Just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the country's defense industry employed 14 million workers in more than 6,000 factories. It then produced nearly 2,500 new tanks each year, as well as 3,500 artillery pieces, 1,700 planes and even 9 submarines, and represented 80% of…
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The Spanish armies will order €330 million worth of Mistral anti-aircraft systems from France
Entered into service in 1988, the Mistral very short-range anti-aircraft missile represents, today, one of the most exported missiles of this type on the planet, as well as one of the most efficient. As such, it is today in service within around thirty armed forces, including 8…
Read the articleModern assault helicopter carriers: the aero-amphibious threat under the horizon (part 2)
As we saw in the first part of this article, assault helicopter carriers, a hybrid ship combining powerful naval aviation capability with a straight flight deck and a large hangar allowing the deployment of a fleet maneuvering and combat helicopters, as well as an amphibious capability through…
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