Category Archives: Land
ARCHER artillery system delivered to Sweden
BAE Systems has delivered the first production series ARCHER artillery system to the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) on Sept. 28.
By Ibaril (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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Clashes broke out between Azerbaijan and Armenian-backed separatists
One Azerbaijan soldier and four separatists from the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region were killed in clashes on Sept. 25.
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Indonesia to increase defense budget by $2.5 billion
A Indonesian parliamentary committee has approved the proposal to raise the military budget by $2.5 billion.
Royal New Zealand Artillery trains with 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii
The Royal New Zealand Artillery’s 163 Battery, 16 Field Regiment, had the opportunity to learn how to load an M119A3 105mm howitzer into a Chinook helicopter during Lightning Whaitiri exercise on Oahu and Hawaii islands, Sept. 5-23.
U.S. Army believes one day robots will help save soldiers’ lives on battlefield
Chief of the U.S. Army’s Medical Corps said unmanned aerial or ground vehicles will be used to extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield.
Photo Credit: Stephen Baack
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Bharat Dynamics Limited tested its anti-tank missile successfully
A anti-tank missile developed by Bharat Dynamics Limited has been successfully tested on Sept. 10 at Babina Army Range in Madhya Pradesh.
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JGSDF, USMC in joint anti-tank missile firing exercise
The Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marines shared knowledge about different anti-tank missile systems by having a joint firing exercise called Forest Light 16-1.
Photo By: Cpl. Devon Tindle
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Russia’s military activities in Syria
Cyber sleuths have managed to pick up evidence of increase Russian military activity in Syria.
U.S. Army equipment in Europe returning to green paint job
More than 2,000 U.S. Army equipment in Europe – ranging from tanks to generators – are returning to the traditional European pattern paint job.
By 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command from Grafenwoehr, Germany (M1A2 tanks during Combined Resolve II) [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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