by Editor | Mar 31, 2023 | Combat Capability, Equipment, News
by Staff We’re not quite into “For the want of a nail … the kingdom was lost” territory, to paraphrase Benjamin Franklin. But for want of anti-tank weapons, air defence and counter-uncrewed aerial systems (UAS), defending troops, vehicles and headquarters...
by Editor | Mar 23, 2023 | Digital Army, News
by Dave Jones and Bruno Perron The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is either currently engaged with or intends to go to market with an impressive group of large-scale Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR)...
by Editor | Mar 20, 2023 | News, S&T
by Sean W. Havel In July of 1870, in the spa town of Bad Ems, a polite conversation between a Prussian King and a French diplomat took place over the candidacy of a Hohenzollern prince to the Spanish throne. The two departed on good terms, despite the King’s...
by Editor | Mar 12, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
by Chris Thatcher If you’ve ever wondered what S.W.A.T, CSI, NCIS, and Code Black might look like all rolled into one, meet the Canadian Joint Incident Response Unit (CJIRU). Part special forces operators, part forensic scientists, part police detectives, and...
by Editor | Mar 5, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
by Kevin Wang and HengLiang Wu Recent combat experiences in Ukraine have shown that portable anti-tank weaponry gives infantry a chance to fight against armoured targets, which are immune to rifles and grenades. The large variety of such weapons can be divided...
by Editor | Feb 25, 2023 | Combat Capability, News
by Chris Thatcher As two Bell CH-146 Griffon helicopters alternated high and low sweeps overhead, a CH-147F Chinook cleared the treeline and rapidly descended into a clearing. Its wheels touched the gravel just long enough for a medical team and four force...
