missile command game

• Transforming close air support.

... and other lightweight air-to-ground missiles could well prove game-changers for the warfighter.... the US Army's Tradoc (Training & Doctrine Command) only in March 2000. This came after the completio...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 4, Août 2011

• Cogito ergo sum a radio.

.... Playing the Right Game . Defence IQ (part of IQPC International) hosted a... well-placed explosive, jamming system or missile could easily disrupt a large portion of voice and .... Brigadier Alan Hill, Commander 11 Signal Brigade, British Army, was recently aske...

• Armada International
• Vol. 35 Num. 4, Août 2011

• Urban warfare.

... most likely to be found--and this alone commands the development and acquisition of ad hoc equipmen...The rest is a child's game. The Scout has been flown in winds of 60 km/h (qui...), the Thales LMM (Light-weight Multirole Missile) shown at Farnborough 2008 under a Schiebel Camcop...

• Armada International
• Vol. 34 Num. 4, Août 2010

• who's who in Training & Simulation.

... needs, so too technology from the video game and entertainment industries has played a part in ... remains a supplier of computer-driven command and staff trainers that can simulate full-scale wa... trainers such as shoulder launched missiles, small arms and forward observation. While the Pri...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 2, Avril 2001

• Defendory's 30th: back in 1978, Defendory was the first defence exhibition of its kind--in other words tri-service and international--and set an example for a number of similar defence shows that have since sprung out of the ground in the four corners of the world.

... airport (courtesy of the 2004 Olympic games), this is where this year's (2008) event took plac... a mix of vertically-launched air-defence missiles composed of Aster 30s and VL Micas with a Herakles... whereupon the winch master takes over command with a hand-held control to fine-tune the position...

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

• The vertical battlefield.

... battlefield makes it difficult for commanders and troops to gain an overview of the action, whil... to attack by air defence artillery and missiles hidden on high buildings. The combination of high-... action, vehicle simulators and computer war games. Replica Iraqi villages are springing up at US Arm...

• Armada International
• Vol. 29 Num. 4, Août 2005

• See but survive: air-defence radar: surveillance radars are the primary sensors of any modern air-defence system, but are also its most vulnerable component.

... surveillance sets used by surface-to-air missile systems have more modest range requirements, so ca... strikes against early-warning radars and command facilities on 16 February 2001, Iraq was deploying..., would allow the defender to play a `shell game' with radar assets. Assuming that an opponent poss...

• Armada International
• Vol. 25 Num. 5, Octobre 2001

• Battlefield training systems: it is not so long ago that battlefield training was conducted over dedicated ranges such as Salisbury Plain in Britain or Sennelager in Germany, while week long exercises could involve other rural locations. Vehicles and helicopters marked with white crosses would carry umpires through Blue and Red forces to deliver thunder flashes and declare deaths and injuries.

... than rare opportunities to fire real missiles, while to expend ammunition rather than use laser-... a target, but now, using radio signal commands from either an observation tower or the firing poi... needs, some of which are based on computer games. For example, the Operation Flashback game develop...

• Armada International
• Vol. 26 Num. 2, Avril 2002

• The Ruag golden rule.

... in the development of the American Common Missile programme. It also produces the tandem and downwar... `injury' level, both the soldier and the `game master' will know whether the soldier is still abl... part of the Swiss Air Force's Logistics Command. Based in Emmen, this division of Ruag is in charg...

• Armada International
• Vol. 27 Num. 1, Février 2003

• Fixed wings: in the fixed-wing range of unmanned aircraft there are four main sub-categories: the Hales (High Altitude Long Endurance), the Males (Medium Altitude Long Endurance), followed by the tactical drones and the electrically powered lightweights/microlights. However, a new variety is now emerging: the optionally manned.

... Predator, exporting it would break Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) rules, under whic... and 17th RS, components of Air Combat Command's 57th Wing) all based at Creech AFB, Nevada. Thes... against illegal immigration, marine and game poaching and the stealing of high-value vehicles. ...

• Armada International
• Vol. 31 Num. 3, Juin 2007