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An Anti-Hail Rocket Could Become a Drone Interceptor. Why Is Air Defense Looking at Alazan?
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An anti-hail rocket normally protects crops: it climbs into a cloud and releases a special seeding agent. Now a rocket from the Alazan family is being ...

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"Patriot" on a Ship: Why the U.S. Navy Is Deploying PAC-3s on Destroyers
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The news itself sounds strange. The U.S. Navy plans to equip its destroyers with Patriot missiles—specifically the PAC-3, which for decades was considered a ...

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A New "Stinger" for the Age of Drones: Lockheed Martin Accelerates Development of the QuadStar Missile
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The U.S. Army is gradually approaching a moment that seemed almost unimaginable just a few years ago—the legendary FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air defense ...

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An Unexpected “Make-Shift Air Defense” System for the Russian Army. What If We Combined R-77 Air-to-Air Missiles with an “Ural” Truck?
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In 2024, the practice of employing air defense systems saw the emergence of a concept for adapting air-to-air missiles for ground-based launch. Specifically, ...

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Germany’s Cobra 600 Takes Flight: Why an IRIS-T Missile Needs Its Own Jet-Powered Drone
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In August 2026, a rather unusual first flight took place over the Baltic Sea. A small jet-powered uncrewed aircraft took off, flew just over 20 kilometers, and ...

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The Laser That Didn't Make It to War: How DragonFire Came Within a Hair's Breadth of Actual Combat
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Sometimes the future is revealed not in high-profile premieres, but in decisions that never came to fruition. In 2024, the United Kingdom was ready to take ...

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You Might Not Even Need Radar to Shoot Down an F-15E: How Ordinary Drones Are Becoming an Air-Defense Network
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The F-15E Strike Eagle is one of the most capable strike aircraft of its generation. It can carry more than ten tons of weapons, is equipped with a powerful ...

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Why Missiles Still Get Through: What a Former Patriot Commander Says About a War with Iran
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When people start talking about air defense, they usually expect a simple answer. It either works or it doesn't. But in reality, things are more ...

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Strikes on the "Eyes" of Missile Defense: Why Iran's Attacks on Radars Have Become a Warning Sign for Modern Defense Systems
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Modern missile defense is a complex, multi-layered system in which not only interceptor missiles but also detection systems play a key role. Without radars and ...

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The American Tempest air defense system takes out drones like flies. The U.S. has revealed the specifications of a secret weapon of the future
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As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) become an increasingly formidable and widespread weapon on modern battlefields, militaries around the world are rushing to ...

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