Articles from Armada International (February 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A view from inside: technology once again took centre stage at the AUSA convention in October 2007. A veritable barrage of up-armoured, desert-painted vehicles, robots, drones and mules (OK, one mule) elbowed each other for floor space, whilst much was afoot in the electronics sector.	Keggler, Johnny		1798
Airlifters for distant wars: the prospect of a continuing series of West-led multi-national out-of-area actions in under-developed regions is boosting sales of both strategic and tactical airlifters. The following review broadly considers military transport developments in order of increasing aircraft size.	Braybrook, Roy		3342
Anti-armour from the east: although the consequences of Tsahal's faux pas in south Lebanon in 2006 have not yet been fully analysed, observers and experts agree upon the fact that modern anti-armour weapons in well-trained hands remain lethal. Despite Israeli air, armour, electronics support and supposed C31 superiorities, Hezbollah scored dozens of deadly hits on Tsahal's heavy armoured vehicles.	Huntiller, Mark		3604
ATL laser on C-130H.			147
Big deals in short.			373
Concert-in-a cutting tool.			170
Corrigendum.		Correction notice	89
Eyes on the Hellfly.			104
Fly-by-wire H-92 flight.			84
French MoD gets intraced.			99
GA checks its Emals.			90
General Dynamics C4 Systems.			94
High-speed 3D non-Doppler.			137
In with the dirty out with the clean.			123
JTRS GMRs in Boeing's ovens.			92
Kodiaks go to NL & SE.			122
Like wire through cheese: supercavitation: suprcavitation occurs when a submerged moving body is covered in water vapour, with consequent reduction in density-dependent friction. Already applied to torpedoes and special-purpose bullets, the concept may be extended to submarines, surface vessels and (possibly) bunker-busting munitions.	Braybrook, Roy		1938
Mortar bombs: hail them or fry them? Means to counter ballistic missiles or anti-ship missiles have been found several years ago--although these solutions continue to mature. Strangely, anti-rocket and anti-mortar systems appear to have remained out of reach. Afghanistan, Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, however, have dealt a fresh hand.	Biass, Eric H.		3293
Pirates, you have good company!	Withington, Tom; Biass, Eric H.		3226
Pocket PLRF for UK snipers.			166
Stay not from the path.	Keggler, Johnny		2072
TCS for LCS Fire Scout.			138
Tiger had its first flight.			106
Tracks & tyres centre stage: the medium armoured vehicle world has been dominated over the past year by the British Army's long-running Future Rapid Effects System (Fres) programme and the unprecedented effort by the US Department of Defense to rush new Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap} vehicles to Iraq to protect personnel from the threat of improvised explosive devices.	Kemp, Ian		13339
Windy spell for the Ram.			157