October 29, 2009

Dingo 2 Inside Out












pictures are from militaryphotos.net belgian army thread

General Atomics Blitzer System



General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems division (GA-EMS) has successfully fired multiple rounds for the first time in a prototype of its new Blitzer™ electromagnetic railgun air defense prototype system. These tests were performed at the US Army Dugway Proving Grounds under a contract with the Office of Naval Research.

Venezuelan Mi-35M ..looking good





GSh-23L canon with 470 projectiles


Urals Optical and Mechanical Plant GOES-342 TV/FLIR (OPS 24N) sighting system and a laser rangefinder (+30to-80 deg elevation)


Geofizika ONV1 night-vision goggles

pictures are from www.fav-club.com

Crash and Collision Week

Ecuadorian Air Force Dhruv Helicopter crashed during AirShow









Collision of Japanese Destroyer, JS Kurama with 7400 ton Korean Container Ship, Carina Star in Kanmon Strait near the island of Kyushu











pictures are from Japanese, Ecuadorian, Indian Internet and militaryphotos.net

October 21, 2009

GE's New Ultrasound Gadget

Eventhough this gadget is intended for medical use (that also interests military medical personel though),it may also be used for military equipment health check like metal fatigue etc.



here is the rest of the article

Laser and Acoustics ? Sweet..

Here is a story about laser based sound generation. It may change the way military does underwater and air to water communication.



Efficient conversion of light into sound can be achieved by concentrating the light sufficiently to ionize a small amount of water, which then absorbs laser energy and superheats. The result is a small explosion of steam, which can generate a 220 decibel pulse of sound. Optical properties of water can be manipulated with very intense laser light to act like a focusing lens, allowing nonlinear self-focusing (NSF) to take place.


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October 5, 2009

Mixed Land Vehicles 3

AM General JLTV Contender



Singapore ST Technologies Terrex 8x8






UK Panthers (LMV)




Supacat UK LPPV Contender


The 4x4 SPV 400 Series concept, which carries a 2+4 crew and has a declared GVW of 7500kg, provides a useable payload of 1500kg.


Thales Australia Hawkei



Pictures are from press releases and Singaporean Internet.

October 4, 2009

Mixed Land Vehicles-2

JLTV Demonstrator



Grizzly



Czech MPVU5000 (Uparmoured Unimog)



Cheetah



Slovakian Tatrapan

Mixed Land Vehicles

Reva 4x4 from Thailand






South African Valkyrie



Rafael Gold MRAP based on International Truck





Pictures are from militaryphotos.net, South African and Israeli Internet

Romanian Navy Ships with Tank Turrets

From internet resources, I found these interesting pictures of Romanian Navy with T-55 (?) Turret and MLRS