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• A clear sight for rifles; Combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have been characterised by infantry troops performing close quarter battle, shooting at ranges typically between ten and 50 metres--with shots at over 100 metres a rarity, according to recent United States Marine Corps after-action reports. At the same time, these troops still need to be able to engage targets in excess of these ranges.

Because they have to cope with such varying ranges during conventional manoeuvre operations, soldiers have traditionally required two sights for such...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 5, Octobre 2009

• Flying First Class

When it comes to the airline industry, Gunnar Eklund's credo might just as well be "been there, done that." Over a career that has spanned 34 years, Gunnar has served-and lived-in such diverse countries as Liberia, Iran and Pakistan. Since 1985 he makes his home in the USA where this Swede is as American as they come. Gunnar started out in Stockholm, working for Scandinavian Airlines. After a two year's hiatus in Monrovia, Liberia (where he met his Guyana-born wife, Claudette), he was, after about two years in Stockholm, sent on to Teheran, Iran where he covered sales for Iran and Afghanistan. He arrived there in 1978, just a few weeks prior to the Ayatollah Khomeini's auspicious return from exile in France. Things were getting hot for westerners and Gunnar remembers one particular inci...

... almost always about getting you there on timeand at a good (for the customer) price. During the "go...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. 18 Num. 14, Septembre 2005
• News

• Nations and technology getting bolder.

...) system was introduced in Afghanistan at the end of 2010 in the form of two underwing po...In the course of time, drones are expected to deliver savings in force s...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 3, Juin 2011

• Swiss to open aid office in Kabul.

... tensions, including the killing of Afghanistan's civil aviation minister, Abdul Rahman, the SDC iinsists the time is right to open an office to coordinate Swiss hum...

• Swiss News
• Num. 2002, Juin 2002

• A very automated DSEi: the ground and sea exhibition in London illustrated the defence industry's lean towards robotics, automation and autonomy, highlighting increasing efforts to keep soldier, seaman and airman out of harm's way.

... mm lightweight towed howitzers for the first time to Afghanistan and Iraq over the coming months. Th...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 6, Décembre 2007

• When speed, safety and supplies are at stake on land.

.... Moving in Iraq and Afghanistan is a dangerous business due to the numerous roadsi... within Task Force 45 have for some time been using the Iveco DV Light Multirole vehicle (L...

• Armada International
• Vol. 33 Num. 6, Décembre 2009

• Flir Systems.

... protection for US troops stationed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Deliveries will have begun by the time t...

• Armada International
• Vol. 29 Num. 5, Octobre 2005

• Switch on the digitised battlespace.

.... The current warfighter in Afghanistan, Iraq, off Somalia or over Libya is indeed leverag..., although long accustomed to manage real-time electronic (radio and radar) information from frie...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 5, Octobre 2011

• Goodbye Dubai: the Dubai Air Show held its past promises to become a high-quality leading international aviation exhibition whilst retaining an atmosphere of what used to be termed an 'air fair'. Between 11 and 15 November 2007 it was all business in the halls and chalets--and superb displays in the skies.

... the UAE Air Force wants to give itself more time to weigh the pros and cons (mainly the twin- versu... being put through its paces in Afghanistan as part of a programme called Project Morrigan joi...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 2, Avril 2008

• Land: light but 'hot': special operations forces units historically operate at the 'light' end of the equipment spectrum and rely primarily upon stealth for their survivability. However, the employment of such forces in extended campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq has influenced the need for a higher level of protected mobility for certain missions than is offered by transportation derived from light utility vehicles.

... were deployed in mid-2005 for the first time to conduct long-range reconnaissance and direct-ac...

• Armada International
• Vol. 32 Num. 6, Décembre 2008