Radars are basically systems that use radio waves to detect objects. They emit radio waves in order to determine whether an object is in the sky.
The MBDA (UK) Brimstone air-to-ground missile has taken on quite a bit of attention in recent days following Britain’s decision to deploy its combat aircraft to Syria. In fact, Prime Minister David Cameron even specifically mentioned the Brimstone as one of Britain’s…
By Bilal Khan
Anti-ship missiles (AShM) are a vital staple in the naval munitions inventory of modern militaries. As the name would probably suggest, AShMs are designed to target and sink enemy naval vessels.
The concept of a guided anti-ship munition (and guided munition…
By Bilal Khan
One could look at the laser-guided bomb (LGB) as a major milestone in the development of precision-guided munitions (PGMs), especially in terms of how it advanced the use of electronics in air-to-surface munitions. But this is not to take away…
By Bilal Khan
While the concept of “precision strike” has been in use since as far back as Vietnam War[1], the term became popular with the advent of the first U.S invasion of Iraq in 1991 and has been thrown around by defence…