• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Romeo Squared

Defense with a Baltic edge

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Russia
  • Military strategy
  • About
    • Privacy Policy

Air Force

Estonia improves air defense with Mistral missiles

2018-06-16 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Mistral missile

Estonia has signed a new contract for Mistral missiles with French manufacturer MBDA. This gives Estonia a more robust air defense. There are still many shortcomings in the Baltic air defense, but the new short-range missiles are an important step to building a more credible deterrent.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Estonia

How could Israel destroy a cutting edge Russian air defense system?

2018-05-15 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Pantsir-S1

Israel destroyed a Syrian Pantsir-S1 air defense system last week. Did this modern piece of Russian weapon technology fail, or is there another explanation? Poor tactics and neglect on the part of the Syrian soldiers have probably played an important role.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Israel, Russia

Germany buys six C-130 transport and tanker planes for French-German squadron

2018-05-07 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

C-130J

The U.S. State Department has approved Germany’s purchase of three C-130J transport aircraft and three KC-130J tanker aircraft. Germany will use them in a combined French-German squadron where France also contributes with four C-130Js.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Germany

Leadership culture and a reckless instructor led to U.S. Navy plane crash

2018-04-16 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

A T-45 training aircraft stalled and crashed when the pilot instructor directed the student to perform dangerous maneuvers at low altitude. Leadership culture in the squadron and poor instructor qualifications are among the explanations.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: USA

Powerful maritime patrol UAVs to Germany

2018-04-10 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

MQ-4C Triton

U.S. State Department has approved the sale of MQ-4C Triton drones to Germany. It is a terrific UAV which will give Germany a powerful surveillance capability. And this time the drone has an approved anti-collision system, so there is hope for more success than in Germany’s earlier adventures with the EuroHawk.

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Germany

Predator retired

2018-03-09 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Joe Chapa in War on the Rocks: Today, the U.S. Air Force “sunsets” the Predator, permanently retiring it from service. Though individual squadrons have been transitioning from the Predator to the Reaper for some time, that transition is now complete. This provides a good opportunity to look back at the Predator to learn what we […]

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: USA

Helicopter scandals for everyone, Black Hawk to the rescue

2018-02-19 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

NH90 helicopter

Helicopters are a common problem for the scandinavian countries. Everyone seems struggling with deliveries, reliability, and costs. It is not a flattering story for European helicopters NH90 and AW101, and the American Black Hawk and Seahawk may be the solution everyone is turning to. Recently it made headlines that Sweden is considering not using NH90 […]

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Finland will buy 64 new fighter jets

2017-11-25 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Finland’s Ministry of Defense has announced that they expect to buy 64 new fighter jets. That means that the country’s F/A-18 Hornets will be replaced on a one to one basis. Manager of the acquisition program Lauri Puranen says to yle.fi that since the new jets are not faster than the old ones, and they […]

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Finland

Lithuania hopes for NATO air defense agreement in 2018

2017-11-24 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Lithuanian defense minister Raimundas Karoblis says he hopes that the NATO countries can reach an agreement in 2018 on the principles for a comprehensive air defense concept for the Baltic region, writes Delfi.lt. According to the Lithuanian minister the problem is political, as the technical details are mostly worked out. He therefore hopes that air […]

Filed Under: Air Force, Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Lithuania

Russia’s new strategic bombers will fly soon

2017-11-23 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Dave Majumdar for The National Interest: Early next year in February, the first of Russia’s new production Tupolev Tu-160M2 Blackjack supersonic strategic bombers will take to the air. The new bomber is essentially a prototype of a next generation variant of the venerable Blackjack, the first generation of which was built during the 1980s in […]

Filed Under: Air Force Tagged With: Russia, Weapons of Mass Destruction

« Previous Page
Next Page »

Primary Sidebar

Top Posts

  • Helicopter scandals for everyone, Black Hawk to the rescue
  • Turkey is losing Leopard 2 tanks in Syria at an alarming pace
  • Political officers return in Russia’s military
  • A look at the Baltic Fleet and the defense of Kaliningrad
  • Russia has found money to repair the flagship of the Baltic Fleet

Follow blog via e-mail

Featured

Critical review of lessons from US warship collisions

The US Navy’s report on recent collisions of USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain fails to see the true shortcomings of seamanship and procedures.

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Privacy Policy

Copyright © 2021 · Romeo Squared

  • Air Force
  • Army
  • Navy
  • Russia
  • Military strategy
  • About
    ▲
    • Privacy Policy