🛠️ Quick observation on the recent CAESAR production increase, as opposed to CAESAR itself. Nexter managed to keep CAESAR production running at a level that can be described as Low Rate Production.

Demonstration of Chobham Armour vs 120mm APDS and 5" Shaped Charge warheads.

Netherlands supplying 28 BvS10 Vikings to Ukraine, with their Marines Corps already having trained personnel.

On the Survivability Onion side for a minute, let us be a little more graphic. Going to use an RCH155 Artillery System to describe a protection scheme principle. As this is 𝕏 it's a broad-stroke because, as we all know, that if you target your Phasers at precise location Y and

BMW M5… but with [checks notes] Grad.

Ahem. Thanks Alex.

FN Defender weapon station with 12.7x99 mm M3 Browning machine gun firing at 1,200 rounds per minute. Highly effective in the C-UAS role, and even more so versus dismounted infantry and light vehicles.

Will the AW149 actually be manufactured in the UK? (Engine's excepted due to lack of suitable UK supplier) Leonardo have promised to manufacture them in the UK before. In 2006, the then CEO Orsi promised AW149 manufacture in the UK if we bought AW159 Wildcat. The UK did.

🚁 Helicopter Thoughts 🟠 Apache AH-64E at IOC with FOC in 2025 🟠 AW159 Wildcat mature and "spotting" for Apache (!) 🟠 Chinook fleet renewing 🟠 Merlin fleet mature 🟠 Peregrine procured Beyond what is now: 🟠 Proteus developing 🟠 V-280 on the horizon AW149 is currently

Skyranger 30 turret on a Pandur 6x6 EVO. defence-blog.com/gdels-steyr-to…

Army Air Corps Wildcats should get the wings, and the missiles

💬 "If you can reduce decision making to an algorithm or a formula or a process or a procedure, you avoid the risk of blame." - Rory Sutherland, 2024

Big story is the Netherlands regenerating MBT’s in their army with L2A8 after a long gap. The other procurements are smaller in number but bring those fleets up to a more rotational / attritional resistant level.

There was an opportunity to regenerate British MBT design and manufacture around Leopard 2 A7+ ish. Manufacture in the UK. Partnership in both design and build. All prior to Pearson's acquisition, for context. L2 fleet, support variants on the same chassis, low rate production

The UK will supply 650 Lightweight Multirole Missile (LMM) systems to Ukraine worth £162 million. The delivery will start this year. We are grateful to our British partners for their ironclad support and strengthening Ukraine's air defense. Thanks for making us stronger.