The DragonFire laser directed energy weapon (LDEW) represents a pivotal advancement in the United Kingdom’s defence capabilities, marking a transition from traditional kinetic munitions to high-energy ...

The first two questions are: Do they need replacing and do we want to replace them? Because they are relatively simple in construction, they can be maintained for the long term, replacing or adding ...

Meteor is the next generation Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) system designed to revolutionise air-to-air combat in the 21st Century. The weapon brings together six nations with a ...

Paveway IV is a highly accurate precision-guided bomb carried by the RAF Typhoon, F-35B, and Protector RPAS. The RAF describes the 225 kg Paveway IV as; This advanced and highly accurate weapon is a ...

The Tomahawk Land Attack Cruise Missile (TLAM) is a precision weapon that launches from ships and submarines and can precisely strike targets from 1000 miles (ca. 1,609 km) away. The Royal Navy ...

The L21A1 RARDEN is a British 30 mm autocannon used as a combat vehicle weapon used principally on Scimitar, Fox, and Warrior. Development of the 30 mM L21 RARDEN Cannon # The 30 mm RARDEN cannon ...

Blowpipe was a British man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) developed by Short Brothers with manual command-to-line-of-sight guidance, entered service with the British Army and Royal Marines in ...

The MILAN ATGW, a Franco-German system, served as a cornerstone of the British Army’s medium-range anti-armour capability from the 1978 until its replacement by the Javelin in 2005 In 1972, MBB ...

The first and most obvious option is to stay the course with the current Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) programme and try to get a single vehicle to meet all the requirements, i.e. the Common Base ...

One of the original requirements was that the complex weapons must be in service, for the UK, that meant NSM and GMLRS. But whilst NSM does not seem to have much publicly available information on ...

Think Defence is a hobby, a serious hobby, but a hobby nonetheless. I have removed those annoying adverts, but hosting fees, software subscriptions and other services add up. To help me keep the show ...

The SPEAR (Selective Precision Effects At Range) missile, formally known as SPEAR Capability 3 or SPEAR 3, represents the United Kingdom’s next-generation air-to-surface precision strike weapon ...