Arms and munitions intelligence specialist. Director, Armament Research Services (ARES). Editor, Armax: The Journal of Contemporary Arms. VF, Nottingham Trent.
Joined July 2010
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This position has opened up again.
Wanted: contract editor for non-fiction articles, monographs, and books. Projects will vary from copy editing to developmental editing. Mostly in the Humanities. Experience working in academic publishing a plus.
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Alleged U.S. airstrikes overnight hit two water storage reservoirs in Iran's Sirik County, Hormozgan Province, reportedly leaving many without water.
Images of remnants posted by Iranian media show the remains of a U.S.-made GBU-39 air-delivered bomb.
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May 28
Photo of the unexploded warhead of an Iranian anti-ship missile that hit the Namuho has been released (left). Iranian anti-ship missile warhead seized by US military (right). Great thread by Fabian that goes into a bit more detail on the warhead in the QT:
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Left: Warhead seized by the US on January 11.
Right: Warhead of an Iranian Nour anti-ship missile.
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May 19
It’s TILT TUESDAY🪂 Today’s post features Buckshot & Beehive, the new book on 40mm anti-personnel cartridges of the Vietnam War & beyond by N.R. Jenzen-Jones.
Foreword by John Stryker “Tilt” Meyer.
Pic: Tilt with his cut-down M79 “Thumper” in ’68. headstamppublishing.com/purc…
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My latest book, Buckshot & Beehive, is now in stock and shipping from @headstampbooks. The book looks at the 40 mm APERS cartridges that were products of Cold War-era R&D and rapid-fielding initiatives, covering various novel designs.
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I am delighted to be speaking at this year’s Arsenals of History symposium, to be held at the Cody Firearms Museum from 26–28 August. As ever, I will be in very good company. You can review the exciting line up of speakers and purchase tickets at:
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I am delighted to finally see the information in this report made public. It builds on work conducted since 2017, and identifies a direct-fire CW capability developed by IS. It wouldn't have been possible without critical inputs from each of my co-authors & confidential sources.
May 14
New on The Hoplite: ARES releases Special Report 5: IS Craft-produced Light Recoilless Guns – Conventional & Chemical Variants
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🟥The OSMP's Iran War collection page now contains 117 munition images after 36 more were added, including:
-Hadid-110/Dalahu OWA UAVs in Kuwait & Bahrain
-GBU-39 250 lb air-delivered bombs in Iran
-Ghaem-118 surface-to-air missiles in Iran
View all: osmp.ngo/collection/the-iran…
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Apr 27
New on The Hoplite: Unidentified Israeli Munition Documented in Lebanon, Gaza & Iran
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Wanted: contract editor for non-fiction articles, monographs, and books. Projects will vary from copy editing to developmental editing. Mostly in the Humanities. Experience working in academic publishing a plus.
CV to: publisher@helios.house
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A lot of hand-wringing lately over GBU-39 guided bombs potentially falling into unfriendly hands. As Trevor, I, and others have written, these have been widely used and are not that sensitive. The recovery of a Talon in this condition would be a far more significant TECHINT coup.
Kill vehicle of a US THAAD Talon interceptor missile reportedly found in Syria.
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🟥The OSMP has added new images of munition remnants to our Iran War collection, including:
-American-made BLU-91/B scatterable anti-tank landmines in Iran's Shiraz Province
-MK 84 2,000 lb air-delivered bombs in Tehran
➡️Click here to view them all: osmp.ngo/collection/the-iran…
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This. And because—despite what many accounts are screaming into the Twittersphere—Iranian AD has, in fact, largely been neutralised and air superiority (supremacy, really) has been achieved over key portions of Iranian airspace.
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People are asking how CSAR helos can operate over Iran after an F-15E and an A-10 were shot down.
It’s because the CSAR package doesn’t go in alone, it brings a world of hate with it. Any threat to the helos gets swarmed by a pack of rabid dogs. It’s still risky as hell, but overwhelming firepower lets us stack the odds in our favor.
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Reports indicate more than 12,500 combat sorties have been flown over Iran by U.S. aircraft. Claims of new hyperadvanced missiles and “passive IR cameras” somehow being magic new tech are ridiculous. There are still threats, of course, but current narratives are overstating them.
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I was drafting a short thread on the subject last night, but Air Marshal Bagwell has covered it well below. I would reiterate his point about the potential for rapid OSINT analysis (conducted in a public forum) to aid Iranian forces. Please be mindful of this.
Apr 3
Some thoughts on the Combat Search & Rescue Mission (CSAR) today over Iran. Normally, these would be highly sensitive, but in today’s connected world that ship has well and truly sailed. But, as we await official confirmation, I will be guarded in what I say. 🧵1/11
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During the ongoing Iran War, the United States has employed some of its most advanced munitions to conduct precision strikes.
One of these is the AGM-158 Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile, or JASSM.
🧵Here’s a breakdown of the JASSM:
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Mar 28
A bomb that was dispersed by an Iranian missile equipped with sub-munitions and failed to explode - penetrated a tiled roof and remained on the concrete ceiling of a house in central Israel.
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Mar 19
Kuwait Army posted a video of EOD techs working. Includes remnants of several different weapons, including a Hadid-110 drone.
نقترب ليأمن الوطن
هندسة #القوة_البرية مجموعة التفتيش والتخلص من المتفجرات.
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🟥The OSMP's Iran War collection page has been updated with new munition images & now contains 73 entries, including:
- MK 80 series air-delivered bombs in Iran
- AGM-114 Hellfire missile in Iran
- Tomahawk & JASSM cruise missile debris
View all: osmp.ngo/collection/the-iran…
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A still from CENTCOM video on targets hit inside Iran shows a Russian Cobra V8 Electronic Warfare System.
This spot is part of a SAM site just west of the city of Bandar Imam-Khomeini in Khuzestan province.
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