banderol cruise missile. This missile was recently unveiled alongside its standard carrier, an unmanned aerial platform.

The AK earned its reputation for indestructibility not because its parts last forever, but because its design is unusually tolerant of dirt and neglect—but it wears out and breaks, like any mechanism, and the question...

Over the course of a year, the volume of ground robotic transport per brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has grown from 30 to 300 tons per month, but almost all of this equipment is not used in combat, but rather for transport and evacuation—and the real revolution is not taking place in...

NATO selects Saab GlobalEye to replace its aging fleet of E-3 airborne early warning and control aircraft.

A historical artifact—an American report on the testing of the KV-1 heavy tank in the second year of the war. The document illustrates the then-ally's approach to studying military technology, as well as its assessment...

Poland is launching production of its own long-range attack UAV, the Szerszeń. These drones are seen as a convenient and effective means of deterring potential adversaries.

The carrier-based E-2 Hawkeye, designed from the ground up for long-range radar surveillance, and the land-based E-3 Sentry, which has been the backbone of the US and NATO AWACS system for almost half a century, have come a long way...

The towed 105mm howitzer class is nearly a century old, but it continues to be redesigned—a recent example is the Turkish MKE BORAN, which, for the first time in the country's history, has also been exported.