05. December 2025
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The Soviet Union constructed the Duga-1 (NATO reporting name: Steel Yard) HF OTH-B radar near the Chernobyl nuclear power station in northern Ukraine. Duga-1 was operational between 1976 and 1989 and used two antennas separated by 30 km. [Ingmar Runge, via Wikimedia Commons; CC-BY-SA 3.0]
Armament

And the Ion will lie down with...

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High Frequency Over-The-Horizon radars are a niche capability, which are seeing increasing investment from...
Cawdor Barracks in southwest Wales is currently home to the British Army’s 14 Signals Regiment. The facility will soon house the UK element of the tri-national DARC radar network for tracking objects in orbit. [Google Maps]
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DARC Ages

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What links the patron saint of Wales, a former Royal Air Force airbase and...
Initially deployed during Operation Granby, the United Kingdom’s contribution to Operation Desert Storm in 1991, the RAF’s air-launched anti-radiation missile proved to be a radar killer. The missile remained in service, and in the RAF’s inventories, until 2013. [Thomas Withington]
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Stratus symbol

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NATO’s European members are set to receive much-needed muscle in kinetic anti-radar capabilities thanks...
UAVs have emerged as the signature weapon of the ongoing Ukraine conflict. That country’s government plans to manufacture 4.5 million such aircraft by the end of 2025. [Trydence, via Wikimedia Commons; CC-BY-SA 4.0]
Technology

Identity crisis

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As unmanned aerial vehicles proliferate across the conflict spectrum, identification friend or foe (IFF)...
The SATURN waveform includes several important improvements vis-à-vis legacy systems, one of which is the ability to carry J-series NATO tactical datalink traffic. The carriage of J-series messages helps to improve synergies between Allied air, land and maritime forces. [US DoD]
Technology

SATURN rising

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Two legacy tactical communications systems, which have been mainstays of NATO and Allied nations...
This image gives a good indication of how many RF antennas a modern combat aircraft must have; these are just for the plane’s electronic warfare system. [BEL]
Technology

Doing everything at once

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Multifunction antennas performing multiple tasks from radar sensing to communications, electronic warfare missions and...
Syracuse-4A, an artist’s impression of which is shown here, forms one half of the Syracuse-4A/B military communications satellite constellation. The constellation is accessible via sovereign, secure military SATCOM waveforms. [Safran
Technology

A SATCOM lingua franca

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Europe is chalking up another military connectivity success story thanks to ongoing work of...
The advent of the SINCGARS radio in the 1990s was a major step forward in fostering intra-force connectivity in the US Army, and elsewhere in NATO. However, inter-force networking for land formations has, until now, remained elusive. [US Army]
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Catch the wave

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European military networking has taken an important step forward with the realisation of the...
A dummy Sherman tank, of the type used by FUSAG. [US National Archives]
Armed Forces

Are you deceiving me?

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Battlefield electromagnetic deception is a vital means to sow doubt into hostile decision-making, and...
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