Why small guns have been critical to layered CUAS architectures
Multiple countries have been deploying small arms as the last line of drone defence due to their multiple operational and tactical advantages.
A busy few days of diplomacy has kick-started a week that may in many ways define how the UK approaches defence and international relations in the coming years, as senior government officials took turns to extol the country’s capabilities at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London on 14 October.
As the 70th anniversary of the founding of NATO nears, commitments to upholding democracy and an international rules-based order were spread under officials’ feet like confetti, before talk turned to the threats that NATO faces inside and outside its borders, in realms physical and digital.
Speaking before invited delegates Ben Wallace,
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Multiple countries have been deploying small arms as the last line of drone defence due to their multiple operational and tactical advantages.
The Singapore-based technology company unveiled its new rifle family at this week’s airshow. Chen Chuanren spoke with the ST Engineering’s head of small arms to find out more about how the weapons have been refined.
Any potential ‘Arctic Sentry’ mission would be months in the planning, but with tensions high in the region given the US’s push for Greenland, NATO countries will need to continue to emphasise their commitment to the region, analysts have said.
Defence Minister Gen Vladimir Padrino López has declared that the Venezuelan armed forces “will continue to employ all its available capabilities for military defence”.
The UK’s defence spending commitments remain uncertain as the government’s Defence Investment Plan, which had been due by the end of 2025, is yet to be published.
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