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In December 2023, the Spanish Ministry of Defense made public the award, negotiated and without publicity, of the SILAM (High Mobility Launcher System) program. The project has been awarded to the companies EXPAL and Escribano, whose work will be based on the Israeli Lynx/PULS rocket launcher. Thanks to this agreement, both companies will benefit from technological transfers, in search of industrial sovereignty. Despite this, there are several doubts that the SILAM program raises. Some related to the capacity of future launchers and their ammunition. Others with their cost. Questions that we will try to answer in this article. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Attempts have been made for decades to develop a family of AESA radars for the Eurofighter Typhoon fighter-bombers. For different reasons, its development and commissioning has been delayed over time, encountering technological, financial or political impediments. Only now, when fifth-generation fighter-bombers are already an established reality and there are even development projects for sixth-generation devices underway, have firm steps been taken to update the Typhoons with AESA radars. A story of frustrations, contradictory decisions and, hopefully, also successes, which is well worth telling. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

The return of high-intensity, industrial-scale war, as demonstrated by what happened in Ukraine, is a reality. Adapting to it involves putting aside concepts that, although useful for low-intensity scenarios, are not at all useful in the new scenario, and implies recovering large units, such as the Division and the Army Corps, essential to operate with success in an environment that is also multidomain. Beyond doctrinal changes and technological adaptations, in the case of the Cavalry, fulfilling its traditional tasks in this new context implies the return of divisional cavalry. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Most of the States that make up what we call the West have been increasing their investment in defense since, in 2014, the Russian Federation invaded Crimea. A trend that has deepened significantly since, on February 24, 2022, it launched its failed operation, which turned into a war of attrition. A substantial part of this spending has to do with the development of more modern, capable and safe weapons systems, in the conviction that human life has irreplaceable value and must be protected, even accepting a notable extra cost. Now, what if the right path lay not in spending more on overly expensive designs built in limited quantities, but in preparing armies and societies to assume a high number of material and, possibly, human losses? (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the text [Keep reading…]

Both the Navy and the Air and Space Army have been improving - at a slower speed than desired - their anti-submarine warfare capabilities in recent years. However, there is still some time for these to be consolidated: the first example of the S-80 Plus class must face a tough year of testing with the Navy; The Air and Space Army must wait until 2027 to begin receiving the C295; In the section of aerial drones, the pending work is more than notable; the lack of unmanned underwater vehicles is equally evident... Despite this, now that the future is reasonably promising from a budgetary point of view, Spain is finally in a position to recover all the lost capabilities and, in addition, to provide itself with other new. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. [Keep reading…]

The F-110 or Bonifaz class frigates, already under construction, will represent a considerable leap forward for the Navy in terms of anti-submarine capabilities due to the quality of the equipment they comprise. Equipment that will also make it possible to take advantage of the principles of multistatism to increase the possibilities of detection, thus collaborating with other manned or unmanned vessels and with different types of aircraft. They will thus become the best argument of this institution when it comes to facing the renewed threat posed by submarines, whatever their origin and an international reference. A milestone in which the Spanish company SAES plays a fundamental role. In an article in the Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute (USNI) published in 2021 on the use of emerging technologies for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), the authors began the text with the following sentence: “The Navy needs new [Keep reading…]

In the current war in Ukraine it is difficult to find a battle[1] in which a town of some magnitude is not involved and, frequently, that urban area has been the main objective of the battle. The present work tries to analyze, in general terms, the tactical aspects of the main battles of this war, generally battles in urban areas, starting with the great city of kyiv, the main Russian objective of the "special military operation" that failed and , with it the short war that the Russians wanted. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.

Current armies, the prospective on which they base a good part of their acquisition plans, doctrinal changes and many other critical aspects are not fully understood if we do not pay attention to the role that mathematical models play in combat simulation. These allow the development of credible war games on the basis of which planners can determine the type and number of forces necessary to guarantee victory, if necessary, and, more important than this, deterrence, so that the opportunity does not arise for having to confront theory with reality. Despite this, and the efforts that have been made in the last century, the mathematical models for combat simulation are still insufficient to capture the complexity of the battlefield, which forces us to redouble efforts as it is a capital area. (Continues…) Dear reader, this article is exclusive for [Keep reading…]

Recent years have seen unprecedented changes, driven by the emergence of revolutionary technologies such as artificial intelligence, autonomous systems and advances in quantum computing. These technologies are not only reshaping the global security landscape, but also demand a re-evaluation of traditional strategies and tactics in the military sphere. In this context, the Navy is facing a critical crossroads, with the obligation to quickly adapt to these disruptive changes to maintain its relevance and effectiveness. (Continue…) Dear reader, this article is exclusively for paying users. If you want to access the full text, you can subscribe to Ejercitos Magazine taking advantage of our offer for new subscribers through the following link.