zen Posted June 11, 2021 Posted June 11, 2021 (edited) Traditionally, ppl tend to analyze militaries based on personnel (active + reserve) and weapons. However, such analysis can ignore the quality. A few years ago, both Russia and China reduced its personnel and focused on becoming more high tech. UK has also moved towards having more elite forces if I am not wrong Moving forward powerful militaries would be ones with a large # of elite forces, high tech weapons including potent drones, robots and automated defense mechanisms, superior intelligence capabilities, enhanced ability to conduct cyber attacks and defend itself from those, etc. I am not sure if detailed information is available on these parameters Besides the military superpower USA, the following could be the top countries when it comes to modern high tech military capabilities. In alphabetical order: China (sports an annual military budget of approx. $275B iirc) France (Capability to produce advance weapons. Now working on 6th gen jets) Israel (Constantly improving its high tech capabilities and has among the best intelligence agencies in the world) Japan (With restrictions on maintaining armed forces, it has invested heavily in high tech weapons. Japan has no nuclear weapons, unless in a secret stockpile, but does not need to with USA in its corner) Russia (Still strong) Besides the above, countries such as Germany and South Korea are among major arm exporters so may be going high tech too Edited June 12, 2021 by zen
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) US, Russia, China, Japan, etc. are developing (or even developed - Avangard & Kinzhal by Russia? DF100 by China?) hypersonic missiles PS Edited June 12, 2021 by zen
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Israel’s harop drone played an imp role in the recent Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict: Edited June 12, 2021 by zen
MechEng Posted June 12, 2021 Posted June 12, 2021 AI based military has it's disadvantages too, some hacker may hack into the weapon systems of the enemy and direct it to attack it's own military bases. A recent example being how Iranian programmers hacked into a US drone and captured it.
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 Japan is developing 6 gen fighter jets … It is using 5 gen F35 already: France is said to have skipped 5 gen fighters to focus on 6th gen ones
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) Israeli smart rifle: Edited June 12, 2021 by zen
rkt.india Posted June 12, 2021 Posted June 12, 2021 Can't we have a world without militaries? Khota 1
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 (edited) 42 minutes ago, rkt.india said: Can't we have a world without militaries? unrealistic at this point in time (also an off topic discussion) as there is mistrust, differences, etc. among countries … in the vain of can’t we have a society with no crimes (so we may not need a police force too)? And so on … Edited June 12, 2021 by zen
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 Back to topic, talking about rifles, Japan is replacing its rifles too. Not high tech but kaizen with lighter weight, quicker loading times, and corrosion resistant for amphibious operations:
zen Posted June 12, 2021 Author Posted June 12, 2021 Some South Korean weapons … also a for potential a Cold War scenario in Asia Pacific:
zen Posted June 22, 2021 Author Posted June 22, 2021 Iran is stepping up its efforts in drone technology: Vilander 1
Vilander Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 Pakistan delivers jf17 to Nigerian Air force. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/05/21/pakistan-delivers-jf-17-fighters-to-nigerian-air-force/
gattaca Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Vilander said: Pakistan delivers jf17 to Nigerian Air force. https://www.defensenews.com/air/2021/05/21/pakistan-delivers-jf-17-fighters-to-nigerian-air-force/ Isnt jf Chinese ?
zen Posted June 23, 2021 Author Posted June 23, 2021 Btw this is high tech military thread to mainly discuss new/upcoming technologies … this is not a regular defence news thread!
Vilander Posted June 23, 2021 Posted June 23, 2021 6 hours ago, gattaca said: Isnt jf Chinese ? It is high tech for Pakistan through..
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