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1860 - Gloire (France) 5,630 t, 12,5 knots. 36 165-mm guns. The first in the world sea going ironclad. Converted from wooden battleship. 1861 Warrior (UK) 9,284 t, 14,5 knots. 26 203-mm smoothbore and 10 178-mm rifled guns. The first all iron and first specially designed ironclad. Iron...

Borchardt C93 - 1893 First successful semi-automatic pistol. It uses short recoil barrel system which is still used today, but complicated toggle-lock mechanism. It also used magazine in a handle. It worked well, but was not comfortable and bulky, thats why few thousands were produced...

IAI unveils new hand-launched, electro-optical guided missile A multi-year, multi-million-dollar contract has been awarded by the US Department of Defense to IAI to develop and deliver POINT BLANK...

SOFIC NEWS: Rafael Introduces New Air-To-Surface Missile 5/17/2022 By Mikayla Easley TAMPA, Fl. — Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has unveiled a new missile the company believes will be suitable for future lightweight aviation platforms like those...

Israel successfully tests laser defense system able to intercept drones, missiles Defense Minister Gantz says the 'Iron Beam' is a game-changer, will significantly improve Israel's defense capabilities; the high-end experimental system is expected to become operational in 1-2 years The Defense...

https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-700573 That's first combat interception for F-35 in the world.

A) SAM systems using ELM-2106 radar. ELM-2106 is mid range L-band radar (180 km instrumental range). 1) SPYDER SR/ER: 20-40 km range. Python 5 (IR guidance), Derby and Derby ER (AR guidance) missiles. 2) Barak MR (ABISR) 35 rm range Barak MR (AR guidance) missile B) SAM systems...

THAAD, in first operational use, destroys midrange ballistic missile in Houthi attack By Jen Judson and Joe Gould Jan 22, 12:35 AM The deployment of a THAAD System to Israel in 2019 was an exercise involving U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force and Israeli forces, under the Dynamic Force Employment...

Made little research, here current numbers: USA - 650+ (178 F-22 + ~300 F-35A + 124 F-35B + 56 F-35C) China - 100+ (J-20) Australia - 44 (F-35A) Norway - 34 (F-35A) S. Korea - 34 (F-35A) Israel - 30 (F-35A) UK - 23 (F-35B) Japan - 23 (F-35A) Netherlands - 22 (F-35A) Italy - 18 (14 F-35A + 4...

The Israeli newspaper “Yediot Aharonot” reported that the Israeli army had removed its Merkava-2 tank from regular and reserve service, after nearly 40 years of its use as a main tank in hostilities, in a ceremony attended by former and current officers in the armored units. The Merkava-2 was...

Estonia Selects Blue Spear Anti-Ship Missile for Coastal Batteries Estonian Centre for Defence Investment (ECDI) has signed a contract with Proteus Advanced Systems Pte. Ltd., a joint venture company of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) and ST...

Lebanese Druze confront Hezbollah rocket-launch convoy after it fires at Israel Angry villagers in Chouya accuse terror group of endangering civilian lives by firing projectiles from near civilian areas; Lebanon army confiscates launcher, arrests 4 suspects By Emanuel Fabian Today, 2:55 pm...

28 July 2021 Elbit Systems progressing new SIGMA 155 mm artillery system by Christopher F Foss Israel's Elbit Systems is developing a new fully automatic 155 mm/52 calibre SP artillery system for the Israel Defense Force (IDF) that will start to replace the IDF's 155 mm/39 calibre M109...

During Iniochos 2021 exercise in Greece:

IAI’s Barak-ER Performs Successful Ballistic missile Intercept By Tamir Eshel - Apr 19, 2021 Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) today unveiled details of the comprehensive trials series of the Barak-ER system, tested against a range of scenarios and threats, culminated with the intercept of a...

The Israeli and German Defense Ministries have signed an agreement to equip the German Leopard 2A7A1 tanks with the TROPHY Active Protection System. The government-to-government (G2G) agreement covers the supply of APS to equip 17 tanks making a single company of the German Army. The contract...

Rafael Unveils SPICE 250 ER Jack Richardson Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has used the Aero India 2021 expo to unveil a new variant of its SPICE 250 system. The new variant, dubbed SPICE 250 ER (Extended Range), is based on the smallest of the SPICE Family, which includes the SPICE 250...

When we compare WW2 armies virtually always discussion goes to comparison of tanks. There are thousands of threads and videos comparing tanks, their numbers and quality.... But we should not forget that artillery played not less important role than tanks in the war, probably even much more...

F-35s caught by Hezbollah TV over Lebanon in rare operational flight A photographer for Hezbollah-owned TV station Al Manar tweeted photos of the advanced fifth-generation aircraft flying over Lebanon. By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JANUARY 25, 2021 20:00 Israeli F-35s are...

The fleet numbers are from Flight International WAF 2021. Air/Ground points: F-16C = 1/1 F-16A = 0.7/0.8 F-16AM = 1/0.8 F-16A OCU = 1/0.9 F-16 block 52+ aka F-16I = 1.1/1.2 F-16 block 60 = 1.3/1.2 F-15A = 1.2/0.5 F-15C = 1.3/0.5 F-15E = 1.4/1.5 F-15S = 1.3/1.4 F-15SG = 1.5/1.5 F-18A = 1/1.1...