12A6 Sopka-2 Ground-based Air Surveillance Radar on Wrangel Island

Sopka-2 Radar Update

In March 2023 we published an article about Russia’s 12A6 Sopka-2 ground-based air surveillance radar. Since the article’s publication, new information has come to...
T90M

Russian Programable Ammunition in Combat

Direct fire ammunition for tank and automatic cannon when equipped with advanced programable fuzing significantly increase the lethality of the round. Programable projectiles allow...
Starlink terminal

Keep Connected – Undetected

The need for special operations forces to remain connected to their C2 while remaining undetected - and particularly unlocated - is a vital part...
SOF

Adapting to Win!

Ukraine’s armed forces have been quick to adapt to new methods of warfare, a fact not lost on those watching from the sidelines. After two...
Russian "Azart" radios

Talking the Talk

Translated official Russian documents seen by Armada provide an insight into how tactical communications are deployed by Russia’s army on the battlefield. In April...
RP-377 dismounted system

More Trees for the Little Forest

In late September, an upgraded version of the RP-377 Lesochek series of electronic attack systems was exhibited at the ADEX international defence exhibition held...
National Military Command Centre

Of Strelets and Andromeda

A new book sheds light on the organisation of Russian land forces’ command and control, and the digital battle management systems they employ at...
Nammo's MP Symposium 2023 and live fire demonstrations

Firing Up Industrial Production in Times of War

Morten Brandtzæg, CEO of arms and ammunition producer Nammo, discusses the challenges that the war in Ukraine has brought to the arm industry. Russia’s invasion...
Ukraine CP Lessons Learned Report Cover

Command Post Protection

The US Army is digesting lessons learned from the ongoing war in Ukraine concerning command post survivability, lessons which have implications for tactical communications...

Vitebsk Breakdown

Social media continues to be yield valuable open-source intelligence vis-à-vis electronic warfare systems deployed by Russia in the ongoing Ukraine conflict. On 10th April, the...

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