Israeli pilots prep to fight Iran’s SAMs – UPI.com

Posted by Matt in November 24th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Air Force Crews, Attack Pilots, Capabilities, Conflict, Exercises, Hamas, hezbollah, Israeli Air Force, Jerusalem Post, Missile Defenses, Nationwide, Sams, Seminars, Sessions, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Surface To Air Missiles, Syria And Iran, Unprecedented Number, Upi

As Iran tests the capabilities of its air defense systems in nationwide exercises, the Israeli air force is reported to be planning special seminars to prepare its attack pilots to cope with heavy surface-to-air missile defenses.
According to The Jerusalem Post, the sessions will encompass “future conflict with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran” in which air [...]

China Looks to Undermine U.S. Power, With ‘Assassin’s Mace’

Posted by Matt in July 4th, 2009 | no comment

Published in China, Military, Airpower, Assasin's Mace, Assassin, China, Emissions, High Speed, Mace, Military Trade, Missile Sam, radar, Radiation, Ramo, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Trade Show, weapons, Wings, Zhuhai

U.S. airpower depends on the ability to overcome surface-to-air missile (SAM) defenses, and one of the key weapons for this role is the AGM-88 High Speed Anti-radiation Missile (HARM), which homes in on radar emissions. (You can see them, under the F/A-18’s wings in the picture, above.) The defenders can either turn off their [...]

MEDVEDEV’S AMBITIOUS MILITARY REFORM PLANS

Posted by Matt in November 4th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, Russia, Ballistic Missile, Ballistic Missiles, Black Eagle, Collapse Of The Ussr, Eagle Air, Fifth Generation, Medvedev, Military Modernization, Military Reform, Missile System, Modernization Program, Multi Purpose, Orel, Russian Fighters, S 400, submarines, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, T 80, Topol

Russia has announced its most ambitious, systemic military modernization program since the collapse of the USSR, scheduled to deliver a more efficient and combat-ready military by 2020. These plans betray breathtaking confidence. They will include 955 Borey-type submarines, armed with the Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile; ground-based modernized Topol-M ballistic missiles that will completely replace conventional [...]

Air Force Purge Stemmed From Future War Fights

Posted by Matt in June 23rd, 2008 | no comment

Published in Military, U.S., Air Force Chief, Air Force Chief Of Staff, Brother, Buzz, Chief Of Staff, China, Doubts, Future War, Gates, Interchange, Moseley, North Vietnamese, Outgoing Air, Peer Competitor, Purge, Russia, Sentiments, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Vietnam

Gates expressed doubts that the United States will get into a shooting war with a “peer competitor” like Russia or China any time soon. After he was fired, the outgoing Air Force Chief of Staff, Gen. “Buzz” Moseley, echoed those sentiments. Not Wynne.
“My response to Secretary Gates in that interchange was my brother was shot [...]

What is Suter?

Posted by Matt in October 5th, 2007 | no comment

Published in Military, general, airborne_network_attack_system, Bae Systems, Ballistic Missile, Communications Networks, Contracting Management, Critical Targets, Deir, Electronic Emissions, Emitters, Enemy Air Defense, Enemy Air Defenses, Israeli Airstrike, Last Several Years, Military, Missile Launchers, Mobile Surface, Reconnaissance Systems, Rivet Joint, Srael, St Aug, Stealth Systems, Strike Aircraft, Surface To Air, Surface To Air Missile, Suter, System Managers, Target

Israel’s amazing attack in Syria on September 6th left just about everybody scratching their heads. How did they do that? Well, meet “Suter”.
Suter is an airborne network attack system. It hacks into enemy air defense systems so that they can be taken over. Suter includes some powerful sensors for detecting a large assortment of electronic [...]