In discussions about drones, the first card typically played is “The battle tank is dead!” After a brief back-and-forth, the matter is dismissed by throwing down the “Drones are not wonder weapons” card. The first starts the conversation; the second
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In the early 1980s, Nokia emerged as a key player in Finland’s defence communications. Its rugged messaging devices—tested in snowdrifts, sauna kettles, and artillery camps—became legendary for their durability and reliability. Today, Nokia returns to the military electronics sector with
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In modern warfare, the ability to gather critical intelligence while remaining hidden is crucial. New portable surveillance technologies are disruptive. Replacing static devices, they are deployable on the ground, in the air and on the water surface. This significantly enhances
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Despite of the importance of the electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) in modern operations and the obvious need to coordinate spectrum activities with air, space, land, sea and cyber activities, most Western nations, and NATO, have failed to recognize EMS as one
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Having seen the state-of-the art in last week’s NATO quantum symposium, I have to say: Be warned, the future is already here.
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Armed forces need to evolve like science, continuously. We are constantly reassessing, Bryan Wells, the Chief Scientist at NATO reminded in Helsinki. NATO has 400 scientific projects underway with a global network of about 5000 scientists. ”From a scientific and
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Modern battlespace is getting more and more transparent especially for mobile warfare. Is it anymore possible to survive in hide and seek game against modern all-weather capable sensors cueing and directing enemy firepower? M.Sc., Lic.Tech, Dr.Tech h.c., GSO, Colonel Jyri
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Technological development of radars and communication systems will cause hard times for Electric Warfare systems, as library-based electronic support is too slow and current intelligent jammers not intelligent enough for the dynamic battle space of the future. M.Sc., Lic.Tech, Dr.Tech
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Transformation from analogue technologies to digital technology in 1980 ́s and 1990 ́s was a small revolution, as digital technology allowed to store information reliably, to transmit it over long distances and to process it in a device called processor.
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