DefenceTalkSEOUL: North Korea’s newly developed tactical weapon is thought to be a long-range artillery piece, a government source in Seoul said Friday, hours after Pyongyang’s media reported on leader Kim Jong-un’s supervision of its recent testing. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the communist leader oversaw the test of the “ultramodern” weapon […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-may-have-tested-new-long-range-artillery-71940/

DefenceTalkPotential U.S. adversaries have advanced their long-range capabilities, and the Army needs to move quickly to maintain its military edge, the service’s leaders said Monday at the Association of the Army’s Global Force Symposium in Huntsville, Alabama. Long-range precision fires, one of six modernization priorities identified by Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-looks-to-keep-competitive-edge-with-long-range-precision-fires-71608/

DefenceTalkThe ground-breaking Sky Sabre air defence missile system was unveiled at the home of 16 Regiment Royal Artillery, Baker Barracks on Thorney Island. Sky Sabre is due in service in 2020 and will prove to be a step change in the UK’s air defences, taking it from short to medium range capability. Simply put that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/british-army-unveils-sky-sabre-air-defence-system-71426/

DefenceTalkAn ongoing review of air and artillery strikes found another 51 civilians were killed by the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria, pushing the total toll to at least 786. In a statement Thursday, the coalition said that in September it completed an analysis of 127 reports of civilian deaths dating back to when international […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-led-strikes-claim-another-51-civilian-lives-coalition-70703/

DefenceTalkFORT GREELY, Alaska — Ten Field Artillery Soldiers tested the Joint Effects Targeting System Target Laser Designation System at the Cold Regions Test Center here recently. The JETS-TLDS is a modular advanced sensor suite of three components, the hand-held target location module, precision azimuth and vertical angle module, and laser marker module. According to Staff […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-field-artillery-soldiers-test-new-laser-targeting-system-70693/

DefenceTalkORO GRANDE RANGE, N.M.: Power. Power and lethality are what artillery crewmen assigned to M777 howitzers feel every time they pull the cord to send a round up to 15 miles downrange. Every outgoing shot feels like a shockwave, and the boom is deafening. Nerve. Nerve and precision are needed when standing beneath the spinning […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-soldiers-demonstrate-power-and-lethality-in-field-artillery-exercise-70541/

DefenceTalkForward observers, who are experts in directing artillery and mortar fire onto enemy targets, hit the mark in testing a new piece of targeting equipment here recently. “Black Falcon” Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, put their hands on the Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) — a modular, portable, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/black-falcons-test-advanced-modular-all-weather-targeting-system-70359/

DefenceTalkThe State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to Romania for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and related support and equipment. The estimated cost is $1.25 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency delivered the required certification notifying Congress of this possible sale on August 17, 2017. The Government of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/romania-to-buy-high-mobility-artillery-rocket-systems-himars-70330/

DefenceTalkIndia will shortly take delivery of two M-777 ultra-light howitzers, manufacturer BAE Systems said on Thursday, the country’s first such acquisition in over three decades after a major corruption scandal in the 1980s. The equipment is a part of a US$750 million deal New Delhi signed with the US last year to buy 145 howitzers […]https://www.defencetalk.com/indias-army-to-get-first-howitzers-in-three-decades-69991/

DefenceTalkGRAFENWOEHR, Germany: The weather was cold and wet with gray skies as Archer and Cobra Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment stood by their guns to await fire missions on March 8 in the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. The squadron participated in Dynamic Front II, a multinational exercise that focuses on identifying the capabilities […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-artillery-gun-crews-mass-fire-with-nato-allies-69506/