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Today in Military History - StrategyPage
WEBUSS 'Cabrilla' (SS 288) damages the escort carrier 'Taiyo' off Japan. 1944. San Marino declares war on Germany. 1948. Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars pleads innocent in Washington. 1950. Operation Magic Carpet: the Jews of Yemen are taken to Israel. 1960. the USS 'Enterprise' (CVN 65), the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched ...
Murphy's Law: Twilight of the BTG - StrategyPage
WEBOctober 27, 2023: The Russian army is abandoning the BTG (Battalion Task Group) concept. In February 2022 one of the surprising developments was the failure of the BTG system. Russia had expanded the use of BTGs since the 1980s because BTGs had consistently proved successful in many small wars, including the rather large operation in Afghanistan during the 1980s.
Air Weapons: Thermobaric Grenades go Airborne - StrategyPage
WEBDec 21, 2023 — One of the more unique among these revived weapons is the TOS-1A. The “TOS” stands for “heavy flamethrower system” because the TOS-1A only fires rockets equipped with FAE warheads. The TOS-1A is a 45 ton vehicle that uses a T-72 tank chassis with the turret replaced by a box-like launcher for 24 220mm rockets.
Electronic Weapons: Jamming What Cannot be Jammed
WEBNov 15, 2023 — INS cannot be jammed because it is self-contained and does not rely on any external signal. INS does receive constant position updates from the GPS unit it works with. That keeps the INS as accurate as possible. But if those updates suddenly stop or become erratic, INS systems are programmed to stop using GPS signals and …
Surface Forces: Despised LCS Survives with Upgrades - StrategyPage
WEBMar 8, 2024 — Surface Forces: Despised LCS Survives with Upgrades. March 8, 2024: This year the U.S. Navy decided to reverse its plan to quickly discard its remaining LCS (Littoral Combat Ships) and instead upgrade many of them. In late 2023 it came as no surprise when the navy recently made it official that its ambitious but poorly implemented Littoral ...
Artillery: Ukrainian Self-propelled Artillery - StrategyPage
WEBFebruary 13, 2024: Various NATO members have donated over 60 M109A6 and A7 155mm self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. The first of these arrived in early 2022 and more have followed. Some M992A2 ammunition resupply vehicles, each carrying about a hundred 155mm shells were also sent to Ukraine along with and …
Military Photos Kawasaki T-4 - StrategyPage
WEBJan 3, 2024 — A Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Kawasaki T-4 aircraft with the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron takes off during the Nyutabaru Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) at JASDF Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan, Dec. 20, 2023. The ATR program allows U.S. aviation units in the Indo-Pacific, such as Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, to train away from their home station to reduce local noise impacts while ...
Military Photos Apache Delivery - StrategyPage
WEBJan 1, 2024 — Military Photo: Apache Delivery. Archives. Posted: 01/01/2024. A U.S. Air Force C-17 transport aircraft lands at Wiesbaden Army Airfield, Clay Kaserne, Germany, Sept. 1, 2023. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment (Attack Battalion), 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, loaded two AH-64D Longbow helicopters onto the …
Attrition: Patterns of American Combat Casualties - StrategyPage
WEBMar 14, 2024 — The armed forces in the United States are paying more attention to the long term impact of combat on their soldiers The primary tool for this study is STARRS (Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers) STARRS began with a random selection o