Air-Launched Weapons

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Update: Koreas exchange fire across DMZ

The two Koreas traded fire across the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) on 20 August, threatening an escalation of recent incidents on the peninsula. According to South Korean military reports, North Korea fired a 14.5 mm anti-aircraft round across the DMZ at 15:52 h and multiple 76.2 mm shells at 16:15 h

Malaysian Starstreak deal to feature trade-in of Starburst missiles

Malaysia's Weststar Group has been appointed prime contractor by the Malaysian Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) to supply the Thales UK Starstreak high-velocity missile ground-based air-defence system to the Malaysian Army, it was announced on 3 August. Weststar did not reveal the value of the contract

Lockheed Martin to test signature impact of F-35 external weapons carriage

The US Department of Defense is planning to contract Lockheed Martin to conduct radar cross-section (RCS) testing on the F-35 Lightning II "to assess a weapon system and its effect on aircraft performance". This notice of intent from the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) did not specify any

Saudi Arabia requests USD500 million ammo replenishment

The US State Department has approved the sale of a large amount of ammunition to Saudi Arabia to replenish stocks depleted by the ongoing conflict in Yemen, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) announced on 29 July. The DSCA said the proposed sales were worth an estimated USD500 million

Storm Shadow readies for UK flight trials

Finmecannica-Alenia Aermacchi completed a series of ground tests at its facility in Turin-Caselle and at BAE Systems' facility in Warton, UK, in early June, preparing MBDA's Storm Shadow conventionally armed, long-range deep-strike weapon for flight trials in the UK with the Eurofighter Typhoon in

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  Out with the old: Polish land systems modernisation

  Poland is pressing ahead with a wide-ranging military modernisation, seeking to build the capacity of its recently consolidated defence industrial sector and swiftly replace its ageing land systems amid rising regional tension. Remigiusz Wilk reports
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  Special delivery: exploiting the network for smarter weapon effects

  Modern weapons are increasingly being outfitted with datalinks and one- and two-way communications for more precise control and to provide forces with greater flexibility in how they are employed. Geoff Fein explores the US' approach to network-enabled weapons
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  Packing a punch

  Despite its small size, the New Zealand Defence Force takes pride in its ability to deliver a credible contribution to multinational operations and continues to grow a full spectrum of capabilities able to meet the challenges of an increasingly uncertain strategic environment both at home and abroad. Kate Tringham reports
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RELEVANT PROFILE LISTINGS

BROACH

Type Penetration warhead. Development In 1994 Britain's Royal Ordnance (later BAE Systems Royal Ordnance Defence, BAE Systems Land and Armaments and now BAE Global Combat Systems Munitions) released details of a new penetrating tandem warhead concept suitable for both bombs and air-to-surface

Mk 1 and Mk 2 540 lb UK general purpose bombs

Type General purpose bomb. Development The last UK in-service 500 lb class bombs were developed by Royal Ordnance (later BAE Systems Royal Ordnance Defence, now BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions) from World War II type bombs. The many design changes since that period included

Mk 10, 13, 20 and 22 1,000 lb general purpose bombs

Type General purpose bomb. Development The current range of in-service British 1,000 lb (454 kg) bombs was developed by Royal Ordnance (later BAE Systems Royal Ordnance Defence, now BAE Systems Global Combat Systems Munitions) from World War II type bombs. The major changes introduced since that

AR-8L, AR-8 laser-guided rocket

Type 80 mm rocket. Development Ukraine's Luch design bureau (more properly known as State Kyiv Design Bureau 'Luch') has developed a laser-guided 80-mm airborne rocket designed AR-8L. It is based on the standard Soviet-era S-8 unguided rocket, which is produced by Luch as the AR-8. Work on the